Hmmm....
Tokunbo, it sounds as if you know something they must have forgotten to mention to me. There had been some rumours floating around about owings years ago; do tell us what you know now. After all, this is a rumour site!
Back when, there was a small scandal brewing. Well, a big scandal involving a small person and his houseboy. I returned one day to tell one of his fellow admirers that there was a fresh rumour out (one I had just made up on the spur of the moment, but never mind that now).
"You heard about how he plied him with 'hot drinks,' yes?"
"Yes, yes...."
"And you heard about how he threatened him with a revolver, yes?"
"Yes, yes! Come on, come on! What is the latest-latest?"
"It wasn't a revolver...."
"Okay, okay, so what was it?"
"It was a... samurai sword!"
"Oh God! I love it! Wait, I gotta call everybody!"
I just cannot wait to get back! Here, when I tell people that I often think that people are talking behind my back, that just marks me as a weirdo. Back in Nigeria, in our little circle of ex-pats, that just means I know what's going on.