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South Africans speak English, but that doesn’t mean you’ll always understand us. Our “robots” are nothing like R2D2, “just now” doesn’t mean immediately, and “babbelas” is not a shampoo. South African English has a flavour all its own, borrowing freely from Afrikaans, which is similar to Dutch and Flemish, as well as from the country’s many

A 96-year-old woman’s note to her bank! Priceless! The following is an actual letter that was sent to a bank by a 96 year-old woman. The bank manager thought it amusing enough to have it published in the New York Times. —————————- To whom it may concern, I am writing to thank you for bouncing

A billion is a difficult number to comprehend, but one advertising agency did a good job of putting that figure into some perspective in one of its press releases. A. A billion seconds ago it was 1987. B. A billion minutes ago Jesus was alive. C. A billion hours ago our ancestors were living in

Law of Mechanical Repair After your hands become coated with grease, your nose will begin to itch and you’ll need the toilet. Law of Gravity Any tool, nut, bolt, screw, when dropped, will roll to the least accessible place in the universe. Law of Probability The probability of being watched is directly proportional to the