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8 Joules

If I can still remember my physics, then joules should be the standard unit for measuring energy. We were all in the science class so things like that comes easily to our minds.
So when a junior student calls his senior by the nickname, he should be prepared for trouble.


We had a senior in those days called 'ejo', meaning snake. I don't know how he got the name, maybe because of his stature, for he was slim and tall.


Alogba and Debo are junior students who somehow happened to have a somewhat unrestricted access into the senior circus. Probably because they were willing errand boys.You will always find them in the hostel at times when every junior student has escaped to the classroom area all in the name of afternoon 'prep'. You find them jisting with seniors. This attitude brought about a certain level of familiarity, that could be boldly exploited.


The familiarity got to a stage that whenever we see these two guys we find ways to evade them, because more often than not, they were sent by 'a senior' to come get you.


There is an adage that says 'eni ti o ba fe ba esu jeun, sibi owo re ni lati gun', means 'he who wishes to dine with the devil must do so with a long spoon.Got it.


On this fateful day, I was in my classroom reading. Not that I was actually doing much reading, this time was just an excuse for us to leave the hostel because 'they' usually get very volatile at this time of the day. Juniors usually get into trouble at this time.
So I was in my classroom, and I saw senior 'ejo' going into the hostel. Little did I know that in a matter of seconds a storm will begin ranging.


Alogba and Debo rushed into the classroom arguing.


Alogba: Kini ka so (what should we say).
Debo: Ha. mi o mo o, a ti daran (Oh, i don't know, we are in trouble).
Alogba: Ama ni wipe a a pe won ni ejo (we will say we did not call him ejo).
Debo: O tun bo ro je. Won gbo wa ( that won't work. he heard us)


These guys had broken the holy grail of rules. YOU DARE NOT CALL A STUDENT BY THE NICKNAME. YOU COULD BE CRUCIFIED UPSIDE DOWN.


Debo: We have to think of something to tell him tonight after chapel.
Alogba: O ti e da si wa (hey, what do you think). He was talking to me.


Luckily for them I had the answer.


Me: It's easy, just tell him you said '8 joules'. You were both arguing since you will be having a physics test tomorrow.


They accepted my strategy just as one would joyfully receive chilled water in a hot tropical sun.
And guess what. IT WORKED.
If you happen to have lived where I come from (South-West, Nigeria), then you should know that '8 joules' sounds like 'ejo'(except for the 's').


Situations like these one made us smarter, and it helped us get ourselves out of similar precarious circumstances.








apologies for the errors.