Living in Trinidad and Tobago, if you remark on the idiocy of something there are a litany of responses that come. When you thwack all of them out of the way, you get to the common explanation:

'Dis is Trinidad'

As if that explains it all. And, to a point, it does. It's usually said in an exasperated tone, though I do encounter it off and on in a defensive tone - as if doing something stupid in Trinidad and Tobago is a right. Judging by Trinidad and Tobago parliament, this may well be true. But it doesn't make it... right.

Up until today, I've just shook my head at the phrase. Finally, I've come to an appropriate response.

And it will always be this way unless you decide to make it better.