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i asked DH, 'i wonder why [landlord's daughter's name] fell for some Afrikaans fella of all folk?'

she's a comely lass and a pure Highlander and when she met him she was staying in Embra hating life - she was a student, but he was working in a kitchen on a working holiday marker permit and such.

he must have a big tadger or that.

oh YUK at ostrich!

my mother has eaten dog and dried minnows with still the eyes and horse and all manner of boak.

Honestly expat, ostrich is lovely. You would like.

it will come back to haunt her one day and she will be re-incarnated as a sorry dog in Korea or a counterfeit Louis Vuitton in Singapore or fake Diesel jeans in Turkey so as to increase Al-Queda's coffers.

i have warned her of this.

I was very when the butchers in town which had a regular stock of meat such as Ostrich closed down.

Another butcher does Boerwoers - but they're hit and miss, depends on which of the butchers makes them.........

ostrich is a pitiful bird that can't fly away from its captors!

how can you eat it?

it's so . . . ugly.

i hope these people don't bring something to eat which is really gross but that we have to sample out of politeness and go, 'mmm, oh, thank you for bringing this nasty ass excuse for food you sad mother fuckers is this all you have to eat I'll never complain about the credit crunch again where is that fucking amurla?

little Afrikaans child is even enrolled at DD1's nursery for some of his visit.

he'll fit right in, none of those Jockos have names most English people can say, either .

well funnily enough just like my beef steaks and pork chops don't look like pigs and cows when I buy them - neither does ostrich steak look like an ostrich

Ostrich is farmed. Like sheep and cows and other things that cannot run away from their captors ...

I predict they will bring you some crocodile steaks ...

yeah, but you're from Zim, FAQ.

poor ostrich!

no I'm not from Zim - I'm as English as they come - Yorkshire dad, Somerset mum (and family tree on both sides goes back to those areas for years - just lived out there for 2 1/2yrs and "adopted" it as home.

but it's a poor flightless bird.

they said, 'oh, we're bringing some goodies for [weirdy Afrikaans landlord's son-in-law].'

and i'm thinking, 'you freak mo fos are gonna get stopped in customs in london from your 'j'burg' flight and it's gonna throw off my whole day because i'm the sorry ass who has to come get ya so you better hide that booze stuff well.' :p

oh, i got it confused, FAQ. i thought you were from there.

ostrich.

ostrich?!

why, why, why would anyone want to eat that poor animal?

why would anyone want to eat a poor chicken, or a cow, or a lamb???

Because they taste nice

bet that ostrich tastes all gamey.

'we are bringing you some good things, too, expat,' they said.

yeah?

better be lotsa fags then .

bet that ostrich tastes all gamey.

'we are bringing you some good things, too, expat,' they said.

yeah?

better be lotsa fags then .

i'm making them some tasty real Tex-Mex food. and some tasty haggis and mince and tatties and stovies.

um, perhaps just a few of an evening and all that, FAQ .

oh they'll probably love spicey food if they're proper Afrikaans - they love their Peri Peri (sp) Chicken from Nando's

we've got them from 2 jan. on till the end of the month pretty much!

for a while will be a bit of overlap with another pal from London but the more, the merrier!

aha

Nothing wrong with that - I did wonder when you passed me a Mayfair earlier and I know your DH smokes rollies

well, hey, we've got them from 2 jan. till the end of the month. these s. africans don't do visits by halves, it seems.

some overlap with my pal from london but hey ho, it's a large enough house and we're all game so it will work out.

means lotsa babysitters for us and good times for sure .

and landlord's daughter and husband will be through and staying lots, too.

cool.

they're broody, so i think a trial run with all four kids won't hurt.

oh - totally random thought just popped into my head - try not to flip your lid if they describe someone who's mixed race as coloured - in Southern African "Coloured" is the official term for mixed race people so they may not realise it can cause offense in these parts

oh - but you can belt 'em if they describe someone black as a K***r - >>>>