Tantie Talk
Is who it is does make up des stories dat making de rounds? I know dat
some of dem real old an' get updated wid a Trini slant, but dey have some dat
is jes pure genius...an' it also have some dat could only get properly told
after some drinks an' wid liberal use of antics an' expressions. Anyways, if
allyuh know who/what/why/where an' how, lemme know please! in de mean time, enjoy
dis one,
A Trinidadian dies and is sent to hell. He was a horrible man throughout
life and the devil really wanted to punish him, so he puts him to work
breaking up rocks with a sledgehammer. To make it worse, he cranks up the
temperature and the humidity. After a couple of days the Devil checks in on his victim
to see if he is suffering adequately. The Devil is aghast as he looks at the Trini
happily swinging his hammer and whistling a happy tune.
The Devil walks up to him and says, "I don't understand this. I've
turned the heat way up, it's humid, you're crushing rocks, why are you so happy?"
The Trini, smiling looks at the Devil replying,"This is great, it reminds me of
August in Trinidad & Tobago. Hot, humid a good piece of work to do - it
reminds me of home. This is fantastic!"
The Devil, perplexed, walks away to ponder this. He decides to change
things up a bit - drops the temperature, sends down driving rain and torrential wind.
Soon, hell is a wet, muddy mess. The Trini is happily slogging through
the mud pushing a wheelbarrow full of crushed rocks. Again, the Devil asks how
he can be happy in such conditions. The Trini replies, "This is great. Just like
April in Trinidad & Tobago. Reminds me of working out in the garden!"
The Devil is now completely baffled. In desperation, he tries one last
ditch effort. He makes the temperature plummet. Hell is blanketed in snow and ice.
Confident that this will have to do it, the Devil checks in on the Trini. He is aghast
as he sees the Trini dancing, singing, and twirling his sledgehammer as he cavorts
in glee. "How can you be so happy. It's like you're celebrating. Don't you know
its 40 below zero!?" screams the Devil.
"Hell's frozen over!" Replies the Trini, "that means, We finally qualified for the
World Cup, the West Indies team is winning again, and my people finally
have an honest and trustworthy Government!"
...if ONLY eh, SIGH.
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BACKCHAT: Issue 35
Thank you for you ad on the 'Bowling for Columbine' documentary at CCA7
last week, it was very provocative. However, there is something I would like to share with
others who have seen the film. In reading various online discussions on the film, I
have come across several sites that point out areas where the film maker, Michael Moore,
used skilfull editing to create a false version of some events depicted. You can check
it out at
http://www.hardylaw.net/Truth_About_Bowling.html
A quick e.g. the infamous phrase 'from my cold dead hands' was actually
uttered a year after the event, at another meeting held not in Colorado, but in North
Carolina. Video footage from the 2 events were combined to appear as coming from one
meeting. This is not to take away from the theme of the film, which I think deserves
consideration, but to point out that Mr Moore's may have tried too hard to get his point across.
//Trinidad
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Michael
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Michael Baker's CD 2002 "one Aspiration" available.
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Peter Sheppard Exhibits at 101:
Saturday 20th to Friday 26th - The 101 Art Gallery will host artist
Peter Sheppard for his 10th annual exhibition of paintings. The artist is expected to show
approximately 40 new pieces of work. Art enthusiasts will, no doubt, enjoy walking through
Peter's impression of beautiful Trinidad & Tobago.
http://www.101artgallery.com
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5th Annual FIU Eric E. Williams Memorial Lecture:
Friday 19th - The Eric Williams Memorial Collection and FIU's African
New-World Studies Department are pleased to announce that Dr. Angela Davis, the renowned
civil and women's rights activist, will deliver the 5th Annual FIU Eric E. Williams
Memorial Lecture, "Slavery and the Prison Industrial Complex." This will be held at
Florida International
University's South Campus, Wertheim Performing Arts Center, September
19, 2003 at 6:30pm.
The EWMC is also promoting the "University of Woodford Square - 1956"
historical greeting card. Sales of these as well as signed and numbered, Limited Edition
print reproductions of the painting by noted Trinidad & Tobago artist, Adrian
Camps-Campins, will benefit the Eric Williams Memorial Collection. |
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