Does the flag adorn your car?

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This South Africa forum has to be one of the quietest on PH. Anyone here?

So, in a bid to get some conversation going, I put this to you: who has a South African flag sticker on their car?

Multiple choices for those who have more than one car.

Why? Or why not?

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lenandsons said:

Proudly on my car. Both in SA when I lived there, then in the UK and now in Canada, and when I return home eventually it will be on my car there as well

Which flag?

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lenandsons said:

Technicolour Y fronts aka the SA flag

Love the description.

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That reminds me, I used to have a large St George's flag draped over the parcel shelf of my Ford Laser back in SA.

I took being a "soutie" to a whole new level.

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rossw46 said:

Yup,I'm in the UK and have a South African sticker on my car!

How long have you been here?
What's your reason for having the flag?

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Sorry to hear about your mom, but really glad things have turned out well for you.

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Nice pics, and I agree with Ross.
We need to drag the South African petrolheads kicking and screaming in the century of the mopani worm.

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wildheb said:

And no I don't have a SA flag on my car. I think if you are that patriotic then you should live there!

That would explain why I neither live there, nor have the flag on my car.

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Killboy said:

Not really sure I want a sticker on my car? Whats it supposed to mean?

I miss SA every now and then, but lately always happy to leave after 2 weeks. I still have toys there, but have no interest in dealing with the day to day st that seems to occupy the lives of SAers. Discussions of crime, corruption, Julias, ANC, education, BEE, etc. My brother was shot, and a couple friends killed. I much prefer getting on with my life abroad, where there is nothing to hold me or what I do back.

I miss my friends, but I see them often.

Similar views here but I don't miss it enough to return.

Given my in-laws are still there, having a view on current news (once a week) helps have conversations on Skype - since news and crime is all-pervasive back home.

I've probably mentioned it one of the posts above but I don't bother with an SA flag on my car and am quite happy to not be recognised as a South African when meeting people face-to-face. (Not having a strong accent helps.)

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seadragon said:

Same for me. In SA (E Cape) people who didnt know me thought I was a pom but here I apparently have a very distinctive SA accent lol. I have also been told here I have a Welsh accent (by someone from Wales ??) but usually if people dont recognise the SA accent they think I am a Kiwi (I guess those from the South Island are about the closest to a SA accent).

PS: I would kill for a Yogi Sip

Edited by seadragon on Tuesday 6th November 23:36

Oddly, I used to get that too back in SA. Being asked, "where are you from?" even when I was at school because of my apparent accent was strange.

Perhaps I should have spoken like I was chewing on gravel, or "wear de jean pants wiff a belt."