GEJ on Amanpour!

2 nights ago,at about 9pm,dazed and in a drugged like trance from another hectic Lagos day;and no,Pierre from Vienna,what you guys call hectic in Austria is like getting a massage with a happy ending at your neighbourhood bordello compared to what we go through here;I stumbled into my apartment and met my T.V on,of course I must have forgotten to switch off the night before when the electric company cut me off;and no once again,Pierre from Vienna,I pay my bills,its just something they enjoying doing.
While trying to make myself a stiff drink to wake up my dulled senses,I could make out the faint outlines of a rather dull-looking gentleman in a bowler hat,blinking rapidly like a kid caught with his hand in a pot of stew;Hey Pierre,would you just let me finish!!!!!!!
Anyways,where was I?
Ahhh!
I moved closer to the television and lo and behold,it was Uncle Joey being interviewed on CNN by no less a person than Christiane Amanpour.

Been interviewed by Amanpour is like getting lucky with Kim K while Scarlet Johansson looks on.
I mean,its like a 'Yo men,we made it' moment.
I settled down on my craggy sofa,drink in hand and offered a silent prayer to the gods of  Otuoke,Bayelsa,for luck to be with the good uncle Jonah.
And you almost always need it.
On Amanpour,the questions are quick fire and intense.Your answers are expected to be same.Sharp,concise and at times witty.
Its not only a truth seeking exercise but also an intelligence assessing session.
And oh boy,slap me on the head and call me a Jonathan but did Uncle Ebele perform!
This thing called native intelligence,ehn!
At times his answers were precise and dead on like the decision to send troops to Mali and the country's fight against terrorism.
At other times....WOW.........I wondered if we were listening to the same questions.
It seemed he took a second to listen to the question,took another second to frame it in his mind just the way he would have wanted it asked ,then answered his own question.
I can just imagine Uncle Joe smiling to himself and thinking 'Is this Amanpour a learner?'
All in all,it was a fair outing,except when he said something about how electricity supply had improved considerably and how Nigerians can attest to it.

Then again,I'm told the weather is a -8 in Davos,Switzerland at this time.

Must'a been the cold!

I'll give him a 5 out of 10.
And they say I'm a biased critic!