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when I say that you do not have a, a witty sense by nature. Prove me wrong.
772. Suster Dare to challenge him. That’s it.
773. Clarence You asking me to change a personality defect = =
774. Caller 13 = = [laughter]
775. Clarence = = at the age of nearly fourty. That’s impossible.
776. Caller 13 I actually, I actually do not have to do that. Like I say, you are, um … you’re very quick
when it comes on the update, but the thing is you need somebody like Suster to bring it out =
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777. Suster = = No.
778. Caller 13 = = now I wanna see you without Suster, if you, if you will = =
779. Suster = = No, you be, you be
780. Caller 13 = = because I don’t think generally that you’re like a drunk person or something like that.
781. Clarence [laughter]
782. Suster [laughter]
783. Caller 13 ()
784. Suster Okay, you don’t wanna be around him when he’s got PMS and things like that, but, but
Clarence is generally a very, very funny person.
785. Clarence WHERE?
786. Caller 13 Ek wiet (weet) {I know}. Hy’s (Hy is) altyd so {He is always so} prim and proper, jy weet
{you know}. En, en as hy Afrikaans praat dan, dan is hy eers {And, and when he speaks
Afrikaans, then he’s only} prim and proper.
787. Suster Ja {Yes} . Prim en {and} prop kop {head}. Ja {Yes}. ()
788. Caller 13 Ja {Yes}. [laughing] In elk geval Suster, alles van die beste, hoor {In any case, Suster, all
of the best, you hear}?
789. Suster Okay. Okay. Right. Bye. P4 good day.
790. Caller 14 Hi. Good afternoon Suster.
791. Suster Yes girlfriend.
792. Caller 14 Hi Suster. I just want to say thank you very much. I’m thinking of the nostalgic trip you took
us on. Back to District Six. On the train to Kalk Bay. The watermelons.
793. Clarence [laughter]
794. Suster Ja, en die chocolate logs wat rond float by {Yes, and the chocolate logs that float around
at}, you know, by Kalk Bay.
795. Clarence En die blou eiers {And the blue eggs}= =
796. Caller 14 = = in Kalk Bay and the Christmas choirs = =
797. Suster = = Ja, die blou eiers {Yes, the blue eggs}
798. Caller 14 = = and the coons, because we just lost our dad and he grew up in this place and, you know, I
just want to say thank you VERY much.
799. Suster It’s a pleasure. It’s a pleasure. You can still do, like, Kalk Bay is still a bit like oily on the
surface, the water. Julle kan nog altyd julle hare gat daar gat (gaan) olie daarso {You can
still go oil your hair there}.
800. Caller 14 [laughter].
801. Suster They haven’t improved on their water conditions in Kalk Bay.
802. Caller 14 [laughter].
803. Suster Okay.
804. Caller 14 Suster, thanks a million.
805. Suster P4 good day.
806. Caller 15 Good day to you, Clarence.
807. Clarence Good day to you, sir.
808. Caller 15 How are you doing?
809. Clarence Very well, thank you.
810. Caller 15 Well, its time to bid farewell to Suster, I believe.
811. Suster Uh um.
812. Caller 15 What a sad occasion.
813. Suster Nots, it’s not sad, man. I, I think there’s a lotta people in Cape Town that’s very happy = =
814. Clarence = = you’re late, you’re late.