"As ek kyk en ek kyk weer."
We had a corporal who had some gems for every situation... The ones that have stuck with me are: "Jy kan my bevrug met 'n Kremetart boom as ek weet." and "Julle ruk nou sommer die dam onder die eende uit."
My favorite was a "staats matras" I met during second phase training in Warmbaths.
Owambo piele - tinned vienna sausages
Vasbyt - I don't think English has a direct translation that does it justice
Tampax tiffie - Medic
No single raindrop believes it is to blame for the flood
And as I recall, the sausages were highly prized... tons better than a tin of steak & onionsOriginally Posted by Albereth
Give me a Rat Pack any day yum yum.
Jogging song.
I know a lady dressed in black
She does her job on your back
I know a lady dressed in blue
She does her job on top of you
I know a lady dressed in red
She does her job in your bed.
And then something about ...
...you pay her at the door
as she goes out
That was a superb all sorts variety pack
The energy bars were the best.That was a superb all sorts variety pack
"Dear Johnny" letter
Celine: "I'm not saying you're stupid, I just think you have bad luck when it comes to thinking."
Gook /Terr
Bal Sak
Trommel
Free cigarettes called Gwaai
Double dop and coke R23c
cANCer - "The problem with socialism is that eventually you run out of other people's money." -- Margaret Thatcher .
The Luit dishing out bad news!
"Tree aan!
Ammal watte pa het, gie twie tree vorentoe!
Vanne Merwe, wat die vok dink jy ga jy heen?"
(spelled as it's said..)
Some memories from Basics:
Pole PT - 3 or 4 troops to a telephone pole - Daar gat jy - Start running (part of an opvok!)
Toothpick and rubber - pole PT with truck tyre slung in the middle of the pole.
Star Jumps / Rack Jumps - crouching down and jumping up on command - the burning in your thighs was excruciating.
Kremlin - I think every parade ground had a Kremlin - a hill that you had to run up and down at the side of a parade ground.
Also remember there were the specific trees next to a parade ground that had a deep track/path in the ground around them, made by all the troops that had to run around the tree. It also had smooth bark from all the sweaty hands that gripped the tree as you did your u turn around it.
Stink spruit - also probably at every basic training camp. a river that you had to leopard crawl through.
Last edited by Electron1; 18-07-2012 at 10:54 AM.
Here is a photo that might jiggle your memory, this is a recon unit (childrens dad sitting in front lowest on the rock) or some pool ..lol?
This text exists even though you can't really see it, now apply this truth to your existence in the universe.
Crikey, that's a big pool table
entia non sunt multiplicanda praeter necessitatem
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