Word of the week #1

I, being a bit of an English nerd, love discovering interesting new words. Especially those that just describe the definition down to a tee.

So every week I'm going to post a new word that made me chuckle, "oooooh" or just shake my head...

Here's the first:

(ah-GROOF) — to fall flat on your face

Our people are so wonderful.

Before you read this, please know that the guy who wrote this actually is coloured himself.

Why coloureds can't be terrorists: by MARK LOTTERING


- Ons kannie 'n secret hou nie. We would have told everyone a week
before doing it, telling them: 'Moet vir niemand se nie, ho!'

- Our whole freaking family plus neighbors would have been at the
airport to see us off, crying their "bleddie"eyes out, and your mother
saying to the white ou next to her: 'I'm so proud of him. It's the first
time he's hijacking a plane!'

- We would have dressed like terrorists for our airport go-way clothes:
balaclavas, jumpsuits, karate skoentjies, dark glasses, en 'n moerse
attitude.

- Ons is altyd laat. We would have missed all 4 flights.

- We'll sommer argue and start a fight in the terminal before we even
get on the plane & one of us is bound to say out loud: 'Gaan kak man!
Dan hijack jy die frikkin plane alleen!!

- Two of us would have forgotten our passports at home..

- Three of us would have overweight luggage.

- All of us would have luggage.

- We talk loud and would bring attention to ourselves.

- Met free kos en cooldrink oppie plane, we'll sommer forget why we're
there.

- We would have all wanted to watch the in-flight movie first

- Before we went into action, we would have all queued up at the toilet
to first gel our hair.
- We would have all lined up to get our photograph taken by one of the
hostages

- We praat with our hands, so we'll continually be putting the weapons
down.

- When we entered the cockpit, we would have used the intercom system
for a karaoke session, with one doos trying to sing 'I did it my way'.

- We would ALL want to fly the freaking plane, ending in a "moerse"fight
with each other.

- We would have insisted that the plane fly past Strandfontein
Pavillion.

- We would first rob every one of their Ray-Bans, cellphones and
goldteeth, just before we crash the plane.
- We would have taken the plane for a joyride first, played the music at
full blast and tried to park the plane somewhere where the chicks could
see us...

Stick Figure Humour

Oh, how I laughed!

The Cape

The Cape:

another reason to be in love with South Africa.

Annoying Facebook People

I got emailed this a while back, and it really made my day. I know there's a high chance you've all seen it by now, but look again! Refresh your memory. Or enjoy for the first time.

Tragically I could put multiple names to each of these characters.

READ AND LAUGH. Or feel terribly ashamed if you fit into one of these slots.

The last part, I decided, was a tad bit vulgar.

The last one's my favourite.

Free

"The Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom." 2 Corinthians 3:17

Pictures speak louder than words.

[Much thanks to WeHeartIt once again for the constant supply of lovely photographs.]

Two hearts became one.

Last year in September, two of my dear friends got married. It was honestly one of the most beautiful and memorable experiences of my short-lived life. Set at Tala Game Reserve, beauty was just sprinkled everywhere. That said, I've never been so cold in South Africa as I was there... small sacrifice. These were some of the pictures I took at the wedding.