Jamaican Jokes: Jamaican Lottery Winner
Recently, this Jamaican won the 10 million special lottery for a dollar. As soon as the office of the Lottery Corporation was open on the following day, he was there to collect his winnings. Graciously, he presented his winning ticket to the clerk and in his best English uttered his request “Me cum fi collect […]
Jamaican Jokes: Mango Time
Two men were stoning a mango tree, trying to hit down a large mango right in the top, when one said to the other: “All de stone we a stone, suppose de mango no ripe?” “True,” said his friend, “Check it out nuh.” The first man then climbed the tree, went way to the top […]
Jamaican Jokes: Devon and the Beggar
Every morning Devon would drive down Constant Spring Road on his way to work. And every morning he would stop and give the resident beggar man $50. After a while Devon started to give the beggar $30. The beggar, noticing that his money was reduced, was not too pleased, but said nothing. Later on, Devon […]
10 Things Jamaicans Do To Save Money
Jamaicans have always been able to find ingenious ways to save money in harsh economic times. Whether at the supermarket, at work or going about their everyday lives, they come up with their own methods to stretch every dollar and make almost everything last longer. Here are 10 Things Jamaicans Do To Save Money: Dilute […]
Sick As A Dog!!! – Memoirs of An Illegal Alien Part 105
I wanted to be put out of my misery and would take just about any drug that would do that. I was sick like a dog. I was throwing up and doing number 2 at the same time just after midnight. There was no way I was going to work so at 6:00 am I […]
Missed Opportunities – Short story; adopted from the book The ORIGINAL JAMAICAN Patois
Linval Lewis was fifteen years old in nineteen fifty-nine when he seriously began to think about what he wanted to be, or could be as an adult a mere six years away. Prior to that he thought that at age twelve he would be sent off to the Kingston Technical High school like his cousin […]
The thin line between love and hate – Memoirs of An Illegal Alien Part 104
The friendly relationship between Juliet and I had deteriorated after she pulled off that stunt putting pepper in Nicola’s panty . We were basically 2 ships passing each other by in the house. It was not going to help our “business” marriage so I made a conscious decision to try and make things better. We […]
Poem: Dear I
Dear I, Rememba our dance Our smile Our laughter That made the mass Envy us Rememba our love That made dem Stop and look Wishing to be like us Rememba the slow jam That brought goose pimples On our bodies made us create Beautiful rays of colors babies Rememba the scent Of baby powder […]
Poem: She dance-Dedicate to Robert Nesta Marley
She dance as he sang *Dont let me down…Keep a riding As he swing his locks to and fro dancing, prancing, back and forth She saw the seriousness of his mind She heard his roar She watched him reason She admired him from a far She felt proud of him She salute him She felt […]
Poem: I Got Love dedicate to Ras Ifuma (Michael)
Just because I didn’t say I love you that lately man, you never show me no emotion but honey, my darling I want to be your only honey my darling, you got to be my only chorus I got love, love , love love inside my heart, please understand take my hand I got love, […]