This is not intended for those who comment without reading the entire blog or those lacking a sense of humor. And those with an inflated sense of patriotism better stop here as well.
To the government of the former Republic of South Africa from Her Sovereign Majesty Queen Elizabeth II: Due to your continued failure to financially support yourselves and your complete failure to elect competent Presidents, you are declared unfit to govern yourselves. We hereby give notice of the revocation of your independence, effective immediately. To aid in the transition to a British Crown dependency, the following will be implemented with immediate effect
Her Sovereign Majesty Queen Elizabeth II will resume monarchical duties over all provinces except for the district of
Magersfontein, which still leaves a foul taste in her mouth. Those not willing to accept British rule will be banished to
Magersfontein.
In future, the ‘Boer War’ will be referred to as the ‘Boer Rebellion’. All statues of the rebel leaders and generals will be incarcerated on
Robben Island, which will henceforth be known as ‘
Boerasic Park’. The space vacated by such statues will be filled with statues of Sir Redvers Buller, Lord Kitchener, Lord Roberts, and the likes of them.
Your national flag, which resembles a beach towel, will be replaced by the Union Jack. Your parliament is disbanded with immediate effect. Her Majesty has appointed Peter Hain as Governor for South Africa. He will arrive shortly and there will be no need for further elections. This should not change the schedules of most MPs because they never attend any parliament sessions in any way.
Using South African slang, like ‘ja’, ‘kak’, lekka’ and so forth, is an unacceptable and inefficient form of communication. There is no such thing as South African English. Having a multitude of official languages (as you have) is confusing and English will be the only recognised language. All street and town names that were changed after 1910, will revert back to the original British names. Your public holidays will all be replaced with British public holidays.
You must tell us what happened to the Kruger millions. It is driving us crazy. An internal revenue agent (tax collector) from Her Majesty's Government will join you shortly to ensure the gathering of all monies due to the Crown. This will be backdated to the formation of your, now defunct, republic.
The former RSA will adopt the British currency and the ZAR will be useless paper only fit to play monopoly (not that it is worth much more as it stands now). No compensation will be paid for losses incurred by the switch of currency. You will seize to import inferior products from the East. As of now, all imports will be only from the United Kingdom. UK prices on petrol will come into immediate effect.
Duels are forbidden. You will learn to resolve differences without using guns, spears, or any other traditional weapons. Your need for weapons to resolve issues shows that you're not ready to be independent. Guns should only be used for hunting. If you can't sort things out without shooting someone, then you're not ready to hunt. Therefore, you will no longer be allowed to own or carry anything more dangerous than a peashooter. You will require a license if you wish to carry a peashooter in public.
God Save the Queen!
A very happy St Valentine's day to all you sweet dolls out there.