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Jul 17, 2009 Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists

Some people does jump when dem hear any noise, some does jump when dem hear a sudden noise and according to dem boys, all dem people is people who living in fear. When dem gunman did controlling de place people did suh frighten that even when a car backfire dem use to call de police and claim how dem hear gunshots.
Well it look like if dem have people who still living in fear because de other day some reporters decide to check pun some contracts that de government give out. Dem go pun West Coast Demerara, dem go to Essequibo, dem walk in mud and dem cross trench to see wha happen wid dem contract.
Somebody talk and Robert hear. Dem boys seh that in all fairness, he ask that if dem gun publish anything dem should at least give he a chance to mek a comment. De reporter didn’t even call he and de poor man didn’t know wha happen till dem publish de story and nuff photograph.
Dem boys seh that Robert jump like if somebody light a squib under he behind. He call a press conference right away to explain that he ain’t do nutten. He claim that he pay de contractor eighty per cent of de money. De contractor claim how he get ninety per cent.
Dem boys seh that de story didn’t done deh. Robert claim how de wuk done and de contractor claim how de wuk ain’t really done. Was sheer confusion.
Dem boys suddenly find out that you have contractor, cantractor, and thiefing tractor. Wha mek de thing even more confusing is that de contractor name Fowl Cock. Dem boys seh that is only one thing a fowl cock can do till de farmer ready fuh put he in a pot.
Now dem reporter going and look fuh more contract. Of course, de last time dem try fuh talk to de people pun de ground bout if any work going on, people either had mumps and couldn’t open dem mouth or dem was so afraid that dem speech lef dem.
One man claim how de reporter got to talk to de people in town and when de reporter ask he why he can’t talk about what he doing he start one coughing till he nearly ketch fits. De poor reporter dem get scared just like Robert.
Now all this didn’t have to happen because people must know wha dem doing and if dem ain’t know at least dem can ask people wha dem doing.
That ain’t de only problem. Dem boys find out that nuff people tekking wuk and can’t do it. One man decide that he tek a contract wid de water people and when he first see a pipe he think was something to sit down on. De wuk ain’t start yet and de man collect money in advance.
Is like de one who end up in court. He boss give he some money to bank. De boss mek de mistake to give he de money pun he birthday. De man spend out de money and end up in court.
He tell de magistrate how de water was high in some creek so he couldn’t cross to ketch de main road. He claim how was he birthday and he decide to drink a bit wid he friends. He tek $10,000 of de boss money and he claim how he buy a drink and how he fall asleep and he friends tek de money.
Well de magistrate tell he to spend he birthday and couple days in de jail because dem ain’t got nowhere he could go till de money pay back. He claim how he want one week to collect back de money. Well is only he know how he can stay in jail and still collect de money. He probably got to have a cell phone and a lot of friends.
Imagine dem also got people who don’t mek joke wid dem thing much more other people own. A man sit down taking a drink when a friend walk up and tek de bottle and pour. De man choke he till he spit white.
Dem boys seh that is de same thing wid some big ones. A policeman ketch a thief and nearly kill he because de man didn’t have de thing he thief pun he.
Talk half. Lef half.

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