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I didn’t expect that, but what a happy coincidence – two things happened at the same time (well, almost); just like ‘kill two birds with one stone’ (not literally, of course), but now I have ‘Six Sentence Stories’ and ‘The Unicorn Challenge’, how fun!
So, anyway, look at the photo – three musicians, all fine players, performing.
I remember the wonderful song ‘Pass the Dutchie’ (1982), written by three songwriters: Jackie Mittoo, Fitzroy ‘Bunny’ Simpson and Lloyd ‘Judge’ Ferguson from Kingston. It talks about the Dutch oven, a type of cooking pot, in Jamaica, and how very delicious it is. Even more interesting, the Jamaican slang is from a pot holding marijuana, although we would never use it (ehem).
So, enjoy the music!
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Posted for The Unicorn Challenge, a magical challenge hosted by Jenne Gray and C E Ayr, where they provide a photo and we, in turn, provide up to 250 words.
Denise Farley of Girlie On The Edge’s Sunday’s Six Sentence Story Word Prompt: PASS
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Aww, what a fun song. These boys are so young and so confident. A lovely share Chris. 💗
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I’m glad you enjoyed that, Sadje. It was fun wasn’t it!💛
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Loved the song. 🎵
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Me too!
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🙏🏼👏🏼
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Oh, I remember this song! It brings me right back to my childhood! Loved what you did here Chris! Well done!
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It was excellent, wasn’t it. Thanks, Carol Anne😀
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Well, that was fun, Chris.
It’s great to read you again.
I’m actually at the airport – without headphones – so I can’t listen to the song – a treat for later – but I read the lyrics.
And no, of course we’d never – ever – use the pot in the second sense…!! 😉
(PS Couldn’t wait – I’ve just listened! Great song. I hadn’t heard it before. Feet tapping again…)
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Hi Jenne, I hope you enjoy your time in the sun (I presume). I’m pleased that you liked my first post on the Unicorn Challenge, and that I made sense!
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These days, it is almost a surprise to discover some fun to cheer one’s life! I am also very thrilled to see your posts and presence more often.😊🤗💖
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Thank you, Aladin! I’m glad that you enjoyed it.😀💛
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Very fun story.
(And, apparently, a day for synchronicity! See my comment to Doug in his post)
Fun with words
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Glad that you liked it, Clark. I will pop along to read Doug’s post in a moment.
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Recall the song with joy and the other things the Dutchie reefers, sorry, refers, to.
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Tee-hee! Thanks, Doug🪴
I’ll read your soon!
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What a delight to see you back contributing a piece, Chris.
And a great song, that I remember, although I had to check when it was a hit.
1982!
Jings, that’s long ago!
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Thanks so much, CE!
(and don’t think how long it was)
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Lovely post Chris! Good to see you back.
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Thanks so much, Di!
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🙂
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I remember that song too. 😀 … and never mistook the meaning for anything other than the ‘ehem’ meaning. 😀
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Quite right too!😀🪴
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As soon as I started listening to the song, I thought weed was involved. 😉
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Well spotted, Liz!
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Thanks, Chris! 🤪
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A cute, upbeat song, the “ehem” meaning notwithstanding lol. I had never heard it before, but I guess it hadn’t made its way to Fresno Ca. 😂
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Ha, ha, well done!
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A wonderful song!
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Glad that you liked it, Frank!
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You combined these nicely! Many excellent dishes have come out of my Dutch oven, it was passed to me by my grandmother and fed our family for many years.
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Thank you, Mimi. Very like the dishes in ‘Little Town on the Prairie‘ don’t you think?
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Back when MTV was a hot new way to showcase talent!! Love this little stroll into the past!
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Oh gosh, I haven’t thought about MTV for ages!
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Great post, Chris! Lots of fun memories for me as well.
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Glad that you enjoyed it, Nancy!
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Always makes me think of the BBC and their strange policy for banning records – Relax being the most obvious, whilst they seemed to completely miss the lyrical references on this song…plus songs like Golden Brown and Ebenezer Goode. Perhaps the men at the top had the same dealers.
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You are right, Chris. They have been rather odd. I wonder if it still happens?’
By the way, don’t forget the ‘Sex Pistols – God Save The Queen – so tame now!
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Ha, yes. Incredible how acceptance changes, and indeed what becomes the new ‘normal’.
Some changes for the better…some perhaps not.
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I love that song, Chris. Reggae makes me want to get up and dance, in general. Those kids are sooo talented. What fun. Thanks for the smiles!
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I’m glad you enjoyed that, Diana. It’s really good, isn’t it.
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It’s super good!
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A marvellous musical mashup! I love the video.
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Thanks, Keith!
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Love it! (I’m going to have the song stuck in my head for the next week… not a bad song to have stuck, though 🎶😁)
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That song is a bit too young for you, Susan! Of course, I remember that very well. Sorry though, I’m playing lots of music with my WP writing. 🎵✍️
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I heard the song for the first time at the very end of ’89 on a greatest hits of the 80s cassette set. 😁 Crank up those tunes!!!
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