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You Know You Have Arrived In Lagos When : by pafun(m): 12:46am On Jul 04, 2008 |
You know you have arrived in Lagos when : 1. the traffic policeman is carrying a baseball bat. 2 and in VI a madman and a cripple are directing traffic while the traffic police watch without interest How you know say you done arrive naija ? |
Re: You Know You Have Arrived In Lagos When : by jekkad: 12:53am On Jul 04, 2008 |
by d time u see all those agberos on d street collecting chop money(they call it owo weekend and owo weekdays) |
Re: You Know You Have Arrived In Lagos When : by spoilt(f): 3:39am On Jul 04, 2008 |
when I drive along the highways and see people emptying their bowels (and i mean emptying! Yuk!) along the sides of the highway eg around ijora. |
Re: You Know You Have Arrived In Lagos When : by kadman(m): 6:16pm On Jul 06, 2008 |
and in VI a madman and a cripple are directing traffic while the traffic police watch without interest Ha ha !! That's the funniest thing I've seen this week ! |
Re: You Know You Have Arrived In Lagos When : by lucabrasi(m): 9:46pm On Jul 06, 2008 |
you know you v arrived when i see these boys in the hold up chanting gala yes,gala yes bros buy your gala, when u get rolex,carter e.t.c in the case n the hold up all for less than 1,000 naira lol |
Re: You Know You Have Arrived In Lagos When : by dnative(m): 11:09pm On Jul 06, 2008 |
when you hear these phrases: anything for your boys - from the boys (no pun intended) in black your boys dey road o - same as above oga you wan change, dollar, pound, euro, I get am for beta price - from the mallam changing forex piyoooooor water here - from your mobile sales executives |
Re: You Know You Have Arrived In Lagos When : by kingdong(m): 12:30am On Jul 07, 2008 |
You know yes this is lagos when the heat at arrivals hits you like a bat out of hell, getting yu all heated up. Or yu ar somwhere, suddenly power is restored and there's a resounding UP NEPAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!! and yu nod yur head like agama, saying to yurself, this is lagos |
Re: You Know You Have Arrived In Lagos When : by Nobody: 10:12am On Jul 08, 2008 |
yeh the heat when you arrive in lagos at airport the heat alone you feel and also bad roads,ppl selling along the roads,buses that are not good to be on the road(roadworthy)NEPA self an another issue,keeps on taking light sometimes weeks there wont be light for no reason.well still love 9ger and proudly to be 9ger |
Re: You Know You Have Arrived In Lagos When : by 8ball(m): 11:06am On Jul 08, 2008 |
when the long queue of traffic during those rush hours periods jolt u back to reality,u'd realize that oh yes!,vis is Lagos indeed |
Re: You Know You Have Arrived In Lagos When : by ayomifull(f): 1:46pm On Jul 10, 2008 |
Wen u arrive late in the evening and while d plane is landing u look down and all u can c is electricity in 1% of d whole city |
Re: You Know You Have Arrived In Lagos When : by Reese1: 3:26pm On Jul 10, 2008 |
You know you have arrived in Lagos when: -Before your plane even lands, you've already experienced death by heat -Upon arriving at the airport, you're in the line to go past immigration and a group of people behind you just start saying "Awon oloshi", "Oloriburuku ni awon people yi now!" Bi won she ma gba owo ni o wa lokan won, oshe oju wonko wonko *hiss* , just straight cursing out the airport staff lol - When you finally get to "baggage claim naija style", you get in shine your eye mode real quick to make sure your bag has not been nicely taken. Scratch that, you better be in shine your eye mode as soon as your feet touch the ground. -So you finally get through immigration, baggage claim, you're minding your business walking out of the airport, and some random dude walks up to you asking you to show some jagbajantis documents. -You walk out of the airport and there are no less than 300 people standing outside the airport at 7:30pm at night just waiting, and waiting, and waiting, -Your phone goes dead (in my case) and you're looking for a phone to use; about 6 different guys come up to you instantly (they must have smelled a money making opportunity ) to ask you if your phone is dead and you can use theirs, for a fee. -Your ride is an hour and a half late to pick you up cuz of "go-slow" lol |
Re: You Know You Have Arrived In Lagos When : by gem87(f): 2:11am On Sep 14, 2008 |
When that heat hits your face once u step out of baggage claim there are touts or tout-looking people evrywhere people are staring at you like u're a different colour and everyone other than those you step out of the plane with seem darker than usual random people are cursing each other something like: madam, respect yourself oo , and madam goes: abeg go and sit down, do u know who i am? am still trying to get through immigration and blurt out welcum to Nigeria and fellow travellers double up in laughter? |
Re: You Know You Have Arrived In Lagos When : by MrCrackles(m): 2:15am On Sep 14, 2008 |
pafun: |
Re: You Know You Have Arrived In Lagos When : by Morenike3(f): 2:16am On Sep 14, 2008 |
When you smell the nasty thick air When the sun beats on ya back When there are no spaces between the cars When you hear "$pure water pure water N5" When you see too many ugly men in one place When you hear "Give me my money" |
Re: You Know You Have Arrived In Lagos When : by MrCrackles(m): 2:19am On Sep 14, 2008 |
*Morenike: shut up ugly woman dey talk! |
Re: You Know You Have Arrived In Lagos When : by blackspade(m): 9:12am On Sep 14, 2008 |
-When your plane lands at night, you only see lights in V.I. -The heat instantly intimidates you when you arrive -If you have on anything that resembles a rapper, people will try and sell you their tape -You can't see the original layer of road -When you notice the air to rapidly decrease in quality only a few, add more later |
Re: You Know You Have Arrived In Lagos When : by Morenike3(f): 12:51am On Sep 15, 2008 |
Brash!:Doyin, which one is ya own. Make I talk or waka from my face jor. shior |
Re: You Know You Have Arrived In Lagos When : by blackspade(m): 7:39am On Sep 15, 2008 |
Re: You Know You Have Arrived In Lagos When : by MrCrackles(m): 9:13am On Sep 15, 2008 |
*Morenike: hahaha relax naw, why you come dey vex?! anyway howz u, be easy!!! |
Re: You Know You Have Arrived In Lagos When : by komekn(m): 4:24pm On Sep 15, 2008 |
When your guys see you and do not say Hi, Hello with restrained, hushed voices in low tones with false smiles observing the dictates of decorum and supposed civil society. BUT!!! jump out vocal chords screaming, Hail your name, bear hugs, hand slapping, then you take off, literally in the car horn blaring, in fact everybody’s horn is blaring , Welcome! Welcome!! Welcome!!! And you want to say slow down, watch out for the speed cameras and then you realise you are Home again what a relief, thank God I'm back and glad to be back. |
Re: You Know You Have Arrived In Lagos When : by kobomoje(m): 2:52am On Sep 16, 2008 |
u kno u r in lagos when u hear, "oshodi! oshodi!! oshodi!!" "wole pelu change e" |
Re: You Know You Have Arrived In Lagos When : by Busybody2(f): 1:36pm On Sep 17, 2008 |
When you mistakenly stop at the traffic lights, and people start blaring their horns at you and raining curses on your forefathers and call you JJC. |
Re: You Know You Have Arrived In Lagos When : by mybad: 1:44pm On Sep 17, 2008 |
When everybody is in a hurry and yOu see uniformed men with milk coloured shirts and red shorts branded LASTMA by the side of the roads. When you keep hearing insults from motorists on the highway or loud remarks of ORIE O PE or AYE A BAJE NI. |
Re: You Know You Have Arrived In Lagos When : by Busybody2(f): 1:53pm On Sep 17, 2008 |
When commercial buses rudely barge into your space whilst driving and insult you and call you names and taunt you for being slow, then mistakenly collide with your car, and then start prostrating and begging you to please forgive them, madam 'd' madam nothing spoil |
Re: You Know You Have Arrived In Lagos When : by ezeagu(m): 3:22am On Feb 09, 2010 |
ayomifull: 1% of which city? You mean car headlights? |
Re: You Know You Have Arrived In Lagos When : by OgidiBoy(m): 3:28am On Feb 09, 2010 |
ezeagu: If I'm not mistaking, 50% of ppl living in Lagos have generators. For me how I know I've arrived is the HUMIDITY |
Re: You Know You Have Arrived In Lagos When : by AjanleKoko: 10:17am On Feb 09, 2010 |
When all you hear is noise. People conversing at the top of their voices, horns blaring, dogs barking, a cacophony of noise! |
Re: You Know You Have Arrived In Lagos When : by tkb417(m): 7:10pm On Feb 09, 2010 |
chei 9ja don suffer wahala dey o |
Re: You Know You Have Arrived In Lagos When : by snowdrops(m): 9:35pm On Feb 09, 2010 |
The immigration officer at the airport [arrival] starts demanding 500 naira tip/bribe |
Re: You Know You Have Arrived In Lagos When : by lekside44(m): 11:18am On Feb 11, 2010 |
you see the three status. |
Re: You Know You Have Arrived In Lagos When : by lekside44(m): 11:28am On Feb 11, 2010 |
or probably the status of eyo which was stolen sold or what ever by the president, governor, govt official or knocked down by a reckless boat/ship driver or maybe it is still there , but the absent of nepa light and lack of fuel to run the gen will not make us see it. we could have used a radar to track its position either above or below the ocean, but sorry, our radar is outdated, probably the one installed by the British who bombarded Lagos in 1861. well, i cannot even see the map of Lagos from the Google map, maybe Lagos has been sold off or given to republic of Benin as they did to bakasi |
Re: You Know You Have Arrived In Lagos When : by Nobody: 1:14pm On Feb 11, 2010 |
the smell of rotting garbage hits your nostrils, forcing u to double over, hide under the car seat, stuff ur nose with tissue, stick ur head in a bag, ANYTHING to escape the smell, all the while people are walking past/driving past as normal. frankly anytime i travel by road, i know i'm back in lagos just by the smell. even when i'm asleep. minus the garbage dump, lagos has an offensive smell, once ur nose breathes clean air somewhere else. |
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