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627. Suster [laughter]
628. Caller 11 But, but, that day when, uh, uh, ‘n dame het ingebel en sy was baie onsteld omdat jy die,
die, onse, sal ek nou maar tussen hakkies noem, onse Kleurlinge so afgekraak het wat
die rollers in ’ie (in die) kop {a lady called in and she was very upset because you, shall I
say it between brackets, cracked up our Coloureds with rollers in their heads”
629. Suster Hallo {Hello}.
630. Caller 11 Jou {Your} comment aan haar was {to her was}, “If you don’t have a sense of humour,
then you don’t call P4.”
631. Suster Uh, I still maintain that. I think we all born with an in, with an in, inherent sense of humour.
632. Caller 11 So, daai het my laat maak luister met {that made me listen with} a sense of humour na die
{to the} show.
633. Suster Thank you.
634. Caller 11 En nie alles net te vat na die, na die, hoe sê ‘n mens, na die ernstigheid van die saak nie
{And not to take everything, how does one say, seriously}.
635. Suster Verstaan jy {You understand}. Is mos tongue en cheek {It’s tongue and cheek, hey}. Is
tongue orals en, verstaan jy {Its tongue everywhere and, you understand}.
636. Caller 11 Verstaan jy {You understand}.
637. Suster Ja, meisie {Yes, girl}.
638. Caller 11 En {And}, that, that made me like … learn to have a sense of humour. Thank you very much
for that.
639. Suster That’s wonder, wonderful. You know, it doesn’t matter how down, off, depressed you feel =
=
640. Caller 11 = = its true.
641. Suster Just think about something really corny and start laughing. You’ll be amazed how much ().
Your problem will still be there at the end of the day, but you’ll just feel lighter about it and
you’ll be able to tackle it more, with your eyes open.
642. Caller 11 That’s true = =
643. Suster = = Thank you.
644. Caller 11 = = that’s what I’ve learnt from that show = =
645. Suster = = okay.
646. Caller 11 = = and since ever that day I love to listen to your voice.
647. Suster Thank you sweetheart.
648. Caller 11 Thank you very much and may God bless you = =
649. Suster = = and continue laughing. Okay.
650. Caller 11 And, yes, I’ll do that and then I will ever think of you.
651. Suster Thank you sweetheart.
652. Caller 11 Thank you very much.
653. Suster Thank you. That’s so nice Clarence, man. P4 good day.
654. Caller 12 Hi there. Hi there Suster. How are you?
655. Suster I’m well. I’m well.
656. Caller 12 Lovely stuff. I was hoping to get through to you guys. [pause] Suster, oh, I just wanna say
thank you, thank you, thank you very much for, um, for making the whole of Cape Town
[pause] laugh and just for giving us a brilliant time. I was just speaking to my wife now over
the phone and I said, “Who is going to make us laugh now? Um, what stories am I going to
tell my friends?” You know, um = =
657. Suster = = No, but, but you see, Clarence is still there. Clarence might go on television and that’s
something to laugh about, you understand? So, so, so don’t, don’t wanna, no, no. Clarence is
still gonna be there. Clarence is one, one of the people that I’ve learnt humour from,
verstaan jy {you understand}. You know?
658. Caller 12 Also, Suster and Clarence, thank you very much for being such and inspiration to us. Um, I, I
think that it was the beginning of this year, um, when you guys said that you guys are gonna
do Xhosa together.
659. Suster YES. Ja, ja, ja {Yes, yes, yes}.
660. Caller 12 I was riding, um, I was driving in the, in the, uh, company car and I was just laughing and I, I
told myself I’m gonna take that up with you guys.