The Bloemfontein IT Dictionary

Discussion in 'General Chat' started by payoutwindow, Nov 15, 2004.

  1. #1
    You might not get some of these but some are still good anyway ... fyi ...
    Bloemfontein = Small City in South Africa, surrounded by mostly a farming community
    Bakkie = Pickup/Van
    Braai = barbeque
    KFC = Kentucky Friend Chicken
    Checkers = Supermarket Chain

    Log On - Make the braai hotter
    Log Off - The braai is too hot
    Monitor - Keeping an eye on the braai
    Download - Get the firewood off the bakkie

    Hard drive - Trip back home without any cold beer
    Floppy Disc - What you get lifting too much firewood at once
    Keyboard - Where you hang the bakkie and bike keys
    Window - What you shut when it's cold
    Screen - What you shut in the mosquito season

    Byte - What mosquitoes do
    Bit - What mosquitoes did
    Mega Byte - What mosquitoes at the lake do
    Chip - A bar snack
    Micro Chip - What's left in the bag after you have eaten the chips

    Modem - What you did to the lawns
    Dot Matrix - Old Jan Matrix's wife
    Laptop - Where the cat sleeps
    Software - Plastic knives and forks you get at KFC
    Hardware - Real stainless steel knives and forks from Checkers

    Mouse - What eats the grain in the shed
    Mainframe - What holds the shed up
    Web - What spiders make
    Web Site - The shed or under the verandah
    Cursor - The old bloke who swears a lot

    Search Engine - What you do when the bakkie won't go
    Yahoo - What you say when the bakkie does go
    Upgrade - A steep hill
    Server - The person at the pub that brings out the lunch
    Mail Server - The bloke at the pub that brings out the lunch
    User - The neighbour who keeps borrowing things

    Network - When you have to repair your fishing net
    Internet - Complicated fish net repair method
    Netscape - When fish manoeuvres out of reach of net
    Online - When you get the laundry hung out
    Off Line - When the pegs don't hold the washing up.
     
    payoutwindow, Nov 15, 2004 IP
  2. Lever

    Lever Deep Thought

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    LOL - I read that in my best South African accent ;) "Search Engine" made me chuckle...
     
    Lever, Nov 15, 2004 IP
  3. Torsten

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    #3
    Bloemfontein isn't that small a city. They even have a University:).
     
    Torsten, Mar 12, 2008 IP
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    payoutwindow Well-Known Member

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    So I guess Stellenbosch is not a SMALL TOWN then??
     
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  5. Torsten

    Torsten Peon

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    Isn't that part of the municipality of Helderberg?

    No figures of the number of inhabitants at the moment.
     
    Torsten, Mar 13, 2008 IP