A Moment of a Thousand Laughs
By Suzane A. (Form 4)
Fiction
My name is Suzanne, a female aged 17 from the streets of Kisumu, near Lake Victoria. I really, really love entertaining and making people laugh, but I have come to realise that I have not done that in my articles and so, here it comes, hurray! It’s fun time. I am going to make sure that you laugh to your maximum.
In the streets of Kisumu, there lived a family, a father, mother and a son who was only 11 years old. So it was around nine o’clock in the evening when the mum had prepared dinner but dad was late for the first time. So mom tells Michael (son) ‘call your dad tell him dinner is ready.’ Michael does what he is told in his room and continues playing video games. Then mum comes asking ‘Michael what did he say it’s thirty minutes since I told you to call your dad,’ and Michael is like ‘I called him but it wasn’t him who answered the phone.’ Then the mom asked ‘who answered if not him,’ ‘a woman with a very soothing voice.’ Guess what the house was like when dad came home, mum poured water on him (drinking water from the table) and insulted him. Later dad asked Michael ‘what did the woman say?” and Michael said ‘Sorry, the mobile subscriber cannot be reached. Please try again later or leave a message on the voicemail.’ Now here comes the confusion, who was at fault?? Is it Michael, dad or mum???
Have you ever heard of crazy Kenyans? Experience their characteristics. There is this man on social media (Facebook) who is always active. Last time I checked this is what he posted, ‘I am looking for an employee to work with for three days. That is 29th to 31st of February, I will pay Ksh 3000 per day. I will cater for food and transport. Contact me if you are interested.’ Well, suddenly a young lady thought that the job was well paying and followed him by contacting him, the lady said ‘Good afternoon, I am Joan and I am really interested in the job that you had posted.’ The man laughed and laughed and then said ‘Since when did February get to reach 29 days in a leap year?’ Can you imagine, seriously, who was at fault. The lady for not being keen when it comes to the way the calendar works or the man for pranking the lady and the other people who read that? The answer lies with you.
So far so good but how about this, when you meet a single man in town and ask them ‘how is the going,’ he is like ‘the going is awesome,’ wait till he is married and ask the same question, the answer will be ‘the going is quite complicated.’ I mean what changes makes the complicated after marriage? Here comes a brainstorm: Austine’s father has four children, the first one is called ten, the second one twenty, third one is thirty, what is the name of the last born child? It takes me more than passion to entertain in events. I am doing so in paperwork. It is all my pleasure.
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