Wednesday, July 23, 2008

Lusoga Riddles on Sexuality

What do you make of the following riddles?

Ekikaadho ekiziramu nsa (Lusoga)
A sugarcane without sweetness (English)

Omunwa ogumira omukono (Lusoga)
A mouth that swallows the hand (English)

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Why Die Young
Mosquito is thin
Thin is pin
Pin is sharp
Sharp is pain
Pain is plain
Plain is blood
Blood is thick
Thick is sweet
Sweet is sugar
Sugar is tea
Tea is drunk
Drunk is beer
Beer is headache
Headache is death
Death is coffin
Coffin is dark
Dark is night
Night is wizard
Wizard is nail
Nails is long
Long is razorblade
Razorblade is care
Care is share
Share is enemy
Enemy is fierce
Fierce is lion
Lion is King
King is wild
Wild is needle
Needle is kill
Kill is medicine
Medicine is kind
Kind is gloves
Gloves is dress
Dress is towel
Towel is clean
Clean is comb
Comb is shave
Shave is hair
Hair is short
Short is syringe
Syringe is patient
Patient is feed
Feed is eat
Eat is life
Life is energy
Energy is happy
Happy is sad
Sad is Satan
Satan is thief
Thief is poor
Poor is weak
Weak is sick
Sick is Hungry
Hungry is angry
Angry is fighter
Fighter is killed
Killed is lost
Lost is missed
Missed is forgotten
Forgotten is forgiven
Forgiven is friend
Friend is foolish
Foolish is dirty
Dirty is dung
Dung is grass
Grass is smelly
Smelly is habit
Habit is discipline
Discipline is good

So!

So!

So!

Take your blood test
Share no sharp objects

Good to care
But gloves wear!

Anonymous said...

Obama the riddle; politics a riddle
words to riddle
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/us_elections_2008/7710079.stm

Anonymous said...

Good to care
But gloves to wear.


I love that.