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i'm going to be drinking something called amurula or some such come january, FAQ .

afrikaans for 3 weeks....fuck!

my inlaws are afrikaans

expat - I hope they're bringing some biltong and proper dried Mango with them

is thst for me Kew? ooh-er might try, thanks.

Expat - you should write a book, you know don't you?

at the Amarulla - gawd I love that stuff - WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY better than Baileys'

And very funny watching moneky pissed after eating the rotting fruit that it's made from

mm yes I got sack..yes farkin huge sack of dried mango and apricot last month
we were all shitting through the eye of a needle!

yeah, well, my landlord's daughter is married to some Afrikaans bloke what didn't even have English as a first language.

he's a nice enough bloke.

i asked him once, are your parents S. African, too?

and he said his mother was from what used to be called Rhodesia.

i had to look on an old map .

it's Zimbabwe now.

lol @ having to look it up

yes Southern Rhodesia = Zimbabwe
Northern Rhodesia = Zambia

wtf if billtong?

DD1 has already seen their wee boy on webcam.

she said, 'Riaan, you talk funny. You have a funny name like a girl.'

he laughed and laughed and said, 'You talk funny, too, Scottish. I can't say your name, Scottish.'

he is also 5.

Expat - play "I've never met a nice South African" loudly at every opportunity if you can get your hands on a copy at short notice.

they said this armurulla stuff tastes a bit like avocat.

yuk, that stuff is the dry boak.

i'll bet that billtong is boak, too. probably like dried rhino or that.

biltong is dried meat..boak

uk.youtube.com/watch?v=v439zTOJVho

i can't do that, kew, they seem very good-natured and after all, they are landlord's daughter's relations by marriage and all.

his daughter she got married in S. Africa to this chap.

Ostrich is the best - you can get all different types - some of it is vile but you can get some really nice stuff too

Bit like Avocat!! Well I can't stand Avocat -but love Amarulla

ah yes I forgot the landlord connection...

oh GROSS at billtong.

it's probably like dried rhino tongue or penis or that, knowing what they eat.

and then i'll have to be all polite and try it and go, 'oh, um, it's so interesting, thank you so much.' and then put it in a napkin before i go turn on the shower and throw up so they won't hear.

Don't knock biltong till you've tried it. Not that I have. Although I have managed crocodile and dog before now (when in Rome etc)

they don't use dodgy parts!!! I wouldn't touch the stuff if they did.

billtong- old worn shoe soles which the south africans pretend is food to have a laugh and see if the tourists will eat it. Don;t be conned.

thing is custy,

and i totally see what you are saying,

ok...

story no 1, eg,

i say or do something that deeply upsets another friend of mine,

she tells me she is pissed off,

i have 2 choices,

either...

so what?

you are taking it to heart,

it is not personal, what is the big deal?

why are you stressing about this?

i never said anything 'directly' about you,

ok, story no 2,

i get an e mail asking me to be part of something 'on the quiet' and in getting the mentioned mail i feel super special,

i would, i am easy lead...

so here i am,

posting to the 140+ people who matter most to me,

this is amazing, i have a place of peace,

inner santum, some have phrased...

because 140 (give or take) like me so, the other people dont matter too much,

people who think they have done no wrong and are right in their thoughts are now sitting back and watching the fall out

this has gone arse over tits big time...

very sad

Biltong is lovely! I had it years ago, my friend was south african and she ate it all the time. Well, not all the time, just sometimes .

oh, barf, FAQ!

ostrich?!

boak it's probably all tough and rank and that.

that afrikaans sounds like someone making up a language.

i know that is so rude and we wouldn't dare say otherwise and i know they are so polite and honestly we're happy to host them, as they need a place to stay and we have lots to show them and landlord's daughter and weirdy Afrikaans husband are pleased.

but i hope they're just fast and lose with the booze and not that billtong or too much other weirdy foods like ostrich.

oh Kewcumber - you've obviously only tried the dry stuff, that is like chewing on old boots (not that I've ever done that ) medium or "wet" (as it's called - yuck) much nicer.

Ostrich is yummy - had that for Christmas lunch here in the UK a few years ago. Was lovely and tender.