Did you ever spin like a top?

Did you ever spin like a top while riding a bus and land in the lap of a black lady? Well, I can now add that to my resume! We were on another packed bus coming home from a tour of the local brewery and I got up to give my seat to an old black lady. I had one pole to hold onto when the bus driver did a sudden acceleration and then hit the brakes. I went spinning like I was being shot off a top and I landed in the old ladies lap! I put my hand along her face and said "are you my mamma?" Well, the whole bus erupted in laughter! I struggled to my feet and made sure she was ok. Some man then gave me his seat (I guess he was afraid I'd land on him next)

It was an interesting day of trying to understand dialects here. It's a  mixture of African, Creole and Queen's English with localism thrown in. You can listen to 2 people talking and, even though they are speaking English, you often will not understand one word that they say. It made the beer tour interesting. We were the only people on the tour and we were right there with the guide, but, many times, the only words we understood were "beer" and "Barbados". We got our choice of their products in their beer garden after the tour. What did we ask for? Lemonade! Lemonade mixed with beer. Not too bad but very, very sweet. Everything here is sweet. Even the bread. They probably all have diabetes.