Full Moon... the next day
Juanita: Did you hear de joke bout de hit and run?
Me: No, what?
Juanita: Miss Puneesha stone Cousin Rageo with her slipper, on de street, lasss night pon midnight.
Me: What?
Juanita: That's the joke.
Me: What joke.
Juanita: She call he chancey beca he live with he wife AND sweetheart.
Me: She took up for her daughter.
Juanita: That's the other joke
Me: Tell me...
Juanita: Dey say wife no noh bout de sweetheart. Hmp! Must be he like young ting!
Me: I was asleep at 8, I didn't hear a THING! I always miss out on the action.
Maybe....Miss Puneesha was tired of listening to Lenard Cohen
ReplyDeleteI'm with you,Lee, now my Kriol is really shakey, but I really don't get the joke. Maybe this is more like a humorous antecedote than a joke, strictly speaking. HOHO, MB
ReplyDeleteDid you laugh?
ReplyDeleteMarybeth: here's a quick translation
ReplyDeleteMiss Punisha smacked her son-in-law (Cousin Ragio) with her sandle, while on the street, at midnight on full moon (out in front of our house). It appears that she found out that her son-in-law has a young sweetheart, living in the house with him and the wife doesn't know what's going on. THE WIFE THINKS THEY ARE JUST FRIENDS.
Cream: yes I did laugh... and laugh... and laugh because I had a suspicion that something was going on over there...
hahahahahahaha
ReplyDeleteTings really happen in dat small place dere, Miss Lee.