Good Old Bad Zim Days

[Greenballs]

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[Greenballs]

Heard that the Zim $ now at 120- 145000- USD1.00. A year ago it was 8500... that's got to be a record of some sort??

[Poison]

Ya I remember selling my US$100 for ZW$850000.


Boy did I get boozed on that..

[Greenballs]

I paid for my wedding in US and using todays rate its like over a billion fucking dollars??? Who the hell, what the hell's going on?

[Poison]

Remember these good old days..


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[Greenballs]

And this is old as well... now we can wipe our arses with $20, 000 bills. Where on earth can you do that BOB???

[FerrariSucks]

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[FerrariSucks]

Costs more to print than it is worth.

[FerrariSucks]

Infact when I worked in Zim, that was my months wages.


When I left its was Z$50 to £1.One year later i returned and it was Z$300 to £1. Last I heard it was almost Z$200 000 to £1.

[TiGeR]

This thread is just F#$%ING depressing....


I was in the valley & on the river for4 weeks last dec. ...TOO beautiful! Just SO tragic what has happened Vs what could have been...


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[Shayne]

I miss the blooming Jacaranda's this time of the year.


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[Greenballs]

They were amazing

[Poison]

Fuck that picture brings back memories..


Remember at Vale by the Hostils with all those Jacaranda Trees. They were socool when they were flowering and they created this purple carpet when the flowers fell off.Edited by: Poison

[Poison]

This is what your wallet looked like when you went out in Zim Jan 2005.


Thats 1 Mil..


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[Greenballs]

That was like USD 100 at the beginning fo this year and now its USD 10???

[FerrariSucks]

Guys and Girls lets give thisthread a new lease of life, the title is Good Old Bad Days, we have all written about the bad things, but there is one thing that will never change for most of us and that is home. Zimbabwe is my home and there are so manygood things to remember about the country.


I remember learning to ride my first bike (with stablisers) all the wayto Admiral Tait School. The weather was great always sunny on a Sunday. We were always with friends either at your house or at there's. After junior school came senior school and college, the best years of our lives, started going out at night and partying hard all night cause again the weather was great. Cars came and clubbing kept our weekends busy. Work helped pay for booze, petroland more clubbing. Then the shit hit the fan and suddenly I am sitting writing to all my mates from the other side of the world and a country with no sunshine.


These could be the Bad Days and we are just getting Old.

[TiGeR]

the range of emotions i feel when i think of Zim...Ferrari, you are 100s about the fact that it will ALWAYS be home...

[sally]

i miss the days we went to skud and nanny to play pool and drink, watching the cricket at castle corner, going to bowling alley and then to escape! ahhh the good old days hey!!! but most of all i miss kariba and the drinking that starts at 6 thirsty in the morning!!!!

[biffon]

there is one thing i miss above all else.... mates!



the next nearest to that is the bzzzzzzzzzz of the reel when a rampaging tiger is on the end of the line



the "moo hah hah hah" of hippo at 05:00 am camping at chirundu

the cry of the fish eagle <- goosebumps i tell ya!

the smell of the air after a REAL thunderstorm,

cicada's whistling at christmas,

the red spidermite at Charara after the first rains in october.

Frozen Green & red Pennycools on a hot day.

Polocross parties

swimming at Nyangombe pools - F%ck thats cold!~~~~

the rockslide at mermaids pools

New years dindindies at Kariba/Vic falls

sitting/standing on the back of a bakkie with the wind in your face

bass fishing at Darwendale dam.



i will add more later cause i dont want to start blubbing. [

[sally]

I couldnt have said it better, it brought a tear to my eye!!! I just miss home!!!

[biffon]

haha after seeing Shaynes post on persona;l pics i have one more thing to add that i miss








Vodka & Creme Soda!!!

[sally]

ah yes, the green ambulance, cream soda always fixed my overhangs!! wonder what the put in it!!

[FerrariSucks]

Wow looks like we all have so many good memories.


Damn Kariba is loved by everyone, if I ever went back to Zim, I will make sure Kariba is the second stopafter the airport. Nothing beats fighting those tiger fish. At night you get the spot-light out and shine it on the lake and see those green eyes.


Cherry plum and Bolingers


Freddo's and Mint Crisps Chocolates


Things, Korn Kurls, Maputi and Cheese Balls


Damn those were the GOOD OLD DAYS

[sally]

im going back with rog and his girlfriend and a few others from the UAE on the 1st of june, we are going to kariba and staying on a house boat!!! Cant wait!!!

[FerrariSucks]

Lucky


June next year I will be at my in-law house in Spain enjoying the summer holidays, so glad they moved out there finally from Zims.Now i get to go on hols for next to nothing.

[sally]

spain is beautiful, you are lucky!!!! i have thought about buying a villa there, but i might buy one either in the UK or here in dubai!! we will see!!!

[FerrariSucks]

Damn, how much do you get paid. Houses here are stupid expensive.


£150 000 for a flat in London and thats in a shitty place. Can imagine prices in Dubai.


Spain is great, house is 1 mile from the beach, in a small village with hardly any foreigners. Can't wait

[sally]

the company provide accomadation, i will get a motgage out and then rent out the place to pay off the mortgage while i am still working and living in company accomadation!!!Clever hey!!

[FerrariSucks]

Very clever girl.


Thats how you start and before you know it you own a whole block.


I know far to many people doing that over here.

[sally]

i thought it was clever, just saving a bit for a decent down payment!! just have to think about where i am going to buy now, i need to have some time, but so far i am flying too much!!


talking of flying, im in Melbourn soon, if anyone from there wants to have a drink PM me!!

[TiGeR]

Remember going to Police grounds to watch rugby...& how cool the agric.show was when we were lighties...i'd HATE to think how many health & safety violations the fairground broke with their dodgy equipment, but IT WORKED, we all went on the rides & nobody died...THANK GOD WE GREW UP NORMAL!

[biffon]

the computer games at the show were my big draw card - i used to get $20 and it had to last me the whole week... by day three i was broke

[TiGeR]

Geez Pac man & that rally game with the two red cars out to bang you! Oh hey, we were chatting the other day in Capetown (quite a Zim reunion actually!) about the fact that 99.999999999 recurring % of zimbos from ALL economic, religious & ethnic backgrounds had at least ONE item of copper in their home...a fire guard, a clock or I love Zim/ Rhodesia etc...anyone remember what you had in your home? Ours was a Zim shaped copper shield with engraved/painted info (Vic Falls had the falls logo, Kariba had a tigerfish & the Dam etc) i have started a new thread on this topic elsewhere...

[FerrariSucks]

Last time i went to the AGRI show, my mate was incharge of the Karting and Laser Wars. Damn, those were ood days. after i left they also put up the indoor (mushi) cricket nets.


Has anyone played there?

[TiGeR]

Ya i played there a few yrs ago...also went carting with my digsmates in 2000, Gary Beresford-Miller (ex Sjc), Kirsty Carrihill (ex Convent- Zim diver) & that loveable rogueDave Samuels (ex Peterhouse) who was dating Kirsty at the time(all three of 'em are now married & i'm still single! Think i've taken the fact that i was always telling them that "i'm the baby, gotta love & look after me"too seriously, but its all good

[Shayne]

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[TiGeR]

Ha ha ha ha ha! BRILLIANT! Geez i used to LOVE Chomps when i was a lightie! Funny, nobody in SA knows what cream soda is..it seems to be a uniquely Zim thing...& 'green juice' rocks! (Can remember various mates' moms asking "what would you like to drink? Green, orange or red juice?" ha ha ha ha WHAT a life we had!

[biffon]

creme soda - is a sought after commodity here in aus -their creme soda tastes like someone dumped a bottle of vanilla essence in rasberry juice - its foul!!!


every nownagain we get some canned cremesoda from SA at our local butcher (who used to own the belvedere butchery in harare)


oh and Fanta grape!along withfizzers & fizz pops smileys/smiley17.gif

[Adam]

There is a SA shop here in Auckland called Fred's Fine Foods, i always go there and buy dry woers about $30-$40 worth and then im in heaven, just cant get enough of that stuff. I've only managed to get one Kiwi hooked on it and its a guy i work with.... he just loves the stuff and always wants to drop by there

[Shayne]

I love Bultong and MISS KORN KURLS!

[FerrariSucks]

There is a butcher here in Southampton UK called Charles Brenham, who brings in goods from SA. Good Man


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mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

[Adam]

Does anyone remember the ad for Cashel Valley with the baked beans in a can calling the woman shopping and singing .... "we are we are cant you see, the best baked beans in Zimbabwe, cashel valley is our home, the place were all good things are grown"

[Adam]

How about this ad... Ingrams canghor cream protects your family skin, your whole family skin, healthy smooth and clean! Man those were the days hey!

[FerrariSucks]

Peanut Butter


My nnnnames nuts and I'm real popular, cause I'm such a smooth smooth dude.


I know alot of people who go nuts over my cousin, crunchy....


Cant remember it all that well

[Kirsty]

The thing I miss about Zim is the mates you made. Friends from Zim are friends for life. I have been in the states for about 9 years now and I have made some new friends here, but they are nothing compared to Zim friends. Zim mates defend your honor when you are not around and they would take a bullet for you. No matter what you do they are always by your side.


I also miss going to Archies, it was about $10 to get in and then with your other $10 you could get about 3 vodka, lime and lemonades. And you could walk in to most places and you knew about 75% of the people in there.


I also miss that if someone pissed you off you could give them hell and scream and shout etc, and no one would be taken to court. Shit in this place you fart in the wrong direction and you are being sued.


I also really miss Zim cricket matches where people so many people were having a blast, guys were almost falling off the stands while shouting "hooo hooo hooters" at some poor girl walking past. You could buy as many nutty Choc Ices from that one ice cream guy who was about 100 but was at every sporting event. Man that guys was selling ice creams when my dad was at Prince Edward.


Zim will always be my home. I will always be proud to tell people I am a Zimbabwean.


I'm heading back to Zim after 4.5 years on Jan 17th for Honeymoon. The poor guy has no idea what he is in for. He hears stories of Zim, Kariba, Nyanga etc and thinks its a great place. But my goodness I'm scared of what it will be like now. The place just won't match the stories he has heard.

[Kirsty]

There are a few things that I do not miss about Zim though.


Firstly, a persons reputation always preceeded the person. People thought they knew you before they even met you.And usually the wrong judgement was made.


And secondly, because Zim was such a small and close community, shit no ones business was their business. Everyone knew everything that was going on about everyone. That sucked.

[biffon]

actually that was a good and bad point - it meant that if someone was a rip-off merchant they never got far.


and i loved going out and being able to party with 100 different people and know who they were.


it sucks here in aus cause if you go out, you'll be lucky to meet one person you know. If you go on a train everyone puts their heads down and ignores each other. it sucks...


heck its taken us three years just to get on speaking terms with our neighbours!

[Greenballs]

YOU know you are an ex-Zimbo if you can still remember Sally Donaldson's
voice on the radio, if you saw Grease four or five times and failed your
driving license at least once. If you still wear takkies without socks,
and horrify people by eating dried, raw meat (bilton). If you miss the
smell of rain on a hot, tar road, and a whiff of red stoep (verandah)
polish takes you back to Christmases by the pool and makes you long for
a great, bed-rattling, window shaking, earth tremoring,
all-kids-and-animals-in-the-parents-bed storm.

<TT>If you went to school in Zimbabwe you were taught real subjects like
history and grammar and you are probably still convinced day scholars
are pampered mommie's boys. You surely sang rude or witty words to hymns
in school assembly and you are still absolutely certain your A-levels
were harder than most first-year university courses today. And of course
you know, or still write to, someone who went to Prince Edward, Saints,
Falcon, Marymount, Peterhouse, Chaplin, Guinea Fowl or Gwebi
Agricultural College.
</TT>
<TT>At your school, instead of being counselled, unruly students were beaten
- and it worked. And it was no use complaining to your father because he
thought this was a good idea. Now you bore or frighten your children
with harrowing tales of your deprived upbringing - when TV started at
17.00 hrs and kids were expected to ride push bikes to school.
</TT>
<TT>Ex-Zimbos have their own dialect. Trafffic lights are robots, crocodiles
'flatdogs', while Koki pens are Neons to this day. What is this thing
called polystyrene -you call it kaylite - and 'muush' is still part of
your vocabulary - as is braai, kopje, fundi and lekker (translation -
barbecue, hill, expert, nice, and BTW, 'muush' also means 'nice').
</TT>
<TT>If you are an ex-Zimbo you know all about playing in sandpits and on
jungle-gyms and you had avocado, mango, guava and paw-paw trees in your
garden. You still remember the taste of gemsquash with melted butter,
mealies and Mazoe Orange Juice, and yearn for bream fried on the side of
a dam, five minutes after it was caught.
</TT>
<TT>You can still sing 'Ag Pleeze Daddy' and treasure Wrex Tarr's
Chilapalapa LP's. Of course you still know the words of 'Cockie Lobbin'
and all the Abba songs. You remember Jacaranda trees in bloom on Selous
Avenue and own at least one ivory, soapstone or wooden carving.
</TT>
<TT>You are an ex-Zimbo if you or someone very close to you did wheelies on
the Enterprise Road outside Gremlins; lost some teeth, or worse, on the
rockslide at Mermaid's Pool; spat from your bedroom window at the
Monomatapa onto the pool deck, then ducked your head in quick.
</TT>

<TT>You think the All Blacks are the Zimbabwe Tennis Team, and you recall
carefree, noisy days at Lake Mac, before the hyacinth took over.
</TT>
<TT>Ex-Zimbos know how to drive on strip roads and most collected speeding
tickets while racing to make the Beit Bridge border post by 6 pm.
Remember the 'Coke' cans you collected on trips to South Africa, because
they were so cool, and all that enthusiastic hooting and waving when you
spotted another 'Zim' car while travelling 'down South'?
</TT>
<TT>Old habits die hard so you still can't get your head around the idea of
throwing away a glass Coke or beer bottles, instead of taking it back
for the deposit. And you still find it hard to discard anything which,
in your humble opinion, could be fixed. You hate washing your car and
mowing the lawn, while ironing is something other people do.
</TT>
<TT>It goes without saying that you've never carried your own golf clubs,
and you think golf carts are for weaklings. When you hear crickets in
July you immediately think of Christmas beetles and after an afternoon
rain you expect to see chongololos plus a 'few' flying ants. You will
never forget sitting for hours, sometimes days, in a petrol queue - and
not getting any.
</TT>
<TT>As an ex-Zimbo you used to believe that people in England and the USA,
or wherever, had to be much better at everything than you were - until
you visited those countries and found they were inhabited by ordinary
beings living ordinary lives. So it wasn't too difficult to adapt to new
circumstances but it can be lonely.
</TT>
<TT>Ex-Zimbos still think the most haunting sound in the world is the cry of
the fish eagle, and you long for the soft morning glow that brightens
the Mashonaland sky between 5 and 6 am, and highlights the Msasa trees.
</TT>
<TT>Hope, far-flung ex-Zimbos, you all have someone who also remembers..
</TT>

[FerrariSucks]

Brilliant stuff dude, I can remember doing all of the above. Compared to life now, those were deffinately the GOOD OLD DAYS

[TiGeR]

Some wonderful memories &amp; reminiscences there ppl...maybe we should take a leaf out of the Israeli book, start an army &amp; go carve out the one thing we all DESPERATELY desire...a country of our own... free of imbecile dictators &amp; other suchundesireables...if only...

[Greenballs]

Assassination is cheaper &amp; simpler- with only one casualty!

[Greenballs]

&gt; &gt; &gt; Log On - Make the braai hotter
&gt; &gt; &gt;
&gt; &gt; &gt; Log Off - The braai is too hot
&gt; &gt; &gt;
&gt; &gt; &gt; Monitor - Keeping an eye on the braai
&gt; &gt; &gt;
&gt; &gt; &gt; Download - Get the firewood off the bakkie
&gt; &gt; &gt;
&gt; &gt; &gt; Hard drive - Trip back home without any cold beer
&gt; &gt; &gt;
&gt; &gt; &gt; Floppy Disc - What you get lifting too much firewood at once
&gt; &gt; &gt;
&gt; &gt; &gt; Keyboard - Where you hang the bakkie and bike keys
&gt; &gt; &gt;
&gt; &gt; &gt; Window - What you shut when it's cold
&gt; &gt; &gt;
&gt; &gt; &gt; Screen - What you shut in the mosquito season
&gt; &gt; &gt;
&gt; &gt; &gt; Byte - What mosquitoes do
&gt; &gt; &gt;
&gt; &gt; &gt; Bit - What mosquitoes did
&gt; &gt; &gt;
&gt; &gt; &gt; Megabyte - What mosquitoes at the lake do
&gt; &gt; &gt;
&gt; &gt; &gt; Chip - A bar snack
&gt; &gt; &gt;
&gt; &gt; &gt; Micro Chip - What's left in the bag after you have eaten the chips
&gt; &gt; &gt;
&gt; &gt; &gt; Modem - What you did to the lawns
&gt; &gt; &gt;
&gt; &gt; &gt; Dot Matrix - Old Jan Matrix's wife
&gt; &gt; &gt;
&gt; &gt; &gt; Laptop - Where the cat sleeps
&gt; &gt; &gt;
&gt; &gt; &gt; Software - Plastic knives and forks you get at Chicken Inn
&gt; &gt; &gt;
&gt; &gt; &gt; Hardware - Real stainless steel knives and forks from TM
&gt; &gt; &gt;
&gt; &gt; &gt; Mouse - What eats the grain in the shed
&gt; &gt; &gt;
&gt; &gt; &gt; Mainframe - What holds the shed up
&gt; &gt; &gt;
&gt; &gt; &gt; Web - What spiders make
&gt; &gt; &gt;
&gt; &gt; &gt; Web Site - The shed or under the verandah
&gt; &gt; &gt;
&gt; &gt; &gt; Cursor - The old bloke who swears a lot
&gt; &gt; &gt;
&gt; &gt; &gt; Search Engine - What you do when the bakkie won't go
&gt; &gt; &gt;
&gt; &gt; &gt; Yahoo - What you say when the bakkie does go
&gt; &gt; &gt;
&gt; &gt; &gt; Upgrade - A steep hill
&gt; &gt; &gt;
&gt; &gt; &gt; Server - The person at the pub that brings out the lunch
&gt; &gt; &gt;
&gt; &gt; &gt; Mail Server - The bloke at the pub that brings out the lunch
&gt; &gt; &gt;
&gt; &gt; &gt; User - The neighbour who keeps borrowing things
&gt; &gt; &gt;
&gt; &gt; &gt; Network - When you have to repair your fishing net
&gt; &gt; &gt;
&gt; &gt; &gt; Internet - Complicated fish net repair method
&gt; &gt; &gt;
&gt; &gt; &gt; Netscape - When fish maneuvers out of reach of net
&gt; &gt; &gt;
&gt; &gt; &gt; Online - When you get the laundry hung out
&gt; &gt; &gt;
&gt; &gt; &gt; Off Line - When the pegs don't hold the washing up.

[TiGeR]

Assassination is cheaper &amp; simpler- with only one casualty!


One bullet for him, but what about hos ministers &amp; cronies? In that scenario, i'd rather stay with the devil i know than risk the possibility of someone worse...you have no control over events in an assasination, but you CAN control a revolution/ coup...MOST of the time!

[Greenballs]

True... one hopes that most of his cronies are actually being fuck wits under duress though

[biffon]

unlikely - they more likely just sticking as close to bobs backside as possible as they can see an opportunity to make a killing. when he goes there will be a powerstruggle as they all have smelt the sweet aroma of MONEY!





i'll agree with tiger on this only way out is a coup!

[Greenballs]

Check how old this is. I think it's the corner of Karigamombe... oposite Monos


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[Greenballs]

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[Greenballs]

C. J. Rhodes memorial (Matopos)


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[Greenballs]

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[Greenballs]

Only in Zim:
Due to unforseen circumstances the light at the end of the tunnel will be discontinued.

Please stay with us

[TiGeR]

Dudes you makin me homesick

[FerrariSucks]

Nice pictures you guys, also making me homesick

[sally]

wish i could go home right now, a V&amp;C on a house boat in kariba with my mates would go down so well!!!!

[biffon]

describe the experience of being on a houseboat....


i'll try.


the thrill of leaving the harbour... the feeling of actually being on holiday!


the noise of the big diesel engines throbbing under your feet - everthing vibrating like mad!


the smell of the air- the wind blowing through your hair.


finally reaching that secluded spot in Palm bay or the Gache gache, securing the lines, break out the fishing gear- pack the eskies with ice and BEER!! and off to that secret fishing spot, the heat almost overbearing -- sweat dripping from your nose and running down your back (not the most memorable experience but hey its Kariba).


The "Moo hahahaha" of the hippo's up the creek near you and the fish eagles saoring high up in the sky


later as the sun sets you see the impala come down to the waters edge to drink and a lone Elle strolls past on its way to its favorite mud bath....


The mozzie coils come out and the smell of citronella permeates across the deck.


A cool shower off the back of the boat is an ideal way to end the day - while of course keeping a beady eye out for flatdogs.


After cleaning up - and a few sundowners - BEER and Voddies &amp; coke.


The meal is brought out by the captain...


Fresh caught bream, pan fried in butter and garlic with lemon. succulent Salads and potato bake, some great cape wine..... aah heaven!

[TiGeR]

..now i'm DEFINITELY homesick! I live in the concrete jungle aka Jozi dude..although i must admit i go out to the Magaliesburg most w/ends &amp; "it sure is purty"....bit like juliasdale but MUCH warmer!

[biffon]

have you ever been to the blyde river canyon?


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[biffon]

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[TiGeR]

sure have...AWESOME!... went abseiling there a few times...but not much of a rock climber...

[sally]

how can you guys sit at the edge if a cliff like that!!!

[biffon]

those rock formations are stunning! and the view man it rocks- almost as good as Worlds view in Nyanga

[biffon]

its actually not that far down - its just the angle looks like its a massive cliff - there is a rock ledge about 5 mtrs down from that.

[Shayne]

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[biffon]

mr moderator - fix your post please

[TiGeR]

Ja...whats up with THAT!?

[sally]

shayne, what is Fortune city or am i just being blonde again??!!

[Greenballs]

mmmmmmmmm?

[Shayne]

Sorry dudes, that site has disabled linking pictures from their site.

[TiGeR]

What were you tryin 2 post? (Curiosity killed the cat...but satisfaction brought him back!)

[Shayne]

Pretty interesting photo.


Salisbury in 1896, southern section. Copy the line below and paste it into your address bar.


http://members.fortunecity.com/madzimbabwe/Buildings/Citysca pes/Harare/Hre-Cityscap01.jpg (http://members.fortunecity.com/madzimbabwe/Buildings/Cityscapes/Harare/Hre-Cityscap01.jpg)

[TiGeR]

AWESOME!....amazing what 110 yrs can do to a place...

[Poison]

This is what 20 Bar looks like.....
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[biffon]

fuck me!!
i brought over 15000 bucks to aus - at the time it was a months rent now i cant even buy a coke with it!!

[Greenballs]

THOSE OLD ADVERTS OF OURS !
>
>"What a day - What a headache" said my wife. "Take Anadin" I said
>hopefully. For after action satisfaction I had my pack of Lexington on
>hand. I felt irresistible. After all, I had the Colgate ring of
>confidence, and being on the right side of the money barrier, was now
>a Rhobanker. I had just bought a sweep ticket (*) after a tip from
>Schhh.....
>you know who.
>I was feeling confident, having a sizeable collection of Macey's green
>stamps. I had also heard that my debt to Greatermans had been cancelled.
>It's true, I heard it on the radio - You Pay No More At Greatermans.
>All those in favour, raise your yellow plastic Dishwallah and say "HAU
>!"
>I was on my way to Scottish Jewellers when I saw a hot chick named Olivine.
>(Clearly the Best.) She was the only one who knew where I could get my
>Bosal Exhaust fitted. As I lit her Kingsgate cigarette, she whispered
>"The Rich Okes Get All the Cherries Hay." I soon cheered up when I saw
>my friend Honey Beat, who said "I like it, I like it, I love it" but
>maybe we'd better 'bata - the bata movement'... to get some new
>vellies. On the way I had a coke and a smile
>
>"Pocket a Packet of Pascalls" murmured Hortense the Hippo, while giving
>the kids their Royco Soup. "Soup makes you big like a giant" said one.
>"I hate it" said the other. Give me Ngwere Nwere Sadza - every body
>sadza with some Cashel Valley Baked Beans (pleeeeze) cleared the air,
>although with a skin like yours I'd recommend Phillips Milk of
>Magnesia. (Yeah, get the big
>bottle.) or some Lanoline milk.. I was feeling out of focus, so decided
>to have a Quick Click at Clintons before my meeting. "Nyore Nyore
>Zimbabwe Furnishers" sang the Chairman as he Tabled his report at the
>meeting. The sun was relentless, so I applied a coat of Turtle Wax to
>my swanky Peugeot 404. The Chocolate Jungle Juice was running out, so I
>Sold My House Through Fox & Carney, and gave Biddulphs a Buzz. I
>decided to phone Rixi Taxis 60666, as I knew I'd Never Get Away Without
>an Exide, so I paid a visit to ABC the leading Auctioneers and bought a supersonic radio.
>
>
>PS I"m sorry to say, I completely forgot to Speke to Stanley Gordon
>about the Bakers Union.
>
>PPS Beef Eaters make Better Lovers remember !!

[sally]

hahahaha, very good!!