Why it's great to live in South Africa

[Daniel]

This is a great country because:
1. You can eat raw half dried meat and not be considered disgusting.
2. Nothing is your fault, you can blame it all on apartheid.
3. You get to buy a new car every 3 months and the insurance company even pays for it.
4. You can experience kak service in eleven official languages.
5. Where else can you get oranges with 45% alcohol content at rugby matches?
6. It's the only country in the world where striking workers show how angry they are by dancing.
7. You're considered clumsy if you cannot use a cell phone (without car kit), change CDs,
drink a beer, put on make-up, read the newspaper and smoke, all at the same time while
driving a car at 160 kph in a 60 kph zone.
8. Great accent. (!!!)
9. If you live in Johannesburg, you get to brag about living in the most dangerous city in the
world.
10. Burglar bars become a feature, and a great selling point for your house.
11. You can decorate your garden walls with barbed wire.
12. The tow-trucks are the first on the scene for most major crimes, without being called.
The police you have to be call about three times.
13. Votes have to be recounted until the right party wins.
14. Illegal immigrants leave the country because the crime rate is too high.
15. The police ask you if they must follow up on the burglary you've just
reported.
16. Where a murderer gets a 6 month sentence and a pirate TV viewer 2 years.
17. The prisoners strike and get to vote in elections!
18. The police stations have panic buttons to call armed response when they are burgled
19. Police cars are fitted with immobilisers and gearlocks!
Ja nee!! Dis flippen lekker hier!!

:cheese:

[CarlMetro]

Sorry Daniel but you're just not selling it to me :p :

[luvracin]

Good for you Mate. You make me feel better about living in Detroit.

[Daniel]

I don't live in Sarf Efrica :p So yes it is good for me!

Better to live in North Wales or Perth (where I was born) than in Detroit :p

[Eki]

Happy Perthday!

[Daniel]

Happy Perthday!
That's not for another few days and it's called Foundation Day.

[millencolin]

This is a great country because:
8. Great accent. (!!!)

:cheese:


are you kidding? its the worst!!! i dont mean this in an offensive way, i mean it in a 'i cannot understand south african when they talk to me' kind of way. i had 2 south african teachers during my time at high schoo, and surprise surprise, those were 2 oof the 3 classes i failed (the other one was maths taught by someone with a very strong french accent, as if maths wasnt hard enough to understand)

but at least south africa has cricket...

[Eki]

are you kidding? its the worst!!! i dont mean this in an offensive way, i mean it in a 'i cannot understand south african when they talk to me' kind of way. i had 2 south african teachers during my time at high schoo, and surprise surprise, those were 2 oof the 3 classes i failed (the other one was maths taught by someone with a very strong french accent, as if maths wasnt hard enough to understand)

but at least south africa has cricket...
As if cricket isn't hard enough to understand.

[Brown, Jon Brow]

As if cricket isn't hard enough to understand.

:erm: The batsman hits the ball? What could be simpler?

You forgot to mention that SA beat England at rugby :uhoh:

South African accent is a cross between Brummie and Aussie to my ears.

[Eki]

:erm: The batsman hits the ball? What could be simpler?


But what are those sticks behind the batter and the pitcher?

http://img.hexus.net/v2/gaming/screenshots_pc/cricket/cricket1_small.jpg

[Brown, Jon Brow]

But what are those sticks behind the batter and the pitcher?

http://img.hexus.net/v2/gaming/screenshots_pc/cricket/cricket1_small.jpg

Those sticks are the Wickets and is what the bowler(pitcher) aims for, and if the ball hits them, then the batsman is 'out'. To attain 'runs' (points) the batsmen tries to hit the ball over the boundry (4 runs if it bounces, 6 if it doesn't bounce) If a fielder catches the ball before it bounces, then the batsman is also 'out.'

They can also score runs by running in between the wickets.

Simple :erm:

What else do you need to know?

[Eki]

Those sticks are the Wickets and is what the bowler(pitcher) aims for, and if the ball hits them, then the batsman is 'out'. To attain 'runs' (points) the batsmen tries to hit the ball over the boundry (4 runs if it bounces, 6 if it doesn't bounce) If a fielder catches the ball before it bounces, then the batsman is also 'out.'

They can also score runs by running in between the wickets.

Simple :erm:

What else do you need to know?
Not as simple as batman :batman: hitting the ball. Why do the matches last for several days?

[Drew]

2010 World cup, here I come

[Mark]

Why do the matches last for several days?

Because the teams travel a long way and want to make the most of it.

[Dave B]

8. Great accent. (!!!)
:cheese:
Alan! You CAN'T! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UOGn2nvKIUQ) :p

[Mark in Oshawa]

Eki, you keep asking questions about Cricket, that will give you a headache. The game is interesting I think once you understand it, and god knows I have tried and do enjoy it, but I have no idea of the intricacies. Give me a hockey game any day.....

[Eki]

Give me a hockey game any day.....
Yep, games that have only one way to score a point, and just one point, are the best. I mean games where you put a ball or a puck between the goal post and that's it. You get ONE point, and not like 3 points if you score from behind some certain line, or that you first score with your stick and score six points and then you get a chance to score some extra points by kicking it from the center line or something.

[Daniel]

Alan! You CAN'T! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UOGn2nvKIUQ) :p
:laugh:

[millencolin]

Yep, games that have only one way to score a point, and just one point, are the

.... least exciting? yes i agree :p :

in my opinion theyre the most boring... Hockey, Soccer... yawnfest. you know that if someone is leading by 3 that the game is boring... while say in Cricket, Basketball or Rugby League, if someone is leading by three, you have a nailbiter of a game! Games that allow you to score more than one point provide a lot more complexity and excitement, allowing for different situations to occur.... not just 'oh look, a goal... 1-0'

we've gone off-topic havent we.... i believe im partially to blame for this, i first brought up cricket... eeep

[555-04Q2]

This is a great country because:
1. You can eat raw half dried meat and not be considered disgusting.
2. Nothing is your fault, you can blame it all on apartheid.
3. You get to buy a new car every 3 months and the insurance company even pays for it.
4. You can experience kak service in eleven official languages.
5. Where else can you get oranges with 45% alcohol content at rugby matches?
6. It's the only country in the world where striking workers show how angry they are by dancing.
7. You're considered clumsy if you cannot use a cell phone (without car kit), change CDs,
drink a beer, put on make-up, read the newspaper and smoke, all at the same time while
driving a car at 160 kph in a 60 kph zone.
8. Great accent. (!!!)
9. If you live in Johannesburg, you get to brag about living in the most dangerous city in the
world.
10. Burglar bars become a feature, and a great selling point for your house.
11. You can decorate your garden walls with barbed wire.
12. The tow-trucks are the first on the scene for most major crimes, without being called.
The police you have to be call about three times.
13. Votes have to be recounted until the right party wins.
14. Illegal immigrants leave the country because the crime rate is too high.
15. The police ask you if they must follow up on the burglary you've just
reported.
16. Where a murderer gets a 6 month sentence and a pirate TV viewer 2 years.
17. The prisoners strike and get to vote in elections!
18. The police stations have panic buttons to call armed response when they are burgled
19. Police cars are fitted with immobilisers and gearlocks!
Ja nee!! Dis flippen lekker hier!!

:cheese:

You make it sound so rosy :laugh: In reality, it is far far worse than you have posted :s hock:

[Daniel]

Hi Jack!

[schmenke]

Hi Daniel!

[Daniel]

Hi Daniel!
You have to at least seen a Leon Schuster movie to understand that reference Schemke :p

Anyhoo. Hi Schmenke! :p