This thread is already confusing. So I guess no one will complain if I share what came to mind on seeing the subject title ie "Come for your Dinner". Following a devastating hurricane in what was then the British colony of British Honduras some decades ago, the British army rushed to the ravaged area and set up camp in order to provide much-needed relief. Every day at 12 noon we, the distressed town residents, would be invited by bugle call to go to the centrally located camp for take-out hot meals freshly prepared by the lads in uniform. Grateful though we, the needy townsfolk, were, our elders retained their puckish sense of humour and soon came up with words to associate with the tune of the daily bugle call. These were the words: "Come fi yu dutty water! Come fi yuh rice an beans!
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