R.i.pped

Been a while since I updated this blog. Made too many promises about being regular - kept none. Whatever happened to BHH? Does anyone know? Apparently there was one that no one told me about. I'd like to say I've been busy, but we all know that'd be a lie. Blogger mojo is at an all-time low. And somehow, I found myself semi-addicted to BBA - until Justice, the midget we all loved to hate was voted out. Then all the other attempts at entertainment sorta fell short.So, a couple of days ago, I was chatting with a couple of friends. Now one of them was telling stories about how crazy the crime-rate was, down in South Africa. Apparently, you would be lucky to escape with your life. Down there, if anyone holds you up with a weapon, its "your money or your life". K'la by comparison is relatively safe - we concluded. Apparently, in S.A - your even advised to carry like a knife for protection. Where is this going?There was girl I knew who always had a surgical blade for emergencies. Since they're tiny and she could carry it in her purse. On this one dark fateful night, she was cornered by a would-be mugger. He grabbed her arm roughly and demanded she hand over her phone. She told him she didn't have one.He back-handed her - so hard she spat out blood.In a frightened panic, she started rummaging through her purse to find her phone, but her hand closed round the blade.Now according to her, she didn’t think but she shut her eyes tight, ripped it out of the purse, and in the same move - swung upwards, as hard as she could. The guy let out a guttural primal scream as she felt 2 areas of resistence. One probably the chest, the other - the mugger's face. And without looking back, she turned and ran.That had to hurt!We laughed about it. Even joked about getting ourselves surgical blades for emergencies, but then a friend of mine asked, "If you had a blade, could you really bring yourself to use it on a fellow human being…?"I asked my sister the same question, and she answered affirmative - without even batting an eyelid. Quite shocking, no? I guess its different for women