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Sweeping changes

1 Political insiders and private-sector power players are asking for sweeping changes in the political status quo to start the new year as, they say, to continue as if it's business as usual would be flying in the face of the realities on the ground and an affront to the people being asked to hold strain when the Government does not do likewise!

Shoplifters

2 Some retailers are saying it was a truly busy season, they say they had record numbers of shop-lifters. Others agree, citing as proof the fact that patrons to one high-end department store could not gain access to the restrooms over the holidays, as the restrooms were being used as the holding area for the many shoplifters caught until the police could come in and pick them up!

Yards of cloth!

3 Those who witnessed it says it was a scene from 'Fallen Angel and The Devil's Concubine', as they say the nice looking 'brown-lady' reeled off so many yards of cloth in the plaza recently, the skies were dark. Seems as if she was upset at being asked to leave her Gucci. Bankra, with security and the request did not go down well, as she thought this was a request that should apply to others and certainly not a member of the Gucci-carrying class!

Tough year

4 The question in the corporate world is: For whom will the bell toll in 2010, as many are expecting some major downsizing.

Snug-little jacket!

5 The DNA results are back, and it seems that the 'jacket' was indeed a snug-little fit! Story is though, the husband has decided that for a quiet life, he will continue wearing it! The trick now is for him to get his friends to stop laughing their heads off behind his back!

Offload

6 Some are celebrating the recession as they say it has afforded them the opportunity to offload a number of freeloaders who take nothing to the table, but are usually the first to present themselves at every party and are usually the first in the buffet lines!

Canary seeds

7 It's the quote of 2009 and some say it will be their mantra for 2010: Don't care how much canary seeds you feed john crow, he will never be able to sing one single note!