I received this via email,

·          You call a bathing suit a "swimming costume"

·          You call a traffic light a "robot"

·          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 watching

·          You get cold easily. Anything below 16 degrees Celsius is Arctic weather

·          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 Madela

·          You go to "braais" (barbecues) regularly, where you eat boerewors (long meaty sausage-type thing) and swim, sometimes simultaneously

·          You know that there’s nothing to do in the

Free State

·          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 team’s scores with no fingers

·          To get free electricity you have to pay a connection fee of R750

·          Hijacking cars is a profession

·          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 and Given

·          "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 car’s registration on the roof

·          You have to take your own linen with you if you are admitted to a government hospital

·          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 programmes are separated by a Xhosa announcement of the following Afrikaans program, and a Zulu ad
• You actually get these jokes and pass them on to other friends from SA

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