You know you are a South African when
- You produce a R100 note instead of your driver’s 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
- You can count the national soccer teams scores with no fingers
- To get free electricity you have to pay a connection fee of R750
- Hijacking cars is a profession
- Defecating in a garden can win you R1-million
- You can pay your tuition fees by holding up a sign at a traffic light
- The petrol in your tank may be worth more than your car
- 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, Samsung and Airtime.
- “Now 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 you’re the slowest vehicle on the highway
- You’re genuinely and pleasantly surprised whenever you find your car parked where you left it.
- A bullet train is being introduced but we can’t fix potholes
- The last time you visited the coast you paid more in speeding fines and toll fees than you did for the entire holiday
- You paint your cars registration on the roof
- Half your mail is guaranteed to reach its destination
- You have to take your own linen with you if you are admitted to a government hospital
- You dial a toll free number and nobody answers
- You have to prove that you don’t need a loan to get one
- Prisoners go on strike.
- You don’t stop at a red traffic light, in case somebody hijacks your car.
- You consider it a good month if you only get mugged once.
- Rwandan refugees start leaving the country because the crime rate is too high.
- When 2 Afrikaans TV programs are separated by a Xhosa announcement of the following Afrikaans program, and a Pedi ad.
- The employees DANCE in front of the building to show how unhappy they are.
- The SABC advertises and shows highlights of the program you just finished viewing.
- You get cold easily. Anything below 16 degrees Celsius is Arctic weather.
- You call a bathing suit a “swimming costume”.
- You stop at robots, not traffic lights.
- You know what Rooibos Tea is, even if you’ve 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” (barbecues) regularly, where you eat boerewors (long meaty sausage-type thing) and swim, sometimes simultaneously.
- You have a gear lock for your car.
- You’ve never seen snow in real life.
- You know that there’s nothing to do in the Free State.
- You actually get these jokes and pass them on to other friends from South Africa because you know its true…
Gaviscon Fireman advert
July 20, 2009 · Filed Under Images · 3 Comments
This is what can go wrong a “ I can like to speak English” person writes the punch line for Gaviscon (heart burn remedy).
It’s like a fireman came in your mouth! Haha!
Google-lethu
South Africa’s version of Google Earth!
Improve your computer’s privacy
July 15, 2009 · Filed Under Images · 5 Comments
Now you can upgrade the security of your computer to a higher level than ever before.
No one can see your passwords or whatever you’re typing:
No one can see whatever you’re typing or which website you’re surfing:
And the ultimate computer privacy system is:
Jackson 5
July 13, 2009 · Filed Under Images · 3 Comments
Some people might find this funny – a up-to-date picture of what the Jackson 5 look like.
Should you forward that email?
July 13, 2009 · Filed Under Email · 7 Comments
Use these very important steps to determine if you should forward that email!
SA vs USA in strictly come dancing
A comparison on South Africa and the USA’s strictly come dancing!
USA
South Africa
