YOU ARE PROUDLY SOUTH AFRICAN WHEN

YOU ARE PROUDLY SOUTH AFRICAN WHEN:

~ You call a bathing suit a 'swimming costume'

~ You call a traffic light a 'robot'.

~ You call an elevator a 'lift'

~ You call a hood a 'bonnet'

~ You call a trunk a 'boot'

~ You call a pickup truck a 'bakkie'

~ You call a Barbeque a 'Braai'

~ The employees dance in front of the building to show how unhappy they are. (TOI TOI)

~ The SABC advertises and shows highlights of the programme you just finished watching
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~ You get cold easily. Anything below 16 degrees Celsius is Arctic weather. 16 C..more like just below 40 C is Arctic!!

~ 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 Mandela.

~ You go to braais regularly, where you eat boerewors and swim, sometimes simultaneously.

~ 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.

~ When you are a victim of crime and say: 'At least I'm still alive'.

~ You know a taxi can move twice it's certified number of people in one trip.

~ You travel 100's of kilometres to see snow.

~ You know the rules of Rugby better than any referee

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

~ 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, Patience, Portion, Coronation.

~ 'Now now' or 'just 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/freeway.

~ 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.

~ Ruwandan refugees start leaving the country because the crime rate is too high.
~ You consider a high crime rate as normal.

~ You actually get these jokes and pass them on to other friends from SA.