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Fathers Day Weekend 20 June 2010

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Dad's Sherry table

Dad's Sherry table

Wat ‘n regtige oudtydse naweek het ons nie gehad nie.  Omtrent die hele oord was die hele tyd op die stoep en almal het saam gekuier.  Dis nou behalwe die klomp wat dit oordoen het Vrydag aand en toe nie weer opgedaag het Saterdag nie.

Voordat ek enigsins verder gaan laat ek eers ‘n klein spelfoutjie regstel.  In die Vadersdag spyskaart het ek “Tribe” in plaas van “Tripe” geskryf en Harriet was verskriklik ontsteld daaroor.  Wees gerus almal – ek het nie ‘n pot vol klein mensies gebedien nie maar wel skaap voete.  Ek het die foutjie darem al reg gestel.

For a bit of variety I have asked Lize and Neitjie to write about our Fathers day weekend.   So here goes their version on their vision of a weekend at Misverstand…..

“Ek (Lize) en Neitjie sit in die Streskliniek en stoom kom by ons ore uit. Dit is die middel van die week hier by Misverstanddam en soos ouder gewoonte in die winter is dit maar stil.  Ons het vanoggend die HELE Oesaf Bar skoon gemaak! So dié wat die naweek kom kuier, ons soek positiewe kommentaar asseblief.

Caren het ons opdrag gegee om die nuutste blog te skryf en jul fans daar buite bietjie te vertel wat die koue vaders naweek by die dam gebeur het. Blykbaar om ons vermoë te toets, maar ons weet sy soek ons net onder haar voete uit.

Van wat ek gehoor het was die begin van Vrydagaand ook die begin van ‘n groot kuier. My gunsteling Piketberger het kom kuier en so het ek eers later die aand by die geselligheid aangesluit. Neitjie en Caren het my egter die Leviete voorgelees oor ek nie kom groet het nie en ek kan jou belowe dat ek nóóit weer verby een van hul sal stap sonder om hello te sê nie!

Die Sondebok!

Die Sondebok!

Uncle Doug brought us a few friends from the sea. This by the way tasted de-li-cious! Although every person had his own opinion on how to cook the fish T&T’s kitchen was in charge of the cooking once again. The Bezuidenhout family also joined us for some bonding time and the ladies even had a few jaggaboms to get the party going.  One by one they started fading away and in the end the last people standing was me, Caren, Winky, Billy and my dad.

I checked the time on the computer. It was a quarter to twelve. The next moment my dad disappeared and we saw a red jacket through the bar’s window. Ouma just came to tell us that she thinks it’s time to move our behind’s to the stoep. We really didn’t mind because of the huge kaggel going on the stoep and Ouma didn’t even swear or used violence.

Winky quickly moved to the stoep like a school daughter who was just caught smoking. Once Ouma was gone Winky’s eyes grew big. She told us that in the ten years of living here she was never thrown out of the bar. The more my dad tried to tell her we were drinking on borrowed time the more she said that she can never look Ouma in the eyes again.  She swore that this would never ever never ever happen again.

Ek en Neitjie het die hele Saterdag oggend gespandeer deur die saal se tafels te spasieer vir n vol Vadersdag buffet. Ons het die swaar tafels in die saal rond gedra net om uit te vind Mandy keur glad nie dié patroon goed nie. Toe sy inspeksie hou moes ons maar weer bont staan om tafels te skuif.

Lekker vol saal!

Lekker vol saal!

Ons wou toe eerder nie stry nie, want dit was haar en Kobus se huweliks herdenking. Om te dink sy was 7 jaar terug in ‘n rok. Na die hele tafel-skuiwery-affêre moes die tafels gedek raak. Die servette se kleurskemas het weer van voor af ‘n tiff veroorsaak. Blou met silwer kolletjies? Of silwer met blou kolletjies? Nadat ons op die blou besluit het en al klaar die helfte van die saal gedek het, het Mandy net weer gou ‘n ogie kom gooi oor hoe dinge vorder.  Sy besluit toe net daar dat ons moet wit by die blou sit, wat beteken dat ons wéér als moes oor doen.   Wie’s ons kinders nou om te stry?  Op die ou einde het die tafels pragtig gelyk.

Mandy’s parents came to visit along with her uncle, aunt and cousin. They brought Caren three bottles of Ponchos (coffee tequila). Me, Neitjie, Billy and Caren became a bit bored in the bar waiting for the people to finish eating and started experimenting with the coffee tequila to make a new Misverstand BOM.

After dinner, which was three yummy potjiekos potte, we all toasted Mandy and Kobus’s anniversary with a poncho each. Mandy’s cousin had a kodak moment with Niklaas followed by a dance session with uncle Andre which probably reminded him of his young clubbing days. Mandy was a “dapper muis” and after a few jaggaboms showed us her birdie dance with Winkie, who did join us but was still terrified of the red jacket coming through that green door.

Sondag het ons net vinnig die finishing touches gedoen en toe het die mense begin instroom. Die kos was soos gewoonlik uit die boeke uit en ek glo die papas het hul daggie by ons baie geniet! Met moeë lyfies het Caren na ete vir ons laat weet van die konferensie die volgende dag.

En glo my – daar het ons toe weer die hele Saterdag dek storie oor.  Eers skuif ons die tafels die-kant toe,  dan wil Mandy dit daai kant gehad het.  Toe kom Kobus ook nog agterna en gee sy raad. Pa Tallies het toe maar later die job saam met ons klaar gemaak.  As dit nie vir hom was nie het ons seker nog altyd in die rondte gedraai.

I hope you enjoyed reading about the weekend from our view point.  For more juicy pieces you can visit us in the bar and we will gladly tell you a couple of tales that we were not allowed to write about.

Groetnis van ‘n koue sokker vrye Misverstand.

Lize & Neitjie.

PS:  Stuur maar bietjie “comments” – ons sal graag weer vir julle wil skryf.”

Great job you two – I was expecting a page at the most – your teachers will be proud of you!  Hope the fans enjoyed their story – make sure to check out the galery – like they always say – a picture is worth more than a thousand words!

Remember to check out the events calendar for upcoming events this winter!

Cheers,

Caren

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8:20 pm, June 22, 2010

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