THE Parrot is very aware of the efforts many take to ensure that they engage in some form of physical activity.
No, I am not talking about anything related to Boxing and the other thing.

Well, you know what I want to say. I am speaking about the hundreds who flock the seawall and the National Park competing, in a subtle cooperative way, for space to exhibit their physical manoeuvres which are expected to keep them fit and hopefully, to prolong life.

This phenomenon has caught on over the years and people from all age groups and sizes are involved. The reason is simple; stay fit; live healthier.

The exercise craze has led to some “spin-offs”. Some people ensure that they are visible on the exercise “trails” so that they can be considered as being “in” on what’s “in”; not necessarily there to keep fit but to keep eyes fixed on them.

Sometimes the “eye-fixing” can be a pleasurable experience. On other occasions, the “eye-fixing” leads to images of Freddie. Not the Waterfall paper Freddie; “Nightmare on Elm Street” Freddie.

In many instances, exercising expeditions make for good conversation. You know, just like some who like to play “big-shot” and who like to talk about which fancy supermarket they shop and which fancy private school their children attend and which fancy place they went for a vacation and which fancy brand name they wear and which fancy car they travel in.

They talk about where they exercised and who they met. Even if they just pass a “big one” along the trail, they make others believe that the “big one” and them are personal friends. Yeah, I am sure you know plenty people like that.

The point is exercise is a big thing even if many are not really exercising. The best “yardstick” to judge if somebody really exercising is if they start to get “fine” just like the stick.

This has its downside since getting “fine” can lead to certain stigmas being attached. This brings me to exercising over at Freddie’s paper. Not “Nightmare on Elm Street” Freddie; the Waterfall paper Freddie; the Waterfall paper.

The paper suddenly get “fine-fine”. Just look at the first edition for this brand new month, October. The paper really get thin. Why? Exercise?

One of Uncle Glenn’s hands was recently seen in a blue sling. Dem boys seh, that he was trying to exercise when the hand slip. Dem same boys seh that he did practising to do like the Chinese acrobats and the task was too much for him. Seeing that the exercise didn’t work out for him, the paper itself started to exercise.

Whatever physical manoeuvres the paper employed, it worked like instant nail-polish remover. Overnight the paper lost plenty weight! Plenty! The Parrot understands that many calls were made to the Waterfall paper enquiring about what they used to get such remarkable results.

Doctors, Trainers, even Henry; not the former Minister, the other one; Winston; not the former PNCR Chairman, the other one and Randolph called. Even Uncle Glenn was surprised at the number of calls. But being the politician he is, he said it was ploy to see how many people buying he paper.

Dem boys, he same boys seh, he not telling the whole truth. Dem seh that over the last week or so, the Waterfall paper was padded up with news about pumps and government projects and Kwame and Evan.

The paper now run out of pumps and government projects to write ‘bout because Uncle Ashni and Robert; not Corbin the other one, fix them, (not the pumps and projects), Uncles Glenn and Adam, “good and praper”.

Uncle Ashni and Robert debunked all the “tall tale” stories Uncles Glenn and Adam write ‘bout pumps and projects. Never before was such obsession seen by two grown men over pumps.

Dem same boys seh that is something dem don’t want to talk about. So right away the Waterfall paper lost much “padding” without pumps and projects to denigrate. It then turned to Kwame and Evan.

Now that Kwame has left the jurisdiction after taking leave, the Waterfall paper lost more “padding”. As a result it shrunk “thin-thin”. Kwame by heself does take up a lot of space, so with him on leave, “lil bit” left.

In a desperate effort to try to hold on to some “padding”, the Waterfall paper apparently put a GPS (Global Positioning System) pun Kwame.

How else was the paper able to “report” when and where Kwame landed for his vacation and who picked him up and all the other “fine-fine” details? Dem said boys confirmed that the Waterfall paper got GPS; Glenn Peeping Secretly!

The paper blaming Kwame. His absence has led to its “weight” loss. One smart boy asked if the “weight” loss is because the paper has to walk long-long distances in following Kwame.

The Parrot ain’t know. Also, now that Evan, who the Waterfall paper said was fired is still on the job, still more “padding” has been lost.

What the Parrot knows, is that some people who does start “hot and sweaty” in exercising does stop after a while. A boy with vision seh that the Waterfall paper only trying to be “in” with the “in” and may stop exercising when Kwame come back. Again, I don’t know. Anyway, I gone; my eyes are fixed on some pleasurable “ins”. Squawk! Squawk!