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Are you a fool?

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"Like the useless legs of one who is lame; so are wise words from the mouth of fools (Proverbs 26:7)" Some lame disabilities are depicted by inactive limbs that have lost their sensation for movement. They cannot function for walking even though they are physically in place. Such legs/limbs are useless to the ones who own them because they can’t move them around. In the same vein, speaking intelligent babbles and acting contrary is useless. Those words cannot impact the lives of the ones saying them let alone those that hear them. I was inspired by this proverb to write this short piece on being a fool. I believe the proverb is a simile that best describes the perception of some famous Nigerians whose boisterous behaviors continuously plague the identity of the Nation...both home & abroad. Let me start by defining the term ‘fool’ even though we already know and use it a lot! Oxford dictionary defines a fool as 'a silly person or a person who lacks good ...