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SamFamAustin
06-15-2010, 08:48 PM
This isn't about the Abacos, although I should imagine that "the bushes even got ears" there. But a few weekends ago, a nice lady who plays in our jazz band, our drop-dead, knock-out Latina lead singer, ended up in the wrong bed at the wrong time. Ugh-oh. Word spread for maybe 50 miles in all directions within two days.

There is a lot of sip-sip, or gossip as you would say, and often these stories are often embellished and polished to a high degree. For example, when my wife and I blew out our flippy-floppies on the dance flour and were crawling like babies, me chasing after land crabs with my teeth and Lori searching under tables for her shoes, EVERYONE knew about it. If a dog wasn't humping me while I was chasing the ghost crabs an all fours, it would not nearly be as amusing. :rolleyes:

Aye, what happens in paradise should stay in paradise, right? But noooo, the Coconut Telegraph has a life of its own. I've never had any bad experiences, except on this here newfangled internet stuff ... but to know it exists is powerful medicine. Stolen wives, boats, gear, and smuggled whatever, we know, and what we don't know we ask questions or (quite creatively) invent the answers.

Unfortunately, if you talk to a palm tree, they aren't very talkative unless you've blown out your flippy-floppies and have been crab hunting at night. I did have to call the cops one year because a spring break football player was humping my palm tree, and I feared for the poor trees' life. I would have not called the police if there really was a Yahooie up there, but alas, no Yahooie. -sammie :D

Beth at Yellow Air Taxi
06-15-2010, 10:18 PM
Ok Sam, I'll bite.

What in the world are you talking about??

Beth

big ed
06-15-2010, 10:27 PM
Oh no Beth......Don't poke the Tiger in the cage....just leave him be, don't look him in the eye and he'll probably just go back to sleep........

SamFamAustin
06-16-2010, 12:00 AM
Shhh, the bushes talk mon, the parrot squawks, and the Yahooie gets every spirit in the Abaco.

Beer Baron
06-16-2010, 09:52 AM
Well if the Yahooie gets every spirit in Abaco, have him send me some Anejo - my dumb self forgot to snag a bottle - AGAIN. Not that the Baroness is complainin. She thinks I tend to go a little overboard on the rum thangs when its in the house...:rolleyes:

SamFamAustin
06-16-2010, 03:19 PM
A wee bit o' difference between alcoholic spirits and the Yahooie spirit, but somehow I think they go hand in hand for us tourons and conchs.

For a nice rum, try Flor de Cana from Nicaragua, great stuff, about $16 a bottle for the Gold Anejo. We were busting back some Mojitos last night, which I think from my PWI post one could tell, tee-hee, Groovy Tuesday!

But the rumor mill, which some call the Coconut Telegraph, that's all I meant to say, a common thing especially in small towns and islands. I hear the most interesting things about myself sometimes. Part of it is my own doing, since I like to remain mysterious and keep 'em guessing. :D -sammie

Patty&Rudi
06-16-2010, 04:13 PM
I vow never to do a belly buster high dive -- and miss the entire pool!!

Charlotte Couple
06-16-2010, 04:23 PM
Will someone please help Sammie get back on his meds?

SamFamAustin
06-16-2010, 06:16 PM
Will someone please help Sammie get back on his meds?

Aw man, now I need a nurse, I got my feelings hurt. Mommy! :(

Beer Baron
06-16-2010, 08:35 PM
So mojitos weren't his prescribed meds?


Sammy, you got some splaining to do...

SamFamAustin
06-16-2010, 08:58 PM
Anejo is like crack to me, definitely off my medical plan. I'm a beer hound. Pabst, Lone Star, Tecate, Little King Creamos, Narragansett, and micro-brew is my speed. Kalik will do in a pinch (haha, love it). Rescue me, baby, they won't let me into Mexico no more!