Precious petals and those sledging Aussies.

Do not blame the floral emblem...

	Kevin McCallum March 13 2009 at 06:43AM

Cricket SA denied on Thursday that the reason for their team's predicament against Australia was because the players, fans and administrators had finally realised that "Proteas" was a "naff" name for a national team. CSA further denied that the team's players had begun calling themselves the "Charlies" in private. They also denied that Ashwell Prince was in denial after being named team captain and opening batsman for the dead rubber third Test between the two nations, but then denied the chance to be skipper by the selectors. A spokesperson refused to comment on whether Prince had used the words "die" and "naai" during a conversation about the convener of national selectors."Actually, 'Deny' is a strong word for the way CSA feels about any blame being placed on the name 'Proteas'," said the spokesperson. "Since we have taken on the flower as our symbol, we have felt in tune with the deeper meaning of both winning and losing. We are aware of the hurt we inflict on others when we win 2-1 away from home, but while we feel for Graeme Smith and his cricketing brothers, we are proud of the role we have played in turning the Aussies from Saggy Greens into Baggy Greens again. That is flower power; true cricketing love. Do not blame the Protea; for blame is shame and that is not our game, bru." One member of the national team said he could take any amount of sledging from the Australians, including having his batting style likened to parts of a women's anatomy he never knew existed, but admitted that being called a "hairy petal" was getting to him. "It's been tough since they took on this daft nickname for the team," said the player. "You try going out there and getting stick that you are not a 'Pro' and should be going for 'tea'; it's hard. Punter's the worst. He says in, like, a really sarky voi-ce: 'Hey blokes, I can't tell - is this a flower or a colourful artichoke?' Then they all laugh. When we try to get them back by telling them that there are 81 varieties of the King Protea, they do their research and hit us with 'Morning, King Sugar Bush', or 'ah diddums, Honeypot'." It is believed that a core of the SA team have agreed to take on their own nickname. "Yeah, we've got like a secret group, like in Dead Poets Society, except without the dodgy poetry reading and literature stuff," said the player. "We call ourselves the 'Charlies' after one of our sponsors, plus it's on the shirt already, so we can grab it in pride like Nella did at SuperSport Park a few years back. We need the power of lager to bat like we're in the laager. Clever, huh? Now we just need to win the last Test so we can be proper Charlies."

A spokesperson refused to comment on whether Prince had used the words "die" and "naai" during a conversation about the convener of national selectors.

Well, if Prince wanted to naai the guy it is no wonder they got rid of him as captain so quickly...

What does that mean?

Same as f*ck, but much less polite and refined.

mynah wrote:

A spokesperson refused to comment on whether Prince had used the words "die" and "naai" during a conversation about the convener of national selectors.

Well, if Prince wanted to naai the guy it is no wonder they got rid of him as captain so quickly...

I read it that he called him "die naai"

Does that mean the slectors are a dead fark?

Die = the

Yeah, but it's not as amusing.

So how do you say "What" in Afrikaans?

Wat

"Punter's the worst. He says in, like, a really sarky voi-ce: 'Hey blokes, I can't tell - is this a flower or a colourful artichoke?' Then they all laugh. When we try to get them back by telling them that there are 81 varieties of the King Protea, they do their research and hit us with 'Morning, King Sugar Bush', or 'ah diddums, Honeypot'."

FFS.
The jaarps getting upset at those kinda "sledges".
Bunch of f**king woosies if you ask me ...

Now THIS is a real sledge - (a la Chapelli to incoming Pom batsman who's been out of favour with the selectors)
" F**k me, I thought you were dead ..... Never mind, you soon f**kin' will be ..." as Thommo charges in. (It's disputed as to whether the words "you qunt" ended the sentence ....)

Nevertheless, comparing "flowers to fecking artichokes" in a "sarky" voice no less, upsetting the Jaaps evokes images of a bunch of gays at the local village fete flower-judging competition.

taipan wrote:Wat

So does "Wat die naai?" make sense?

Am I the only person that thinks this is a Red gee-up?

Merlin wrote:"Punter's the worst. He says in, like, a really sarky voi-ce: 'Hey blokes, I can't tell - is this a flower or a colourful artichoke?' Then they all laugh. When we try to get them back by telling them that there are 81 varieties of the King Protea, they do their research and hit us with 'Morning, King Sugar Bush', or 'ah diddums, Honeypot'."

FFS.
The jaarps getting upset at those kinda "sledges".
Bunch of f**king woosies if you ask me ...

Now THIS is a real sledge - (a la Chapelli to incoming Pom batsman who's been out of favour with the selectors)
" F**k me, I thought you were dead ..... Never mind, you soon f**kin' will be ..." as Thommo charges in. (It's disputed as to whether the words "you qunt" ended the sentence ....)

Nevertheless, comparing "flowers to fecking artichokes" in a "sarky" voice no less, upsetting the Jaaps evokes images of a bunch of gays at the local village fete flower-judging competition.

Ummm . . . isn't what Red posted meant as a joke? A real joke, unlike what he normally posts?

skully wrote:Am I the only person that thinks this is a Red gee-up?

It's a joke article, but someone had to take it seriously.

Nah, nothing's a joke when it concerns the Jaarp's, mate!
Such a sensitive fecking mob!!

I'd like to think it's true as well, merls . . .

It read like one of your Smiffy diary entries, taips.

wdn?

PeterCS wrote:wdn?

Hehe, noice.

taipan wrote:

skully wrote:Am I the only person that thinks this is a Red gee-up?

It's a joke article, but someone had to take it seriously.

I also thought that should have been obvious...

mynah wrote:

taipan wrote:

skully wrote:Am I the only person that thinks this is a Red gee-up?

It's a joke article, but someone had to take it seriously.

I also thought that should have been obvious...

The naai bit was clear but if you are not saffie.

Shhhh...Don't tell Red it's a wind up

Good work from Merlo in "pretending" it was real

of course if you look through the C4 archives you'll find that Dello was "pretending" way before Merlo

I still wanna know if I walked into a Durban bar and said "Wat die naai?", would it mean anything to the locals?

skully wrote:I still wanna know if I walked into a Durban bar and said "Wat die naai?", would it mean anything to the locals?

"Wat die fok" would be be nearer the mark. Haven't heard naai used like that.