Tis the season to be ashy!
Harmattan is that time of the year that makes the term multipurpose shine. The typical cold and foggy weather will make you shiver.
While the accompanying humid and dusty air would make you clutch a handkerchief close to your chest. It’s no surprise then that Nigerians have developed mixed feelings about the season.
Today we will be unveiling the funny reasons behind those feelings. Which of them can you relate to?
#1. Astronaut Dressing
When you hear harmattan, think of astronaut gear. This cold season will have you piling on layers of thick clothes to ward off the cold in the morning and evening.
In the afternoon? You will need no prompt to discard the astronaut gear for light clothes. The afternoon heat can give hell a run for its money. Our heart truly goes out to people fond of exposing their sun-kissed skin ear and dear.
#2. Dreaded Morning Baths
Morning baths during harmattan is definitely an extreme sport. No wonder Nigerians have come up with different techniques. Topping the list are Face and leg rinsing, towel wetting, squatting fifteen metres away from the shower head.
Anything to keep skin contact with the brutal cold water to the barest minimum. For the questionable characters that can afford to boil water with gas… una well done!
#3. Need for Jelly
Ask me the signs and wonders of harmattan and I will present the dry and cracked skins. In fact skins turn whiter than snow during this period with no help from bleaching creams.
The rush for their Vaseline and Shea butter during period is a wonder. Cash out season!
#4. Dust Galore
The dust fest that comes with harmattan is second to none. No matter how well you shine your footwear before leaving the house, harmattan will embarrass you.
Even the last-borns of the house are not spared. They have to dust and re-dust everywhere in the house till their backs bend.
#5. Pillow Hugging
The night cold during harmattan makes a lot of people reach out for something to hold and hug. For those with a love life, it is the natural heat from their babes.
As for the singles, their pillows and teddy bears suffer the most. When will you allow someone to love you too?
#6. Reverse Kitchen
Try leaving cooked rice or spaghetti and watch harmattan reverse it back to raw. Harmattan dries moisture from literally everything.
#7. Spec Genotype in the Mud
Harmattan loves to drag the AA genotype people in the mud. That’s when you will start seeing the self-dubbed specs squeezing themselves in one corner, coughing, croaking and shivering to the rhythm of the breeze. They are the hooge reason chemists cash out during harmattan.
All in all, harmattan will show you shege. Harmattan 1 – 0 Nigerians!
#TheGoodStuff serves up some light reading with 2 shots of humor and a dash of sarcasm. This edition highlights funny things that happen during harmattan.
