Sep 26
It also means that I spend several hours a week in the bus terminal, where I engage in my much-loved pastimes of people-watching and eavesdropping (or, in Bajan parlance, being gipsy).
Observed: a Rasta elder in full regalia including robes, sash, crown, sceptre, and gold orthopaedic shoes.
Overheard: "She going round saying how I using the man so that I could get a house. But when I see she I tellin' she straight, 'You only jealous 'cause when it come to house, your pussy only get you wood but my pussy get me wall*.' Lemme hear wha' she gine say then!"
* I don't know if the terms "wall house" is in common use outside Barbados: whereas a wood house is one constructed of wood (duh), and a wall house is one constructed, these days, of concrete (but in the past of limestone).↵
You might have to do a Google Blog Search, but there is a Blogger site which has entries purely based off of contributions of folks listening to comments in overheard convos!
Ian Bourne · September 30, 2007