Mighty Whitey-R.I.P.

I will miss him!!!!

Billd

Hi,

Can you tell us the joke?

PT

We liked his "Open Mic" night at Latitude 18.

He will be missed!

This was posted by fdr:
fdr [ PM ]
Re: Heavily considering relocating...
March 27, 2010 08:02PM Registered: 2 years ago
Posts: 495

Another vote for finishing school first. Unless your field is the biological sciences, you are likely to get a much better education, and for much cheaper, in the UNC system.

You will definitely want to spend at least a week "living" here (not another vacation) before you decide if you really want to move here. One day on a cruise ship visit can plant the seed of the idea, but it is way too little to go on for uprooting your family ASAP. I'll repost the old joke:
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A man dies and finds himself at the Pearly Gates. St. Peter remarks, "That's odd. This has never happened before. Its an even split between you going to heaven or hell. So I'll tell you what: I will give you a tour of both spots, and you can decide for yourself."

The man readily agrees and, poof! They're instantly on a beautiful snowy mountain, with gorgeous views, clean crisp air, and abundant ski lodges. St. Peter explains to the man, "This is heaven."

Quite impressed, the man decides to go see what hell looks like. Poof! Instantly, they are standing in the warm sand on beautiful St. Thomas. The weather is fine, the scenery sublime, and the vegetation lush.

As the man is half beside himself on how wonderful hell is, St. Peter asks which he would prefer. The man replies, "Well, both heaven and hell are stunning places to spend an afterlife. Since I'm already here on St. Thomas, I might as well stay."

St. Peter says, "As you wish," and poof! Now the man is sitting in a leaking hut filled with cockroaches, bad water, and oppressive heat. A rusted out jeep sits outside next to continuously barking dog. He yells to St. Peter, "Wait! Wait! This isn't what I chose!"

St. Peter only says, "Hey, the first time you saw St. Thomas you were a tourist -- now you live here!"

Although Mighty Whitey told it a bit differently and with exquisite timing. No offense fdr!!;)

Thanks, great joke ... esp. part about the dog!

PT

I liked when he was running for Senate. It was the fist time I saw him, and the last, in a suit!

Found him at Bonnie's and went to see him very often. Towards the end of Bonnie's his mind got lost many times, but he was still good. It was the rum that let him get away. But he was a great guy. Again. I will miss him.

billd

I'm pretty new to this site and just picked up the news about the Mighty-Whitey. It's sad to her of his passing, but I'll never forget him either. I left the islands in '98 but I'll be coming back. I still have a Mighty-Whitey Christmas tape cassette that must go back quite awhile. Won't be all that long before I'm in the mood to play it again 🙂

No offense taken, EE -- there's no substitute for the original, for sure!

Nicky acquired the 'Mighty Whitey' moniker when he sang at the Calypso Competition in the 1970's -- his song "Move You Mudder Ass" was about growing up on Garden Street and as a white Calypsonian he was destined to come in Second -- A huge honor!!!

I last saw him at Bonnies (another sad story, but one that is common). He as losing his mind then. Ho got lost in his songs, lost his train of thought but we just loved him. Including his run for senate. They would have been better if they had elected him.

billd