Don't know if this is in here yet, but anyhow... thanks Myra.....
> YOU ARE PROUDLY SOUTH AFRICAN WHEN:
> 1. You call a bathing suit a 'swimming costume'.
> 2. You call a traffic light a 'robot'.
> 3. You call an elevator a 'lift'
> 4. You call a hood a 'bonnet'
> 5. You call a trunk a 'boot'
> 6. You call a pickup truck a 'bakkie'
> 7. You call a Barbeque a 'Braai'
> 8. The employees dance in front of the building to show how unhappy
> they are.
> 9. The SABC advertises and shows highlights of the programme you
> just finished watching.
> 10. You get cold easily. Anything below 16 degrees Celsius is Arctic
> weather.
> 11. You know what Rooibos Tea is, even if you've never had any.
> 12. You can sing your National anthem in four languages, and you
> have no idea what it means in any of them.
> 13. You know someone who knows someone who has met Nelson Mandela.
> 14. You go to braais regularly, where you eat boerewors and swim,
> sometimes simultaneously.
> 15. You know that there's nothing to do in the Orange Free State .
> 16. You produce a R100 note instead of your driver's licence when
> stopped by a traffic officer.
> 17. You can do your monthly shopping on the pavement.
> 18. You have to hire a security guard whenever you park your car.
> 19. When you are a victim of crime and say: 'At least I'm still
> alive'.
> 20. You know a taxi can move twice it's certified number of people
> in one trip.
> 21. You travel 100's of kilometres to see snow.
> 22. You know the rules of Rugby better than any referee
> 23. To get free electricity you have to pay a connection fee of
> R750.
> 24. More people vote in a local reality TV show than in a local
> election.
> 25. 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.
> 26. You continue to wait after a traffic light has turned to green
> to make way for taxis travelling in the opposite direction.
> 27. Travelling at 120 km/h you're the slowest vehicle on the
> highway/freeway.
> 28. You're genuinely and pleasantly surprised whenever you find your
> car parked where you left it.
> 29. A bullet train is being introduced, but we can't fix potholes.
> 30. The last time you visited the coast you paid more in speeding
> fines and Toll fees than you did for the entire holiday.
> 31. You paint your car's registration on the roof.
> 32. You have to take your own linen with you if you are admitted to
> a government hospital.
> 33. You have to prove that you don't need a loan to get one.
> 34. Prisoners go on strike.
> 35. You don't stop at a Red traffic light, in case somebody hijacks
> your car.
> 36. You consider it a good month if you only get mugged once.
> 37. Ruwandan refugees start leaving the country because the crime
> rate is too High.
> 38. You consider a high crime rate as normal.
> You actually get these jokes and pass them on to other friends from SA.
> VIVA !!!!!
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