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699. Caller 13 Yes, uh, I know that. I know that.
700. Suster Just ().
701. Caller 13 [laughing] Yes, it’s quite funny that I can’t stop laughing. () the funny one in the relationship.
702. Suster Okay.
703. Caller 13 Which, which brings me to you and Clarence, okay. Uh, I know that you’re saying the show
will continue because Clarence is there, but, by nature, Clarence is not as funny as you are.
704. Suster No.
705. Caller 13 You, you actually have to bring it out of him. He does laugh a lot, but only once people bring
it out of him. You are funny by nature, even though you don’t think that. Quite educated,
quite literate, but you are funny by nature and that I quite enjoy. You’re quite witty.
706. Clarence () Interesting. That is such a good point because you ARE funny by nature, Suster. But,
strangely enough, you’re Gemini hey? Suster’s Gemini. When Suster = =
707. Suster = = ()
708. Clarence = =when Suster speaks English, then Suster’s not funny. (laughing) When Suster speaks
Afrikaans, then Suster’s hilarious.
709. Caller 13 [laughter]
710. Clarence Why is that?
711. Caller 13 No, but Suster says quite witty things in English as well = =
712. Suster = = Thank you. Thank you.
713. Clarence = = ()
714. Caller 13 = = () and I must tell you, whenever I used to listen to, when I had the opportunity to listen to
P4, Suster used to read these funny letters and I said to myself, “I wonder if Suster writes all
these nonsense things by herself?”
715. Suster No. Its people writing it in to me. No, its people writing in.
716. Caller 13 Really?
717. Suster Yes.
718. Caller 13 (). I don’t know about that = =
719. Suster = = Jy kry mal mense wat sukke (sulke) goed skryf {You get crazy people that write such
things}.
720. Caller 13 = = () what am I gonna do on the programme tomorrow and then you would just come up
with these funny letters. I mean, about people in Delft, um, painting their house with Tippex
= =
721. Suster = = [laughter]
722. Caller 13 = = and their rooms are so small, you call it a four by four, and those kinda things. And, wat
is daai, die nuwe, uh, Suid Afrika wat vir jou lam laat {what is that, the new, uh, South
Africa, that leaves you lame}? I remember all of those things you know?
723. Suster [laughter]
724. Caller 13 The gardener who became a horticulturist. (). I remember that.
725. Suster Uh.
726. Caller 13 Die nuwe Suid Afrika het vir hom lam gelaat {The new South Africa left him lame}.
727. Suster [laughter]
728. Clarence Sê gou weer {Say again, quickly}. Die nuwe Suid Afrika het hom lam gelaat {The new
South Africa left him lame}?
729. Caller 13 Ekskuus {Excuse me}?
730. Suster Ja {Yes}, no Clarence = =
731. Clarence = = What was the context of that? = =
732. Suster = = No, no, that, that letter that we received on this, uhm, this, uh, horticultural engineer.
733. Clarence Mmm.
734. Suster Gardener. Uh, from Constantia, man. Uh, wat sy {that his}, um, uh, pre- 94 was hy nou net
‘n gardener gewies (gewees) {he was just a gardener} = =
735. Clarence = = Uh.
736. Suster = = verstaan jy {you understand}? En toe maak hulle mos nou daai, daai speech en sulke
goeters en toe’s (toe is) hy nou, soma (sommer) nou die … die, toe is die madam nou
soma (sommer) interested in hom… in more ways than one {And so they made that, that
speech and that kind of thing and so he was suddenly now the … the, then the madam was