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Lifestyle, News, PepperPot
BY EVA-JEAN  
August 30, 2012

Pepper Pot: Sly mongoose and the bleeding empire

The talk doing the rounds is that the evil media fat cat needs to be spending more time tending to the bottom line instead of indulging in his favourite pastime — plotting against his competitors. If they are not careful, the red ink will continue to bleed until the fat old lady sings the blues.

Pining for the good old days

The fraudulent one has been telling close friends he now regrets dipping his hands in the till. He has let down admirers who were deceived by his holier-than-thou attitude and is finding it difficult to sleep because of stress. Now he is pining after the good old days when life was much simpler.

A lesson for Good Samaritans

Daryl Vaz might have learnt a lesson that all Good Samaritans should. Be careful how you jump to help any one because the way to hell is paved with good intentions. SSP James Forbes is learning that lesson too…the hard way!

Action, not a bag o’ mouth

There are some who would like Minister Anthony Hylton to know that with all of the discussions, meetings and presentation papers, there comes a time when a bad decision is better than no decision at all…and that time is now.

Waiting patiently

Word is even street-side vendors are awaiting word about the IMF agreement. Can Dr Peter Phillips tell us clearly what is causing the hold up now?

Certainly not camera shy

People say they’re a little tired of the lady who insists on calling the hosts before accepting social invitations, in order to find out whether or not there’ll be photographers in the house. They say she only wants to go where the cameras go.

Question of the week

With number portability coming, who are the ones dying to switch and where are they planning to go?

Send your best suss to pepperpot@jamaicaobserver.com

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