Leroy, from Port Antonio, always wanted to look cool.

His friend told him that he needed a good pair of designer sneakers to go with his new sweatsuit. Leroy saved up all his pay and all the money he got back from returning his empty bottles of Red Stripe Lager and finally managed to get himself a pair of brilliant white sneakers to go with his sweatsuit.

Proudly, he strutted down the street calling out to all the passers by, "See mi new sneakers, mon? Cool, eh?"

One fine upstanding gentleman pointed out that they were indeed a fine pair of sneakers, but that young Leroy had a lace undone.

Leroy scornfully retorted that it was part of being cool to have a trailing lace, and that on the bottom of the sneakers there were instructions for the wearer to only have one lace tied.

When asked for proof of this instruction, Leroy took off one of his sneakers and held it upside down for the disbeliever to read.

"See it deh, mon! It seh TAIWAN."
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