Few days ago, I was going through William's geography assignment when I got stumped by temporary amnesia of the name of an animal that I thought would be useful to include in. So I decided to ask the best three candidates I could find on my MSN to see if they knew what animal eluded me at the moment.

After very little deliberation, I messaged Beckie, Bryan and Wei Chuan. Beckie because she's my mommy and doesn't everyone says "Mother knows best"? Bryan and Wei Chuan because they are Singaporean and I assumed that they would know. Especially Bryan who never fails to correct my English pronounciation. I know la... Your English better than mine la...

So I typed:
What's the name of a rat-like animal which lives in the desert that likes to stand on their hind legs?

Anyone reading this wanna take a shot? No prizes for guessing right though. It's pretty easy.

Anyway, both Beckie and Bryan got it right. But that joker Wei Chuan... Wah lau... I have nothing to say to him anymore. Actually I do.

"EH!!! Attend lectures for God's sake. I have never seen you for n-th weeks!!"

Back to the point. You know what he answered me? Take a guess again.

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OSAMA!!!

WTF!??!??! Where did that come from? So I checked my question again to make sure I didn't type something along the lines of "What's the name of the scoundrel who lives in the mountain in the desert somewhere who likes to kill people?" Hmmm... Nothing wrong with my message. Then it hit me!! -lightbulb flashes on top of my head-

Rat:
A person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible
Source Dict.org

Lives in the desert:
Uh huh!! Who's still hiding in the desert according to US intelligences?

Stand on hind legs:
Humans can be perceived to be standing on hind legs with the hands as fore legs.

Wei Chuan was, in fact, right all along!!! What a case of reading between the lines.

So I leave you with a picture of the cute animal whose name is Meerkat, not Osama (fortunately for them).