Pay your bill!

1. A group of political like-minded friends met at one of their favourite watering holes in Kingston and, after a number of rounds, one of the patrons took his leave without settling his bill. The attending bartender stopped him at the door and reminded him that he had not settled his bill. Pity the poor bartender for only doing his job as he got a cussing out from the offending patron. His friends were so embarrassed they are yet to return to the popular night spot!

Still at matrimonial home

2. The front page picture of the husband and wife at the start of the week quickly put paid to the rumour doing the roundsover the weekend, as part and parcel of the current rounds of political dirty tricks. The story doing the rounds was that the hubby had moved out of the matrimonial home.

60 or 76?

3. With both sides predicting victory and claiming 38 seats as their projected victory count, the question the numerate are asking is: Are 60 seats being contested or 76?

A change of course?

4. Independent voters and some insiders are none too pleased to see P.J. Patterson on the campaign trail. They argue that his presence could compromise the PM's position as he, more than anyone else, reminds the electorate of the PNP's long innings and thus makes the case for a change of course!

Worthless cheque!

5. The promised election donation has still not materialised and, in fact, there's egg on some faces as the cheque that was presented to the company, to circumvent any connections from donor to recipient, was not worth the paper it was written on!

Wanted: A special audit

6. Some are asking for an IRS-style audit of the politically connected one!

Chickens, goats, hogs!

7. It worked the last time, so why not continue using a winning formula? Lots of chickens, goats and a few hogs are being used as bait to lure weary supporters back to the fold in one rural community.

Why the fuss?

8. Why all the fuss? Are they expected to provide the financial wherewithal to engineer their own demise?

Gambling debts

9. Will donations be used to help with the political campaign or used to offset gambling debts?

Back in the spotlight

10. The campaign strategy was to keep him in the background as his lack of charisma and deadpan way of talking over the heads of the electorate was correctly thought not to be a vote-winner. So, the campaign was designed to ignore him nationally and concentrate on individual candidates on the ground! But he's back in the spotlight!