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Bafana Bafana and bottle caps

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Bafana Bafana and bottle caps
Google translates our national football team's name, "Bafana Bafana" as "Boys Boys", but (not speaking Zulu) I've always understood it means "Little Men Little Men"... which is equally strange, translated without cultural meaning context. :)

Fishing boar

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Fishing boar
The t and r are real close on this querty keyboard, so I mistyped boat as boar. But, then thought it was amusing enough to leave as the title for this photo - so there you have it, that there folks is what a fishing boar looks like.

Service with a smile

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Service with a smile
South Africa's one of the few places where there are simply no self-service filling stations. And, this is something we could change - but then, thousands of people would be out of jobs, so we're content to keep the status quo.

And, if an attendant ever asks you if you want "the green mamba" or "creme soda", he's referring to 95 octane lead-free petrol. The first two in this photo are of the green mamba or creme soda variety.

Noisy scary kiddies

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Noisy scary kiddies
I watched the gulls playing in the One and Only hotel's guest pool for about 15 minutes. Nobody else was around and they were having a marvelous time; well, until a family of running-screaming-laughing kids arrived - which is why they're making a run for it in this photo. Speaking of making a run for it, I wonder what birds would say - "make a flap for it"? :)