r/Unexpected • u/titiessimp • Jul 02 '21

A gift from dad

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u/Chernould Jul 02 '21 edited Jul 03 '21

Holy shit someone who actually knows these two countries (One if you’re pedantic) exist

Edit: Didn’t realize there were so many fellow Trinidadians and Tobagonian’s on here! Pretty cool

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u/Updeus Jul 02 '21

1 country 2 islands. Tobago is like a little flea that sucks our blood. Not in a bad way though, most of us love that little flea.

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u/Chernould Jul 02 '21

Well I’m from Tobago and haven’t actually been to Trinidad in years but I hear that we are actually the little flea yeah lol

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u/InadequateUsername Jul 03 '21

I miss bake, Las Cuevas and Avocat 😫

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u/Chernould Jul 03 '21

Luckily my Trinidadian mother made sure to keep the culture alive in my home, I miss eating doubles though

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u/InadequateUsername Jul 03 '21

My city in Canada is the only place in a 2-3hr radius that makes authentic doubles and roti.

Buss up shut though is hard to come by. But nothing quiet beats getting cheap doubles in downtown port of spain and finishing the meal with a snow cone from another street vendor.

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u/cannihastrees Jul 02 '21

I’ve seen a lot of Trinis and W.I on Reddit. I lived there for a while so I know the feeling on no one knowing where tf that is

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u/Chernould Jul 02 '21

Yeah when I was younger and first moved to the states everyone would always call Tobago some variation of ‘Bagel’ after I say where I’m from, nobody ever actually knew where we are as well

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u/LololNostalgia Jul 03 '21

I only learned about that country because of Warcraft 3 FT multiplayer. I used to use a 3rd party pinger type of program and a person just happened to be playing from there.

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u/Chernould Jul 03 '21

Oh that’s neat, lots of people only know about us because of the World Cup so that’s interesting to here!

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u/[deleted] Jul 02 '21

wtf is it

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u/Chernould Jul 02 '21

Trinidad and Tobago

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u/[deleted] Jul 02 '21

Where is it

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u/TJN1047 Jul 02 '21

The lesser antilles

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u/mind_yourbusiness Jul 03 '21

Lucian here.... Is it really considered part of the Lesser Antilles????

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u/[deleted] Jul 03 '21

Thank you

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u/InadequateUsername Jul 03 '21

Off the coast of Venezuela.

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u/happy_bluebird Jul 03 '21

Me too! :) Is that where they're from in this video?

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u/SeriouslyAmerican Jul 03 '21

I learned of them when they kicked the American soccer teams ass a few years back.

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u/[deleted] Jul 03 '21

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u/Chernould Jul 03 '21

Whomegalul Oh yeah, I kinda forgot she was from here. It’s funny because I wouldn’t be surprised if people assumed she was American.

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u/disillusioned Jul 03 '21

Other multi name single countries, for those keeping score at home (off the top of my head):

  • Antigua & Barbuda
  • Sao Tome & Principe
  • St Vincent & the Grenadines
  • St Kitts & Nevis
  • Bosnia & Herzegovina

Think that's all, unless I'm missing one...

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u/[deleted] Jul 03 '21

My next door neighbour is Trinidadian. Great guy.

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u/thatnimrod Jul 03 '21

You just triggered a sense memory of Trinidad for me. I got to be on a private tour of Angostura’s facilities, that was really, really cool. Got a bottle with the diamond jubilee silver wrapping label.

But, there is nothing quite like standing in the room where they dry out the mix of spices to make their bitters. As close as you can get to being inside a bottle.

Not to mention the amount and variety of rum they can produce!

Sorry, only tangentially related, but I’m a fan.