How do YOU understand the term........

Boet · Postby **Boet** » Thu Feb 19, 2009 5:40 pm

Civil servant. ?????

Bennie Vorster · Postby **Bennie Vorster** » Thu Feb 19, 2009 6:20 pm

Boet wrote:Civil......... servant. ?????

a Well behaved .......Butler

Trikenut · Postby **Trikenut** » Thu Feb 19, 2009 7:00 pm

NOT Carl Niehaus!!!

RV4ker (RIP) · Postby **RV4ker (RIP)** » Thu Feb 19, 2009 9:18 pm

I would say OXYMORON, but think it just MORON...

PS
Nothing personal against any on here that may be of said species, but somewhere along the line the majority I have encountered changed their Civil Servant "title" to Not so Civil Master

Postby **Morph** » Thu Feb 19, 2009 11:25 pm

Agreed, instead of being an enabler, they have become the disabler

John Young · Postby **John Young** » Fri Feb 20, 2009 5:56 am

Boet wrote:Civil servant. ?????

Hi Boet,

Being a "dubble de-clutch person" in the sticks, let me help you.

The term "civil servant" has been discontinued and allowed to become dormant.

It applied to a bygone era where officials were civil and provided a service.

Regards
John ZU-sEXY

Boet · Postby **Boet** » Fri Feb 20, 2009 9:33 am

I THINK I understand now. You mean, instead of helping the very people responsible for their own daily bread, they are a constant hindrance, and not helping the whole process to go ahead smoothly ??

Afrikaans term for all of the above: n Stok in die speke.

RV4ker (RIP) · Postby **RV4ker (RIP)** » Fri Feb 20, 2009 9:36 am

I always thought it was "n Drol in die Drinkwater"

Frootbat · Postby **Frootbat** » Fri Feb 20, 2009 11:20 am

. . . . In our terms, it is more like: " 'n Muis drol in die main jet" . . . . .

Bennie Vorster · Postby **Bennie Vorster** » Sat Feb 21, 2009 8:49 am

Trikenut wrote:NOT Carl Niehaus!!!

No one in politics at this stage...................it is all about self enrichment and not about passion for caring. I can still remember the days when the cities ......Meyer....... got little remuneration for his services but it was an honourable and respected position..

Nowadays the poor people even have to fill the position of the main clown in their own circus............ and no it is not that I'm that old. It was not to long ago.

salem · Postby **salem** » Sat Feb 21, 2009 9:19 am

'Civil Servant' ranks right up there in the realm of oxymorons as 'Military Intelligence'