{"id":1396,"date":"2011-09-23T14:10:12","date_gmt":"2011-09-23T19:10:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.verastic.com\/?p=1396"},"modified":"2012-10-18T02:31:13","modified_gmt":"2012-10-18T06:31:13","slug":"whats-wrong-with-this-picture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/verastic.com\/site\/vl\/whats-wrong-with-this-picture.html","title":{"rendered":"What’s Wrong With This Picture?"},"content":{"rendered":"

No, I mean, seriously — what’s wrong with this picture?<\/p>\n

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This picture circulated around the web yesterday, and most people asked the same question: what’s wrong with this picture?<\/em> I examined it several times, wondered if it is her outfit? Her hair? Jonathan’s outfit? The green-white-green plane they stepped out from? Or perhaps, the very bright flash that was used to take this picture?<\/p>\n

Alas, it is neither. The problem is that President Goodluck Jonathan and his First Lady flew into New York three nights ago for the 66th session of \u00a0the United Nations General Assembly, and before Mr. President could even come down the steps, his First Lady was already down there shaking hands. Angry Nigerians say it is an outrage! Of all places to humiliate Nigeria, Mr. President and his wife chose New York … during the 66th session of the UN General Assembly of all times. Sacrilege!<\/p>\n

You know the drill. I have a few questions:<\/p>\n

1.<\/strong> \u00a0If Mr. President had walked ahead of his wife, would Nigeria have had a better reputation at the emergence of this picture?<\/p>\n

2.<\/strong> \u00a0If this alleged public humiliation of Nigeria had occured anywhere else but New York, like Ghana, would it have been an easier pill to swallow?<\/p>\n

3.<\/strong> \u00a0If this alleged public humiliation of Nigeria had also occured during a different event (instead of the 66th session of the UN General Assembly), like perhaps during Halloween when the President and his First Lady dress up as a passive president and his wife, would it have felt better?<\/p>\n

4.<\/strong> \u00a0Is it not possible that the First Lady washed her hands in holy water before walking off the plane and so deliberately shook hands first in order to\u00a0nullify\u00a0all evil spirits and charms passable via hand shakes and therefore fortify her husband against evil attacks?<\/p>\n

5.<\/strong> \u00a0If the evil spirit theory is total garbage and it is indeed true that Mr. President doesn’t call the presidential shots but rather his wife, should we not be happy that the shot caller at least has an identity?<\/p>\n

6.<\/strong> \u00a0And if it is true that the First Lady is the shot caller, then should we not regret voting Mr. President in – instead of his wife?<\/p>\n

7.<\/strong> \u00a0But that all said, is it the First Lady’s fault that her husband’s dress<\/em> was making him walk slowly?<\/p>\n

Instead of bickering about who calls the shots and who shook hands first, should we not worry about what the First Lady might have said while she was calling the shots and shaking hands? What if she said, “This your country is far oh! \u00a0And very beautiful too. I don’t know why all these small, small childrens<\/strong> are committing suicide in a country like this. But me, if I were living in a country like this, \u00a0I would rather die than commit suicide<\/strong>.”<\/em><\/p>\n

If you do not understand the parts in bold, then you need to get to know our First Lady.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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