Yuh know yuh is ah country bookie when

[Country_Bookie]

Came across this on fb , credit where credit is due, the author is Angelo Bissessarsingh. I'm wondering how the fcuk he know so much about me

Yuh know yuh is ah country bookie when

1) Yuh does come outside watch up and point when plane flying over yuh house

2) Yuh probably never see Port of Spain and chances are never will unless yuh have tuh be warded at POS General for some reason

3) Yuh have ah connoisseur’s appreciation for sada roti and various types of talkaree

4) Yuh doh understand why people does buy mango and fig on de side ah de road when you know all yuh hadda do is go stone/cut dat in yuh backyard

5) Yuh does call yuh siblings “breddah” and “sistah” instead ah dey first name

6) Yuh make more brush outdoors dan inside

7) Yuh have at least one Uncle Boysie who is breddah tuh Uncle Sonny and who sistah is Tantie Girlie who is also ah sistah tuh Tantie Dolly

Under yuh foot hard and black like tawah (yuh cud mash ah nail barefoot and bend it) because yuh grow up wearing shoes only tuh go tuh school and church

9) Yuh does still get excited when u driving up de highway and see de outline of the Northern Range appear on de horizon

10) Yuh does make excursion tuh go in de airport when friend and family flying out or flying een…..maxi, dhalpuri, duck and plenty rum in Piarco carpark (plus yuh never forgive the AATT for doin away with de waving gallery)

11) Yuh never been tuh any other beach dan Quinam and Caura is yuh river.

12) Yuh fadda had ah Datsun 120Y, yuh learn tuh drive in one, it was yuh first car and yuh hobby once yuh retire

13) Yuh ride in de open tray of ah Datsun van tuh school more dan once

14) Floodwater is something tuh walk in and ride bike and swim despite warnings of sewage contamination and possibility ah drowning in ah box drain by accident

15) Yuh know at least one or two people who hold down ah goat or sheep in ah unguarded moment

16) KFC is yuh idea of ah fancy dinner

17) Yuh eh really open tuh de idea of buying pizza since yuh cyah see de sense in paying so much money for what is really ah roti and cheese

18) Part ah yuh childhood was spent in ah rice lagoon or canefield

19) Elections is less about voting sensibly and more about getting ah free t-shirt and excursion on ah maxi

20) Policeman cud still advantage yuh and yuh go take it

21) Yuh fraid tuh drive on de highway

22) Yuh have one or more endangered bird species as pets lock up in ah cage

23) Yuh tink that “Kuch Kuch Hota Hai” is the greatest piece ah cinematography ever created

24) Every room in yuh house have ah sugar bag hammock

25) Yuh spend yuh life building ah proper house tuh show yuh have substance but still prefer tuh live in de big shed yuh was constructing behind it

26) Dahee and paynoose is not jess something yuh granny tell yuh about because yuh had some yesterday

27) Yuh does wait whole year for de school bazzar so yuh cud play ring-toss and dress up in yuh pretty dan-dan (female) or in ah Van Heusen Shirt w. studded jeans and ah crepesole (guys)

28) Yuh does fraid tuh be outside alone after dark before de La Diablesse or Lagahoo take yuh

29) Yuh see ah douen or ah soucouyant at least once and cud testify tuh dat

30) Yuh never eat sushi, but curry every edible animal in de forest ahready

31) Yuh does still grieve for de late Sundar Popo

32) Yuh doh go by de doctor unless suffer from “heart” and “sugar” but believe dat any disease cud be medicated with puncheon, lime and honey

33) Yuh was never quite de same after Lara retire, yuh was devastated when Sachin Tendulkar left and yuh doh want tuh live in ah world where Shivnarine Chanderpaul is no longer active on de pitch

34) Yuh doubtful about marriage because know dat domestic quarrels does end in cutlash, gramoxone (Barrackpore Sweedrink) or rope and soft candle

35) Yuh does wrap or cover yuh head if yuh going out in de night because yuh go “catch sick” if de “dew fall on yuh”

36) Yuh does still refer tuh mathematics as “arithmetic”

37) Yuh beat bobolee on Good Friday in every shape and form ranging from Uncle Jack go back tuh when Chambers was in power

38) Yuh cyah put on ah computer but yuh like MacGyver when it come tuh whipping up ah slingshot from ah crook stick and car tire tube

39) Yuh loss yuh virginity at 13 but as an adult yuh does still feel kinda embarrassed tuh watch ah oman in ah bathing suit

40) Yuh living in ah place where people does still come out in de government road and bawl “MAWNIN NEIGHBAH” on de top ah dey lungs

…and that people, is the joy of country bookiedom

[Country_Bookie]

How could I forget #41, Yuh does make WOFT cheds on 2nr on a monday morning.

[ismithx]

page 1 spot for sale

[crazybalhead]

Yuh saying yuh is a goat molester dan?

[bonzo.specb]

Yuh saying yuh is a goat molester dan?

[Hook]

[S_2NR]

It actually have people in Trinidad like this...? Rofllll

[black start]

If you see my neighbz yuh never tell she mawning....gyul morning face different.....

[foss]

that post is what from the 50's?

[crazybalhead]

Foss, just because you living in upper the bay and feel you reach...

[antlind]

Classic Trini culture. I am sure we can all relate to at least one of these items...regard of our background.

[lalloboy101]

Ah yes, dem was de good days, when tings were a lot simpler and life was good

[joker]

18,26

And ah did born in POSGH.

[mitsu_chick941]

Yuh know yuh is ah country bookie when

u call yourself

Country_Bookie

[shake d livin wake d dead]

It actually have people in Trinidad like this...? Rofllll

yup,it actually does...ppl who not familiar with anywhere east of the airport need to wake up and smell reality.

[kual]

It actually have people in Trinidad like this...? Rofllll

yup,it actually does...ppl who not familiar with anywhere west of the airport need to wake up and smell reality.

[S_2NR]

It actually have people in Trinidad like this...? Rofllll

yup,it actually does...ppl who not familiar with anywhere east of the airport need to wake up and smell reality.

Pricesmart?

[SMc]

It actually have people in Trinidad like this...? Rofllll

yup,it actually does...ppl who not familiar with anywhere west of the airport need to wake up and smell reality.

I lorse, to the East and West of the airport is swamp so where the confusion coming in here?

[~Vēġó~]

I doh need no list to let me know who I is....

[bluesteel29]

fuss time ah went country ah thought fatpork was code fuh vagina

[Allergic2BunnyEars]

When yuh make threads like this.

[EDora]

It actually have people in Trinidad like this...? Rofllll

yup,it actually does...ppl who not familiar with anywhere west of the airport need to wake up and smell reality.

I lorse, to the East and West of the airport is swamp so where the confusion coming in here?

[Spitfir3]

fuss time ah went country ah thought fatpork was code fuh vagina

...on a real doh yuh know how long meen chew on a good fatpork

[joker]

Meem hear bout padoo and balahar...

[kurpal_v2]

It actually have people in Trinidad like this...? Rofllll

yup,it actually does...ppl who not familiar with anywhere east of the airport need to wake up and smell reality.

Pricesmart?

Oh they have a pricemart now?

[kjaglal76]

dis older dan d facking internet

[kevin5211]

yeh it might be old but i know a guy dat duz hafta hire a man to carry him in d bamboo to buy parts for he 14, fraid to drive on d highway, duz look for excursion wen he wana go beach orn a holiday(granville) quinam iz d normal flick . grieving for he 120y wit dil to pagal hai on d back windscreen he sell umteen yrs ago and cud identify wit 3/4 ah dis list and he eh cross 40 yet.

[nervewrecker]

Meem hear bout padoo and balahar...

How bout tankobean

Dealt with some yesterday

[nervewrecker]

fuss time ah went country ah thought fatpork was code fuh vagina

...on a real doh yuh know how long meen chew on a good fatpork

Anyone know where have a tree?

Caimet seem to be in season, only seeing the small ones. Anyone know where have a tree that bears big ones? Sweet caimet worms *smacks lips*

[javishm]

Yuh know yuh is ah country bookie when

u call yourself

Country_Bookie

Correct!