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DO NOT TAKE YOUR CHILDREN TO THE MARKETS

Jun 04, 2014 Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom

Yesterday morning there was this woman who used some of most foul language in front of Stabroek Market. The sun was just rising and here was this woman engaged in a curse out with another woman.
This is how her day began. They have some people have no respect for the beginning of a new day. Even before they brush their teeth after awaking, they let out a stream of expletives. What a way to begin the day.
In many areas in Guyana but especially around the markets, you can hear people swearing from as early as daybreak. They use the filthiest of expressions and have little regard for who is around. For all you know, the Pope could be standing next to them and they still would swear as if it was going out of fashion and they wanted to show that they are still in the groove.
If you have children and can avoid it do not take them to the markets, especially early in the mornings. It seems as if some vendors wake up on the wrong side and the first words out of the mouth are expletives. The markets are not a good place to take your children. If you want to shield them from colourful language, keep them away from the markets.
But if you are going to shield your children from the cuss birds out there, make sure that you set a good influence at home. There are some parents who love to swear in front of their children. This is bad influence and may cause the children to use foul language in school.
One time there was a boy named Billy. He was caught swearing by his teacher.
“Billy,” she said, “you shouldn’t use that kind of language. Where did you hear it?”
“My daddy said it,” he responded.
“Well, that doesn’t matter,” she explained, “I don’t want to hear that language in here again.”
Then she said, under her breath, “At least he doesn’t know what it means.”
“I do, too,” Billy corrected. “It means the car won’t start!”
So be careful with the language that you use around your children. Be a good influence and do not use foul language in front of your children and do not take them to any of our markets because there they will sure to hear a few expletives.
Buy a pet for them and encourage them to stay at home while you do the shopping. But make sure that pet is not a parrot that can talk, because there are some talking parrots that know more expletives than they known normal words.
One day a man brought home a parrot. Within five minutes of arriving home, the parrot hurling a string of expletives at the man.
After about an hour it got to be too much, so the man walked up to the parrot, “QUIT IT!” But this just made the parrot madder and he started swearing at the man in even more colourful language.
Finally the man had had enough and said, “All right, that’s it. Grabbing a blanket, he threw it over the parrot’s cage and screamed, “Now, SHUT UP!”
Well, this really irritated the parrot and he started clawing and scratching at the bars of his cage. Finally the man removed the blanket. Immediately the parrot started to swear again at the man. \
By this time, the man is really angry and so he grabbed the parrot by the throat and threw him into the freezer. Well, the parrot starts swearing and thrashing about so loudly that the man leaves the parrot to freeze his feathers off. But then suddenly, it gets very quiet.
At first the man just stared at the refrigerator, but then he began to think that the parrot might be seriously injured. He became so worried that he ran over to the refrigerator and threw open the freezer door.
The parrot climbed out of the freezer, flapped the ice off his wings, and said, “Awfully sorry about the trouble I’ve caused you Sir. In the future, I’ll do my best to improve my vocabulary.”
The man is astounded. He can’t believe the sudden transformation that has come over the parrot. Finally the parrot turned to the man and said, “Um….by the way, what did the chicken do?”

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