(a.k.a – The Real Middle East Crisis if you don’t buy something small for Aunty Cassie and fly…because you know how big her mouth is…)
(Dedicated to my Godfather)
Recently unearthed in the an old pant pocket in Charlotte Villa on Veronica Road was the following, (it was written on an aerogramme),
My Dear Son,
Please get the following t(h)ings when you are coming down next month :
- 1 packet pistas
- 1 packet almonds (for Aunty Mary who makes those lovely gulab jaams)
- 2 packets cloves (one for us and the other for Aunty Phelmeen (Aunty Philomena)
- 2 small packets cardamoms
- 4 Kit Kats and Mars (for all the small cousins)
- 5 Toblerones (big ones)
- 2 Cadbury Fruit and nut (one for Sundri the servant and the other for Dhondu the gardener)
-1 22carat gold name bracelet (for Uncle Johnny’s Son…so much he helped us during Maryanne’s Wedding when he was the best man, putting the pendoll up and all)
- 2 small scent bottles of Prophecy Eau the toilet (one for me, and the other I can give to Aunty Lizbith ( Aunty Elizabeth)
-1 small bottle of that Cobra perfume (for Ralph, Cassie’s son-in-law)
- 2 boxes of Yardleys powder
- 1 bottle of Drakkar Noir scent
- Some Thomsun Original Cassettes of the latest dance hits
- 1 big bottle of Kraft Cheese spread
- 2 bottles of olives with dat red thing in the middle (we can put that Amul Cheese with them on the toothpick and offer then if anyone comes home to see you)
- 4 packs of those Kraft Cheese singles
- 3 packs of that ‘red cow smiling’ cheese triangles (good for breakfast no...?)
- 1 Casio Calculator watch (for Dalton…who works in State Bank)
- 2 sets of Faber Castell colour pencils (for the nieces)
- 1 ‘automatic’ (you know the one with the buttons to open) pencil boxes (for your godson)
- 12 Camay Soaps (for Ann’s Contract Bus friends…)
- 1 bottle of Johnnie Walker Black Label or J&B whisky (for Wendell)
- 3-4 ‘dinky’ cars (for the nephews)
- 2 bottles of Brut aftershave (one for Eustace and the other for Walston)
- 1 packet of those Gillette throwaway razors (for Easdon and his brother)
- 1 bottle of Mango TANG and 1 bottle of Peach TANG (Don’t worry about the Mango one we may get it in Crawford Market so I can give it to Aunty Clitta…she won’t know the bleddy difference)
- 1 small National two-in one cassette deck (for Uncle Anton who got you the Gulf Visit visa in the first place…God Bless Him)
- 2 packs of Huggies Diapers (for Carls new baby)
- 2 cartons of 555 cigarettes (one we can give Lionel and the other to Savio…so much he was coughing that day for the Kyle’s communion… still he was smoking…)
- 3 packs of Maggi Chicken cubes (5-6 cubes we can give for Asha the fisherwoman)
- 7 Scotch-Brite Sponges (for Patsy’s in-laws we can give a few)
- 2 Head and Showers Dandruff shampoo
- 1 Tiger Balm (for Aunty Loveys’s bad back)
- 3 Dubbhas Of Nivea Cream (for Cassie’s granddaughter, Aunty Marie’s daughter and me)
Don’t get too MUCH stuff for US…ok…but just get these ‘few’ things for these people …only because you are coming for the first time…otherwise you know how people talk…
Love
Mummy
