OLODO MOMENTS

Ignorance they say is bliss but not when its staring you right in the face……….

So I was watching the movie Interstellar a while back and I must say that have never really felt such conscious stupidity while watching a movie (ok maybe this one time when I was watching the movie The theory of everything). Probably because I pride myself with the idea that am a dialogue movie kinda guy. But there were just too many mumbo jumbos that were obviously unintelligible for my brain cells to decrypt. Gibberish like black hole, big bang theory, alternative galaxy, time dimensions: all messing with my knowledge of integrated science.

Olodo moment like this will make you miss your Nollywood roots and in that I mean, straight to the point script- no long thing! This is Nollywood script in a nutshell: poor gal, wicked step-mum, herbalist requesting for the left eye of an earth worm; handsome prince, prince meets poor gal, wicked mum dies from a heinous disease that puzzles medical science; big society wedding – Godwin! Shikena!! 

Obviously you don’t need to know jack about Quantum Physics to understand that plot. Olodo moment can also make you appreciate the fact that you can watch a kung fu movie without any form of audio feedback:  just listen to nothing but silence as Jet Li goes on to avenge the death of his master.

The sad thing about Olodo moment especially the one inspired by Hollywood flick is that your educational progression from the lowest to the highest will now look like one big twisted charade of some sort. Like you went to buy Akara beancake and they gave you the ororo groundnut-oil soaked paper wrapper without the beancake (that’s my alternative definition of Nigeria Education).

The thing is that, no man is an island of knowledge and yes, it’s not your fault as it were. Blame it on hereditary if you like (allusive insult is unintended: my parents taught me better than to insult elders explicitly); blame it on your science teacher that couldn’t explain one topic without the aid of the science textbook in front of him; hey, blame it on the government or in fact blame the devil, I don’t really care.

All am saying is, when your Olodo moment comes: whether it was inspired by a movie; a question you were asked by a kid (uncle, what’s the difference between a turtle and a tortoise); a trick teaser (are the states in Nigeria still 36 after adding the FCT?)  Or even when you were hit with the question while ranting politics at the office like you single handedly brought APC to power (please sir, what’s the name of the national chairman of the APC?)

 Don’t feel shy or embarrassed at that very moment; just embrace it. Bask in what you are at that moment- an Ignoramus!  Enjoy its fleeting essence and after it sizzles down, mehn! Google away your ignorance like you were told that it was going to be the first question in a written test.

Believe me, Google knows best sometimes………..