Sanfuur
is a derogatory term given to university freshman. According to
Jordan's paradigm, Sanfuur-Hood is characterized by naive thoughts and
silly questions. The drivel comments that are usually made by sanfuurs
are looked upon with pity and the clever remarks they come up with are
intentionally neglected and if the sanfuur insists on his idea he is
scornfully frowned upon. I once heard the word "sanfuur" traces its
origins back to some cartoon show.
A Somali proverb goes "Geel laba
Jir soo wada mar" which loosely translates to "every camel was once a
suckling" 5 years ago, I myself - the senior – was a sanfuur, I was at
the very bottom of the food chain, luckily I was one of the few sanfuurs
that survived with no circulating funny anecdotes o
f their sanfuur-hood, How was that possible , well ""The secret to creativity is knowing how to hide your sources."~Einstein
We have many friends with riposte tales, Start with Hassan who fell for
the cliché of "Fadal macaana"(فضل معانا) and followed our Omani
neighbors ,with their bewilderment they served him a cold tea from the
night before. On another occasion with the company of Mohamoud they went
to the grocery store and they fell for another cliché "Khaliiha
caleena"(خليها علينا) and they left without paying for what they have
purchased.
But Kainun
tops them all; He 'borrowed' a spoon from university, rubbed on a
girl's hair with the watch of her mother and briefly stole a water
bottle from some lady in the university cafeteria and many others. For a
complete year I thought falafel contained meat Hence I was known to
ingest and even gobble large quantities of falafel.
There are
other apocryphal stories with anonymous protagonists like the guys who
went to buy food seasonings (بهارات) and they didn't know what it was
called therefore they went all the way to literally draw food seasonings
on a piece of paper for the shopkeeper. How would you draw Seasonings!
it beats me...
There are two ways to survive sanfuur-hood,
first by being an obedient lackey "dhiidh" or by being fiercely
independent anarchist and never hang around other sanfuurs, in order to
prevail you should rub shoulders with the elite. Another important trick
is to never ever share your mishaps with anyone "Hadal intuu afkaaga ku
jiro ayuu amaano yahay" "thy words are yours, till you open thy
mouth". ...
We have many friends with riposte tales, Start with Hassan who fell for the cliché of "Fadal macaana"(فضل معانا) and followed our Omani neighbors ,with their bewilderment they served him a cold tea from the night before. On another occasion with the company of Mohamoud they went to the grocery store and they fell for another cliché "Khaliiha caleena"(خليها علينا) and they left without paying for what they have purchased.
But Kainun tops them all; He 'borrowed' a spoon from university, rubbed on a girl's hair with the watch of her mother and briefly stole a water bottle from some lady in the university cafeteria and many others. For a complete year I thought falafel contained meat Hence I was known to ingest and even gobble large quantities of falafel.
There are other apocryphal stories with anonymous protagonists like the guys who went to buy food seasonings (بهارات) and they didn't know what it was called therefore they went all the way to literally draw food seasonings on a piece of paper for the shopkeeper. How would you draw Seasonings! it beats me...
There are two ways to survive sanfuur-hood, first by being an obedient lackey "dhiidh" or by being fiercely independent anarchist and never hang around other sanfuurs, in order to prevail you should rub shoulders with the elite. Another important trick is to never ever share your mishaps with anyone "Hadal intuu afkaaga ku jiro ayuu amaano yahay" "thy words are yours, till you open thy mouth". ...
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