FrontPage

Member Area

Wednesday

Aug 20th

FrontPage

The News

Beach Road Whispers

At The Bus Stop No.4 With Jack and Jake

Written by Pio Sioa
Friday, 25 January 2008
JAKE : Hey Jack! What’s the sour face for? Wife gave you a verbal beating on the phone? JACK: Why should I tell you? JAKE : Sometimes friends are there to share problems, you know. Our faifeau said that in church last week. So spill it man while I’m in the mood to listen to your miserable tale of misery. JACK : Did you eat anything today? Man I’m starving! JAKE : Is that what the sour face is all about – you’re hungry. Jeez man you’re a wimp! JACK: ..you’re wimpier. Nothing has passed this mouth all day..not even a keke pua’a. Why don’t you go out there and buy me one. JAKE : Hello, do I look like your office boy? God gave you legs go buy your own keke pua’a. I’m not the one who’s hungry. JACK: Didn’t you just say friends are there to share the burden. Fancy calling yourself a friend. JAKE : Maybe a friend yes but not a servant. Anyway you should breakfast heavy in the morning so that it get’s you through the whole day. JACK : We had herring and breadfruit last night and my stomach has been rumbling ever since. Maybe it’s the breadfruit, it’s been a long time since we’ve had one. JAKE : Must be the breadfruit then. Those things are supposed to produce ethanol or is that methanol? The rumbling in your stomach is probably the lining that is being chewed to the skin by the chemical. JACK : Is that right Taito Dr. Faale Tumalii. JAKE : Hey I wonder if our old friend Taito is still huddled up in his lab up the hill? JACK : He’s probably mutilating a few helpless breadfruits like he did years ago when he was at Alafua. If anyone is closer to squeezing those chemical fuels from the poor breadfruits it’s him. JAKE : But if he does make a scientific breakthrough with a new and cheaper fuel from breadfruit shouldn’t we name it after him. Something like Fa’ale’s fuel or drive up to the petrol station and say ‘ $20 tala of Taito please’. JACK: But the question is Jake, how may breadfruits will it take to squeeze out one Taito gallon? Man I can see everyone rushing to plant breadfruits all over the place if our friend do make a new scientific discovery. JAKE: Don’t you think that’s better than growing marijuana? By the way did you hear what they’re talking about in Parliament about juveniles serving out time in the villages? I think that’s a very good idea. JACK: It’s not a new one though. Stofi was talking about it long before he died. JAKE : Well I think it’s great. Those kids could learn something useful from the village. JACK : But aren’t most of these kids from the villages – I mean the rural villages where you’re from Jake. They come and stay with relatives in Apia and without any decent jobs to earn a living they eventually get into trouble with the law. So if they haven’t learned any discipline in the villages when they come to Apia, what makes you think they will this time around. JAKE: Look at it this way Jack, the important point here is the kids came from the villages where the rule of the chiefs and orators is all the discipline they needed. Unfortunately when these kids come to town they lose that special influence they respect. So after living in Apia for a while they will soon realise they are no longer answerable to the village laws, and that is when they start getting into trouble. JACK : I’m sure it will work if the kids get to stay in the villages then and not return to town to run lose again. But won’t they be shunned by the folks in the villages because they are bad kids who are only living with them as a form of punishment.? What if these kids cause trouble with the young people of the village and gets beaten up by them? JAKE : This is Samoa my friend. Those kids will be under the protection of the village council. Touch any of these kids and it will be cartons of herrings, pigs and your family’s taro plantation yanked by the roots to appease the chiefs. JACK; Do you think the chiefs will settle for breadfruit? JAKE : No I don’t think our friend Taito will allow them to touch his breadfruits. JACK : So what do you think of Tuala as our new Manu Samoa coach? I hear Fats is really pissed off at not being selected. JAKE : I hope Tuala does a good job. He tends to talk too much but then he’s a teacher by profession. JACK ; You’re saying teachers talk too much? JAKE : What do you think? If teachers don’t talk how will the children learn? But teachers do seem to make good rugby coaches you know. Graham Henry is the classic example. JACK : How about piano movers? JAKE : Brawns and brains my dear fella. Anyway my bus is here. Here’s $2 for you to buy some keke pua’a. JACK : Jack you da man! JAKE : Stay away from the breadfruits or Taito will get you.
Last Updated ( Friday, 25 January 2008 )

< Prev		Next >

[ Back ]

Polls

The Land Bill ?

	Against it
	For it
	Need more info

US Presidential Elections

	John McCain
	Barak Obama
	Ralph Nader

Would you send your Aiga a RHD Car?

	Yep...I'm getting it ready now
	Yep....Sometime Soon
	Nope.....We dont have RHD Cars here
	Nope.....I'd rather just send money

Cece’s BingoTop 10 On Talofa FM

--ADVERTISEMENTS--

Google Satellite Map of Eveni Carruthers

--ADVERTISEMENTS--

FiaOla.com Featured Items

Before you buy, check out FiaOla.com for bargains

BARGAIN! INVESTMENT! Prime
Location 1/4 Acre Land & House

Land Rover Discovery.

Cook Island Pareo Dresses

	GYM SET
	Printing Business for Sale.

"Where the natives buy and sell"

--ADVERTISEMENTS--

Latest Comments

Rudolf Moves Onto the Semi Finals in Beijing
Well done Rudolf

and also to the rest of the team

Too Many Heart Complications Worry SMA President
Talofa to everyone.... very sad to hear about that brother died last week and also others are not r...

Aunese Gets Ready For His Event Tonight in Beijing
Faamalosi aunese! much support from vaiola college

Ele Opeloge Puts Samoa on the World Olympic Map
You did us proud ele..malo le tauivi

Ele Opeloge Puts Samoa on the World Olympic Map
Bien Echo(well done) I love to see my usos do well in anything; I remember my days on your island wi...

Social Network

Join the Newsline Team on Bebo

www.bebo.com/newslineS

Become part of the Newsline Bebo Network

Get News via your Email

Subscribe to Samoa Live News Headlines by Email

Get the Latest News on your Blackberry or PDA

Subscribe in a reader

Sounds from Samoa

Listen to broadcasts from LiveSamoa.com
Courtesy of Plantation Feet, SBC(540am) and
Radio Polynesia(99.9 FM)

http://www.samoalive.com/sliveradio.asx

Live on Weekdays from 8am to 9am

Have your Say

We want your Opinion

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
If you would like to submit a letter for possible
publication in the print edition of the Newsline,
please send an email to This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

We want your News

Submit News from your Area
If you would like to submit News for possible
publication in both the online and print version
of Newsline please feel free to email us
at This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

Become a News Blogger
Have a passion for writing? Interested in
writing articles for Newsline? Email us
at This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it .
We are looking for Bloggers from
around the world to contribute to our site.