So how many of you (Ex) Oranjemunders can remember wandering those dark streets at night playing Tok Tokkie,
The stupid ALexander Brothers tried to play this one saturday afternoon after the matinee, and Jannie Snyders caught us, bliksem, big trouble.....
;)
Legend has it that my dad chased some yoofs around down in only his jockeys. They played a version of to-tokkie - chucking stomes on the roof. late at night.
He caught them and klapped one of the guys. He was in big poo with the parents. Cannot remember who it was. :-\
Oh wow... i remember Tok tokkie. We use to play it when going home after a night at the Youth Club or bioscope.
It was always ....my sisters, the Hills and the Fields and Maxine Hall as we all lived in the same side of town.
Man ....those were the good old days lol
Wendy
loved it until mr selby caught me,cud not catch me on foot,sly old fox got in his car and was waiting for me as i sauntered up the road,im sure penny told him,does any one have any info of penny selby,my first love,i would be greatfull for any info,she had a brother called nicky
Oh my gosh, I remember that night the man was raging running after all of us, I can't remember who he caught, I hid in someones garden. Sharon
i remember - the Castle brothers ,Percy Barratt and myself use to do this on weekends, our favourite target was Clives father (Dennis Symes) we used him because he ALWAYS chased us - he would come tearing out of the house with belt and all - I do not know how we were never caught
We played tok tokkie on the house next to ours and the stone went right through the window, we all ran into the house and pretended that we were showering, the guy came over and our domestic saved our butts by saying we had been in the house the whole time, shame, we had even corrupted poor old Erastmus.
Well at least you had a shower for the month.... so all was not lost.....
cheerup
Quote from: Michael Alexander on January 19, 2008, 09:09:17 AM
Well at least you had a shower for the month.... so all was not lost.....
cheerup
:emot19: (even I thought that was funny, good one Mike)
Ok, so now Mike, when are you due for a shower, the people at spar are starting to talk!
:emot19:
... I'm going for the born in Africa , natural smell.... it's all the rage these days.....
Some comparison to what you are referring to - peeled and sliced onions that has been sitting in the fridge in a plastc bag for about 3 weeks, and then you suddenly open it - the only descriptive word I know for that smell is in Afrikaans, so please forgive me all you English guys, but I have to say it, and if you are sensitive of nature.... PLEASE DO NOT CONTINUE TO READ>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
Be-kots-ens-waardig (Bekotsenswaardig)!!!!!
The one night Robin and I were out doing the tok tokkie thing ... small stones on the roofs .. then we stopped , looking at the one house in 5th avenue just behind town electrical workshop . it had a huge picture window in the dining room and the family were sat down to supper .. robin decided he had to excell himself on this one as we could see them and gauge the reactions to their meal being disturbed .. So he chose this boulder sized stone .. did a mini cricket run up and lobbed the missile .. well he totally underestimated its weight and path .. It did not go high enough .. in slow motion we watched this ' stone" fall short of the roof and smash through the picture window landing on the table and scattering food and table wear .. of course the fright of this everybody just about fell outof their chairs in panic .... we did not stay a moment longer .. running away as though the devil were on our tails .. hell if we had been caught we would have been skinned alive .. trick .. you run home as fast as you can , sort of sit around in the garden as though you were there forever in case you were seen by somebody ...
... and were u ever caught, was anybody else blamed?
idontknow
Never .. when the devil is on your tail you flee .. one night crowd of us were on our bikes and we were knocking on some girls window .. when suddenly the curtains were thrown open and there was the father staring at us , thank goodness it was dark .we were not recognisable .. we fled on our bikes with the father in pursuit in his car , if I remember corectly Gus was involved in this escapade ,, seeing the headlights coming around the corner our only salvation was to launch ourselves into a trench that had been dug ,, so bikes and all at an angle and pray you dont kill yourself .. a six foot trench with boulders is no soft landing .. it was sore , we had to bite our tongues no matter how much we were hurting .. some other poor soul tried to hide in a creeper along a fence , and there was he like a rabbit in a cars headlights .. presence of mind to climb over the fence into a garden and continue fleeing for his life with the father now in pursuit no foot .. ,, none of us were caught that night , but try explaining to your parents the cuts bruises and scrapes plus damaged bikes the next morning ???
Hi boet,
we are all fine and healthy - is seem to remember being chased by a father at one time - if I recall it was Burdett! - my memory fails me about the details of that episode so yes I might have been involved in that merry chase. keep well will keep in touch.
WE used to alternate playing tok tokkie with stealing fruit. I remember Mr. van Rooyen at E4/11 had the best fruit trees. Bertie you should remember them.
Anyone remember during a school holiday some of the 'big boys' came home and were caught playing tok-tokkie (and worse, like breaking windows and property) and actually got sentenced to about 4 or 6 hales apiece, dished out by the SAPS in town?
A family member of mine worked in the hospital that same holiday and was there when they came in for treatment afterwards. Said whe blood was running from the hales...!
This must have been around '85
Don't remember that Johan but fo remember tok tokkie with Diana and a few others. Also remember scouting out all the alleys in town to nick fruit off trees hanging over fences
The best garden to steal fruit from was the Whitely's in outer crescent. They were our neighbours and one section of their garden was used as an orchard all sorts plums, peaches, apricots. Besides our pondok was built right up against the orchards fence, just a simple up and over. Until we stole and ate unripe fruit one night bad repercussions next day.