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Dem boys seh…Parbattie aka Carol was a night nurse

Dec 16, 2013 Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News

De name Parbattie knock dem boys like a brick. People talk de name and dem seh that is a powerful woman; that she is a big thing in Georgetown. Well dem boys never hear de name suh dem decide to do some investigation.
Dem go to Fyrish pun de Corentyne because dem hear that some of Parbattie family live deh.
Then den ask bout Parbattie and dem hear that she change she name to Carol. Suh dem decide to ask people bout Carol Gopaul and people tell dem that she was a popular gyal; that she was very active; that she use to climb high.
Dem boys know that any gyal from de country know to climb tree because that is part of de life. Dem didn’t tek de climbing part fuh nutten till dem hear that de people use to call she night nurse.
That was when dem realize that this gyal had talent and that wid she experience she can get any wuk. Being a night nurse is not an easy job because people does call when you want to sleep.
Dem boys ask wheh she get she nursing qualification and that was when all of dem get dumb.
And that was when Ganda de Local Government Minister seh that de woman got experience and that she experience and she common sense more than she academic qualifications.
Dem boys seh that de Minister had to know something and that he actually use Carol Parbattie experience as a night nurse.  That is why he tell de reporters that he ain’t got to answer no more questions.
When a reporter dig he does find out more than he really believe exist.
Dem boys find out that de night nurse had nothing to doing wid sick people unless dem people was sick in dem head.
It had to wid providing comfort fuh lonely seamen in de night. Night nurse had to climb ladder that hanging down de side of dem ship.
Carol Parbattie was a very good night nurse.
Talk half and do you own investigation.

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