ADEREMI'S NOTEBOOK

— Advent calendars are doing rounds. (via si and rb) #

Make the ultimate paper plane (2)

Thanks to the Guardian, you can now create probably the fastest paper plane. Sorry you are not allowed to carry passengers, certainly not a nigerian governor dressed as a woman!

Only a Nigerian (Naija) person would say (0)

Bola has put together 100 phrases which makes identifying nigerians a little easier. My favourite is “can I see your particulars?”

— Close your eyes and make a wish, then tell it to the world. #

4 ways to spend money (0)

Dead and Taxes are almost certain. High Taxes is debatable. Allow me to steal a post from TMF about the Nobel prizewinner, Milton Friedman:

There are four ways in which you can spend money. You can spend your own money on yourself. When you do that, why then you really watch out what you’re doing, and you try to get the most for your money.

Then you can spend your own money on somebody else. For example, I buy a birthday present for someone. Well, then I’m not so careful about the content of the present, but I’m very careful about the cost.

Then, I can spend somebody else’s money on myself. And if I spend somebody else’s money on myself, then I’m sure going to have a good lunch!

Finally, I can spend somebody else’s money on somebody else. And if I spend somebody else’s money on somebody else, I’m not concerned about how much it is, and I’m not concerned about what I get. And that’s government. And that’s close to 40% of our national income.

Eh did someone mention Dubai? Oh I need a part time job, I need to travel? Any Ideas? Singapore?

— Naija Airways; If our engines are too noisy for you, on passenger request, we can arrange to turn them off! #

— blogpoly; collect 2000G as you pass GO #

Save Toby Not! (4)

Personally I can’t stand dogs (ok put it to bad experience) and I have generally extended this to all animals that most people would be happy to have in their homes (cats included). Anyway I came across this site called Savetoby, which is decidated to toby, the cutest bunny on earth. The catch;

Unfortunately, on June 30th, 2005, Toby will die. I am going to eat him. I am going to take Toby to a butcher to have him slaughter this cute bunny….However, God as my witness, I will devour this little guy unless I receive 50,000$ USD into my account from donations or purchase of merchandise. You can help this poor, helpless bunny’s cause by making donations through my verified PayPal account

Dem! Why didn’t I think about such an idea, it is so simple and human (knowing humans) will fall for it. Dude will raise $50,000 ($20,000 already in the bag) and the bunny will probably still die soon (what is the average lifespan of a bunny anyone?).

— Africa’s year in cartoons; Still waiting for a better Nigeria. #

— Exit Strategy; How to leave Iraq in three simple steps. #