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Kaieteur News – Uncle Moses bin tells a time story about Burnham. It tells the true story of Burnham and Boysie Ramkarran. Boysie was considered a next man long after Cheddi was a PPP de. Boysie was also known to be a very witty and weak expert on ‘shooting’ back at people who were strangling him.
Burnham used to like the heckle side of PPP. One day, he whined to Boysie and seh, “Boysie, I know more jokes than you!”
Boysie tunes to him and seh, “Yes, I agree.” Pointing to Burnham Ministers in front benches, he added, “Because you appointed them all!”
Sometimes jokes make a real tune. Dem used to have a running joke about Burnham. De joke came from a donation of three horses that Seh Burnham’s people received when he toured the United Kingdom after he tuned in to the Prime Minister.
When he later traveled to the United States of America, people presented him with a saddle dat de den President Lyndon Johnson, and de joke was told that dat Burnham had been told to ride the south Guyanese people. Both countries of course know that Burnham has a weakness in tea riding.
De joke about Burnham and horse riding a painful reality when Forbes Burnham destroyed the south of his own country’s economy, leaving people, who used to enjoy comfortable living, in dire deprivation while away on foreign flights with officer loads .
Half a nah mek joke about some things.