Speaking of Nigerian princes, time for a story.
Preface with physical violence is not in my or my family's bag of tricks but we do know how to say *hit when we have a mouthful. And if we
have to? Well...
My daughter went to school majoring in petroleum engineering. Aside from outstanding in her studies she was also quite an athlete, scholarship level swimming, track and field, and in pretty outstanding physical condition as well as plain old tough.
In her studies they had labs where students paired up to complete pretty involved projects and she found herself paired with the class Primadonna, a Nigerian prince attending school in the US.
Well, Mr. Wonderful, the annointed one, wasn't just important but was lazy, too. After completing a multi-week extensive project with no assistance, my daughter finally called the prince out.
I have a sense of what that well deserved tongue lashing might have sounded like.
But being annointed, he couldn't just apologize and let it go at that, knowing he had abused the situation. Nooo! He had to say to her, "If they were in
his country he would slap her down!"
Ohhh my, what a mistake! Annointed, lazy, and now, ignorant and
stupid!
The way her classmate told it she had him on the ground in two seconds flat, headlocked and pinned, and made him say "uncle".
LITERALLY!
Say it... say it... say it.
He finally did.
She then sent him on his way with the very clear instruction, in no uncertain terms, to NEVER AGAIN disrespect her... or let her see him disrespect
anyone else, or she would give him the a$$ kicking of his life!
Now, violence is never OK... REALLY! But I
really wish I had been there to see that!
