Kykiehoorie, dis nou maar \u2019n feit soos \u2019n koei \u2013 as land het ons baie uitdagings en probleme, maar die woord vervelig is gewis nie deel van ons woordeskat nie. Nee wat, ons politieke landskap verseker dat ons op \u2019n daaglikse basis getrakteer word met die beste stories en skandale soos jy dit net hier aan die suidpunt van Afrika kan beleef. Wie onthou nog die knaap wat in die hartjie van \u2019n dodelike pandemie die gaping gesien om sommer \u2019n klompie miljoene in sy sak gesteek het? Of dit jou tot raserny of histeriese lagbuie dryf . . . ons demokrasie is lewend en vol aksie. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
En net voor jy dink die een aarde-sluk-my-in-drama is verby, dan volg nog \u2019n verstommende kraakvars episode. Dink maar aan nog so \u2019n paar. Glo my, jy sal nie lank hoef te dink nie. Met die lang lys van moontlike vervolgings wat moes, kon, dalk of hopelik sal plaasvind, kan jy ook maar net wonder. Die mooi van ons land en sy mense is dat ons deur al ons uitdagings altyd \u2019n manier vind om die humor in \u2019n saak te vind. \u2019n Mens kan dit goed verstaan, want hoe anders gaan ons al die uitdagings en probleme oorkom? Moenie \u2019n fout maak nie \u2013 ons sal nie vergeet van die kwaad en onreg wat plaasgevind het nie. Ons sal onthou en ons sal druk toepas totdat geregtigheid sal se\u00ebvier. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Intussen het ons nodig om mekaar se lagspiere so \u2019n bietjie te prikkel, want het jy al agtergekom wat \u2019n absoluut helende effek so \u2019n bietjie lagterapie op die siel kan h\u00ea? Ek praat nie van daai effentjies in-die- mou-tipe lag nie. Nee, ek praat hier van daai uit-die-maag bulder of kraailag dat die trane loop! In Suid- Afrika het ons oorgenoeg van daai oomblikke waar jy nie anders kan as om daai tipe lag van tyd tot tyd \u2019n probeerslag te gee nie. Soms speel die spesifieke gebeurtenis en die lag- oomblikke nie altyd so lekker saam nie, soos in die geval waar massaplundery in een van ons provinsies plaasgevind het. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Het jy al ooit gesien mense kan yskaste en super-groot platskerm-TV-stelle wegdra asof dit doodnormaal is? Wel, hier in Afrika doen ons dit. En om dit dan nog op nasionale televisie uit te saai. Eish, dit lyk net geheel en al vreemd en snaaks daarby. En julle weet mos hoe kan ons mense die gepaste \u201cmeme\u201d by so \u2019n prentjie voeg. Jy kan bloot net nie anders as om te lag nie. Of die ander dag toe \u2019n biertrok omgeval het. En dit nogal op \u2019n Vrydagnamiddag. Ek dink dit was naby Robertson of iewers. Dit was asof daardie dorp gesamentlik die lotto gewen het. Die arme trokdrywer kon maar net staan en toekyk hoe sy kosbare vrag die gemeenskap in verdwyn. Hy\u2019t seker ook elkeen van die grypers \u2019n erge kopseer toegewens. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
So \u2019n paar jaar gelede staan ek by \u2019n garage in Malmesbury. Ek wag my beurt af vir die petroljoggie om my van diens te wees. Die volgende oomblik kom stop \u2019n trokkie met \u2019n sleepwa daar. Die sleepwa het groter as die trokkie gelyk. Dis egter die vrag wat op die sleepwa was wat my aandag getrek het. Daar was bagasie so ver as die menslike oog kon sien. Naas die bagasie \u2013 glo dit as jy wil of nie \u2013 was daar hoenders . . . hordes hoenders. Die stomme goed was maer en paniekbevange. En daar by daai garage in Malmesbury breek \u2019n stuk paniek los onder daai klomp brandmaer hoenders, en voor jy kon s\u00ea Oos-Kaap toe breek \u2019n klomp van daai hoenders uit daai sleepwa los! Kan jy jouself daai prentjie voorstel hoe mensekind daai hoenders agternasit? Daai hoenders het seker gedink \u201cvir my vat jy nie uit die Wes-Kaap na \u2019n ander provinsie toe nie\u201d! <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Gepraat van hoenders \u2013 hoe lyk dit met jou eiers by jou huis? \u2019n Gedoente s\u00ea ek jou. Moenie eens deesdae uitsoekerig wees oor hoe groot jy jou eiers wil h\u00ea nie. Knip daai \u201cjumbo<\/span>-eiers\u201d-gedagtes van jou kort. Die goed is skaars. As jy dalk \u2019n paar klein eiertjies in die hande kan kry \u2013 wees tevrede, nanna! En soos jy daai klein eiertjies baie versigtig geniet, bid maar saggies dat die verdomde hoender-vo\u00eblgriep gou iets van die verlede sal wees sodat almal weer hul eiers in grootmaat kan kies en geniet! <\/p>\n\n\n\n En sal so \u2019n verdomde Engelse knaap dan nie nou die dag hier in die doodsnik-oomblikke van ons w\u00eareldbekerrugby-reis een van ons manne in goud wil kom beskuldig van \u2019n slegte uitlating nie? Ek meen maar, as jy nie veel weet van ons mooi land, sy mense en sy taal nie, dan moet jy maar lig loop. Jy sal gou van ons lojale Bok-ondersteuners hoor hoe \u2019n linker-, regter- of groen kant lyk. 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