Things Jamaicans Love
What Makes Jamaicans Jamaican!
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Things That Drove Us Crazy in 2010
It seems to me that it’s not the big things that cause ordinary people to lose their minds and wind…
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Jamaican Motor Vehicle Collision Etiquette for Beginners
In other countries, when there has been a traffic accident, the drivers involved know that they are required to exchange…
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TJL’s Favourite Jamaican Slangs/Sayings of 2010
Who on earth can keep up with Jamaican slang terminology? As far as we’re concerned only 14 year olds and…
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Driving Like Maniacs
I’m addressing this post to all the drivers of buses, trucks and taxis in Jamaica. Now I’m not attempting to…
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TJL’s Easy Guide to Dealing with Political Scandals
So the news has broken and your name and picture are all over the newspapers, airwaves and television. Your phone…
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Calling to Women as They Pass by on the Street
Like football, cricket and drinking white rum, calling to women as they pass by on the street is something of…
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Inventing New Ways for Jamaican Men to Address Each Other
Two American men run into each other on a busy street in New York City. They are old friends. How…
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Mispronouncing Words
Jamaicans have a rare talent for mangling the English language. One of the many ways we do this is by…
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World Cup Football
Persons who don’t follow football (i.e. Americans, Canadians and space aliens) may have noticed instances of what may appear to…
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Going to Church – No matter how unpleasant the experience (or Why Pastor Johnson Hates Going to Church)
Goooood Morning, brothers and sisters! Isn’t it wonderful to be alive on this beautiful Sunday morning? Being here to fellowship…
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Making up Our Own Names for Things (Medical Conditions)
So you’ve just graduated from an expensive overseas medical school having spent many long days and nights learning all the…
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More Things Jamaicans are Afraid of
After our first “Things Jamaicans Fear Most” article was posted a couple months ago, many of our readers were kind…
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Investing in Ponzi Schemes (or “Why Investing in a Ponzi Scheme Made Perfect Sense at the Time”)
Yeah, I did it. And no, I’m not sorry. Now that the “ponzi schemes” have gone belly-up and their founders…
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New Year’s Resolutions
We make them at the start of each New Year and then promptly break half of them by the end…
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Christmas!
Never mind all the talk of IMF Agreements, budget deficits, tax increases and the like. Jamaicans have a passionate and…