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• De frilly mout deputy say dat is just grudge all who calling een on de radio grudge him and he tight pretty pants dem wid de shoes and socks to match.

• Dey say dat he send call Cinderella quick, quick when he hear dat she planning to run gainst him as a Independent.  Dey say dat he tell her to be patient.  Nobody don’t know what dey does have to endure every day from Idi Amin.  And when dey tell Idi dat dey four more dan he one, he does tell dem to try stop him if dey bad.

• De frilly mout deputy keep a emergency meeting Monday night to try mek peace wid de people dem.  Even though he was going on like he ain care, dey say dat he bawl like a child when he went by de oil man and tell him dat dey need to go on another cruise.

• Frilly say he tink dat he gon done wid politics.  He done buy all de tight, pretty pants dem wid de socks and de shoes to match so he don’t have to stick around anymore.  He gone places he never did hear bout before in he life.  He say dat he oil man does mek sure he lamp full so he not going to be in any darkness even if he move to Nevis where current going every day.

• He people dem got him so bazurdee dat de frilly mout deputy couldn’t even come to de high school Speech Day even though he did done tell dem dat he coming.  Dey say dat de PS tell him dat he ain in no state to go nowhere.  He done carn read properly when he okay, picture when he stress out and carn tink straight.

• Idi Amin tell de Bad Wud minister dat dis is de time to tek de MC and de first responder off de board.  But de Bad Wud minister know dat he carn touch none a dem or all hell will bruk loose.

• De Bad Wud minister say dat he not even gon try to call de MC to tell him to cool out.  He staying above de fray.  Is not he de MC talking bout when he saying who all on top and who is he aunty friend.

• Idi Amin say dat if he hear any song gainst him on ZIZ, people gon lose dey wuk.  And if he hear any song gainst him on any other station, he tekking out injunction so de song carn play no more.  And if dey ain careful, he will ban all de tent dem. He not mekking any joke.  No licy fella gon sing song on him and come back to wuk just so.

• Dey say dat is Ole Mother Hubbard who had to hold up Idi Amin when somebody send him de tape a de licy fella singing.  Dey say dat Idi Amin tell de lady to fire him forthwith because he not having anybody disloyal and disrespectful to him wukking in de same office wid him.  But she tell him dat if he touch de licy fella, he gon have to go Old Road way to go home or sleep by Ms Whisky in Frigate Bay.

• He say dat he ain care who vote for dat and who ain vote for dat.  If dey ain like dat from Government House to Government Headquarters dey aunty boyfriend on top, dey could go on de bottom if dey want.

• He send couple spy to tell him if dey see any civil servant jumping up when people singing song on him.  He tell dem to write dung dey name and if dey could get a picture widdem jumping up, he will  dealwiddem when dey come back wuk.

• He say dat not tekking all dem song gainst him just so.  He ain know nutten bout no freedom of speech. He say dat he believe dat de ISIS terrorist have someting to do wid all dem anti-government calypso.

• Idi Amin say dat he gon deal wid de ISIS terrorist once and for all.  He say dat he not gon have nobody saying dat he and he family and friend dem bankrupt de country because he letting all a dem get duty-free everyting.  Is just grudge de ISIS terrorist grudge because he ain get no duty-free on he jeep.

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