Pretty Nice.

I saw a shoe I loved today. But I had no money to buy it.
Nevertheless, I have feet. I’ve got that going for me… which is nice.

 Yesterday, my lecturer sent me out of class while she repeatedly said ‘useless and shameless student’.
The whole class kept laughing because she has a lisp. I had that going for me… which was nice.

 I misplaced my ATM card yesterday in a bus.
But I have no money in my bank account. I have that going for me… which is nice.

 This afternoon, a guy called out to me from across the street and said ‘Hey, zip up your jeans’.
I heard him. Which means I’m not hard of hearing. I have that going for me… which is nice.

 My crush caught me secretly picking my nose last week.
I have a nose. I’ve got that going for me… which is nice.

 My hair has refused to grow long and thick.
I won’t be eligible for the sacrifice of girls with long and thick hair. I’ve got that going for me… which is nice.

 I have a terrible singing voice and I once feared for my children’s lullaby lives.
I have a feeling I’ll get married to Adam Levine. I might have that going for me… which would be nice.

 I’m quite unfriendly.
Nobody asks to share my food with me. I have that going for me… which can be nice.

 I am broke.
Today, my sister told me I’m losing weight. I have that going for me… which is nice.

 I don’t have lots of beautiful cloths of different colors.
’m a law student. So, I have that going for me… which is nice.

 I’ll probably be single for life.
can eat all the noodles and convenience foods I want for life. I’ll probably have that going for me… which would hopefully be nice.

 I have the R-factor.
At least it isn’t the H-factor. I have that going for me… which is nice.

 I am mostly lazy.
Everyone knows this and so no one gives me stuff to do, hence, I have more time to sleep. I have this going for me… which is nice.

 I’m very clumsy. I can’t even do my own make-up.
I’m naturally pretty. So, I’ve got that going for me… which is nice.

 My teeth are scattered and incomplete.
Nothing amuses me, so I rarely ever smile or laugh. I have that going for me… which is nice.

 I don’t even turn on the news anymore because the ‘probes’ are crap, the ‘committees’ are a scam and the lies are getting old.
But I’m proud to be a Nigerian.  I’ve got that going for me… which is nice.

 I might be suffering from writers’ block.
But you have to be a writer to suffer from it. Yes? I have that going for me… which is pretty nice.

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