I have come to hate that word.
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I was going to do a post on something else today, but after reading Bumight's Who is a Jand Awon Boys and Original Mgbeke's Stuff Britgerians/Naija people like, and also a comment blogoratti made on my ...got my mojo back post I thought I might need to clear up a few Scribble Myths.*
Bumight said:*
a JAB's got swagg...I dont. I don't even know what swagg is. I have a confident, intelligent, warm, jovial personality, I have a style all my own, and it works for me. And I have my smile. Additionally, the same old man that said "you could learn how to dress just from checkin' my fresh" said, if I remember correctly "swagger is...a liabilty".*
He's either sporting that polo shirt ... Either the dress shirt and sweater or the dress shirt and suit sans tie....I dont, and have never owned a Polo shirt, yes I do own 2 shirts from T.M. Lewin and a few others from Hawes & Curtis but these are all work clothes, so if I did turn up at a club wearing em(with the tie most times), it would be because I did just get off work...my weekends are mine and as such I wanna be free, you would generally find me in a T shirts, jeans and comfortable shoes on the weekend. I also don't own any clothes with prominent logos.*
their sexual resume is quite em...a long ting...my sexual resumé is actually quite modest, you may be surprised to find.*
I think I may have also mentioned that I dont drink champagne because I dont like the taste, so you won't find me with a flute in my hand. I'll be that guy in sweater and jeans standing/sitting at the bar, pouring back Jack and coke, and possibly flipping through the pages of a good book.*
Original Mgbeke made a lot of valid points in her post, she did however generalize a lot. I'll put it to you Mgbeks that not EVERY Britgerian (don't even know what that is) is guilty of the crimes you've accused them of. Also, a lot of the things you've listed are simply cultural differences. When I first moved here, I found myself asking some of the same questions and making some of the same observations. On your (i think 9th) point about Jand/Nig pple doing effizy sturvs, I happen to know a few people who flew from Maryland to Birmingham, UK a couple of years ago, for a PARTY. Left around noon the next day.*
Also, I don't have a British accent, if u listened to my audio post you would find that my accent is quite...well, unique. BTW, who told u ASOS is cheap? Mehn, me I don't shop there cuz it's flippin expensive! £70 for a flippin jacket...which is online so u dont even know if it's proper quality or not. Hiss.*
Finally, blogoratti and his comment about 'game'. But this post is getting rather long so I'll leave that one for another day.
24 comments:
first!
I have a confident, intelligent, warm, jovial personality, I have a style all my own...
but that IS swagger!
ok, I wasnt trying to say you're a JAB, what i said is when i think about "Scribbles" i get the image of a JAB in my head.
Now that doesnt mean u're one, heck! im most likely wrong, but that's the image i get, especially from reading ur previous posts...i mean posts until the post u made during easter...
i think i got the impression that i hit a raw nerve when i made the post before the last....moreover u wont find a JAB with a book in the club, over his dead body!
bros wat is with you and books in clubs/parties???
clearified and noted..
here we go with the books again
Ummm you sound kinda vexed. Like I pointed out, s'all in good fun.
Aniwoos one Anonymous even entered to comment that ASOS is cheap and no one shops thia so you know I aint making ish up.
I did listen to your audio post, I think I may have detected a hint of sonthing but you were mumbling throughout. :-p
*Britigerian (Term coined from the blogger Gossip Girl Nigeria...it's not that hard to figure out)
All in all, if any Jand individual dey vex, make una drink cold water and chillax. It's all love!
Dude chill out...lmao
Swag isn't dead its name's just bin overworked.....
eyaaaa
whats all this about asos being cheap?? i must be missing something cua there stuff can be quite expensive.
omg, i was waiting for you to say something about this "issue"
the first time i read bumight's post, i thought she meant it as a compliment...but i'm sure it's all in good fun
pele if you were offended...i'd prob be offended too
p.s: your blog rocks!!
<3
I can access your page again...yay. Was getting errors earlier.
lol woooshaa Scribbz [...you'll prob say you weren't vexed]
...Scribbles is not a JAB!!
Na play we iz...can't be mad at you for taking time to clear that up tho'
You've gotta admit that alot of ppl in jand don't make it hard for us over here to generalize like that.. I'm kinda guilty of it too. I'm supposed to be moving there in sept & I'm dreading it like crazy.
no vex abeg. I know not all jand guys are the same.
bumight is right. that IS swagger. but i think that depends on one's definition of the word. don't blame you about the champagne bit. its just been hyped up a lil too much
talk about ranting! calm down enh, ma binu...
speaking of ASOS, I was thinking of ordering from them but don't quite know what the delivery times wd be since it'd be int'l...u're right, their stuff isn't all cheap
yup, champagne ain't all that. Uh, I'd say ur accent is tinted, just a lil' bit, and 'flippin,' dude, yep you are a def. Britico.
It's all love tho! ;~)
Bro, you have swagg.. How do I know, ur writing style oozes self confidence and suave. Feel you on da champagne and d book.
Don't change a thing cos if the foiniestest thing walked in....
jack and coke. good choice.
Asos cld be both....cld be cheap nd it cld be ridiculously overpriced
Newaiz about d swagger issue i bliv it al boils down 2 d person nd hw dey carry demselves.
No vex scribbles....some of dis jand bois have made pple generaize al bois here as JABs
Nd scribbles books in clubs??? u gt me lmao dere.
hehe...hey guys
i should point out that I got home really late and really tired yesterday, i can seem irritable when I'm tired, then my flatmate annoyed me...I was just trying to shed some light, I apologize if it seemed like I was attacking you guys...nothing personal
bumight...i guess I'm just not too fond of labels, there's just so many different aspects to my personality that it gets a little irksome when people try to sum me up, because they never get it right. Truth is, I may actually express some JAB traits when called upon to do so, but i don't want to be put in a box.
Jayla...lol, well, aside from it being a useful tool when things get boring, it's also a great ice breaker and conversation starter. ;)
BSNC... :)
O Mgbeks...don't mind me jare, i'm cool now. I don't think u've listened to the last audio post I did though. The one i didnt mumble thru
Qube...yea, i guess i just don't like the word itself.
Nice Anon...lol...eyaaa
Scarlet...abi o, help me tell em
tis all about me...i wasn't offended and i didnt think she meant anything by it...just don't like being labelled is all
Repressed One...lol...got me sussed eh? i just wanted to clear things up luv
Dee Brighton...I know exactly what u mean. I was dreading it myself when I had to move here. You get used to it though. You might even come to like it
Bibi...lol. ok whatever u say..u will never catch me saying I have swagger tho.
Avarsty... lol...i'm calm. ASOS, I only used them once, delivery was next day..dont know about int'l. I always said flippin..even in Yankers b4 i moved to england...i don't know when I subbed it in for f**king...but it happened and now I say flippin instead
cerberus...there's that word again...hehe..don't worry bro..things stay the same
kmplx...all i ever order on a night out..sometimes I double up
juiceegal...you're right, i do understand that the most prominent, conspicuous jand boys are the JABs making it easy for those on the outside looking in to generalize, I blame the JABs
what's with the good book @ the club!!that must be some boring clubs/parties you've been to so you always have back-up..or maybe that's you way to stir a conversation???..
Scribs you're technically a yankee boy now. Weren't you in Michigan or something?
LMFAOO! I think I know one of the guys that flew out from MD for that party. LOLLLLLLLLLZZZ
ASOS sooo aint cheap o!
But alas, their shoes are divine! A work of art! So i go back there again and again! :)
But then again, "Cheap" is a relative term, effybody get different pocket size...Just like some use Visa Electron whilst some use American Express! Hehehehe!
RANT.
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