Tantie Talk
Well chile, allyuh Tantie go either end up dead from Hypertension or I go
be well pickle like Saltfish wid de amount of salt I has to be taking any
time I read de papers or turn on de radio and TV news. If we suppose to
believe everything we hearing, it mean de Pentagon GPS Satellite system
get hack, and all dey sensors really pointing at T&T when dey feel dey
pointing at Iraq.
I mean to say, is what do de Express to say dey publishing dat story like
dat? I ent say de story ent have some kinda substance behind it, but dey
coulda make it look a little less like if de reporters an dem did come up
wid it one night after a bad lime wid too much good rum. Even if it true,
de way it reading yuh could only react wid either panic if yuh dotish or
wid a good long steups if yuh not. Dey did definitely go a lil too far wid
de sensationalism, nex time allyuh doing something so is to forget de
dramatics and lewwe get de facts, bore we to tears wid de dry facts please.
I not exactly sure why it is people seem to want to shut down T&T Carnival,
but dat seem to be de way things going...dey even have a letter to de
editor in today's papers suggesting it. All dat go do is make people
afraid to come to sweet T&T and worse yet make We Trinis fraid we own
shadow. Now anytime a car backfire man go be bawling as if dey get shoot,
de ones who have guns go be whipping dem out looking to 'return fire' and
eventually it go endup wid a setta innocent people getting shoot because
everybody on edge. Even now people worrying when de see a car dey ent
know...in broad daylight, worse yet when is night. I ent say yuh musn' be
observant, dat should be not only easy but natural to we maccoscious
Trinis, but is when like in all things yuh going overboard and starting to
give paranoia a bad name yuh know is time to take stock. Yuh cyant jes
lock yuhself away and pretend/hope de world outside ent really as bad as
yuh think...it might very well be worse, but if yuh ent outside in it
trying to find/be part of de solution, yuh only making yuhself part of de
worsening problem. And is no use jes saying dat prayer is de only
solution...praying go help de one doing de praying, but if yuh doh get out
and put in some action time and make somebody else feel better, is bes' yuh
didn' do nuttin at all.
Anyways, enough of ranting...is Carnival time an' tings waxing warm.
Tantie an' de Squeeze was in QRC fete on Saturday...when I tell you it was
nice! Dey does throw a real good fete yes, it have real space for partying
and still have plenty room fuh de food and bar, and table and chairs to
boot. De food was good as usual, but de music was real class. When Exodus
and All Stars done play, people was asking how come it doh have more pan in
parties. Shadow and Stalin put dong dey best as usual, but de Black Man
did really steal de show when he "Come out to Party" wid Exodus backing
up...dat was real sweet to bad, and he had de whole fete singing along wid
he, Tantie throat still hoarse is fus ah was singing.
Never mind what people want to say, Tantie sure dis year go be a real nice
Carnival...we have some nice music and de onliest thing I really worried
about is de weather. It shaping up do be a real hot and dry season, so
allyuh watch yuselves when yuh partying, doh get dehydrated and be extra
careful where yuh throwing dat cigarette and match, we need to have dem
trees and bush for when de rains come back or else is more flood.
Take care and enjoy
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BACKCHAT: Issue 3
...for a big, educated - sometimes sober - man not to know that simply
uttering the words "Al Qaeda" and "Trinidad & Tobago" in the same breath
could only SERIOUSLY weaken this country's stature only just goes to show
who is really trini tuh de bone....
//Cayman Islands
like one of you responses from overseas says send some sunshin. I too and
asking not just for some shunshine We get some here but please please send
some warmth. At present it is minus seventeen with a wind chill factor of
minus 30 degrees. It's real freeze time, and this may stay with us for yet
another week, before we may get about a minus 2 or three or something like
that. In the meantime do have a great and funfill time this carnival Peace
to all enjoy talk again.
//Canada
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