20 questions for 2008:
http://www.thenassauguardian.com/national_local/20087423643639.php

I saw this article in the Guardian today by Ian Strachan, interesting and amusing.

By Ian Strachan, For The Guardian


There's a popular saying that goes, "It don't hurt to ask." I'm inclined to take that bit of wisdom to heart. Lots of strange things are going down in Nassau town, people. One nice long drive in this 7-by-21 and questions just start popping into your brain, and you need somewhere to put them. I mean, it ain't like you expect to get answers, you just need to ask for the sake of your own sanity. So here it goes: The 2008 edition of 20 questions.

n 1. How dem Rastas sellin peanuts don't be sweatin in the noon-day sun? I mean, all dat hair, the drapes they wearin for clothes and dem table cloth wrap round their head too? Amazing.


* 2. Why do drivers going in the wrong lane 'cause they want to overtake always think they need to blink their lights in order for me to see them? They comin straight at me!


* 3. Why, oh why, would someone stick fake bullet holes on the sides of their car? Have these people heard of the power of suggestion?


* 4. What happened to those tracking bracelets for people out on bail? I guess that idea made way too much sense.


* 5. Did anybody else hear Frank Smith call Hubert Ingraham the cookie monster at the PLP convention? C is for cookie, that's good enough for me. C is for cookie . . .


* 6. I know Delia wrote the note and Sadie bar the door. But who are Delia and Sadie exactly?


* 7. Why would a web shop use the slogan "Everybody Wins"? . . . . Isn't that false advertising?


* 8. Speaking of web shops, when the numbers man applies for a business license to open a web shop (wink, wink), tell me, who exactly is responsible for approving that application?


* 9. How many times do they have to cancel Junkanoo before we get fed up?


* 10. Why is everyone wearing orange-red Oakleys that seem to shout "I'm possessed by a demon"? I know us Bahamians like trends and fads but what does this one say about you exactly? Man I see police and thugs wearing these things. Somethin ain' right.


* 11. Who's callin me from an unknown number?


* 12. Why does Environmental Health spray "Move By April 7, 2007" on a derelict car and the car still there on April 7, 2008?


* 13. Why is everybody walkin brisk, talkin 'bout they exercising, but we all still fat?


* 14. When Emerald Bay says it wants casino workers who "greet [their] guests enthusiastically", are "extremely friendly", and "extroverted", don't they really mean they want workers who are "creepy"?


* 15. Why Bahamians buying dese pedigree dog and cat dem mangy and runnin in da road like potcake?


* 16. You mean to tell me Pindling give away the people's shares in the Port Authority in 1970 and it has taken us 38 years to figure out just what happened?


* 17. When is Dirtie's going to switch to a numbering system for customers? I tired gettin goosie by pushy customers who seem to know the ladies on the other side of the screen personally!


* 18. Why with gas so high Bahamians still driving Explorer, Expedition, F-150, Navigator, Blazer, Ram, Hummer and Cherokee?


* 19. How much do I need to pay Eddie the Virgo for him to not play a Michael Jackson song today? I know, he's the King of Pop Rock and Soul. I just don't care.


* 20. Now that we have all these tax cuts, how long will it be before the price of bread drops from $3.99? 'Cause right now I makin my sandwich wit' cream crackers! ($1.29)


* Write strachantalk@gmail.com or visit: ianstrachan.wordpress.com


* Ian Strachan is a playwright, poet, novelist and filmmaker. He teaches English at The College of The Bahamas.

Now THAT was a good way to start my morning! LOL.

By Ian Strachan, For The Guardian
There's a popular saying that goes, "It don't hurt to ask." I'm inclined to take that bit of wisdom to heart. Lots of strange things are going down in Nassau town, people. One nice long drive in this 7-by-21 and questions just start popping into your brain, and you need somewhere to put them. I mean, it ain't like you expect to get answers, you just need to ask for the sake of your own sanity. So here it goes: The 2008 edition of 20 questions.
n 1. How dem Rastas sellin peanuts don't be sweatin in the noon-day sun? I mean, all dat hair, the drapes they wearin for clothes and dem table cloth wrap round their head too? Amazing.
* 2. Why do drivers going in the wrong lane 'cause they want to overtake always think they need to blink their lights in order for me to see them? They comin straight at me!
* 3. Why, oh why, would someone stick fake bullet holes on the sides of their car? Have these people heard of the power of suggestion?
* 4. What happened to those tracking bracelets for people out on bail? I guess that idea made way too much sense.
* 5. Did anybody else hear Frank Smith call Hubert Ingraham the cookie monster at the PLP convention? C is for cookie, that's good enough for me. C is for cookie . . .
* 6. I know Delia wrote the note and Sadie bar the door. But who are Delia and Sadie exactly?
* 7. Why would a web shop use the slogan "Everybody Wins"? . . . . Isn't that false advertising?
* 8. Speaking of web shops, when the numbers man applies for a business license to open a web shop (wink, wink), tell me, who exactly is responsible for approving that application?
* 9. How many times do they have to cancel Junkanoo before we get fed up?
* 10. Why is everyone wearing orange-red Oakleys that seem to shout "I'm possessed by a demon"? I know us Bahamians like trends and fads but what does this one say about you exactly? Man I see police and thugs wearing these things. Somethin ain' right.
* 11. Who's callin me from an unknown number?
* 12. Why does Environmental Health spray "Move By April 7, 2007" on a derelict car and the car still there on April 7, 2008?
* 13. Why is everybody walkin brisk, talkin 'bout they exercising, but we all still fat?
* 14. When Emerald Bay says it wants casino workers who "greet [their] guests enthusiastically", are "extremely friendly", and "extroverted", don't they really mean they want workers who are "creepy"?
* 15. Why Bahamians buying dese pedigree dog and cat dem mangy and runnin in da road like potcake?
* 16. You mean to tell me Pindling give away the people's shares in the Port Authority in 1970 and it has taken us 38 years to figure out just what happened?
* 17. When is Dirtie's going to switch to a numbering system for customers? I tired gettin goosie by pushy customers who seem to know the ladies on the other side of the screen personally!
* 18. Why with gas so high Bahamians still driving Explorer, Expedition, F-150, Navigator, Blazer, Ram, Hummer and Cherokee?
* 19. How much do I need to pay Eddie the Virgo for him to not play a Michael Jackson song today? I know, he's the King of Pop Rock and Soul. I just don't care.
* 20. Now that we have all these tax cuts, how long will it be before the price of bread drops from $3.99? 'Cause right now I makin my sandwich wit' cream crackers! ($1.29)
* Write strachantalk@gmail.com or visit: ianstrachan.wordpress.com
* Ian Strachan is a playwright, poet, novelist and filmmaker. He teaches English at The College of The Bahamas.
This so freaking sad...I frigging vex as hell! What the hell dem mofos does do in parliament.

This so freaking sad...I frigging vex as hell! What the hell dem mofos does do in parliament.


TIEF!!!!!!!

* 15. Why Bahamians buying dese pedigree dog and cat dem mangy and runnin in da road like potcake?

Yep, he just hit on a pet peeve of mine. :tdown:

LOL jokes fa years..........i like the first one....and the Eddie the Virgo one lol!

LOL jokes fa years..........i like the first one....and the Eddie the Virgo one lol!
My mother LOVED "You Are Not Alone" when it first came out. Any time she wanted to hear it, she would call Eddie because she knew he would play it for her. He got to know her by name, eventually. Lol.

This so freaking sad...I frigging vex as hell! What the hell dem mofos does do in parliament.
wait till we see what's uncovered in the next 35 years.....

My mother LOVED "You Are Not Alone" when it first came out. Any time she wanted to hear it, she would call Eddie because she knew he would play it for her. He got to know her by name, eventually. Lol.

LOLL!!!!!!!!!! man aye Ian Strachan is too much, i gatta save that!

"who's calling me from an unknown number???" lol lol :hammer:

That was great !

wait till we see what's uncovered in the next 35 years.....



Are you implying that it takes long for Bahamians to learn?:confused:

Are you implying that it takes long for Bahamians to learn?:confused:
Bahamians are the masters of temporary alarmism........we get mad quick...make plenny noise...den forget we spose ta be mad and do something....

een ga hear nothing about it......

Bahamians are the masters of temporary alarmism........we get mad quick...make plenny noise...den forget we spose ta be mad and do something....
een ga hear nothing about it......


Maybe, Bahamians are at the first phase of the process...recognizing the problems with the expectations that the next generation will resolve these outstanding issues.

Maybe, Bahamians are at the first phase of the process...recognizing the problems with the expectations that the next generation will resolve these outstanding issues.
maybe....but that will only begin to work when we reach the next stage of arresting the issues.....otherwise.....they will continue to mount...and they already outnumber the people that are trying to discover them.....

What we need is a complete change....processes....policies......personnel....the whole 29 yards...