Leave LOL Out Of This

Shout out to lol for being there for me in times when I had nothing else to type in response to a chat. Yes I said type because you're supposed to type it or act it not say it like my friend Bisi who will say lol in the middle of a telephone conversation if she finds something funny rather than just laugh out loud. A lot of people complain that I lol too much but when you ask like seven questions and you end with a lol, what do you expect in response, seven answers? You must be joking because even interviewers don't ask seven questions these days except if its two or more interviewers.

Okay let's leave lol alone, what's up with people telling you to cook for two or eat for two, bla bla ish. I'll tell my friends (especially Dayo) who ask what I had just eaten and he'll say where's my own? I'll say something like "it's in the pot" or "it is finished (like our Saviour said, lol)" and some would want to protest but in my mind, I'm like "really?", since when are we able to share food via social media apart from sharing the pictures of the meal? Sigh, I'm tired.

Stop telling young people to age with grace on their birthdays, Amaka has been shouting since God knows when. When I first saw someone wishing another person to age with grace, I thought "oh, this is new" but when I saw someone who wrote "happy earth strong", I was like "Toh, they've brought another one" because I'm sorry I don't know if I'm supposed to know what that means but I don't. When did "happy birthday, long life and prosperity" go out of fashion? I don't know too so don't even look at me.

One last thing, someone should please explain what happy earth strong means to me. Are you wishing the person strong earth? to be strong for the earth? Or that the earth should be strong for the person? I really don't understand so if you know, please epp, I mean help with an explanation.

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