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Marc Lurie
16th Nov 2006, 13:35
Sorry, couldn't help myself...
For the non-Afrikaans speakers...
The first sign says "Tresapassers will be shot, f**ked up, exterminated, then burned and shot again" :eek:
The other two loose too much in translation, so I'm not even going to try. :)
Geobloke
16th Nov 2006, 13:39
Heck thats some kinda warning!!!! :eek: :eek:
Those can only be on a farmers property :D :D
toppa
16th Nov 2006, 17:34
Now that is how it should be!!!!! :D
CHeers
bvudzichena
17th Nov 2006, 07:22
Marc,
Looking at the hills in the third photo, do you think the warning's meant for the off roaders, or the sheep thieves?
As a follow up to your recent post regarding crocodiles...
This is a real life exam of a Grade 5 (Std. 3) pupil.
Primary School Exam 1 of the second term Write an essay on the following question: "What is a crocodile?" Use block letters and write legibly.
Name: GERHARD JANSE VAN VUUREN
Date: Monday 22/05/2003
Answer: The crokodil is a specially built so long because the flatter the better swimmer. At the front of the crokodil is the head. The head exists almost only of teeth. Behind the crokodil the tail grows. Between the head and the tail is the crokodil. A crokodil without a tail is called a rotwieler. A crokodil's body is covered with handbag material. He can throw his tail off if he gets a fright but it doesn't happen much because a crokodil is scared of nothing. A crokodil stays under the water because if you were so ugly, you would also stay under the water. It is good that a crokodil stays under the water, because a person gets such a big fright if a crokodil catches you that he first has to rinse you off before he can eat you. A crokodil isn't hardly as dangerous as people say he is, except if he catches you. The longer he bites you, the more it hurts. Very old crokodils suck their people and buck that they catch dead. If you eat him, he is a crokosatie. A crokodil did not learn to swim with his arms so he uses his tail. The little brother of the crokodil is a lizard. The slow sister of the crokodil is a chameleon. The gay brother of the crokodil is a daffodil. And the crokodil also has a dead brother the frikkidel.
That's the last time I eat a frikkedel then. :)
Good read :D , but what's a frikkidel?
AJ
bvudzichena
18th Nov 2006, 06:21
Good read :D , but what's a frikkidel?
AJ
Also known as a meatball :eek:
Marc Lurie
18th Nov 2006, 15:34
Good read :D , but what's a frikkidel?
AJ
A frikkedel is the Afrikaans name for a meatball. They're usually made from coarse ground beef and/or pork, and highly spiced. My mum used to make them from 50% ground beef and 50% heart, lung, and brain mixture. They're delicious with mashed potato or tomato/onion sauce and stiff maize meal pap.
The'tre not really made from crocodiles, though I can't see a reason why the couldn't be. :D
seekingserenity
25th Nov 2006, 11:00
Allow me to add one more sign to the mix - a rather literal translation, spotted in Bloemfontein! :)
.... bit like putting burning dust in your car.
Henk Coetzee
16th Dec 2006, 11:44
This one arrived in my mailbox with the subject line: "Only in South Africa". Sorry if the language is a tad offensive.
bvudzichena
16th Dec 2006, 11:54
Henk, Marc en Kevin
Ek is tans in die Rooi Land tot volgende Vrydag, maar ek dink ons moet dalk die week daarna by mekaar uitkom en 'n vleisie braai?
Is daar nog van ons in die Pta / Jhb gebied?
Stem saam en 'n goeie idee, but on the 27th until 3rd I'm at a small game reserve out near Maretsane (near Mafikeng). None of this flocking to the coast for us :) .
bvudzichena
17th Dec 2006, 09:11
Stem saam en 'n goeie idee, but on the 27th until 3rd I'm at a small game reserve out near Maretsane (near Mafikeng). None of this flocking to the coast for us :) .
Bring back pictures of your adventures!
The only animals I've seen since arriving n the UK have been some of the locals on a saturday night :D
The African bush is much less dangerous than Kensington High Street...
Maybe we should do something in January. If memory serves me, Marc and I have birthdays that are very close to each other :)
I'll be away for the second half of the month.
Perfect. In the middle of Feb and old Rhodesian friend, now of Australia, is coming out so we'll have to meet for a few beers then too. A good halfway point can be my son's Keg and Archer in Eco Park Centurion.
bvudzichena
17th Dec 2006, 14:33
Keg & Archer! That goes well with my avatar.
Being Centurion (ex Verwoerdburg) I would have thought Keg and letter opener (re Dimitrios Tsafendas) would have been more suited :D
Mid February sounds like a plan.
Being Centurion (ex Verwoerdburg) I would have thought Keg and letter opener (re Dimitrios Tsafendas) would have been more suited :D
That took me a full minute to catch !!!!!!
Henk Coetzee
17th Dec 2006, 20:57
Mid February sounds doable. I'll be in the Eastern Cape until some time early in January.
Marc Lurie
22nd Dec 2006, 09:23
Mid Feb sounds OK, but I can't guarantee that I won't have to be out of the country. I have three jobs to complete in Malawi, Guinea Bissau, and Angola but I might be able to finish by then.
Marc
Mid Feb sounds OK, but I can't guarantee that I won't have to be out of the country. I have three jobs to complete in Malawi, Guinea Bissau, and Angola but I might be able to finish by then.
Marc
Don't you need someone to carry your suitcase? :)
Marc Lurie
23rd Dec 2006, 11:21
:d :d :d
bvudzichena
23rd Dec 2006, 14:46
Seen in Norwich, Norfolk this week on a green Nissan Sunny:
Boere Beware! The English want their country back.
I can believe it. Someone told me how many South Africans are thought to be in London alone. Can't remember the figure but they were talking about a few million, which I thought to be a bit exagerated. But I believe it's quite a bit. I alone have three nieces working in London and a sister-in-law who works there every few months.
Marc Lurie
24th Dec 2006, 06:30
27% of the population of Perth is South African :eek: Probably the best reason NEVER to visit Perth. (or Australia at all for that matter...) ;)
bvudzichena
24th Dec 2006, 08:54
I can believe it. Someone told me how many South Africans are thought to be in London alone. Can't remember the figure but they were talking about a few million, which I thought to be a bit exagerated.
The figure that I heard was around 600,000 people who speak Afrikaans as their first Language - and that's just in London. Never mind the "Engelse" and the seven other official SA languages...
You should see the new NG Kerk that they built last year :D
I alone have three nieces working in London and a sister-in-law who works there every few months.
Is the sister in law doing the country cousins thing?
Is the sister in law doing the country cousins thing?
??
bvudzichena
24th Dec 2006, 12:48
??
http://www.country-cousins.co.uk/
A lot of our fellow Zimbo palefaces are doing it, working in Mud Island for a couple of months and netting £60-80 a day during that time.
Yes she's doing home care. But with some other company.
bvudzichena
12th Mar 2007, 12:57
Seen outside the new mahoosive Pick 'n Pay Hypermarket in Centurion this morning.
Let's hope there are lots of cons sealed in it.
bvudzichena
13th Mar 2007, 17:26
Let's hope there are lots of cons sealed in it.
Cons sealed in a trance. I'd prefer to have them sealed up in Pretoria Central Prison or C-Max :D :D :D
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