Updated version of Proud to be South African. YOU ARE PROUDLY SOUTH AFRICAN WHEN You call a bathing suit a swimming costume. You call a traffic light a robot. You call an elevator a lift You call a hood a bonnet You call a trunk a boot You call a pickup truck a bakkie You call a Barbeque a Braai The employees dance in front of the building to show how unhappy they are. The SABC advertises and shows highlights of the programme you just finished watching. 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 know that theres nothing to do in the Orange Free State . You produce a R100 note instead of your drivers licence 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. When you are a victim of crime and say: At least Im still alive. 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 To get free electricity you have to pay a connection fee of R750. 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 continue to wait after a traffic light has turned to green to make way for taxis travelling in the opposite direction. Travelling at 120 km/h youre the slowest vehicle on the highway/freeway. Youre genuinely and pleasantly surprised whenever you find your car parked where you left it. The last time you visited the coast you paid more in speeding fines and toll fees than you did for the rest of the holiday. You paint your cars registration on the roof. You have to take your own linen with you if you are admitted to a government hospital. You have to prove that you dont need a loan to get one. Prisoners go on strike. You dont stop at a red traffic light, in case somebody hijacks your car. You consider it a good month if you only get mugged once.
Posted on: Sun, 20 Apr 2014 12:44:38 +0000
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