A bus was involved in an accident on the busy Half-Way Tree Road on
Friday afternoon.

As expected, traffic came to a stand-still, and a large vocal crowd
gathered. A male reporter from one of our 'big' newspapers, anxious
to get his story could not get near the bus or the victim(s). Being a
clever sort, he started shouting loudly, " Unnuh let me through! Let me
through! A mi madda get lick-dung. "

The crowd made way for him. Lying in front of the bus was a donkey.


*Proud Jamaican *
A first grade teacher explains to her class that she is an American
She asks her students to raise their hands if they were American
too.  Not really knowing why but wanting to be like their teacher, their
hands explode into the air like flashy fireworks. There is, however, one
exception. A girl named Gita has not gone along with the crowd.

The teacher asks her why she has decided to be different.
"Because I am not an American." replied Gita.
"Then", asks the teacher, "What are you?"
"I'm a proud Jamaican" boasts the little girl.
The teacher is a little perturbed now, her face slightly red.
She asks Gita why she is a Jamaican.
"Well, my mom and dad are Jamaicans, so I'm a Jamaican too."
The teacher is now angry. "That's no reason", she says loudly, "If
your mom was an idiot, and your dad was an idiot, what would you be
then?" >

A pause, and a smile. "Then" says Gita, "I'd be an American