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Jokes / Only Trinis
« on: July 20, 2006, 03:33:02 PM »
Gabriel came to the Lord and said, "Ah have to talk to you, yes. It have some Trinis up here in Heaven who causing real problems.  Dey swinging on the Pearly Gates, my horn missing, BBQ sauce and curry all over dey robe; cow-heel, chicken foot and pigtail bone all over the streets of Gold. Some ah dem walkin around with one wing saying is ah style, dey late taking turn keeping de stairway to Heaven clean, it have ah setta watermelon seed all over the clouds and dem, dey only playing ah setta soca an dub, some ah dem protesting saying dat they entitled to public holidays and carnival, an some ah dem ent wearing dey halos, saying it doh fit with dey hairstyles."

The Lord said, " I made them special, as I did you, my angel. Heaven is home to all my children. If you really want to know about problems, let's call up the Devil". The devil answered the phone, "Hello? Yes, Lord ........wha de...... hole on a minute." The devil returned to the phone and said, " Yeah Lord, wha yuh want?" The Lord replied, "Tell me what kinds of problems you are having down there..." The devil said, "Ooohh... hole orn... hole orn" and put the Lord on hold. After 5 minutes he returned to the phone, and said "Eh heh... what it is yuh ask meh jus now?" The Lord said, "What kinds of problems are you having down there?" The devil said, "Buh eh eh....look, hole orn...." This time the devil was gone for 15 minutes. The devil returned and said, "Look I sorry eh, but I cyah talk to yuh right now nah. Dem Trinis and dem put out de fire again, and now dey installing air conditioning in meh place".

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She's going to Bat for the other team: DC superheroine gets updated as a lesbian socialite who fights crime

Dave McGinn, National Post Published: Wednesday, July 19, 2006

Batwoman has spent the last 50 years in both Batman's shadow and the closet. That changes today with her reappearance in the pages of DC Comics, this time as a lipstick lesbian.

Gone is the utility purse, and new to the character are a skin-tight black suit and an on-again, off-again relationship with former police detective Renee Montoya.

"When you're looking at Batman and the world of Batman, [they're] characters that were introduced nearly 70 years ago," says DC executive editor Dan DiDio. "We've always got to find new ways to freshen them, give them new points of view, and expand their world and, more importantly, grow with the world around us."

Introducing such a high-profile gay character may help the DC universe resemble the world we live in, but mainstream comics have historically had an uneasy relationship to homosexuality. Any mention of the perceived gay subtext of the Batman-Robin relationship will send many fans into a tizzy. Costumed heroes, traditionally, have been hetero.

But DC and Marvel, its rival, have slowly begun to embrace gay crime fighters. In 2001, Marvel introduced a Japanese lesbian superhero in the series Exiles. Recently, Green Arrow legalized gay marriage during his tenure as Mayor of Star City. The new Batwoman, though, is by far the biggest blip on the comic gaydar.

Batwoman first appeared in 1956, though she seemed to spend as much time doting over her niece, Bat-Girl, as she did chasing bad guys in her full-body yellow suit. And, up until she was killed by the League of Assassins and the Bronze Tiger in 1979, she always harboured a romantic interest in Batman. Not at any more. Kate Kane, the new Batwoman, is a bold, tough-talking, redheaded lesbian socialite by night, and "a crime fighter by later in the night," according to DC.

"The fact that she's a lesbian is not something that plays so heavily because this is surely a superhero comic," says DiDio. "But this is an aspect of her personality that hopefully enriches her background and gives us more sense of story as we tell it in the future."

DC's announcement that Batwoman would be a lesbian has drawn fire from some conservative groups in the United States. The Culture and Family Institute and the American Family Association both posted complaints on their Web sites.

"You have very vocal and very passionate opinions on both sides of the fence," says DiDio. "I'd like for everybody to hold their opinions until they see the character in the story and how the story is told before rushing to judgment."

Batwoman appears today in 52, an epic new series that debuted in May and will publish weekly for an entire year, telling the history of the DC universe. The series, focusing on every character in that universe, is a chance for the comics giant to diversify a pantheon of characters who have traditionally been white guys in super suits, says DiDio.

Besides the new Batwoman, DC has introduced a Hispanic character who has taken over as the new Blue Beetle, a new Asian character known as The Atom and has plans to introduce more such characters as the series progresses.

"The issue of diversity is important to 52 because you can't tell the history of a world or a universe and just have the characters looking and acting in the same fashion," says DiDio. "You really have to show that this is a multicultural world. It's important to tell stories like that. We need to grow and expand with what the world really is today."

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General Discussion / A Milestone in My Life - 1.5 Billion Seconds Old
« on: July 10, 2006, 01:46:45 PM »
Many of you post about events in your life.

So here is mine.

On Friday, July 14 2006, around 6:00 pm, I will be (hold on now ...)

I will be 1,500,000,000 seconds old (1.5 billion seconds old on this day).

Best wished accepted  ;D  ::)

If you like nonsesne like this, check out:

http://www.re-date.com/index.php

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Jokes / Diary Of A Newly Arrived Trini In Toronto
« on: July 07, 2006, 12:52:25 PM »
In case allyuh eh see dis one yet.  If it is a double post ah sorry.

Diary Of A Newly Arrived Trini In Toronto

October 8th --
We have arrived in Canada! Finally! This marks a new chapter in our lives.  It's very nice here. It's a little cool, but who needs HOT weather?  This is perfect: Not too hot; not too cold.

October 15th --
It is getting a little cooler, but we are adjusting.  We bought some sweaters today and went for a short walk. Loving Toronto!  This is what life is about!!!

October 30th --
The weather is definitely cooler now. We taped all the windows shut, so cold air cannot creep in.  Outside may be cold, but it feels like Port-of-Spain in this house. 

November 11th --
The news reports say snow is on the way ... we cannot wait!  We have never seen snow and it should be pretty exciting to see it for the first time.

November 14th--
It started snowing. The first of the season and the first real snow we have ever seen.  The wife cooked Pelau and we sat by the window watching soft flakes drift down, clinging to the trees and covering the ground.  Could never do anyting like this in TRINI and IT WAS A BEAUTIFUL SIGHT!

November 15th--
We woke to a lovely blanket of crystal white snow covering the landscape. What a FANTASTIC sight!  Every tree and shrub was covered like a beautiful white mantle.  I shovelled snow for the first time and loved it. I did both our driveway and the sidewalk.  Later, the city snowplough came along and accidentally covered up our driveway with compacted snow from the street.  The driver smiled and waved and I waved back and shovelled again, Torontonians are so friendly!!!

November 18th--
It snowed an additional twelve inches last night and the temperature has dropped to around four degrees.  The cold weather is not so bad. We can take this. Not at all as bad as we imagined.  Several limbs on the trees and shrubs have snapped due to the weight of the snow.  I shovelled our driveway again. Shortly afterwards the snow-plough came by and did his trick again.  Much of the snow is brownish grey.

November 19th--
Warmed up enough during the day to create some slush, which soon became ice again. Bought snow tires for both cars.  I slipped and fell on my backside in the driveway, paid 130 dollars for the chiropractor, but fortunately, nothing was broken.  More snow and ice expected.

November 20th --
Still cold. Sold my wife's car and bought a 4X4 in order to get to work.

November 21st--
On my way to work, the 4X4 skidded into the guard-rail and did considerable damage to the right fender.  We had another 15 inches of white crap last night. The vehicle have salt and shit all over it.  More shovelling in store for me today! De dam snowplough man did he job again. Watch me an' him!

November 22nd--
Yuh believe dis? De first heating bill just come! How de hell it come up to so much?

November 30th--
Its two frigging degrees outside! an' more snow on de way.  Every damtree in de yard geh damage up. An' to crown it off, de power went out mos ah the night.  We try to keep from freezing to death wid candles an' kerosene heater, but de heater tip over an' nearly bun dung de house.  Ah manage to put out de flames, but end up wid second degree burns on meh hans.  Ah nearly bun off meh eyebrow an' eyelash. Den de car slide on de white shit again! on the way to de hospital, an' we had to write it off.

December 5th --
Look at meh crosses! Dis snow ain't plan to stop soon.  De ting comin' down and down as if it go never stop!! What de arse is this?!  Ah had to put on all meh clothes dat ah own just to go out to meh mailbox.  This is real crap! If ah ever catch the fool dat drive dat snowplough, ah tell yuh, ah go cross one lash in he backside.  He go bawl like ten Tarzan when he get it.  Ah really tink he does hide round de corner and wait 'til ah finish shovelling, den come down the street fas, fas, an' cover up we driveway again.  Boy, ah tell yuh!

December 10th--
De power still off, de toilet freeze up. Some part ah de roof look like it ready to cave in.

December 15th--
Another mudder-ass eleven more inches ah snow an' ice!  God know dis aint right. Ah put ah hole in de snow plough with me pick-axe but the driver get away by the skin of he teeth.  If he feel he go be so lucky next time, he lie!

December 16--
De wife take off and lef me

December 18--
De car cyan start an' ah tink ah goin' snow-blind. Ah cyan feel me toes an' ah din see de sun fuh weeks!  An' guess wuh? De weatherman predict more snow!  Yuh believe dat?! An' de win-chill is 30 friggin degrees below zero!

December 22--
Dis TRINI moving back home TODAY before dis God forsaken place done kill mih an finish mash up mih family!  If ah ketch a flight, at least a could reach Port-of-Spain fuh Christmas and some good liquors an Parang.  Toronto could haul dey backside!

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Football / T&T Under 18 Squad - Robbie Tournament - Toronto
« on: June 30, 2006, 08:33:53 AM »
I copied this from the Toronto Lime Newsletter dated June 29th

This weekend at Lameroux Park (in Toronto) is the Annual Robbie Tournament and the T&T under 18 squad will be participating. The team includes a few players from the national youth team. So if you are a football fanatic, make sure you make it to Lameroux this weekend. For more info call 416.579.7328.

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Here is another Best and Worst to Date by George Johnson, CanWest News Service, Saturday, June 24, 2006

Best team, best player and best goal at World Cup so far

MUNICH - The serious stuff, the knockout phase of the World Cup, begins today at Allianz Arena, the huge, white puff pastry home to both Bayern Munich and TSV 860 Munich of the Bundesliga, as host Germany tackles Sweden.

The riff-raff has been weeded out, half the field is gone, left to wait until qualifying begins anew. Forty-eight matches contested, 16 to go. From here on in, no second chances.

There couldn't be a more opportune moment, then, to wedge in a look back on the bests and worsts, highlights and lowlights of 15 frantic days, and 11 hotel changes, that only come along once every four years:

Best player Argentine playmaker Juan Roman Riquelme. Sublime. Runner-up: Miroslav Klose, Germany's goal-scoring machine.

Best city Berlin for its cosmopolitan thinking and rich historical significance and Munich for its old-world charm.

Best team Argentina, narrowly edging out Spain.

Worst team Costa Rica. Scored two, surrendered nine. At least Serbia & Montenegro was in a Group of Death.

Best goal Easy. Esteban Cambiasso's gem in the 6-0 Argentine demolition of Serbia & Montenegro, a 24-pass concerto of brilliance. Destined to go down as one of the all-time World Cup standard-bearers on highlight shows from now until they close up shop on the planet.

Worst foul Daniele de Rossi's ugly, flagrant, indefensible elbow that sliced American Brian McBride open for three stitches and, momentarily at least, put the Italians down in manpower. He received a four-game ban for it yesterday from FIFA.

Guttiest performance The overmatched Yanks, down to nine men, vs. Italy.

Best fan moment Italian tifosi in the Clean Toilet restroom (as opposed to the Dirty Toilet restroom, one supposes), cost: 2, at the Hanover hauftbahnhof, dressed head-to-toe in Roman gladiator togs and bickering over the available hand towels.

Best emerging star Spanish striker Fernando Torres.

Best old geezer Luis Figo, Portugal.

Best game Argentina 2, Ivory Coast 1. The Elephants, making their World Cup debut, played without fear against a traditional superpower. And, indeed, came within a crossbar from snatching a late point. Runner-up: Spain's comeback to deny Tunisia 3-1 on a brace from Fernando Torres.

Best stadium By consensus, Dortmund, Signal Iduna Park. Straight up and down, like the best English stadia, not a bad seat in the barn. Oh, and here's a little tidbit: In 1998 an unexploded 1,000-lb bomb from WWII was discovered under the former Westfalenstadion's pitch.

Best fans The Dutch are an engaging sort of lot, all decked out in their Oranje. Here, they've been plentiful, serene and polite. Close second: The Aussies. One businessman and his wife from Melbourne flew 24 hours to get to Munich for the Brazil match the day before the game, watched their Socceroos lose 2-0, then flew back the next morning. That's dedication.

Best fan/stadium atmosphere The English. Oh, the Brazilians, with their statuesque girls from Ipanema and the constant drums are unforgettable, all right. But until you've heard the Brits stand and let loose with God Save the Queen or another one of their standards at a massive international match, you're missing something in this life. It's amazing, considering the condition some of them are in, that they don't get the lyrics all jumbled.

Player with most annoying/ overused move Joe Cole, England. For someone with all that pace, enough with the freakin' stepovers already!

Most overexposed celebrity Maradona, who gets more TV time during Argentina games than Riquelme, Saviola or anyone else.

Most urbane coach Marcello Lippi, Italy. Ain't even close.

Most loyal coach Carlos Alberto Parreira, Brazil. Steadfastly stuck by Ronaldo as the criticism was flying in all directions. That faith was repaid with two goals vs. Japan.

Worst unkept promise A maddening reluctance by referees to punish diving with yellow cards, as FIFA had advertised.

Most disappointing team The Czech Republic, out after such a lightning start. Runners-up: Serbia & Montenegro. Touted as a competitive entry in the Group of Death, wound up 0-3, scored twice and surrendered 10, including six in that mauling by Argentina.

Most inspiring team Ghana. After losing 2-0 to Italy in their opener, the Black Stars rebounded for consecutive wins to escape the Group of Death and put an African team in the Round of 16. Good on them.

Most disappointing player Strange to say this, but ... Ronaldinho. A relative choice, of course. Not that he hasn't shown hints and glimpses, but has yet to take hold of this tournament and make it his own. If expectations were out of sight, it's his own fault. He set the standard.

Best fan fest experience Frankfurt, where giant screens have been mounted on a floating platform anchored in the River Main to watch matches. Seating on the river banks numbers roughly 15,000.

And there are still 16 days to go ...
© National Post 2006

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Jokes / A Trini Mother's Teachings
« on: June 23, 2006, 09:52:30 PM »
I hope this is new

Things My Mother Taught Me.........

1. My Mother taught me about ANTICIPATION.
"Just wait till yuh father come home."

2. My Mother taught me about RECEIVING.
"What yuh say? Come here let me give yuh what I have fuh yuh!"

3. My Mother taught me to MEET A CHALLENGE.
"What di backside yuh was thinkin'? Answer me when ah
talk to yuh...Don't talk back to me!"

4. My Mother taught me CONSEQUENCES.
"If yuh run across de road an' cyar lick yuh dong, a goin' kill yuh wid licks."

5 My Mother taught me the value of good Education.

"If yuh doh go to school, yuh go tun tief or walk an' sweep de road."

6. My Mother taught me MEDICAL SCIENCE.
"If yuh keep on ah tun over yuh eye lid an' fly lan on it, it go stay so forever."

7. My Mother taught me ESP.
"Yu tink ah don't know what yuh up to nah?"

8. My Mother taught me HUMOR.
"If yuh don' eat yuh food, people go say yuh mirasmee."

9. My Mother taught me how to BECOME AN ADULT.
"Come an' take yuh licking like ah man."

10. My Mother taught me about SEX.
"Yu tink yuh drop from de sky or off ah tree, yuh have stem??"

11. My Mother taught me about GENETICS.
"Yu jus' like yuh dam father."

12. My Mother taught me about my ROOTS.
"Weh yuh tink I come from Embacadere?"

13. My Mother taught me about WISDOM OF AGE.
"When yuh get to be as ol' as me, yuh go understan'."

14. And my all time favorite... JUSTICE.
"One day wen yuh have yuh own chirren, ah hope dey treat yuh de same way."

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Football / Thursday 15th....London Ontario. Where are my people??
« on: June 13, 2006, 11:04:44 AM »
I have yet to see another T&T flag in conservative London Ontario.  Where everybody?? 

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Football / The Politics of Soccer
« on: June 13, 2006, 04:52:27 AM »
Here is part of an article about the politics of Soccer/Football.  He feels that African and Asian nations are over reppresented at the expense of better nations.  And Israel should be in but was not grouped with its logical geographical neighbours.  I disagree with this man a lot but he does have a point about Israel. But I disagree with keeping developing football nations from participating.  Comments anybody??  HE did NOT mention T&T in his criticism.


Michael Coren, National Post Published: Tuesday, June 13, 2006

And so it begins. A hiatus of soccer enthusiasm so that Canadians can return to their cultivated indifference by the middle of July. It's impossible to deny that soccer is the one truly international sport and that the World Cup -- not, please, "FIFA World Cup," which is like referring to the "NHL Stanley Cup" -- does try to be fair and representative.

Yet fashionable politics penetrated soccer some time ago, which is why African and Asian countries are, frankly, over-represented in Germany. In a direct match between several European and Latin American teams that didn't qualify for the finals and several African and Asian ones that did, the former would win most of the time.

It's one thing to encourage the development of the game in specific regions but quite another to have, for example, Denmark and Uruguay staying at home while Togo and Angola are in Germany.

Another country not present is Israel, which almost won a qualifying group that included, among others, France, Ireland and Switzerland. The latter are in the tournament even though Israel, which finished tied for second, had the same number of points. Israel should in fact be playing in their geographical region, against Jordan, Syria, Lebanon and Egypt. And if they did so, they would advance at every opportunity......

Read the rest at http://www.canada.com/nationalpost/news/issuesideas/story.html?id=621bb659-2b31-4c28-b806-bf922a36b0a8


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Football / Best World Cup Jersey - T&T
« on: June 03, 2006, 11:53:10 AM »
One of Canada's National newspapers, The National Post voted T&T Jersey as one of the winning Jerseys for World Cup Fashion.  Here is their quote:  "TRINIDAD/TOBAGO: GOOAAAL! The asymmetrical collar (very slimming for meaty necks) and tasteful bits of white under the arms are a winner." Photograph by : Andrew Barr, National Post.  You may not be able to view the entire article and comments.  But be assured, ours was the only jersey with the tag "GOOAAL".
http://www.canada.com/nationalpost/news/artslife/weekendpost/index.html

Here is what they said about Germany: "Even Oliver Kahn will look good in this cool white- yellow-black-and-red jersey, one of the best of the lot". And what they said about the USA: "The U.S. team was so proud of the stripe on their jersey, they continued it right down to the left sock. Lots of stripes, maybe, but no stars here."

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