Posted: under "Jamaica Labrish Korner", Jamaican Jokes.
Tags: age, bird, children, dialect, discipline, dog, elderly, eyes, food, funny, granny, hilarious, humor, Jamaican, jokes, labrish, language, laughter, lessons, manners, mother, mother-in-law, patois, respect, rest, seniors, sleep, smiles, vernacular, words
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Lessons From Granny
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1. Ant follow fat, fat drown ant (Shows the negative effect of greed)
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2. Bad ting nuh hab owner (No one ever owns up to a bad deed)
.3. You nebber see empty bag tan up (If you are hungry you cannot work)
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4. Nuh put youself in a barrel when match-box can hol’ you (Do not pretend to be more important than you are)
.5. De Lard gib beard a them nuh hab chin fe wear eh (Some people have advantages that they cannot make use of)
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6. Wha sweet a mout sometime hot a belly (First impressions are often wrong)
.7. Big blanket mek man sleep late (Luxury encourages idleness)
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Posted: under "Jamaica Labrish Korner", Jamaican Jokes.
Tags: abroad, age, airport, bird, cat, cemetery, child, cow, dialect, dog, elderly, fart, flight, fragrance, funny, ghost, granny, hilarious, home, House, humor, Jamaican, jokes, labrish, language, laughter, manners, mother, mother-in-law, odor, patois, perfume, respect, scent, school, seniors, smiles, traffic, vernacular, words
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… Yuh wing soon clip
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… Yuh mus be tink seh mi born behind cow
…. Puss an dawg nuh have de same luck
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… Learn fi dance a yard before yuh go abroad
…. Dawg know who fi bite and duppy know who fi frighten
…. Chicken merry! Hawk deh near
…. Yuh head faver someting whey johncrow draw brakes ina
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Posted: under "A Slice Of Life".
Tags: attitude, behavior, car, cat, children, coffee, computer, dinner, earth, eyes, food, friends, health, home, House, humanity, imitation, internet, learning, life, manners, online, others, parents, personality, president, skill, truth, universe, White House, world, youth
A true story points to a universal truth about human beings: we learn
best by watching how others behave.
President Calvin Coolidge once invited friends from his hometown to
dine with him at the White House. Unsure of their table manners, the
guests decided to imitate the president. They watched closely to see
which utensils he used, what foods he ate and when.
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Nov 20 2008
Posted: under Short Funny Jokes.
Tags: age, behavior, child, doctor, funny, hospital, humor, jokes, language, laughter, manners, medicine, mother, nurse, respect, short, smiles, voice, woman, words
Working as a pediatric nurse, Miss Greene had the difficult assignment of giving immunization shots to children. One day she entered the examining room to give four-year-old Lizzie her injection.. ‘No, no, no!’ she screamed. ‘Lizzie,’ scolded her mother, ‘that’s not polite behavior’ With that, the girl yelled even louder, ‘No, thank you! No, thank you!
Sep 23 2008