Tantie Talk
So de Budget come an gone...allyuh actually notice? Dis was de first
year I could remember dat yuh couldn' hear a million radio an TV tune-in to de
Budget. All over town people was going about like it was jes a nex odder day...is like it
have some hope fuh we people - dey didn' seize de chance to do nuttin' en masse,
pretending dey know what de man talking 'bout! Is like we people suddenly realise dat
no matter what dey feel 'bout de budget dey jes have to live wid it...but dey
could an' should do someting 'bout it - make de MP fuh dey area knowledgable an' informed
about de people he/she representing, probably fuh de first time in T&T history.
Doh jes take what dey giving yuh, is YOUR money dat YOUR employees
allocating, so yuh bong-to-mus' have a say in how it go be spent. Now is de time for
not only de Government but especially de Opposition MPs to stop de gallerying to de
masses, get off de fat behinds an' earn dey keep. OK, so I unnerstan' de 'show of
solidarity' dat went on during de Budget, but ent de Police did say early o'clock
dat dey wasn' allowing no protest/demonstrations? If dey was really smart, dey coulda
had plenty more effect by getting into cars and crawling en mass through
Chaguanus. Half de time traffic does be crawling anyhow, if dey had organise wid shop
owners to close dey places for 1-2 hours an' at de same time do de car routine, de whole
place woulda come to a halt...if yuh then decide to get outta yuh car to investigate
what going on, is which Police could tell you anything? But no, dey went out to get
arrest, so now dey out on bail an' go re-appear in court a couple times over de nex few
weeks. Yuh feel dat in 2-3 months time yuh could find somebody in Chaguanus who
could tell yuh who did get arrest, on what day, an' why? I hope dey doh continue
to play de fool an' dey actually turn up an' contribute to de Budget Debate, because jes
like in de rest of de world, we doh need no divisive idiots playing deyselves when
dey supposed to be lookin' out for de best interests of ALL de citizens of dey
countries.
Forget de crap, stanup an look at yuhself in de mirror Mr/Ms Politico,
do what de poor suckers yuh fool into voting fuh YOU believe yuh was goin' to do -
REPRESENT dem. Oh, an' one more thing...if yuh really, really doh have nuttin' in yuh
head but yuh jes have dis burning desire to get up an talk in de Parliment, at least
try to talk to somebody wid ideas de day before nuh...an' if yuh cyant do dat, jes be
good to yuhself an' all de rest of us an' sleep on de Backbenches...PLEASE!
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BACKCHAT: Issue 38
Is me here... in the soon to be frozen North. Now, if you think you get
manhandled in
Costa Rica, you should hear about the last time (Carnival 2002) I was
leaving La Trinite. I had two Kleenex in my bra (usual custom when your hands are loaded),
as I was being 'rifled' by the human on duty (she says her wand was not working), she
suddenly reached out and began squeezing my left breast. In deep shock, I reminded her
that she was being extremely personal, and usurping the position of my preferred
sexual partner, he, who only does this at my invitation. Being Trinidad, the woman behind
me began to cuss real bad; the person in a brown uniform informed us that she could lock
us up if we make noise. I had to remind her that she had now assaulted me and I could
ask my lawyer to get in touch with her and her employer, if I wished. You all wonder why
we do not come back home more often, or only for Carnival and when someone dies. What
all our public service staff need is training in the big Cs. Courtesy, Caring and
Customer appreciation.
Keep the pot boiling until next time.
//Hotmail user
The (above-mentioned) commentary is homogeneously humorous but I wish to
make particular reference to the penultimate paragraph, which commences with "Doh feel
yuh getting in de place easy". The latter is far and away the most amusing. As I perused
the portion beginning with "Take off yuh shoes, remove yuh belt, empty yuh pockets,
lemme se dat hat yuh have on...", I was pleasantly reminded of a calypso rendered by the
late bard who performed under the sobriquet "Lord Melody". Said artistic offering
told of a peddler who turned out to be "a ole tief come up from Sout' " who was accosted
by a law officer and bombarded with the following questions: "Way yuh get dis'? Wey yuh
get dat? Where did you get de superintendent's hat? Dis nightie look like mih neighbour
own! Where did you get dis tenor saxophone?..." Hours after reading "Tantie talk" 'we'
are still amused and Melody's melody is still - like the silly little tune - running
through our brain. If the axiom "Laughter is the best medicine" is indeed true then
consider yourself a pharmaceutical expert since you are surely dispensing the appropriate
medication.
OR .. (de nedda version dey did sen)
De whole ting good but de secon' tuh las' paragraph - de one dat start
wid "Doh feel yuh getting in de place easy" - is de bes'. As ah read de part wid "Take off
yuh shoes,
remove yuh belt, empty yuh pockets, lemme se dat hat yuh have on..." it
put mih in mine of Melody calypso bout de peddler "Way yuh get dis'? Wey yuh get dat?
Where did you get de superintendent's hat? Dis nightie look like mih neighbour own Where
did you get dis tenor saxophone?..." Ah still singin' it an' smilin'. If is true dat
laughter is de bes' medsin' yuh fillin' de prescription. Tanks eh!
//UK
Ah luv de Tico talk and de MiYAMI ketch-ass
//Trinidad
A warning for the ladies I stopped at Yufe, St.James soon after midday today. 10mins later I got
back to the car to be told by a passing Police Car that I had a flat. Very suspicious. There had been
a guy propped against the wall having a soft drink when I stopped. He
suddenly reappeared from around the corner to offer 'oh gorm, a flat, you mus be
pick up a nail?' I refused his help but he insisted. Afterwards, in the then pouring
rain when I thanked him he began to cuss that he needed payment for the job etc. He
insisted that I bring him in the car to get money which I refused and locked the car. When
the traffic built up, I hurriedly jumped in the car, locked myself in and left for the
tyre shop. They confirmed as I suspected...2 clean stabs in the side at the same angle!
And he was no vagrant either. The tyreman told me that he had a similar story from
another lady who brought her car in. She had been shopping at DGM or West Mall and found
she had a flat. A security guard at the mall kindly helped her to change the wheel and
after she tipped him and was driving off she heard his colleague call out to say
'Wha happen boy? Yuh only changing flat today. Waz dis de tent or eleven?' New scam instead of
robbery or what?
//Trinidad
Tant's, how u sweet so, ole talk, u full ah it....bu is tru ole talk
huh.....peace out Tant's.....
//Hotmail user |
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