At The Bus Stop In Samoa - With Jack and Jake

Written by Pio Sioa
Sunday, 09 December 2007
Jack : There you are, a ghost who is finally back to haunt us all at the bus stop! I knew you’d pop up sooner or later - this RHD business is getting the country all agitated and excited. Jake : Maybe you’re excited Jack, but us so called bush folks are plenty riled up about this RHD nonsense you townies started. Jack : Hey we didn’t start nothing! If you want to blow up at somebody do it to the PM. He was the one who called you rural hicks poor because you don’t have no cars. You’re all a bunch of used rags as far as he’s concerned. Jake : We all heard what the PM said! We have television and radio in the villages you know. We carry cell phones and we have landlines at home too. We have ‘palagi’ houses, eat mutton chops and corned beef. Our children drink real coke when the Samoa Breweries is not always in short supply, and we give as much to the ‘faifeau’ as you do. Jack : Ok so you have all that in the outback! But where are your cars? Jake : On the road, driving next to your cars in Apia. Why don’t you try stepping onto the road so we can find out. Jack : Which side – left or right? Jake : Any side is fine with me. Jack : Okay so you’re not in any laughing mood. You don’t like being called poor! Jake : If the PM is from Lepa, Aleipata, he is a ‘kua’, so is he and his family poor? Jack : Go tell that to Stui then! Believe me after he’s done talking, you’ll be convinced you’re poor. He’s done a good job so far telling people RHD cars will be cheaper, without any facts or figures to prove it. He’ll probably have you driving on the wrong hand side of the road as well, tomorrow - the man’s powers of persuasion are incredible. Jake : What about this I hear that some of the members in his party caucus, are standing up to him against this RHD? Jack : Where did you hear that? Jake : See you don’t know everything that goes on in Apia! Who’s the rural hick now? Jack: You are, Jake! Never a doubt about that one. The HRPP is tight man-they’re solid Stop listening to the old ladies gossip in the village.. Jake : I also heard the caucus looked at other options that might change people’s minds to switch to RHD. Jack : More old women’s gossip Jake? Jake : I heard they may put back the deadline from the 1st July next year by a couple of years. Jack : Never. The old man Stofi mentored his boy too well to back down under any protest. Jake : …and I heard the protest march is going to be led by a hearse, with Toleafoa driving it. Jack : I think you’ve drunk one too many village homebrews my friend. Jake :…and I think the PM has shot one too many arrows. I just wished he had landed one in your brains. Jack : …and I think those scientologists have brainwashed your village brain. Jake : Science what? Jack : They’re not what’s they’re who’s. Jake : So what if they’re who’s? Jack: They’re the what’s. er., see what you made me say. Scientologists are those people who snuck into the country behind the PM’s blessings and not the church, saying they’re expert volunteers here to help fix up people like you with small brains. Jake : So what are they doing in the villages? Jack : It’s a long story but the PM twisted the village pulenu’u’s arms to invite them to the villages to spread the gospel according to the Church of Scientology. Jake : Why would the PM do that? Jack : Why would the PM suddenly want us to drive on the wrong side of the road? Jake : Could these science-whatever have brainwashed him? Jack : If they did, they sure did a lot of washing. Maybe Stui brainwashed them, so they could go to the villages and tell them they are poor and should support RHD. Jake : You’ve always had a wild imagination Jack! How about those guys who stood for almost two days with their hands on that Getz car so they could win it? Digicel boss Pepe said it was a fun exercise. Cripes, that’s a weird way of having fun. I bet you that guy who won is going to sleep for a week. Jack : Well it was supposed to be fun. Besides nothing is free mate! Jake : Yeah, but there are more dignified and rewarding ways to earn a car. Why become a desperate spectacle for everyone to stare at just for the sake of a car? I hope I don’t ever get to see such a pitiful sight again in my life. Jack : Well at least the guy gets to drive off in his own car now. Here we are waiting for the bus. Jake : What’s wrong with the bus…..speaking of which my bus is here. Jack : Mine too. Will I see you at the march? Wear a white shirt if you’re marching. Jake : I only have one white shirt and that’s for church on Sunday. Jack : I can give you my wife’s top if you want…see ya Jake? Comments (1) Subscribe to this comment's feed HAHAHA written by Vai Patu, December 10, 2007 OK...then lets change to RHD then.... Now I know why the Govt people wants us to change.... We from kua....are very smart people....we can also bring out the valea out of people... But this is article is funny though...HAHAHA Write comment Name Email Title Comment
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