Johann Prozesky van Astonbaai laat weet: My broer vertel my pas die storie van 'n Sjinees met die naam Sem Ting wat so met die draai van die 19e na die 20e eeu na SA gekom het. Hy meld toe by die owerhede aan en net voor hom, in die ry mense, was ene Khumalo. Dié se saak is afgehandel en toe die klerk vir die Sjinees om sy naam vra, sê hy "Sem Ting". Hy is toe as Khumalo geregistreer.
Indien jy 'n Sjinese Khumalo sou raakloop, weet jy hoekom!
A little girl asked her father, ‘How did the human race appear?’
The father answered, ‘God made Adam and Eve and they had children and so was all mankind made.’
Two days later the girl asked her mother the same question.
The mother answered, ‘Many years ago there were monkeys from which the human race evolved.’
The confused girl returned to her father and said, ‘Dad, how is it possible that you told me the human race was created by God, and Mom said they developed from monkeys?’
The father answered, ‘Well, dear, it is very simple. I told you about my side of the family and your mother told you about hers.
A suggested way to deal with the awkward ancestors most of us seem to turn up ...
The Smiths were proud of their family tradition. Their ancestors had come to America on the Mayflower. They had included Senators and Wall Street wizards.
They decided to compile a family history, a legacy for their children and grandchildren. They hired a fine author. Only one problem arose - how to handle that great-uncle George, who was executed in the electric chair.
The author said he could handle the story tactfully.
The book appeared. It said "Great-uncle George occupied a chair of applied electronics at an important government institution, was attached to his position by the strongest of ties, and his death came as a great shock."
-- Acknowledgment to: Alisan Greeff in an e-mail to the Greeff Listing
Boetman loop nou anderdag deur 'n begraafplaas en kom af op grafsteen waarop staan: "Hier lê 'n skeidsregter en 'n opregte, eerbare man."
Ek dink toe so by myself: Snaaks dat hulle twee mense in een graf gesit het. -- SportRapport, 9 September 2007.
