BAHAMAS HOMESITE
YOU KNOW YOU BAHAMIAN WHEN ... YOU KNOW YOU'S A BAHAMIAN IF YOU OLDER THAN YA UNCLE! You know you's a Bahamian if you drive a 2004 Maxima but the title aint clean enough to get you more than Road Act! You know you's a Bahamian if ya idea of getting in shape walking home from work only when ya reach there ya have a big pork chop dinner with potatoe salad mac n cheese and peas n rice. You know you's a Bahamian if ya MP gat more cases in court than you! Ya know you is a real Bahamian when ya mummy still holding ya passport and you are 33 yrs old Ya suppose to be ta work fer 9 am, but ya don't reach until 9:20am and then take another 20 minutes to get some tuna and grits from the food store next door, another 20 minutes to eat it...so in essence ya don't really start work until 10am... If you know what 'spry' means If you say kitchen zink If you say frunral When you go to a restaurant and see 'steam' (not steamed) grouper or fry' (not fried) fish You know you's a Bahamian if you call ya Grandmother Mommy cause ya ma Trifling a** was never around! You tell your boss about his/her a** and expect to still have a job.... and then you DO still have a job. You know exactly what T'ree for Five means. You have grits for breakfast... every day! You know you's a Bahamian when, as a man, you add -eisha, -nique, or -ette to the end of your first name when you naming YOUR DAUGHTERS! You know you are Bahamian when, you get to the counter at any US Airport and try to check 4 tires wrapped in blue shrink wrap in as checked luggage and want to have a Microwave with duct tape all over it (not to mention the part you left as a handle) as your carry on! You come back from Miami with three big duffle bags (full)and claim you only spent $300. You is call ya body parts BUBBY, BUNGIE, BREAD, and WOOD. You over 35 and still live home with your mother. When you ask for the WORM out the conch. You get the FLIT to spray for insects!!!!!!!! YOU KNOW YOU'S A BAHAMIAN WHEN YOU GO TO VISIT RELATIVES IN THE OUT ISLAND U GATTA CARRY 2 DOZEN DUNKIN DOUNTS AND 2 BARRELS OF KFC! Ya know ya is Bahamian when you can make milk with cream and water. Ya know ya is .....when ya use super value bags for garbage bags. Ya know ya is......when a baker is the oven and not a person. Ya know ya is .... when ya end every sentence with 'aye'. Ya know ya is .... when ammonia is a sickness. Ya know ya is .... if ya know what 'alavas' is. Ya know ya is ..... when 'potcake' is a dog or burnt rice. Ya know ya is ..... when ya could get out ya bed 1:00am to go watch a parade. |