My last manneaand

I attended what will probably be my last "manne aand" on Friday evening.
http://soufafrican.blogspot.com/2006/11/my-weekend-boeremag-and-bikers.html
While I was sitting there chatting to my mates, I spent quite some time looking around at the typical Afrikaner male, probably mostly farmers, mostly between the ages of 35 and 50. And I cam to the conclusion that overall, the majority are just plain overweight, useless has beens!! It was amazing, mostly boozers, beer or brandy and coke being the drink of choice, most of them dishing up copious amounts of food and eating all of it.... They had a "Big Mr. Bekker Hoer" competition with a prize for the guy with the biggest gut. Now that's maybe not so unusual, but what is, for me anyway, was that 90% of the people present were probable contenders, and the 10 or so that did go up on stage were quite proud of the fact that they have a gut which hangs down to their knees in some cases!!! Quite disgusting.

I made the comment to my bud that 20 years ago, had we been asked to go back into the bush and continue with the "war", I would gladly have gone in with any South African, but today, with these guys in the shape they are (I know round is also a shape) I may be tempted to join the other side!!!

It's a strange thing that for many years these guys were really fit, strong, proud of themselves. Many were probably rugby players, worked out in gyms, etc. How the hell do they get into a position where their girth is longer than their height! Surely there must be some self respect. Man, these guys probably can't even get laid as I'm not sure they have the strength to lift themselves more than once or twice....

My bud did say though, that maybe they are just too comfortable. For them, other than the actual make up of the government, nothing has changed, They still farm, have labourers, access to credit, drive fancy cars, etc. But, push them into a corner, take away all their daily comforts, and their true spirit will come to the fore. Well, it's a nice though, but somehow, I don't think so.

Salagtle!