Signs and other sightings ...
Yuh ever notice dem party posters ....... like de ones below ...... they're everywhere ...... all year round ..... stick on lampposts ..... on de ground prop up on sticks ....... on walls ...... anywhere! ...... well yuh know me ...... I have ah knack fuh gapin at shit ...... so I does notice ALL ...... and what always baffles me ..... is the design and the colour scheme etc ....... cuz have you ever noticed ...... that they all basically look the same ...... so is it dat de same person does trow all dem 'sign' party ..... or is it dat all de 'sign' party trowers ...... does use de same sign maker?? ...... and who does really go dem parties ...... does that mode of advertising ...... affect the turnout ..... as in positively ...... OK ..... like this first poster ..... ah know is ah BACK IN TIME??!! ........ but would that poster have enticed YOU tuh make de turn ..... and who is Allan Diaz ....... is that Allan 'Honey Boy' Diaz from way back in de dark ages?? ...... he still trowin party?! ...... hmmmmm!
...... another A. Diaz "Wax" production ...... 50/50 love ...... I not even tryin tuh understand this theme! .....

Summer Girls Gone Wild?! ..... WHA????? ....... steups! ...... but ah eh seein no A. Diaz or Wax on it tho ...... so dis had tuh be ah different party promoter ...... I guess I answered my own question ..... look like all ah dem does really use de same sign maker!

LOL .... go Nyah ...... wit yuh hott Blouse & Skirts party ...... but why not 'Blouses' ...... or 'Skirt' ...... why one plural ...... and one singular ...... and why blouse ...... why not halter ....... or tube ....... or even T-Shirt ..... who does wear blouse tuh party ....... blouse is such ah office wear word ....... and what dis theme really mean ..... yuh cyah wear pants ....... ahhhhhh ....... what a different theme! ...... actually it eh different nah ...... it jus plain DOTISH!

Oh ...... and here's another sign I'm sure you've seen like EVERYWHERE ...... oh no ....... not de NO PARKING one ...... altho those ARE everywhere too ...... ah mean de Marlene's Weight Loss Clinic one ...... another dotish sign ....... first tuh begin ..... who de hell is Marlene ...... and why she put up dem signs ..... like EVERYWHERE ....... in every nook and cranny ....... with absolutely no information on them ....... all dat sign tells me ...... is dat Marlene have ah weight loss clinic ..... wit trick mirrors in it ...... yeah ...... check out de woman on it ...... check out what she seein ..... when she look in de mirror ...... is bloody trick mirrors Marlene makin yuh lose weight wit!!!

..... and since when we does use American spellin in trini ...... 'checks'?! ....... Peake's better check deyself!

Oh ..... and this sign caught my attention for three reasons ....... de condition ...... de content ...... and de font ...... you want tuh tell me ...... dat dey cyah take ah new piece ah paper ........ and make ah new sign (you know how long dat sign dey!) ....... de sign so dinge ..... dat yuh cyah even see dey phone number properly ...... and why it have ah phone number ...... if yuh have tuh apply inside ....... 'APPLY INSIDE'!? ...... I doh know why dat crack me up
..... ah guess is because ah accustom seein 'APPLY WITHIN' ....... den de handwriting ...... I doh know if is my imagination ....... but I find de style lookin like ah chinese font ....... and it IS a chinese restaurant lookin fuh workers ...... it so cool ..... dat dey did de sign in chinese style english! ..... but seriously ..... I'm sure a more attractive sign ...... would attract more applicants!!!

Piece of dat sign break off ...... so no ..... is not really GRAVE SAND dey sellin ....... is gravel ...... but ....... de way tings goin these days ..... wit dem funeral homes an dem ...... makin ah killin (no pun intended) ...... yuh never know ....... 'grave sand' could very well become ah hot commodity one day!!!

Hmmmm ...... strange on many levels ...... Mode of Transport (bicycle) ....... Location (POS) ....... Day of Week (Friday) ...... Time of Day (2:20 pm) ........ Gender (female) ........ Age (mature) ...... Race (Caucasian) ....... Attire (full summer gear including flip flops and no helmet) ...... tourist perhaps?!

..... and yuh see why ridin bicycle in town is ah good idea ........ there is NO PARKING everywhere in town ........ but of course ....... to most of us ...... those no parking signs ...... are invisible!

When I first saw this ....... I was in awe ...... well ...... not in awe of rubbish ...... but the idea ...... I just loved the idea ....... of a recycling bin for plastic bottles ...... in the shape of ah humongous bottle ..... so cool ...... that is ....... what it is right? ....... and some time ago too ....... I saw a Carib Glassworks ad ....... inviting people to bring in glass (for cash) ..... yet another recycling project ....... then another company ..... was buying paper ...... no phone books or newspapers tho ....... which I was so pissed about ...... cuz I coulda well make ah lil change wit dis one ....... wit de amount ah newspaper I does have ...... anyway ...... looks like we're finally trying to take our earth seriously!

and last ...... but certainly not least ...... look at de dotishness dat come up on my TV screen de odda nite ...... while I watchin de news ....... yuh eh see FLOW playin up in dey arse! ...... "Please check back later"??!! ...... HELLO ...... "Please give me a refund for de OFF AIR time"!!!
...... another A. Diaz "Wax" production ...... 50/50 love ...... I not even tryin tuh understand this theme! .....
Summer Girls Gone Wild?! ..... WHA????? ....... steups! ...... but ah eh seein no A. Diaz or Wax on it tho ...... so dis had tuh be ah different party promoter ...... I guess I answered my own question ..... look like all ah dem does really use de same sign maker!
LOL .... go Nyah ...... wit yuh hott Blouse & Skirts party ...... but why not 'Blouses' ...... or 'Skirt' ...... why one plural ...... and one singular ...... and why blouse ...... why not halter ....... or tube ....... or even T-Shirt ..... who does wear blouse tuh party ....... blouse is such ah office wear word ....... and what dis theme really mean ..... yuh cyah wear pants ....... ahhhhhh ....... what a different theme! ...... actually it eh different nah ...... it jus plain DOTISH!
Oh ...... and here's another sign I'm sure you've seen like EVERYWHERE ...... oh no ....... not de NO PARKING one ...... altho those ARE everywhere too ...... ah mean de Marlene's Weight Loss Clinic one ...... another dotish sign ....... first tuh begin ..... who de hell is Marlene ...... and why she put up dem signs ..... like EVERYWHERE ....... in every nook and cranny ....... with absolutely no information on them ....... all dat sign tells me ...... is dat Marlene have ah weight loss clinic ..... wit trick mirrors in it ...... yeah ...... check out de woman on it ...... check out what she seein ..... when she look in de mirror ...... is bloody trick mirrors Marlene makin yuh lose weight wit!!!
..... and since when we does use American spellin in trini ...... 'checks'?! ....... Peake's better check deyself!
Oh ..... and this sign caught my attention for three reasons ....... de condition ...... de content ...... and de font ...... you want tuh tell me ...... dat dey cyah take ah new piece ah paper ........ and make ah new sign (you know how long dat sign dey!) ....... de sign so dinge ..... dat yuh cyah even see dey phone number properly ...... and why it have ah phone number ...... if yuh have tuh apply inside ....... 'APPLY INSIDE'!? ...... I doh know why dat crack me up
Piece of dat sign break off ...... so no ..... is not really GRAVE SAND dey sellin ....... is gravel ...... but ....... de way tings goin these days ..... wit dem funeral homes an dem ...... makin ah killin (no pun intended) ...... yuh never know ....... 'grave sand' could very well become ah hot commodity one day!!!
Hmmmm ...... strange on many levels ...... Mode of Transport (bicycle) ....... Location (POS) ....... Day of Week (Friday) ...... Time of Day (2:20 pm) ........ Gender (female) ........ Age (mature) ...... Race (Caucasian) ....... Attire (full summer gear including flip flops and no helmet) ...... tourist perhaps?!
..... and yuh see why ridin bicycle in town is ah good idea ........ there is NO PARKING everywhere in town ........ but of course ....... to most of us ...... those no parking signs ...... are invisible!
When I first saw this ....... I was in awe ...... well ...... not in awe of rubbish ...... but the idea ...... I just loved the idea ....... of a recycling bin for plastic bottles ...... in the shape of ah humongous bottle ..... so cool ...... that is ....... what it is right? ....... and some time ago too ....... I saw a Carib Glassworks ad ....... inviting people to bring in glass (for cash) ..... yet another recycling project ....... then another company ..... was buying paper ...... no phone books or newspapers tho ....... which I was so pissed about ...... cuz I coulda well make ah lil change wit dis one ....... wit de amount ah newspaper I does have ...... anyway ...... looks like we're finally trying to take our earth seriously!
and last ...... but certainly not least ...... look at de dotishness dat come up on my TV screen de odda nite ...... while I watchin de news ....... yuh eh see FLOW playin up in dey arse! ...... "Please check back later"??!! ...... HELLO ...... "Please give me a refund for de OFF AIR time"!!!
I have to say this. Your take on life in Trinidad is VERY funny
I have always suspected that only a mature, Caucasian, female tourist would ride a bicycle in Port of Spain at around 2:30 p.m with flip-flops but no helmet and your picture finally confirms my theory.
You know how hard it is to design one of these fete posters? Look at the font type and size; it's all from the same ad agency; Bristol Services. You ever see the size of the marker they use to write these things? It could barely fit in a car trunk. You ever see the size of the man who holds that marker?
Any employer who would scribble a cheap, derelict looking sign advertising for workers wouldn't be paying well. These signs never come down because the company motto is "Don't ask how much we pay, just be thankful we do."
A blouse and skirt is a real turn on especially if the blouse is tight and the skirt is short. It could work the other way around as well and that is proper business attire in all countries. I am not sure if that was an ad for a party or an employment agency on a recruitment drive.
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boy ...... we hadda laugh at weself sometimes yes ....... LMAO @ Bristol Services ......
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But like these same poster people in Bago too. Lol. Is de same signs yes. And you realise no year does be on them? I sure sometimes people does get mix up.. they does be up sooo long after.
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I think Blouse and skirts is a slang wuzdescene.
Like "Oh blouse and skirts man, what kinda damn drive is that?"
So the use of singular and plural there is correct.
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Penze ..... is tru dey never have ah year .... but yuh cyah get tie up wit dat ...... is cardboard yuh know ..... dem ting cyah last longer dan ah month!
and Afro Chic gyul ..... ah know ah hear de phrase somewhere ahready ...... ah tink is in some dancehall song ..... but ah didn't know is an establised "slang"!! .....
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In Jamaica it is. Wait.. i forget TNT is little Jamaica...
Girl in Tobago dey does use a special cardboard... signs does be up till that same promoter same party next year come up yes.... lol
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Girl you know how long that Piranha bottle there? You ain't see it full of all kinda rubbish these days. I wonder if they even empty that thing...
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LOL .... yuh have tuh excuse meh .... ah doh get out much ..... and yeah ...... I did notice some other crap in it ..... other than plastic bottles ...... but wha yuh go do .... at least people not litterin
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To answer your question,yes Allan Diaz is the radio announcer as well as he still DJs at Back in Times parties. Most of the time people put his name on the poster and he is not even aware of it.
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Hey Alana Diaz Sutton ..... Welcome tuh de scene!
and wow ..... yuh real take meh back wit dis one .....
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I did a google search on my Dads name and I came across your Web site......
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Whoa .... OK ..... I did notice that you have the same surname ..... but I just assumed that maybe you're a sibling ..... ah wasn't tinkin 'Dad' at allĀ
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LOL!!! My dad has been doing this for a while. I think he started at NBS back in ...........1979 I believe.
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