I DIDN'T…… Minguliao and Bostiao entered in Village Hut Bar n Restaurant at Carambolim-Goa, and as usual took the corner table, as they are the regular customers of that bar, Dumgulo (the owner of the bar) attended them personally and served them their regular drinkCashew Fenni, while Minguliao and Bostiao sipping their drink, they were both watching the television, when the 9 p.m. news came on. It showed a guy on a bridge who was about to jump, obviously suicidal:- Minguliao: "I'll bet you Rs. 500/- he'll jump" Bostiao: "Bet you Rs. 500/- he won't" Minguliao: "I am sure he will jump" Bostiao: "I say he won't" Then, the guy on the television closed his eyes and threw himself off the bridge. Bostiao hands Five hundred rupees to Minguliao. Minguliao: I can't take your money," Bostiao: Why? Minguliao: "I cheated you. The same news I saw at five o'clock." Bostiao: "No, no. Take it "I saw the five o'clock news too. I just didn't think the guy was so dumb enough to jump again!" Cajetan de Sanvordem Kuwait. * * * Was life in the *kudds* glamourised? Who said, "It appears that the Goanese (sic) are a roving people, prepared to go to any part of the world for well-paid employment"? How did Goans find their first toehold in the Gulf? Find your answers in Selma Carvalho's *Into the Goan Diaspora Wilderness*. Buy from Broadways Book Centre, Panjim [Ph +91-9822488564] Price (in Goa only) Rs 295. http://selmacarvalho.squarespace.com/ * * *