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?? Can't Unna-stan Patois ?? ---- drink rum..!!..

last night,
want-ed a cold-Heinekin
...shop-keeper had no cold 'nothing'
.....dunno why ::: probably an electricity *issue* ..... looooooooong story

a few guys around,
chattin', joking, chilling, 'laxing, fun-ing, smoking, drinking ::::: the *usual*

''..want a hot one..??..''
''..no no ... the last one gave me heart burn...''

i pondered
ummmmmmmmm
looked pon others drinking rum, in likkle plastic cups
...with a variety of 'chasers' --- water, Malta, Pepsi, Magnum, etc etc.

ummmmmmmm
''..lemme have a rum..''

everybody's eyes WIDE-en-ed,
...'cause THIS was a 'first' for the-foreigner

a shot was CARE-fully measured into a cup

i started to sip

eyes looked worried [for me]
concerned facial expressions [[ for my 'safety' ]]

they didn't know,
that on those very-few times i might drink something,
i like my liquor STRAiGHT --- no chaser, no nothing, no foo-foo

the J&B was ok
...hot, not to bitter, not-bad ::: but NOT Appleton, too

''..no no noooooo ... don't drink it like that..!!!...'''
''..you need a chaser..''
''..it'll burn your mouth... your throat ... mess up your liver ... your kidneys... blah blah blah blaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah...''

* sigh *

deferring to the 'experts':::>> '''...OK... lemme have some water..''

instead of water in ANOTHER cup,
one of the guys proceed-ed to CARE-fully
pour some water into my cup
.........'twas as-if he was pouring nitro-glycerin
::::::::::::: more water than i would have preferred,

but when i tasted the *new*-drink:::::::::: it was NICE ...!!!..
:-)
nicer ... MUCH nicer
:-)
:-)
:-)
:-)

i sip more

they ignore me .... feeling confident they had prevented the foreigner from messin' up

they chat

and
AMAZE-ing-LY,
as the rum *kick-ed* in :::::: a side of my brain OPEN-ed UP
and
I could follow-along a LOT better [[than before]]
the Patois being spoken around me

* sigh *

it was an Easter miracle na tru
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