DAILY GROOK #258
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COLLECTION PROTECTION
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by Francis Rodrigues
father, this recession
is your best chance,
charge for confession
it makes more cents!
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puns & word-play of all kinds,
if you read between the l
DAILY GROOK #259
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FLEET CHEAT
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by Francis Rodrigues
the lion is more honest
if not a speedy creature,
one learns in the forest
u can't trust a cheetah!
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puns & word-play of all kinds,
if you read between
In 48 hours, the website - 2008 Toronto International Goan
Convention - goes live! This is the biggest ever Convention
- concerts, workshops, seminars, debates, tiatros, reunions,
exhibitions, action-plans, awards of excellence, the works!
We even have an International Miss Goa pageant, a gl
Folks,
We're live on New Yr's day - check this out!
http://2008goanconvention.com/
Do please:
1. forward this site to ALL your friends (at least 10!).
2. don't forget to leave a MESSAGE on the Blog page!!
3. of course, don't forget to COME for the Convention!!
4. and, do BUY Remo's CD - it's
FROM THE 2008 TORONTO CONVENTION BLOG: 3 JAN:
click here for the daily blog - do leave lotsa comments
there, folks really enjoy them!!! you can be punny too!
http://2008goanconvention.com/blog/index.php
PU
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FROM THE COMING TORONTO CONVENTION: BLOG - 4 JAN:
here's part of the daily blog - click on the link below for
the rest - including the INTERVIEW WITH PARIS HILTON!
http://2008goanconvention.com/blog/index.php
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FROM THE COMING TORONTO CONVENTION: BLOG - 5 JAN:
here's part of the daily blog - click on the link below for
the rest - incl. the INTERVIEW WITH POPE BENEDICT!!
http://2008goanconvention.com/blog/index.php
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FROM THE COMING TORONTO CONVENTION: BLOG - 6 JAN:
here's part of the daily blog - click on the link below for
the rest - incl. the INTERVIEW WITH VICTORIA BECKHAM!
http://2008goanconvention.com/blog/index.php
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FROM THE COMING TORONTO CONVENTION: BLOG - 7 JAN:
here's part of the daily blog - click on the link below
for the rest - incl. the INTERVIEW WITH BILL GATES!
http://2008goanconvention.com/blog/index.php
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FROM THE COMING TORONTO CONVENTION: BLOG - 8 JAN:
here's part of the daily blog - click on the link below for
the rest - incl. the INTERVIEW WITH QUEEN ELIZABETH!
http://2008goanconvention.com/blog/index.php
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Gather round all ye atheists, non-conformists,
unbelievers, aliens and all manner of disbelief!!
Time to fete one of your cherished own, the
Director of the 2008 Toronto International Goan
Convention himself - incidentally a confirmed vegan!
To Kevin Saldanha - on 23 Jan - from all on Goanet:
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GOAN CONVENTION HUMOR BLOG - LAST WEEK:
here's part of the humor blog - click on the link below
for the rest - incl. the OPRAH WINFREY INTERVIEW!
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DEAR
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New video uploaded!
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FR.
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Yet another prolific Goanetter celebrating a milestone!!
30 January 2008 - to Roland Francis -
from all your Goanet buddies:
"HAPPY BIRTHDAY ROLAND!!"
Have a great year!!
We'll toast you again at the Convention
FR.
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Daily Haiku:
1. HEAVEN
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sorpotel
and chouris pao,
sip cajel
from a garafao.
for more goana - Aunty, Famous Indians, Churchill,
etc., in full colour, updated daily - click the link below:
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DAILY HAIKU #2:
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THEATRO
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entrepreneur
de teatro,
bonaventur
de pietro.
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Aunty, Famous Indians, Haiku, Churchill cartoons, etc:
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DAILY HAIKU #3:
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HEARTFELT
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kalliz and feliz
happy are they,
feliz broke hiz
kalliz yesterday.
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Aunty, Famous Indians, Haiku, Churchill cartoons, etc:
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DAILY HAIKU #4:
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COP
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soro at lunch
ek glass panch,
cop at night
fully tight.
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Aunty, Famous Indians, Haiku, Churchill cartoons, etc:
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DAILY HAIKU #5:
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DUTY
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bashes to bust,
rati khobor,
ashes to dust,
mati ghobor.
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Aunty, Famous Indians, Haiku, Churchill cartoons, etc:
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DAILY HAIKU #5:
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BAKE
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pitt kalonn
bakri baz,
empty idon
big avaaz.
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Aunty, Famous Indians, Haiku, Churchill cartoons, etc:
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DAILY HAIKU #7:
SWEETMEATS
seeds and sugar
jaggery reudeo,
twigs for a beggar
kaddeo-boddeo.
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Aunty, Famous Indians, Haiku, Churchill cartoons, etc:
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DAILY HAIKU #8:
EVIL MINES
every sneeze
minds go,
make these
'mines go'!
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Aunty, Famous Indians, Haiku, Churchill cartoons, etc:
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DAILY HAIKU #9:
OUTSIDERS
choose the demon
hands from afar,
lose our common
sands of miramar.
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Aunty, Famous Indians, Haiku, Churchill cartoons, etc:
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DAILY HAIKU #10:
BLISS
a dish
arroz refogado,
a fish
bangdo reichado.
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Aunty, Famous Indians, Haiku, Churchill cartoons, etc:
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DAILY HAIKU #11:
WEEKDAY
sandwich
a bowl of pez,
end with
a bowl of pears.
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Aunty, Famous Indians, Haiku, Churchill cartoons, etc:
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DAILY HAIKU #11:WEEKDAYsandwicha bowl of pez,end witha
bowl of pears.__Aunty, Famous
Indians, Haiku, Churchill cartoons,
etc:http://2008goanconvention.com/blog/index.php
DAILY HAIKU #12:
CLUBS
dear seagoer
where'ever you roam,
a part of goa
khudd be thy home.
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Dear Venantius & All,
A dozen days have passed since I began posting these little verses
in Goan cyberspace. The response has been quite astonishing. Every
post brings in more pensive mail from some distant corner of the globe.
Do I make them up each day? Sadly, no. They were writ a long time
ag
DAILY HAIKU #13:
DRESS
if the dapper
can be be dowdy,
why the tapper
kunnbi gauddi?
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DAILY HAIKU #14:
VALENTINE
hand in hand
thru the fog,
to the end
love is mog.
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Aunty, Famous Indians, Haiku, Churchill cartoons, etc:
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DAILY HAIKU #15:
VALENTINE 2
lovers on a diet
said love is mog,
romeo and juliet
dead in a morgue.
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Aunty, Famous Indians, Haiku, Churchill cartoons, etc:
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DAILY HAIKU #16:
FEUDAL
drunken bhatcar
mr. nunes,
shrunken mundcar
bitter munis.
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Aunty, Famous Indians, Haiku, Churchill cartoons, etc:
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DAILY HAIKU #17:
TIMELIME
a slice of lime
butter and unddo,
a slice of time
guitar and mando.
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DAILY HAIKU #18:
1972
made merry
at martin's corner,
with chris perry
and lorna.
http://2008goanconvention.com/blog/index.php
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DAILY HAIKU #19:
SAO JOAO
O rain and smell
of chourisao,
jump in the well
at Sao Joao.
http://2008goanconvention.com/blog/index.php
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DAILY HAIKU #20:
LADAINHA
grams at the cross
and a violin rare,
shrill voices toss
an ancient prayer.
http://2008goanconvention.com/blog/index.php
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DAILY HAIKU #21:
RICE
summer burns
the rain twice,
paddy turns
into rice.
http://2008goanconvention.com/blog/index.php
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DAILY HAIKU #22:
FISHING
river boat
stormy sea,
fish 'n float
on the zuari.
http://2008goanconvention.com/blog/index.php
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Aunty, Famous Indians, Haiku, Churchill cartoons, etc.
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DAILY HAIKU #23:
OPINION POLL
opinion poll era
1967,
dr. jack sequeira
smiles in heaven.
http://2008goanconvention.com/blog/index.php
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Aunty, Famous Indians, Haiku, Churchill cartoons, etc.
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DAILY HAIKU #24:
HOME
no greed
nor pomp,
all i need
jst a zomp.
http://2008goanconvention.com/blog/index.php
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Aunty, Famous Indians, Haiku, Churchill cartoons, etc.
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DAILY HAIKU #25:
LUCK
love is
one's luck,
divorce is
one lakh.
http://2008goanconvention.com/blog/index.php
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DAILY HAIKU #26:
GLUTTONY
mary had a little lamb
with tons of sorpotel,
mary died in a traffic jam
on her way to hospitel.
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DAILY HAIKU #27:
MOTHER-IN-LAW
aranged
marriage,
deranged
ma rage.
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>From us all in Goan cyberspace,
to prominent Goanetter & bon vivant,
GABE MENEZES
London/Navelim
Many Happy Returns of the Day!
Have a great year!
FR.
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DAILY HAIKU #28:
HEALTH
thonnd
a sick body,
toned
a Sikh body.
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Aunty, Famous Indians, Haiku, Churchill cartoons, etc
DAILY HAIKU #29:
HOOCH
fake daru
for a penny,
mind you
isn't fenny!
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DAILY HAIKU #30:
PASTRY
Samosas
Are nice and tasty,
Whereas
Pies are just pasty!
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Aunty, Famous Indians, Haiku, Churchill cartoons, etc
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DAILY HAIKU #31:
VEGGIE
bhaji, plain
is a real pain,
bhaji stewed
is really good!
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Aunty, Famous Indians, Haiku, Churchill cartoons, etc
DAILY HAIKU #32:
SAUSAGE
cheuris, grilled,
keeps you filled,
but cheuris in a bun,
is much more fun!
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Aunty, Famous Indians, Haiku, Churchill cartoons, etc
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DAILY HAIKU #33:
BORES
A pig is really a boar,
As do is really 'kor',
But gossips are swine,
Who change over time
>From bore to dukor!
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DAILY HAIKU #34:
HEALTHY
live long
sleep jaldi,
be strong
keep haldi!
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DAILY HAIKU #35:
MARKETPLACE
khana catch
bhendi bazar,
organ match
kidney kazar.
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DAILY HAIKU #36:
SUNSHINE
the goa sun doth
shine very 'oth,
keepin' us war'm
or shld I say garam!
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Aunty, Famous Indians, Haiku, Chur
DAILY HAIKU #37:
THE BAI
the bai helps at home
whilst we slog in dubai,
but when back we come
the "bai go"es buy buy!
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Aunty, Famous I
DAILY HAIKU #38:
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HAIR
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hair-spray
colour cans,
spray-hair
fallear khens!
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Aunty, Famous Indians, Haiku, Churchill cartoons, etc
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DAILY HAIKU #39:
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EMPTY
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out of fish
the harine screams,
make a wish
the river of dreams.
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DAILY HAIKU #40:
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A CENTURY AGO
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dinner at ladru's hotel
two bright annas,
reichado and sorpotel
snow-white sannas.
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DAILY HAIKU #41:
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COMMITTMENT
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a rolling stone
gathers no moss,
if u can't atone
thenvoss!
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Aunty, Famous Indians, Haiku, Churchill cartoons, etc
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DAILY HAIKU #42:
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DAY'S END
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up my feet
down my balcaum,
a podi with
prawn balchaum.
Aunty, Famous Indians, Haiku, Churchill cartoons, etc.
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DAILY QUOTE #41:
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"Of course I prefer the U.K. to Goa! The sex is so
plentiful here, whole counties are named for it - in
the East we have Essex, West we have Wessex,
South there's Sussex, even in the middle we have
Middlesex!! In Goa all you have are Insects !"
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DAILY QUOTE #42:
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"Today I opened Margao - then went to Fatima Convent
for this play by Shaikh Spiah, "Omlette" I think. I really
didn't understand that fellow mumbling "to pee or not to
pee, that is the question!" How is that a question You
gotta go, you got
DAILY HAIKU #124:
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PRAY DAY
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by FR
see angelina pray
for shiloh's dad,
"give us this day
our daily brad!"
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DAILY QUOTE #43:
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"Bring back the princely purses - it will
halve the gajjar problem i.e. it's a gajjar
halva! And we mahars will be kings again...
whaat, has nobody heard of mahar-ajas??"
Prakash Velip - Leader of the downtrodden.
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DAILY QUOTE #44:
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"How was I to know that the Miss Goa contest
was vegetarian?? Maybe nobody liked the salad,
but the girl asking for beef was a...Miss steak !"
Joachim Alemao - Yes Minister.
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MINING: Mass-scale destr
Listing in yesterday's Property Supplement of the TORONTO STAR:
Realtor: ANTHONY GONSALVES
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$437,000: 2 Storey Detached Home to Be Built in Gated Community
With
Clubhouse & Swimming Pool. Beach is 650 Meters Away. This
Premium
Lot is Bord
Builder!
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> Thanks FR,
> With best wishes,
> Tony
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> On 6/8/08, Francis Rodrigues wrote:
>> Brilliant!
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>> FR
>> Toronto.
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>> Message: 11
>> Date: Sat, 7 Jun 2008 20:25:10 +0530
>> From: "Tony de Sa"
>> Subj
The featured SuperHit Tiatro of the 2008 Goan Convention.
Lots of hits.Quite a snazzy piece of work, graphics too.
Of course the July production will be way better than what's seen
on this trailer, esp. the absence of the obtrusive microphones,
much better sound, etc. and a revamped script -
Hi Eugene,
There have been some exchanges on this forum re. builders in Goa,
and after Gabe posted the "My name is Anthony Gonsalves" article
on 24 May, a huge amount of correspondence on this name (refer
Goanet Digests 617 - 691 of the last fortnight itself) as well as even
very recently pictur
DAILY HAIKU #129:
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SUPERB PROVERB
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by FR
throw a big
stone in goa,
hits a bar, pig,
or de souza!
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DAILY QUOTE #45:
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"Digu told me SEZ is very Simple, it is
Simple Simon sez - Put your hands in the
air, goencar you're not getting anywhere!"
Muttony Sell'dhania - Goan Activist.
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MINING: Mass-scale destruction of bio
ot addressthe housing needs of locals. How will NRI Canadians
>investing in such developments"help the local housing needs"? NRI can also
>forget about any resale value, since saleof land to non-Goans, which could
>even include non-resident Goans will soon come under the ba
DAILY HAIKU #131:
TOAD CODE
by FR
the frog ban
is a joke,
in the end
they croak!
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Pyari Selma-kumari,
There I've made you young enough to go back a few decades,
past the Bangladesh war, when the Pathaks were 'cornering'
all the mum-n-dad postie dukas, real doctors treated demented
Ph.D's and Goa was, well.Goa, and land could be had for a song!
Yes, I did think of the NRI
DAILY HAIKU #133:
GRADE PARADE
by FR
indian hype
for ranks is, um...
another type
of marks'ism!
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DAILY HAIKU #136:
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SALAD BALLAD
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by FR
veggies swear
at one another,
u never hear
aloo mutter?
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Hi Tony,
What a wonderful and beautifully-sketched write-up.
A few words, if I may.
Fadhili Williams did indeed compose the lyrics to "Malaika", but
in all probability, was not the creator of that delightful melody.
A few years ago, whilst researching early folk-music of East Africa
with
DAILY HAIKU #138:
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FREE SPREE
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by FR
no more chains
for the servants,
to feel the pains
of indian pendants!
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Tio Alfredo,
Parabens!
Ad Multos Anos.
Francis.
Toronto.
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letters given. Find this and more puzzles at Live Search Games!
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DAILY HAIKU #146:
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CORRUPTION ERUPTION
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by FR
dis and raat
night and day,
all over bharat
smell of decay...
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DAILY HAIKU #152:
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JOB SOB
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by FR
a doctor is a joke
like a musician,
even the coke-bloke
is a fizz-ician!
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ft/donation,
>I am travelling, not home in NY.
>Good luck with the big show.
>Best,
>Eric.
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>--- On Mon, 6/30/08, Francis Rodrigues wrote:
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>DAILY HAIKU #151:
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>GORMENT TORMENT
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DAILY HAIKU #156:
VIOLENCE SILENCE
by FR
margao cops late
to come along,
can't differentiate
riot and wrong!
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DAILY HAIKU #159:
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WAIL TALE
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by FR
chronic moaners
are grown men,
but best mourners
are groan women!
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DAILY HAIKU #161:
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PUN FUN
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by Francis Rodrigues
exercise a thought
keep ur puns trim,
goa's capital spot
is, uhpun-gym!
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DAILY HAIKU #163:
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HEIGHT FRIGHT
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by Francis Rodrigues
the paris tower
is tops in town,
i looked over...
...eiffel down
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