I'm now an....

[Cool Hand Luke]

Cape Town? As in South Africa?

<{ByeHomer}>

Yep, my mother is South African.

 

[JOE QUEEF]

Yep, my mother is South African.

Do you have a homemade sjambok by any chance?

 

[Cool Hand Luke]

Do you have a homemade sjambok by any chance?

no, but i have a few tokoloshes under my bed

 

[HeLLMuTT]

I am as well, my grand parents were in the RAF and were expatriated to South Africa after the war

So technically, I'm eligible for South African citizenship as my mother was born there.

Holy crap, My dad's dad was in the RAF along with a number of family members. He was dropping bombs on Nazis in WWII while my dad as a small child and family were in the undergrouds of London to avoid the German bombing straight up.

That's awesome!

 

[Bushpig]

Yep, my mother is South African.

I'm only kidding, one of best people I know is a coloured from Cape Town. Stereotypes are bullshit, Im happy for you bro I wish I could salute the red, white, and blue. God bless America.

 

[Cool Hand Luke]

Holy crap, My dad's dad was in the RAF along with a number of family members. He was dropping bombs on Nazis in WWII while my dad as a small child and family were in the undergrouds of London to avoid the German bombing straight up.

That's awesome!

Yep, I'm not sure what role my grandfather had, but my grandmother was in the raids of London as a radio tuner/operator and her first husband was a fighter pilot for the Bristol Beaufighters. He did not make it back from a mission to Norway at 23 years old. My gran was preggo with my uncle Jeremy and my grandfather lost his first wife to cancer - he had an adopted son. They met in South Africa and became the South African Brady Bunch having, 2 more sons and my mother.

 

[Kingz]

Congrats on becoming free. Better late than never.

 

[loyalyolayal]

I high fived everyone in the room - of course, touching is looked down upon but who the fuck cares, I'm American now.

Watch out you guys.

Historically speaking, the Danes fuct up English speaking nations.

 

[Canned Tuna]

i married a half mexican




which half you ask?

The tortilla making half, for sure

 

[Cool Hand Luke]

I'm only kidding, one of best people I know is a coloured from Cape Town. Stereotypes are bullshit, Im happy for you bro I wish I could salute the red, white, and blue. God bless America.

South Africans are great - the term coloured seems to be phasing out down there - they are slowly but surely identifying as black now.

I'll never forget the day Obama was elected (we were in Cape Town). We had an african lady lady (she was xhosa tribe) that came by to clean our office once per week and she also helped in our house on the same day (home office). During the summer holidays she would bring her boys to swim in our pool and hang out with our daughter who was 11 at the time.

We watched Obama's inauguration speech and one of her boys after hearing the newscaster repeatedly say 'Obama, The United States first black President.', said 'Momma, why do they keep calling this man 'black', he is 'coloured', I AM black.'

lol

 

[fungi]

...American citizen.

Ask me anything.

Congrats!
You've always been an upstanding doggizen.
I'm positive you'll continue to be an upstanding citizen as well.

 

[HeLLMuTT]

Yep, I'm not sure what role my grandfather had, but my grandmother was in the raids of London as a radio tuner/operator and her first husband was a fighter pilot for the Bristol Beaufighters. He did not make it back from a mission to Norway at 23 years old. My gran was preggo with my uncle Jeremy and my grandfather lost his first wife to cancer - he had an adopted son. They met in South Africa and became the South African Brady Bunch having, 2 more sons and my mother.

Yeah dude, that is exceptionally cool.
and telling.

 

[Canned Tuna]

Yep, I'm not sure what role my grandfather had, but my grandmother was in the raids of London as a radio tuner/operator and her first husband was a fighter pilot for the Bristol Beaufighters. He did not make it back from a mission to Norway at 23 years old. My gran was preggo with my uncle Jeremy and my grandfather lost his first wife to cancer - he had an adopted son. They met in South Africa and became the South African Brady Bunch having, 2 more sons and my mother.

Do you still have family in South Africa? If so, are things as bad there as the internet would have me believe? I've seen/read some pretty heinous shit from there in the last few years.

Edit: just read your last post about being there. It would appear that things may not be as bad as the internet would have me believe.

 

[Bushpig]

South Africans are great - the term coloured seems to be phasing out down there - they are slowly but surely identifying as black now.

I'll never forget the day Obama was elected (we were in Cape Town). We had an african lady lady (she was xhosa tribe) that came by to clean our office once per week and she also helped in our house on the same day (home office). During the summer holidays she would bring her boys to swim in our pool and hang out with our daughter who was 11 at the time.

We watched Obama's inauguration speech and one of her boys after hearing the newscaster repeatedly say 'Obama, The United States first black President.', said 'Momma, why do they keep calling this man 'black', he is 'coloured', I AM black.'

lol

Yeah he would not identify as coloured, or black... He doesn't even associate people with the colour of their skin (how it should be imo). On the other hand our colleague was from the north and he told me to my face the day I met him he was racist towards black people.

Cape Town to me would seem like a cool place to go on vacation despite what I have been told man. Those beaches are beautiful, like women.

 

[Anung Un Rama]

...American citizen.

Ask me anything.

Congratulations! ?

 

[Cool Hand Luke]

Do you still have family in South Africa? If so, are things as bad there as the internet would have me believe? I've seen/read some pretty heinous shit from there in the last few years.

Edit: just read your last post about being there. It would appear that things may not be as bad as the internet would have me believe.

It is bad and it is getting worse. The exodus of those who can leave is happening slowly - my parents left 2 years ago back to Denmark (my dad is Danish) and my cousins are slowly but surely moving out as well.

I still have all my uncles and aunts there and many of my school time friends.

This covid issue is also a major issue going on now - the people who live in Shanty towns are getting more and more desperate

 

[Fluffernutter]

Have you been drafted yet?

 

[Cool Hand Luke]

Yeah he would not identify as coloured, or black... He doesn't even associate people with the colour of their skin (how it should be imo). On the other hand our colleague was from the north and he told me to my face the day I met him he was racist towards black people.

Cape Town to me would seem like a cool place to go on vacation despite what I have been told man. Those beaches are beautiful, like women.

Go now. The wine country is amazing and women are beautiful, african/coloured/white - the beaches are nice but the water is FUCKING cold - i went in once - also, sharks.

 

[Cool Hand Luke]

Have you been drafted yet?

not yet, but i wouldn't be surprised.

 

[Philadelphia Collins]

Congrats sir. Very nice, happy to hear it! And I'm sorry you had to listen to Lee Greenwood, but otherwise it's a cool ceremony.