In the last hour or so, I had 2 "children say the funniest things" moments.
I went to my son's school to catch the last half-hour of his weekly soccer.
As I approached, one of the kids said "its a throw in, you idiot!" quite loudly, and I thought, what a rude little !@$%%^...
Then, I came home and checked my email. Here is what I received:
A little girl was talking to her teacher about whales.
The teacher said it was physically impossible for a whale to swallow a human because even though it was a very large mammal its throat was very small.
The little girl stated that Jonah was swallowed by a whale.
Irritated, the teacher reiterated that a whale could not swallow a human; it was physically impossible.
The little girl said, "When I get to heaven I will ask Jonah".
The teacher asked, " What if Jonah went to hell?"
The little girl replied, "Then you ask him b..tch".
Thursday, September 28, 2006
Sunday, September 17, 2006
Bloggage
Hope your weekend was enjoyable, and if not, here's wishing you a good week to come, whether you work, study, idle, or any combinations thereof.
Passed thru a bar operated by a friend of mine last night. He has reopened it for the first time since Hurricane Ivan. He was a seaman in his young days, and the bar is decked out (no pun intended) with maritime artifacts, including a propeller, a search light, a captains clock, a barometer, and other pieces of equipment that honestly, I need to ask him what those are.
The bar counter is made in the shape of the bow of a ship, and over the bottles of liquor is a replica of a bridge of a ship, trimmed with Caymanian made rope.
There is a pool (billiards) room, with 2 pool tables. There are several pieces of work in the bar to be complete, but I like it, and it is certainly off the 'trendy' circuit. This place is really a bar among bars. A couple of hispanic bombas working behind the bar as per the usual local routine. Having imbibed several Heinekens, I had a shot of 1800 tequila. It was nice.
After that stop, I went to a new restaurant opened by my clients. It is located in a shopping centre on Seven Mile Beach. On Friday, I attended a private luncheon (free, as well) put on by the owners to give the kitchen, the bar and the servers a trial run. Sitting with me there was the head chef at Cayman's brand new Margaritaville. He was the chef at Margaritaville Negril, before. He is new to Cayman, but is being well taken care of by several of my friends/clients.
Lastly, look at this humourous quote from Ja'can columnist and pollster Mark Wignall - I think its wonderful in terms of its humour, although serious in some of its implications.
"Teen girls quickly learn that the use and unveiling of their sexual organ far outweigh anything that the head can think up. And the men around these girls are always there to remind them of its importance. As the lack of education grips these communities, the sex becomes the bargaining tool among young women."Mi run up a marathon pon a gal man last night," said one woman to a dancehall channel cameraman recently. Now imagine if that man referred to was 'suffering' from a sex strike on the home front. Some suffering indeed.
No sane inner-city young woman expects her boyfriend, live-in or not, to be sexually active solely with her. Such a man is a rarity and is considered 'saaf'. The whole dancehall culture, which is deeply embedded in the ghetto, is centred around 'nuff' sex, male promiscuity, female availability and male sex-power.
When the man 'steps out' in the evening, probably after holding up at gunpoint a few people outside the community the day before, he steps out in style, dollars in his pocket, expecting that something new will be available.
If this 'something new' doesn't happen, there is always the live-in to fall back on. The man therefore learns that sex is available in and out, and the young woman outside who is poorly educated and broke, pats herself at the spot, looks down and speaks to it, 'We a go look a food later'."
Passed thru a bar operated by a friend of mine last night. He has reopened it for the first time since Hurricane Ivan. He was a seaman in his young days, and the bar is decked out (no pun intended) with maritime artifacts, including a propeller, a search light, a captains clock, a barometer, and other pieces of equipment that honestly, I need to ask him what those are.
The bar counter is made in the shape of the bow of a ship, and over the bottles of liquor is a replica of a bridge of a ship, trimmed with Caymanian made rope.
There is a pool (billiards) room, with 2 pool tables. There are several pieces of work in the bar to be complete, but I like it, and it is certainly off the 'trendy' circuit. This place is really a bar among bars. A couple of hispanic bombas working behind the bar as per the usual local routine. Having imbibed several Heinekens, I had a shot of 1800 tequila. It was nice.
After that stop, I went to a new restaurant opened by my clients. It is located in a shopping centre on Seven Mile Beach. On Friday, I attended a private luncheon (free, as well) put on by the owners to give the kitchen, the bar and the servers a trial run. Sitting with me there was the head chef at Cayman's brand new Margaritaville. He was the chef at Margaritaville Negril, before. He is new to Cayman, but is being well taken care of by several of my friends/clients.
Lastly, look at this humourous quote from Ja'can columnist and pollster Mark Wignall - I think its wonderful in terms of its humour, although serious in some of its implications.
"Teen girls quickly learn that the use and unveiling of their sexual organ far outweigh anything that the head can think up. And the men around these girls are always there to remind them of its importance. As the lack of education grips these communities, the sex becomes the bargaining tool among young women."Mi run up a marathon pon a gal man last night," said one woman to a dancehall channel cameraman recently. Now imagine if that man referred to was 'suffering' from a sex strike on the home front. Some suffering indeed.
No sane inner-city young woman expects her boyfriend, live-in or not, to be sexually active solely with her. Such a man is a rarity and is considered 'saaf'. The whole dancehall culture, which is deeply embedded in the ghetto, is centred around 'nuff' sex, male promiscuity, female availability and male sex-power.
When the man 'steps out' in the evening, probably after holding up at gunpoint a few people outside the community the day before, he steps out in style, dollars in his pocket, expecting that something new will be available.
If this 'something new' doesn't happen, there is always the live-in to fall back on. The man therefore learns that sex is available in and out, and the young woman outside who is poorly educated and broke, pats herself at the spot, looks down and speaks to it, 'We a go look a food later'."
Thursday, September 07, 2006
War in the East, War in the West
So sang Bob - in another of his prophetic pieces.
The new government in Iraq aint kidding. The Associated Press' headline is that Iraq is assuming military control from the US led forces. Never mind the 27 detainees who are being executed having been convicted of various heinous offences, they are just a footnote.
Such is the insensitivity of war. The issue is about who is running Iraq. All else is secondary. God help them.
And having invaded Afghanistan, and Iraq, good old George is salivating at the thought of Iran.
I thought George Sr. was a warmonger. His son mek im look like Barbie Doll.
On a lighter note, isn't Tiger Woods something! 5 straight titles. And on the penultimate day, Vijay was sailing towards victory in the Deutche Bank Championship. Amazing. Read it here.
Against my better judgment, but in view of difficult times, I have been doing some court work lately. Hopefully this will be a temporary measure, while my other transactional work develops - Court aint pretty. And in the criminal court its the same old goons doing the same burglaries, drugs, violence, etc.
Enjoy your weekend, folks, and hopefully I will post again early next week, unless, driven by some sudden and temporary loss of control, I do a weekend post.
Adios.
The new government in Iraq aint kidding. The Associated Press' headline is that Iraq is assuming military control from the US led forces. Never mind the 27 detainees who are being executed having been convicted of various heinous offences, they are just a footnote.
Such is the insensitivity of war. The issue is about who is running Iraq. All else is secondary. God help them.
And having invaded Afghanistan, and Iraq, good old George is salivating at the thought of Iran.
I thought George Sr. was a warmonger. His son mek im look like Barbie Doll.
On a lighter note, isn't Tiger Woods something! 5 straight titles. And on the penultimate day, Vijay was sailing towards victory in the Deutche Bank Championship. Amazing. Read it here.
Against my better judgment, but in view of difficult times, I have been doing some court work lately. Hopefully this will be a temporary measure, while my other transactional work develops - Court aint pretty. And in the criminal court its the same old goons doing the same burglaries, drugs, violence, etc.
Enjoy your weekend, folks, and hopefully I will post again early next week, unless, driven by some sudden and temporary loss of control, I do a weekend post.
Adios.
Friday, September 01, 2006
Weekend, folks, live it large.
Folks
Hope you take your weekend seriously and make the most of it, even if that means hitting the sack and catching some long postponed z's.
Some of my Bloggionistas from yard made mention of the yard born now turned English cleric, who was preaching a bunch of rhetoric in London which landed him in jail, and now he has been deported to Jamaica, having lived in London for 22 years. Here is the Gleaner article. Note the part about him encouraging the London bombers. Not nice at all. He will still be a muslim when he gets here, but one supposes that he won't have as much Governmental pro-American sentiment to preach about, as he would have in England.. I don't know, maybe he will have to preach about Chavez..
Interesting writeup in the NY Times about India's expanding economy, and its population which will exceed that of China's in a few decades. here it is .
We have quite a few hundred Indians here - the majority from the Island of Goa, the majority working as chefs and security guards. A bit of rumours/scandal spreading about them at the moment, because their families pay huge sums to employment "agents" in India (more like loan sharks really), in default of which serious harm befalls either the relevant overseas worker or their families in India. This came to light following the attack of one of the guards whilst on duty here, and then his subsequent demise by a reported "suicide".
Here's hoping you have a wonderful weekend - I am starting by staying home with my boys whilst the Mrs. goes out tonight !
Sayonara.
Hope you take your weekend seriously and make the most of it, even if that means hitting the sack and catching some long postponed z's.
Some of my Bloggionistas from yard made mention of the yard born now turned English cleric, who was preaching a bunch of rhetoric in London which landed him in jail, and now he has been deported to Jamaica, having lived in London for 22 years. Here is the Gleaner article. Note the part about him encouraging the London bombers. Not nice at all. He will still be a muslim when he gets here, but one supposes that he won't have as much Governmental pro-American sentiment to preach about, as he would have in England.. I don't know, maybe he will have to preach about Chavez..
Interesting writeup in the NY Times about India's expanding economy, and its population which will exceed that of China's in a few decades. here it is .
We have quite a few hundred Indians here - the majority from the Island of Goa, the majority working as chefs and security guards. A bit of rumours/scandal spreading about them at the moment, because their families pay huge sums to employment "agents" in India (more like loan sharks really), in default of which serious harm befalls either the relevant overseas worker or their families in India. This came to light following the attack of one of the guards whilst on duty here, and then his subsequent demise by a reported "suicide".
Here's hoping you have a wonderful weekend - I am starting by staying home with my boys whilst the Mrs. goes out tonight !
Sayonara.
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