Ya, nea, well no fine (a phrase signify affirmation in the South African Plaatland). As a total non sequitur (at least so far as the picture is concerned) there is this wonderful little ditty from my Southern African youth:
Ach please daddy won't you take us to the drive in?
All 6, 7 of us 8, 9, 10
We're gonna see a flick about Tarzan and the Ape Men
And when the show is over you can bring us back again
Popcorn, chewing gum, peanuts and bubble gum,
Ice cream, candy floss and eskimo PIE!
Ach daddy how I miss bore balls and licorice,
Pepsi cola, Ginger beer and Canada DRY!
To get the full effect, you have to imagine it in a nice, thick South-African accent. Kids these days don't know what they're missing. Perhaps just as well. Though I'm, fairly sure the individual who wrote them was poking fun at the Afrikaaner Nationalists, the original lyrics were remarkably offensive by today's standards.
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