A brainteaser ?
Simpleton the Kid (1) who lives in Hoût-si-Ploût (2) gets a phone call from his twin-sister who is on vacation (3) in Nigeria (4).
- "Well, Nit(5)", she says, "things are hotting up here.(6)"
- "Gosh, Sis. It's scorching weather over there. You are in a sweat?"
- "No, Nit. I was talking of the Boko Haram islamists who are killing people in their hundreds. But, yeah, Nit. I'm pouring with sweat. The thermometer is reading 40 degrees Celsius here."
- "My God, Sis! It's twice as hot as we are here. We have a bare 20° at the moment."
With that, Simpleton's sister gets laughing her head off.
- "You are pretty hot at joking, Nit. Would my place be twice as hot as yours, I'd be turned a heap of ashes."
- "I see you coming again with playing your Miss Know-it-all. I have had it, Sis. Leave me alone."
Disenchanted Simpleton the Kid right up hangs up the phone.
Would you be so kind, dear fellow-GGuser, as to help Simpleton the Kid understanding why his twin-sister gets laughing her head off?
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(1) Simpleton the Kid is a moniker, just as we had a Cassidy the Kid.
(2) Hoût-si-Ploût is a hamlet in Wallonia (Continental Europe). It's a Walloon name meaning 'Listen a bit if it's raining'.
(3) on vacation. Up to you to decide why she is not on holiday.
(4) in Nigeria. It's up to you to tell why the hell she chose Nigeria for her vacation resort.
(5) Nit, short for Nitwit, which is pretty much the same as simpleton. She uses that nickname for her twin-brother because it suits him pretty well.
(6) for beginners only: 'Things are hotting up' means, either that the atmosphere is growing lively, exciting, or that the atmosphere is getting strained, tense, rebelled.
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19 Feb. 2012