Comments on: It never rains… http://6000.co.za/it-never-rains/ "...irresponsible, and damaging to the reputation of bloggers generally" Wed, 23 May 2012 18:59:52 +0000 hourly 1 By: 6000 http://6000.co.za/it-never-rains/comment-page-1/#comment-14549 6000 Tue, 13 Oct 2009 15:17:01 +0000 http://6000.co.za/?p=2637#comment-14549 Pamela > We aim to educate. (We often fail). Rob >I was enjoying it at first, but now it's getting pasta joke. Pamela > We aim to educate. (We often fail).

Rob >I was enjoying it at first, but now it’s getting pasta joke.

]]> By: Rob Inukshuk http://6000.co.za/it-never-rains/comment-page-1/#comment-14544 Rob Inukshuk Tue, 13 Oct 2009 14:33:42 +0000 http://6000.co.za/?p=2637#comment-14544 Someone's throwing spaghetti into your garden - is this a variation on the rice thing? Someone’s throwing spaghetti into your garden – is this a variation on the rice thing?

]]> By: Pamela http://6000.co.za/it-never-rains/comment-page-1/#comment-14541 Pamela Tue, 13 Oct 2009 12:02:31 +0000 http://6000.co.za/?p=2637#comment-14541 Yip, I have always know it as a Monkey's Wedding. Did not know the history behind it though. .-= Pamela´s last blog ..<a href="http://pamiejane.wordpress.com/2009/10/12/a-lazy-sunday/" rel="nofollow">A Lazy Sunday!!</a> =-. Yip, I have always know it as a Monkey’s Wedding. Did not know the history behind it though.
.-= Pamela´s last blog ..A Lazy Sunday!! =-.

]]> By: Emil http://6000.co.za/it-never-rains/comment-page-1/#comment-14538 Emil Tue, 13 Oct 2009 08:22:57 +0000 http://6000.co.za/?p=2637#comment-14538 It is a wonderful Afrikaans idiom. No-one can explain the origin properly, but most seems the think the old Voortrekkers came up with it. Ultimately, I guess, it refers to something that nature is doing which we cannot understand so well - a phenomena that we cannot quite get our minds around. Monkey wedding and baboon wedding is also acceptable. But if the Voortrekkers coined it, maybe not for too long. It is a wonderful Afrikaans idiom. No-one can explain the origin properly, but most seems the think the old Voortrekkers came up with it. Ultimately, I guess, it refers to something that nature is doing which we cannot understand so well – a phenomena that we cannot quite get our minds around.

Monkey wedding and baboon wedding is also acceptable. But if the Voortrekkers coined it, maybe not for too long.

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