From childhood, I had a close relationship wid Jack. Jack was everybody’s friend. One day, Jack went up a hill wid a girl named Jill to fetch water – guess them was poor and didn’t have running water in de house. He brek some part of he body, roll down de hill and Jill came down after or on top of him.
Something was fishy bout that story but Jill keep she mout shut! Jack was so popular de girls name a game after he, and to get close to the girls, yuh had to play jacks! How come them didn’t play Tommy?
In Bubbadus, Jack was so famous that they name sweet popcorn after him. At the cinema, the girls used to eat Jack – Cracker Jacks.?Some girls had big appetites and could eat Jack over and over! Jack became famous, a gully get name after he, Jack-In-De-Box. It was a real popular name. Just like today Shireeka, Shameeka, in them days, it was all Jack.
He was the most famous cricketer before Sir Gary, named Sir Jack (Hobbs). Jack was also heavyweight champion of the world, Dempsey. Jack in movies, Jack Sparrow, Pirates Of De Caribbean, de man is boss! Gabby celebrated Jack in a song called simply Jack! A fella had a donkey and de name, you guessed it, Jack…Ass! Vincies invented a dangerous form of alcohol called Jack Iron which had men consuming it hoping to harden the arteries! The Yankees named a whiskey after Jack, Daniels! Jack was everywhere.
Going to school in St John, I started to feel like I was de boss because everybody in de country nused to call me jack, wid a drawl, ‘wha gwine on Jaaack?’ Until I discover that anybody yuh didn’t know in de country was Jack! Then I did feel like de ass named Jack!
A teacher thought I should be likened to that donkey and, yes, he call me Jackass! But not he daughter! Jack was so popular that even a fish got de name Jack. If de car had a flat, Jack was de man, he would Jack it up or off as needed!
Some people feel that JACKet name after Jack! Women depend a lot pun a toy named Jack Rabbit! Ask any woman of de world! As a young adult I did feeling sweet when a woman tell me, “Market, you is a Jack-of-all-trades”. See yuh boy smiling like de Jack Rabbit.
But de most famous Jack of all is my boy Jack Warner, gorriliphant extra ordinaire, Football Supremo of CONCACAF, number 2 El Jefe of FIFA.?After a week like never before, Jack standing firm. Kamla backing Jack though.?As de Trinis say, “she like she tekking front fuh Jack”.
Women like Cracker Jacks at Piarco to meet Jack. Jack say this bigger than he, this is action against the entire Caribbean Football Federation! See how Jack embracing we ? Is not ’bout Jack alone, Jack say!
Jack, de Vendor coming, ah booking a REDJet flight to P.O.S.?Sign de landing papers and send them to Ian Burns quick so we could land.?Ah bringing supporters waving Red (UNC colours, like REDJet) ’cause, Jack, I know iffing you and I in dis thing together I gwine be alright!
Jack so popular people who get US$40 000 say they hit Jackpot. De ones that ain’t get, holler bribe! Dis is Jack time. Bring de Jackass, de Jack Iron, de Jack Daniels, de blackjack, de Jackpot.?Wait, Jack, you can play cricket? ‘Cause I might draft you fuh de 2nd Test!
I, Market Vendor, gone fuh now. You have a blessed and a wonderful day, yuh hear?
