Latest update August 4th, 2026 12:30 AM
Guyana got talent
(Kaieteur News) – Dem boys seh is a strange and wonderful thing how, in Guyana, no argument does ever remain just an argument. It might start as a lil “watch yuh eye” over who nearly bounce who fender, or who step pun who slipper in Stabroek Market. And before yuh could blink twice, is like the scene does transform into a big fight.
Is amazing. Two men standing up in the middle of the road. You deh watching the scene and scanning the area. It clean. No stick. No brick. No bottle. Just fresh asphalt and vibes. Next thing yuh know — abracadabra! — one man holding a length of wood like he pull it from behind he ear. The next one suddenly armed with a piece of pipe that look like it was resting there since Burnham time.
Dem boys seh Guyanese people got a special talent. We could find weaponry the same way a barefoot lil boy does find five dollars blowing down Regent Street — quick, instinctive, and with laser focus.
Is like the environment whispering: “Check under that drain cover, bai… yuh might need that.”
And the thing is, the object does always appear proportionate to the level of vexation. Lil argument? Yuh might get a soft-drink bottle. Medium cuss-out? Is a brick — not just any brick, but one that somehow materialize from thin air. Serious escalation? Suddenly somebody brandishing a galvanize pipe.
Dem boys seh if NASA ever lose a satellite, they should just drop two Guyanese in outer space and tell them start a quarrel. Within five minutes they would discover metal fragments that scientists couldn’t locate with a billion-dollar telescope.
And now, to make things more efficient, some citizens upgrading the system. Why rely on spontaneous conjuring when yuh could plan ahead? Plenty vehicles now carrying a “just-in-case” cutlass. Not for farming, mind yuh. Not for trimming hedge. Just resting under the front seat, in case needed.
Insurance companies must be trembling. Traffic wardens must be praying. And pedestrians walking with one eye on the pavement — not to avoid potholes, but to see what hidden arsenal might be lying in wait for the next disagreement.
Dem boys seh Guyana is truly resourceful. We might not always find lost paperwork in a ministry, but let two people get cross on a corner — and somehow, miraculously, the right weapon will reveal itself.
Is a talent, bai. Not Olympic — but definitely national.
Talk half. Leff half.
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