after nasa’s recent decision to name their latest project ‘the poes project’, i became curious as to what the word poes actually means to anyone who doesn’t live in south africa. so i did some research. ie: i googled it: i’m so glad to see that even on an international stage, ‘poes’ and ‘naai’ are…
Category: poes
dear rocket scientists at nasa…
dearest nasa, are you absolutely 100% positive that you want to call your new project The POES Project? really? are you sure about that? apparently it stands for: Polar Operational Environmental Satellites. or… jou ma se Polar Operational Environmental Satellites. ok then, best of luck with all that. check out: http://goespoes.gsfc.nasa.gov/and thanks to anthony for…
overheard on the street outside my apartment this morning:
lady bergie: jou ma se poes.man bergie: jou ma se naai.lady bergie: jou ma se poes.man bergie: jou ma se naai.lady bergie: jou ma se poes.man bergie: jou ma se naai.pause.lady bergie: gee vir my ‘n entjie!man bergie: daar sy.pause. (presumably while she lights up.)lady bergie: jou ma se poes.man bergie: jou ma se naai.lady…