Annoying flatmate
While I was at uni, I shared a flat in student halls with 5 other guys. Its not like we all got on but by far the weirdest guy was Lekan.
He was originally from Nigeria but had lived in London for the last 10years or so (he was about 25)
Things that he did included, coming his afro all over the bathroom so we ended up with hairs all over our toothbrushes etc. That was until another housemate threw his comb out.
He used to miss the toilet and piss all over the floor. Cue our German flatmate oing ballistic at waking up with a stinking hangover and standing in Lekan's piss.
He hardly ever washed and didn't use any deodarant and I'll never forget the day when the uni cleaning lady went into his room and, in her broad scottish accent, bellowed loudly, "ach this room is stinking? Where's ma Airfreshener!?" He was out at the time but she wasn't happy.
However, possibly the weirdest thing about him was his cooking and the food he ate. He was the worst cook I've ever seen. I'm sure everyone knows someone who, having moved away from home, is a disaster in the kitchen but he took it to new levels. His diet mainly consisted of pots of rice (fair enough) but he started to get more adventurous as the year wore on. Adding whole eggs in with the rice to boil. Opening tins of sardines and just tipping them in raw with the rice. When an Italian friend, D, of mine (excellent excellent cook) quizzed him about his cooking, Lekan said he's never learnt to cook because his mother had to cook for him. D asked what if your mum is out? Lekan said his sister must cook for him and that if his mum and sister were out they must leave enough food for him in the fridge for him to eat while they are away. Bit of a throwback to a previous age eh ladies?

Apologies for length but I feel strangely better getting that off my chest. He was a total wanker to live with!
(ruud, Sat 28 Feb 2009, 2:31, Reply)