Dear Dr. Jaiteh and Suntou,
Thanks for your very kind words and prayers. May we all continue to be
creatively inspired to rubbish all kinds of injustice and the unjust in our
society.
Baba
>From: Malanding Jaiteh <[log in to unmask]>
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>Subject: Re: Big Trouble at SitTight Enterprises
>Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2007 09:03:09 -0400
>
>Baba,
>To use a Baddibunka prayer - may you keep your hand or your pen should I
>say?
>
>Malanding
>
>Baba Galleh Jallow wrote:
>
>>Big Trouble at SitTight Enterprises
>>
>>By Baba Galleh Jallow
>>
>>
>>Dr. NoPen Runhere, alias Snooty, sneezed and sneezed again. At the sound
>>of his boss’s sneezing, Bra Smoothface Darelie came rushing in, sniffing
>>and snorting, saying ‘bless you, bless you’ and complaining of a terrible
>>cold he had just caught. This was a common sight at SitTight Enterprises.
>>The staff had become so accustomed to the automatic reactions the boss’s
>>every action produced in Bra Smoothface Darelie that they no longer
>>expressed surprise at his strange antics.
>>
>>Dr. NoPen Runhere, managing director of the famous SitTight Enterprises,
>>had a whole lot of very loyal staff and servants. There were the likes of
>>Bra Yuppie, whose cardinal characteristic was a chronic inability to
>>understand simple English, but who was famous for his persistent
>>expositions in English of the excellent qualities of Dr. NoPen Runhere. As
>>one of the co-directors of the communications department at SitTight
>>Enterprises, Bra Yuppie poured out endless pages in praise of the great
>>boss, always with the aid of a dictionary. It did not matter whether his
>>grammar was correct or not. What mattered was that he heaped as many
>>praises on the boss as he possibly could without choking the very paper
>>itself.
>>
>>And there was Bra Neverthink Justdo, whose function was to serve as Master
>>of Ceremonies at the many dinner parties organized in honor of the gallant
>>Dr. Runhere. Bra Neverthink, who had to pause and think of what to say
>>next after every sentence, had grown adept at thinking and saying whatever
>>he thought Snooty wanted to hear. It did not matter whether what he said
>>made sense or not. So long as Snooty’s head bopped up and down in
>>appreciation and his face glowed with oily contentment, Bra Neverthink
>>Justdo would go right ahead and have his noisy say.
>>Then there was one of the most famous staff at SitTight Enterprises, the
>>gallant and flamboyant Bra Whatyasay Yesbaas. Bra Yesbaas was only
>>interested in one thing - to be near the seat of power at SitTight
>>Enterprises and partake of whatever dry crumbs of glory dropped from the
>>big man’s table. His function was to vehemently assent to whatever Snooty
>>said and vigorously deny whatever anyone else said that was not in line
>>with Snooty’s personal philosophy of Never Down. It did not matter whether
>>what was said was the truth or a bunch of lies that made you hold your
>>nose and run away. What mattered was whether it was in line with Snooty’s
>>infallible philosophy of Never Down. If it was, it was true. If not, it
>>was a lie. Case closed, coffin sealed, dropped in the hole, buried.
>>
>>But none of these or Snooty’s many other loyal servants came anywhere
>>close to the level at which Bra Smoothface Darelie perched in relation to
>>Snooty’s personal pleasure. Bra Darelie was so loyal to the boss that he
>>always declared that he loved the boss more than he loved himself. When
>>Snooty complained of heat, Bra Darelie would fly into a frenzy and start
>>sweating profusely. When Snooty complained of cold, Bra Darelie would
>>immediately start shivering so hard that his teeth loudly clattered in his
>>mouth. When Snooty complained of a mild headache, Bra Darelie would start
>>weeping and moaning, holding his head, tears running down his cheeks,
>>asking to be given an overdose of Tylenol. When Snooty got annoyed about
>>something, Bra Darelie would fly into a tantrum and loudly weep and wail
>>and furiously knock the walls and pull his hair. And when Snooty said he
>>was happy, Bra Darelie would laugh so hard that he would cry. He would
>>bend and double over and roll on the floor in blissful glee.
>>
>>When Snooty expressed disagreement with someone, Bra Darelie would
>>challenge that person to a duel and call him fool and a useless species
>>that must not live. An eloquent speaker, Bra Darelie would loudly extol
>>the undying virtues and endless glories of the great Dr. Snooty, whom he
>>called homo yesyes. He would call the offending person a miserable fly
>>that was trying to fell a giant tree. He would speak in tongues and
>>parables and remind the pretentious brat of the rat who thought he was an
>>elephant and thus got himself into mortal trouble. Bra Darelie also
>>performed all those unsavory tasks Snooty himself did not want to touch.
>>No wonder Bra Darelie soon overshadowed all of Snooty’s loyal servants and
>>won himself the honorable and immortal title of Snooty’s Chief Puppet. And
>>boy was he glad to be given such an honorable title!! That was what he
>>lived for!
>>
>>Sadly, one fine day, the loyal Bra Darelie, most long-serving and most
>>loyal crony to Dr. NoPen Runhere, alias Snooty, was forcibly and
>>unceremoniously kicked out of the great guy’s presence. It led all our
>>common townsfolk into a great confusion and had them hold their amazed
>>mouths and loudly wonder, shaking their heads in utter disbelief. When
>>they thought of Bra Darelie's amazing antics, some of our common townsfolk
>>loudly wept and blew their noses and drank some water to cool their
>>throats. Then they would sadly shake their heads and wonder what had
>>become of our little town, why the world was so upside down. How on earth
>>could Dr. NoPen Runhere ever think of sacking the most loyal, ever
>>faithful Bra Darelie of the silent gaze?
>>
>>For his part, a devastated Bra Darelie bundled his stuff and with head
>>held high, furiously marched off, thoughts of red vengeance flashing in
>>his bloodshot eyes. Our common townsfolk suspected they were soon going to
>>see some strange action on the part of the bitter Bra Darelie.
>>
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