A young man sat
close to a lady in a commuter bus. The man sensed an opportunity to 'catch' a
friend; so he greeted the lady and tried to strike a conversation. He asked the
lady several questions and the lady would only reply with short answers like
'yes' or 'no'. The guy was confused (interested or disinterested? Am i making sense or nonsense?), so he kept quiet.
After a while, the lady
said, 'Are you OK?'
The guy quickly
replied, 'I'm fine, thank you.’
Then he thought, 'Not so fast. What does she mean?'
"Is she saying, 'Are you OK?' as in, ‘Are you fine? Are you comfortable? Tourist, are you enjoying the bus ride?'
Or
'Are you OK?' as in, 'Your head correct? Abi you dey mad? Are you well? Did you just escape from somewhere?'
Or
'Are u OK?' as in, 'Journalist, you don ask your questions finish? Politician, you don talk finish?’ (Are you done with your questioning or talking? Are you a journalist cum politician?)
This guy was confused the more. He decided to remain quiet, after all there's wisdom in silence.
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