YOU ARE PROUDLY SOUTH AFRICAN WHEN: Nowhere else in the World, - TopicsExpress



          

YOU ARE PROUDLY SOUTH AFRICAN WHEN: Nowhere else in the World, our Lingo # You call a bathing suit a kossie. # You call a traffic light a robot. # You call an elevator a lift # You call a car hood a bonnet # You call a car trunk a boot # You call a pickup truck a bakkie # You call a Barbeque a Braai # Employees dance and sing in front of the building to show how unhappy they are. # You get cold easily. Anything below 16 degrees Celsius is Arctic weather. # You know what Rooibos Tea is, even if youve never had any. #You can sing your national anthem in four languages and you have no idea what it means in any of them. # You know someone who knows someone who has met Nelson Mandela. # You go to braais regularly, where you eat boerewors and swim, sometimes simultaneously. # You produce a R100 note instead of your drivers license when stopped by a traffic officer. # You can do your monthly shopping on the pavement!!!!! # You have to hire a security guard whenever you park your car. # You know a taxi can move twice its certified number of people in one trip. #You travel 100s of kilometres to see snow. # You know the rules of Rugby better than any referee! # More people vote in a local reality TV show than in a local election. # People have the most wonderful names: Christmas, Goodwill, Pretty, Wednesday, Blessing, Brilliant, Gift, Precious, Innocence and Given, Patience, Portion, Coronation. # Now now or just now can mean anything from a minute to a month. # You start every second sentence with ja/nee, or ja, swaer. #You continue to wait after a traffic light has turned to green to make way for taxis traveling in the opposite direction. # Traveling at 120 km/h, youre the slowest vehicle on the freeway. # A bullet train is being introduced, but potholes cant be fixed. # The last time you visited the coast you paid more in speeding fines and toll fees than you did for the entire holiday. # You have to prove that you dont need a loan to get one. # Prisoners, Doctors and Nurses go on strike. # You dont stop at red traffic lights, just in case somebody hijacks your car
Posted on: Tue, 11 Mar 2014 11:06:08 +0000

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