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Rob K
Lv 6
Rob K asked in News & EventsCurrent Events · 1 decade ago

How many other people have heard the name Mwai Kibaki ...?

... and thought it sounded like "Wacky Baccy"?

I snigger everytime I hear the name.

But I'm not sniggering at the violence that is occurring in Kenya.

Update:

I remember some years ago, Robert Mugabe was ridiculed because his surname spelled backwards looked like "'e, ba gum" a popular saying in the North of England.

It's not just people's names which are funny, there are a lot of products on the world's markets that give us all a titter.

I just thought that since he has been doing a lot of weird things to his country, that he may have been on some "wacky baccy".

I just wish that those nation leaders (worldwide) would come to their senses and see what their selfishness is doing in destroying their countries. They may have fancy technology in their palaces and mansions but their mindset is stuck in corruption mode.

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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago
    Favourite answer

    not funny dude, get a life

  • Norah B
    Lv 4
    1 decade ago

    Come on, Rob, I'm sure some of our names sound strange to people in Africa.... though Cullybackey's not much different (its in N Ireland, UK) but surely its a matter of allowing your mind to expand and enjoy the cultural richness and breadth of other languages, not laugh at them!

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    people are out there dying, not a lot to be sniggering at i wonder, could be another Rwanda if someone in power doesn;t do something soon.

  • Tequila....
    Lv 7
    1 decade ago

    you have a point .....lol

    but shouldn't it be - my wacky baccy?

    edit

    i don't believe you are laughing at the violence - a name is quite different.....

  • I have brains for tonsils
    Lv 4
    1 decade ago

    it kinda does, not funny though. people are getting killed overthere

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    no, who is she.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    nope

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    i think you are

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