I've never met a nice South African

Political song about Apartheid by British show "Spitting Image"

[@khindlaugh1770]

My fellow South Africans, I feel it is time for me to tell you the facts as they really are 1. Bananas are marsupials 2. Cars run on gravy 3. Salmon live in trees and eat pencils 4. Reform in South Africa is on the way I've travelled this old world of ours from Barnsley to Peru I've had sunstroke in the arctic and a swim in Timbuktu I've seen unicorns in Burma and a yeti in Nepal And I've danced with ten foot pygmies in a Montezuma hall I've met the king of China and the working Yorkshire miner But I've never met a nice South African No, he's never met a nice South African And that's not bloody surprising, man 'Cause we're a bunch of arrogant bastards Who hate black people I once got served in Woolies aften less than four week's wait I had lunch with Rowan Atkinson when he paid and wasn't late I know a public swimming bath where they don't piss in the pool I know a guy who got a job straight after leaving school I've met a normal merman, and a fairly modest German But I've never met a nice South African No, he's never met a nice South African And that's not bloody surprising, man 'Cause we're a bunch of talentless murderers Who smell like baboons I've had a close encounter of the 22nd kind That's when an alien spaceship disappears up your behind I got directory enquiries after less than forty rings I've even heard a decent song by Paul McCartney's Wings I've seen a flying pig in a quite convincing wig But I've never met a nice South African No, he's never met a nice South African And that's not bloody surprising, man 'Cause we're a bunch of ignorant loudmouths With no sense of humour I've met the Loch Ness monster and he looks like Fred Astaire At the BBC in London he's the chief commissionaire I know a place in Glasgow which is rife with daffodillies I met a man in Kathmandu who claimed to have two willies I've had a nice pot noodle, but I've never had a poodle And I've never met a nice South African No, he's never met a nice South African And that's not bloody surprising, man Because we've never met one either Except for Breyten Breytenbach, and he's emigrated to Paris Yes, he's quite a nice South African And he's hardly ever killed anyone And he's not smelly at all That's why we put him prison Frankly, Mr. Welldone, I'm fed up with people from Britain attacking my country for Apartheid We treat the blacks very well indeed! I actually employ several kaffirs here in my own home But Mr. Botha, I haven't seen a single black since I entered this mansion Haven't seen one? My God, man! What do you think you wiped your feet on when you came in?

[@kayagorzan]

Hell yeah

[@echo.139]

the facts are wrong, i bet you don't even live IN sa

[@Frserthegreenengine]

You missed out the last line: You can't put a better piece of Botha on your knife. Oi!

[@Hackett1066]

😂😂😂😂😂fucking brilliant from a time when we could laugh and without people having complete meltdowns over humour 👍👍

[@christiangamingchannel6284]

@@Hackett1066 a time when we laughed at racists

[@antorseax9492]

"We treat black people very well here, I even employ several here in my own home!"

[@jude3838]

"what do you think you wiped your feet on?"

[@alaskagyal]

jude3838 *Revolutionaries come in and murder Botha* "You can't put a better piece of Botha on your knife, oi!"

[@LugerNut]

It sucks i can't find that clip anymore, always made me giggle.

[@LugerNut]

@@AutomaticDuck300 you absolute beauty!

[@leaderofthebunch-deadbeat7716]

Based

[@lyss.seivetto]

it’s really funny, because when my dad told me he’d never met a nice South African I laughed thinking he was referring to the song. He was not. EDIT: the people I dogsit for are South African and are the cutest sweetest people I've ever met xxxxxx

[@glendarjj3991]

... anyway....

[@pieterwillembotha6719]

he was probably talking about the blacks there

[@lyss.seivetto]

@@pieterwillembotha6719 yeahhhh no he wasnt...

[@pieterwillembotha6719]

@@lyss.seivetto then he probably has never been to south africa proper

[@epicteenbiz6788]

@@pieterwillembotha6719 cry about it

[@Mike01029]

British humor is really something

[@zackmuller2077]

I think we South Africans have you beaten.

[@amojak]

it used to be, now it is a self censored mess.

[@ChristopherJacobs]

I mean you're right it is something but just stupid

[@COLDoCLINCHER37]

Whose here after ITV blocked it.

[@adamlawrence8300]

WHAT? How dare they. That's like blocking Morcombe and Wise!

[@specledseverapod7926]

Me

[@ospoortus]

I'm here from www.reddit.com/r/vexillology/comments/irls6z/what_does_this_flag_represent_my_neighbor_just/

[@addictedtofishing2614]

Me

[@TheGloriousLobsterEmperor]

It's such a shame honestly, the video was filled with salty apartheid worshippers.

[@huntertamate4659]

My South African friend thought this was hilarious. He was not offended at all

[@boeloevanboeloefontein]

Was he black or Brit perchance? We Afrikaners can be a little sensitive regarding comments directed towards us, so…

[@jacksonmacpherson6101]

@@boeloevanboeloefontein well are you offended by this song?

[@huntertamate4659]

He is white

[@boeloevanboeloefontein]

@@jacksonmacpherson6101 just a little. I get that it's satire but it irritates me for a fair number of equally fair reasons.

[@boeloevanboeloefontein]

@@huntertamate4659 is he Afrikaner or Brit tho

[@epicsomethingstore6691]

Ironic how a song critical of Apartheid keeps on getting taken down for "hate speech"

[@javiercs006]

Nah, it's so that ITV can monetize it when they release their version.

[@TheGloriousLobsterEmperor]

It was copyright claimed.

[@fiverZ]

That's how censorship works

[@TheGloriousLobsterEmperor]

@@fiverZ It wasn't censored, it was copyright striked.

[@fiverZ]

@@TheGloriousLobsterEmperor I know but the point still stands

[@idot3331]

I can't believe KZbin has been completely wiped of all old spitting image content. It's not like anyone makes any money from 1980s spitting image anymore, so what's the point of removing it when all it does is advertise the show for free?

[@NexusApollo]

Spitting Image has actually returned, that's probably why they've taken it down.

[@thiswebsitesucksTBH]

censoring of history

[@idot3331]

@@thiswebsitesucksTBH Not really, it's just pointless copyright claims by greedy out-of-touch corporations.

[@tecnicstudios]

Actually the official Spitting Image yt channel has been reuploading clips and episodes from the original.

[@TheGloriousLobsterEmperor]

@@thiswebsitesucksTBH Oh bullshit. It's just copyright claims.

[@lordbarron3352]

I've only ever known 2 South Africans. One was a professor who was a massive asshole to everyone for no reason, and the other was a former tech guy that is one of the nicest people I've known.

[@andrewnicon]

the tech guy was probably racist

[@johnpapworth433]

What I found is if they are afrikaans or not. The former tending to be the ass

[@dexsterkevin80]

the duality of (south african) man

[@xile4883]

If Australians are British Texans, than South Africans are British Alabamans.

[@tristanband4003]

Dutch Alabamans. but both societies? racist af

[@DomozoveoGZ]

LMAO right on the money

[@bigboi4269]

@@tristanband4003 Aussies are only racist in response.

[@Nobodyimportant85]

If Australia is British Texas, then... Wales is British Wisconsin. Scotland is British Pennsylvania. Canada is British Minnesota. Northern Ireland is British Oklahoma. The Republic of Ireland is British Cuba. New Zealanders are British Hoi Toiders. India is British Hawaii. Essex is British Florida. Glasgow is British Detroit. Hong Kong is the British Philippines. South Africa is British Mississippi. And the USA is British Vietnam.

[@rear9259]

@@Nobodyimportant85 Hong Kong is British Las Vegas

[@batmenace15]

I love how the song implied that the biggest reason Breyten Breytenbach was imprisoned was not because of being against Apartheid but for not being smelly.

[@alaskagyal]

Lmfaoooo. True 80s British disrespect

[@Colddirector]

I always loved "he hardly ever killed anyone", implying he probably killed someone at some point, and thats also not the reason he was imprisoned.

[@raymondjustinread2521]

I'm South African... Had a few Pommies sing this to me already. I think its hilarious! I guess we good at finding the funny side of these sorts of songs and the ones that dislike it are probably all not South Africans.

[@taylormatthews6086]

Pommies are newzealanders?

[@ForzaTerra89]

@@taylormatthews6086 pommies are British people. Australians and New Zealanders call Brits Poms or pommies. Didn’t realise South Africans did too Americans call us limeys. We’re ignorant of what most of the world calls us

[@capncake8837]

@@ForzaTerra89 We don’t really call you limeys anymore. It’s fallen out of popularity.

[@ForzaTerra89]

@@capncake8837 i referenced it as a term you guys use for us. Even pom is kind of an old and out of date word that’s not as common as it used to be. We don’t really call you yanks anymore but we all know what it means

[@tigermunky]

I work with a few Saffas and they're great people. They keep telling me about the wonders of a braai. One day, I will go to SA and experience the legend that is a good weekend long braai.

[@TheGloriousLobsterEmperor]

I'd just like to clear up some points, because I spent $80 on a Spitting Image DVD set *just* to listen to this song in the complete episode and have noticed a few things technically wrong with this video and the original, now copyright stricken, upload. This song is from Season 2, Episode 5. It isn't actually proceeded by the "My fellow South Africans..." speech, but rather a skit involving the dog shooting a sheep, serving it to a hunter, adding too much paprika, and then shooting himself, and isn't followed with the "We treat the blacks very well indeed..." skit, but rather a skit involving a fly landing on a cow pat and dancing whilst scat singing. I am an authority on this song, I paid $80 and waited three months just to get a DVD to listen to it.

[@CMGThePerson]

When you meet Elon Musk

[@rudyardwalker9113]

Elon is an English Afrikaner. This song is mostly aimed at Dutch descended Afrikaners.

[@cerberus4545]

@@rudyardwalker9113 Elon is English, he isn't an Afrikaner.

[@rudyardwalker9113]

@@cerberus4545 Afrikaner mostly refers to Dutch descended South Africans but it can also refer to those of English descent. Elon's great grandad was from England, yes but 2 generations of his family have been born in SA plus his dad probably has some Dutch Ancestry. Generally over here( in Britain) Afrikaner just means White south African regardless of background.

[@cerberus4545]

@@rudyardwalker9113 Cool. Afrikaner means Afrikaans speaking white person. Elon Musk isn't an Afrikaner or an "English Afrikaner".

[@rudyardwalker9113]

@@cerberus4545 oh nvm I just realized how stupid my initial comment sounded lmao. Thanks for the correction, my definitions are messed up.

[@GoodVideos4]

Well, it would be satire. Even many South Africans would regard it as that, much like with the Lethal Weapon 2 movie. That's because South African humour is basically about laughing at ourselves.

[@sam8742]

It's a bit like Australia, we insult ourselves all the time except just don't do it in poor taste

[@Alex-cw3rz]

I find it funny that the type of people who complain about comedy nowadays as not being good as back in their day, when if you transported them back to that point they would get offended by this song.

[@martinjugolin2087]

its horribke this mess of a song

[@USSLIBERTYREMEMBERER]

I’ve never met a nice Israeli

[@davestrider4973]

I've never met a nice palestinian

[@kyleshiflet9952]

Ah South Africa once basically the Deep South of England

[@seanregan1245]

Thank god Johnny reb never had nukes

[@kyleshiflet9952]

@@seanregan1245 true

[@TheAgProv]

And the other side of the coin is that these days, Holland is a left-liberal, tolerant, and largely racially colourblind, european country. I wonder if it it managed this because all the Dutch people inclined to be intolerant right-wing racist bigots emigrated to South Africa....

[@zackmuller2077]

@@TheAgProv careful there, we South Africans can take a joke, but an open insult will get your ass handed to you.

[@Jx-kj9fs]

@@TheAgProv no it’s cause the ones in Holland didnt live in Africa for generations 😭

[@bootitup6927]

Im gonna tell my kids this was "Africa" by Toto

[@Hannah52367]

I'm south african, and my online friend showed me this song and told his brother that he finally met a nice south african. 💀💀

[@gerhard6786]

I'm south african, I'm laughing my ass off, I'm not offended and my last name is Botha

[@kronosbach5263]

The mice thing is that most of the Afrikaners (me being one of them) are actually trying to get rid of racism. This is surprisingly rare.

[@boeloevanboeloefontein]

Funny how things turn on their head like that

[@Aetherguy-cb9bu]

Botha these nuts

[@wonjubhoy]

You guys still don't get diplomatic immunity!!!!

[@rhodie.]

@@kronosbach5263 maybe one day he will meet a somewhat decent South African.

[@DaL33T5]

The three Afrikaners I've ever met (I live in New York State) were: * An HR guy I had a job interview with * A training instructor at a previous job * And an expat who came along with her kids to watch an old bridge being demolished. Luckily they were more Breyten Breytenbach than PW Botha.

[@joannesaltfleet2071]

There was a lad that was south African called Jody who was at primary school when I was who had red hair. At a call centre I worked with a girl called Debbie who was fair skinned who was south African.

[@mermanwithoutatail376]

Wait, are you telling me someone brought their kids from South Africa to watch them take down the Tappan Zee??

[@DaL33T5]

@@mermanwithoutatail376 I think she and the kids already lived around here, but yes, it was the Tappen Zee!

[@pieterwillembotha6719]

shame, because PW Botha was fucken boss

[@DaL33T5]

@@pieterwillembotha6719 Botha was a stroke-ridden nutcase. Good riddance.

[@nightw4tchman]

Played this to a South African guy who I worked with for 6 months. He loved it.

[@stephenrimbach1311]

He should its true

[@martinjugolin2087]

he hates himself?

[@JohnSmith-uk6wh]

The theme song of Elon Musk

[@koldfield99]

Me when Elon Musk does anything:

[@alaskagyal]

This blew up.

[@jonathanjamieson6324]

rightfully so

[@hedgefundguy]

Why did it blow up?

[@oscargrainger2962]

My brother in law was a South African. He was a right miserable git.

[@quintinjansevanvuuren9638]

As a South African I can truly say I am not nice.

[@kayzeaza]

I hate how they removed all the spitting image videos from KZbin. This one was a classic

[@willforest5302]

song about aparthied being wrong youtube: im not going to allow that

[@SShendrik]

I think it is more the title than the actual song that is offensive. Otherwise most South Africans know how to laugh at themselves.

[@GCarty80]

Actually I think it's ITV (the original broadcasters of Spitting Image) that decided not to allow it, because they wanted to monetize the content themselves.

[@ericconnor8419]

Aka 'The Elon Musk song'

[@johnwilletts3984]

I’m English but lived in South Africa during the early 1980’s. The most insulting name they could call me or anyone else was Englishman. To be nice I was called a soutie (salty) because the English tended to live along the coast. We called the Afrikaners ‘Borkies’ meaning little farmers. I just loved the banter, we the souties would often join forces with the local Zulus and Indians to take the piss out of their racism. But the piss takes were only ever an expression of love for them.

[@eduardmostert3405]

They don't call the English 'soutie' because they tended to live near the coast. 'Soutie' is short for 'sout piel'. 'Sout meaning salt and 'piel' being a very crass word for penis. It originated way back in the day as an insult the Boers used to accused the English of not being loyal to South Africa. It is said that the Englishman has one foot in South Africa and one foot in England with his dick hanging in the Atlantic ocean, hence the name 'sout piel' (salt dick) or just 'soutie''.

[@terrorgaming459]

Cape town i imagine

[@nifralo2752]

Borkies pronounced boorkies? Cause I only recently learnt that Bore was pronounced boor not boer

[@TJ-nx9yr]

okay rooinek

[@ElNinoQuentinho]

"Soutie" is short for "soutpiel" or "salty dick." One foot in Africa, one foot in Europe, and your junk hangs over the ocean getting all salty.

[@cannedworms1814]

Other countries when omicron was found in South Africa

[@SShendrik]

I thought Covid came from China?

[@daman1999]

Im thinking about making a parody of this song called “Ive never Nice Moroccan”

[@sanderkoekkoek9866]

Dutch?

[@bee-beargaming]

My second favorite song from spitting image man u couldn't get away with humor like this now

[@hungarycountryball1056]

New Jersey: Finally, a worthy opponent

[@natowaveenjoyer9862]

>implying New Jersey did anything wrong

[@natebox4550]

@@natowaveenjoyer9862 It existing.

[@jakesaltman2442]

@@natebox4550, as a New Jersey Resident, I can confirm

[@oldmanmammoth5364]

Will you also post "We were only following orders" from spitting image since it got blocked?

[@GCarty80]

KZbin themselves were "only following orders" from ITV

[@czarevna]

why did they delete the other oneeeee reeeeee

[@atozed932]

ITV decided they wanted to enforce copyright again.

[@TheGloriousLobsterEmperor]

Now that Spitting Image got a revival, they're getting tougher on copyright.

[@JustAlice_Mai]

This song is stuck in my head welp

[@ethanpower381]

I would like to dedicate this song to Elon Musk

[@BuilderMan..]

I think I know hoo the modest German is

[@rudyardwalker9113]

A man with a funny moustache.

[@BuilderMan..]

Indeed

[@cometmoon4485]

🎵He's never met a nice israeli🎵 🎵And that's not bloody hard to see!🎵

[@evanawesome123]

MY GOD MAN! What do you think you wiped your feet on on the way in?!

[@spikie852]

Sat eating a Pot Noodle and had an urge to listen to this song for nostalgia :)

[@genbusami6161]

This song is accurate.

[@glendarjj3991]

I completely agree. It is completely accurate that there is a 'yeti in Nepal'

[@TheDeanOfYou]

Born in ZA, live in USA. Whole family is ZA and this is amazing.

[@BawlzOfuzz]

Braai is still better than BBQ.

[@sanderkoekkoek9866]

baie goed.

[@Monopoly907]

A perfect song to describe Elon Musk

[@greekhuman8706]

This hits different nowdays

[@surality]

The new variant brought me here, reminded year's ago hearing as an adolescent, now it provoking image's of farmer's getting unprovoked acid attacks or burnt alive in their farm's.

[@Goodroosters]

The only south african I've ever met was a very nice ornithologist. But still this song's hilarious

[@TheGloriousLobsterEmperor]

Wish the music video was still up :(

[@johnmich5643]

The video is on youtube. 😀

[@TheGloriousLobsterEmperor]

@@johnmich5643 Can you link it? The only version I remember got copyright claimed.

[@everythinghistory6770]

Daily Motion has the video

[@kittycubeenterprises7276]

@@everythinghistory6770 its also it Bitchute

[@everythinghistory6770]

@@kittycubeenterprises7276 oh, that's cool

[@jessestorey8312]

We haven't met one either.

[@Asdayasman]

I've never met a nice South African either, but I'm also not very well-travelled, so I've not met a single South African at all. I have met an Algerian though, that was interesting. He was very loud and boisterous, and wasn't interested in obeying his country's laws because he had money, but he had kind of a charm to him. I hope he's still doing well.

[@vodeankandosii3982]

We don't have servants! Well who does your garden? The gardener!

[@MartintheMetalhead]

except for Donald Woods and he's emigrating to London! Except for Ruth First and shes emigrating to Mozambique Except for Oliver Tambo and he's emigrating to Stockholm Except for Tim Jenkin and hes emigrating to London

[@dentonscheibal3]

I know a rational, open-minded Trump supporter but i've never met a nice South African.

[@steventheron1165]

Well I can tell you that I'm both a Trump supporter and a South African. I walk around with my MAGA cap, Springbok Jersey and rugby shorts with my balls hanging out but I can't fathom why I get such dirty looks from the expats here. Regardless, us SA conservatives love the hate so keep it coming 😉

[@MrTHEMONEEMAKER]

@@steventheron1165 might be the balls brother

[@etiennesickleton447]

@@steventheron1165 The bourgeoisie thanks you for your service.

[@jasonthomson7287]

You should travel more.

[@seanpratherful]

@@steventheron1165 so you’re one of the bell ends this song is making fun of?

[@History-and-stuff]

As a South African it’s all true!

[@theocean2698]

This is relevant once again.

[@QuietManUK]

Clearly not trying hard enough, I've met several, without even trying.

[@DaL33T5]

That lady from TikTok brought me here again. 🇺🇸

[@ThierryRocksTV]

My dad had this as his ringtone for years

[@elmerjfapp5730]

a "fairly modest" austrian

[@noblest_sir]

I love this song! not the comments on some of it's youtube reposts though... theres... a lot of racists in this song's comments

[@Sebi076]

This song is quite good

[@marcuspotter5590]

4 White South Africans disliked this.

[@billclinton3862]

Why would they? They know rorkes drift was complete glory

[@PanzerZA_Jnr]

lel, i liked it

[@rudyardwalker9113]

I'm a Brit and I disliked it 👀

[@steventheron1165]

@@rudyardwalker9113 I'm a white South African and I loved it. We are like the heels in WWE and most of us love it!

[@SShendrik]

Why bring race into this? Very curious. The title of the song is "I've never met a nice South African", I do not see any reference to race. The song is catchy and funny, the comments not so much.

[@oskarrmason1481]

Alfie Cox the enduro rider and rally driver is a nice South African.

[@Sotsufferer]

He’s not Afrikaans which this what this song is aimed at

[@RosieMama]

0.75 is chill as hell

[@johnhuggins1394]

I had a sort of girlfriend who is South African white and I'm not sure if she'd found this funny But then again she could have found it very funny, depending on mood she was in

[@ObiWanJabronE]

The Corona mutated in South Africa.

[@SShendrik]

And it came from China. What is your point?

[@devinfraserashpole4753]

@@SShendrik Trying to deflect the cause.

[@DeathBird]

I have been waiting for this for a while

[@KappaMCA]

Coco Schoppenboer is a nice South African.

[@Sil2iconDreams]

and she immigrated to the Netherlands

[@orionsquare]

After the btc crash following some tweets recently, I had to come here to listen to this song!

[@DarkFalconAnimations]

I’ve never met a mean South African. South Africa has been this way since 1994. I visit South Africa with my family every October and December, and I love it! I ❤️ 🇿🇦!

[@zackmuller2077]

Clearly you haven't visited in a while.

[@DarkFalconAnimations]

Not since December 2019.

[@joannesaltfleet2071]

They do irn bru in south Africa that reminds me of the English Dr pepper drink than the Scottish irn bru!

[@garystefan3995]

This is true, I'm the man from katmandu with two willies

[@raleighburner1589]

I like black people every home should have one ...

[@KingOfInsanity777]

What...?

[@PSP18128]

What abt "I have never met a nice Israeli" ?

[@studiojiggly8112]

Hope this vid stays up

[@motocomiot]

How true that still is.

[@cadian9432]

Spitting image; one of the last remnants of the British Empire 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧

[@article10]

Dedicated to Elon Musk.

[@Stefandup]

as a south african I find this hillarious but even funnier is that the "afrikaans* guys sound Australian to me😅

[@lucyhogan7172]

Ive met a black South African vet who was very nice called Matt

[@tristanband4003]

Well of course, he's not an Afrikaaner

[@devinfraserashpole4753]

@@tristanband4003 So all Afrikaaners are bad?

[@tristanband4003]

@@devinfraserashpole4753 Not all, but enough of them that I don't count on them being like Breytan Breytanbach

[@devinfraserashpole4753]

@@tristanband4003 You a pom or yank?

[@Stefandup]

@@tristanband4003 i understand where the stereotype of afrikaaners being bad comes from. they're often depicted as such as well as brutish and uncivilised but all in all it really just is that, a stereotype. this is coming from an english south african btw.

[@anonymouskerman8318]

South!

[@ElephantsDoingCrack]

Bro that's me 0:35

[@joedoherty21]

All the South Africans I've met were lovely

[@specledseverapod7926]

It's a joke

[@specledseverapod7926]

From spitting image

[@OkimeOlvx]

yeah ikr, this song is by some british people

[@specledseverapod7926]

@@OkimeOlvx im glad British people actually have a sense of humour

[@kingofthebeast4024]

Plot twist: They were black

[@bloodmapedit]

To be precise, "South African" is a nationality, so it could be anyone who was living in the RSA back in the 80's.

[@musikaamusic1787]

The first South African I met was in London in the 1980s who told me he'd moved to the UK to get away from Afrikaners because he said they were unfriendly, lol. Since then I've met 2 nice South African women (although one of them was racist when talking about black people), one unfriendly SA woman who hosed me with water while watering the posh end of the communal garden (i lived down the social housing end but had ventured into the posh 1.5 million house price end she lived in to sit on a bench there). I've met 2 black SA men who were both nice. I met 2 friendly white SA men. The other white SA men have all been mean: a total stranger insulted me very publicly on the tube for not binning a cup i was going to bin when i got off the train (there are no bins on the tube) - i was using a walking stick at the time which seemed to elicit the absurd level of anger he expressed on seeing me put my empty coffee cup by my side; a very unpleasant SA male hospital manager who tried to alter my medical history and records to cover up some serious hospital errors, a dog walker who I assumed to be from SA by his accent insulted me when I tried to make polite conversation when a family member's little dog didn't want to play with his big barking dog. I've not had this experience of meanness towards strangers from any other country's people except white SA men. It's sad if this is representative. We are all ambassadors of our country and people's opinion of a nation is formed by the people they meet from there. As the majority of my encounters with white SA men have been of condescension and put downs, I'm left with the impression that a disproportionate number of them have a superiority complex towards women. It's not funny, it's sad, particularly when one finds out that SA has some of the highest stats of violence against women in the world. So all I can say is it's no surprise Spitting Image wrote a song called I've never met a nice South African or that there's a well known comedy airline sketch about this observed unfriendliness. I assume there are historical reasons for it.

[@charlesjoseph1768]

White south Africans are some of the nicest people you can ever meet, respect.

[@xila-man8249]

The English descents or the Dutch descents? I personally like those of the English descents

[@devinfraserashpole4753]

@@xila-man8249 Why not the other descent?

[@traceytorrington7447]

In your dreams, mate.

[@DonnyTinyHands]

Fun Fact: Hitler was Austrian.

[@alexhotere3515]

But he was a legal German citizen

[@PikTheRedPikAUTTP]

The best song eva!

[@lawrence.ap28]

This song is accurate, and I’m a South African

[@MWhaleK]

LOL!! Thanks for letting us know.

[@victoriamartin9918]

I’m South African and I can verify this

[@rick182z]

is it still proper racist

[@lronhoyabembe8403]

And that's not bloody surprising mun

[@basedelon]

We can all learn from modern South Africa. A beacon of democracy and a country ran perfectly.

[@John_the_commenter]

You sure?

[@basedelon]

@@John_the_commenter ;)

[@anthonysalgado5118]

Without electricity, we are now really a part of darkest SA.

[@anthonysalgado5118]

"Ran" perfectly ran being the opperative word. Its not running now its staggering along.

[@RA9U1]

"At least I'm not racist." - said the Englishman as he was stabbed in the street whilst his daughter was groomed in a kebab shop. "At least I'm not Islamophobic." - said the French cartoonist as he's riddled with bullets in his studio and his friend is likewise beheaded in the street for mocking Muhammad. "At least I'm not a bigot, I love tacos." - said the American as he was giving a press release about how his daughter was caught and murdered by an illegal migrant in a cornfield.

[@stevenmacdonald9619]

Was the tag line at the end of the chorus permitted on TV. It's bad enough I knew, and sang the words to this song when I was so young, but I don't remember that being in the song, the chorus ended with no sense of humour in the UK I think?

[@rogerchristensen2741]

Im laughing so hard. Thanks for taking away my depression for 2:33 min. xD

[@Ltlguylad]

My version is "ive never met a nice brittish leader"

[@hyperspeedcrab]

The only nice South African I know is fictional

[@loona_mew]

Elon musk buying twitter

[@ChristopherJacobs]

I am friends with a South African and he is nice and funny sometimes