Commentary by Kyle Cowan
As with most discussions around a braai fire, things can get rather heated pretty quickly.
If there is one thing Five Cent Piece learned very early in life, it’s never to mix politics, religion or antibiotics with brandewyn and braaivleis.
Some folk just can’t handle healthy debate when topics like the proper way to clean the grid are discussed.
This weekend Five Cent Piece was pleasantly surprised when the talk turned not to religion or who should be running the country, but to the benefits of having a ‘boep’.
The first benefit, and this is not to be scoffed at, is the fact that your shoes will never get dirty, because your food doesn’t fall on them.
This is a legitimate problem if you are always eating on the run, and dirty shoes can make or break a first impression.
The second benefit is that you will never break your glasses when you walk into a wall.
Now, Oom Jaco told this story with a straight face. Five Cent Piece couldn’t help but laugh, and soon realised ‘Boep Benefits’ was a serious thing.
Sure it makes it difficult to navigate your way in and out of a sporty two-door hatchback, but nothing beats a home-cooked meal and a cold one.
The steak sizzled, the laughter died out and silence fell like a wet chop.
And then Five Cent Piece got thinking…
There are lots of ooms out there who are very proud of their boeps. They cultivate it over years. Years of hard work, drinking and eating.
What if there were a Boep Club? And a national ‘Best Boep’ Competition? What makes for a good boep, and how hard is it to keep it up? Or down, rather.
The rest of the world would think we’re crazy. Well, the world already thinks there are lions running around in our gardens and we don’t have Internet.
Ja nee…ons gaan nou braai.
