The Lucky Jersey
Tannie Marietjie’s jersey has not been washed since 1995. Then Oom Kallie did the laundry.
Panel 1. Thursday. Two days before the final.
- Oom Kallie: It smelled like 1995.
- Tannie Marietjie: THAT WAS THE LUCK.
Panel 2. - Thabo: Tannie, is it recoverable?
- Gogo Nomsa: Braai smoke. Two days. No shortcuts.
Panel 3. - Tannie Marietjie: Thirty-one years of smoke. We have forty-eight hours to put it back.
- Oom Kallie: And me?
- Tannie Marietjie: Smoke duty. Until the final whistle.
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Panel 1
Beside the washing machine Oom Kallie proudly holds up a freshly washed green jersey while Tannie Marietjie stares at it in horror.
Caption: Thursday. Two days before the final.
Oom Kallie: It smelled like 1995.
Tannie Marietjie: THAT WAS THE LUCK.
Panel 2
In her kitchen Tannie Marietjie holds up a video call with Thabo while Gogo Nomsa, visiting, looks on, deeply worried.
Thabo: Tannie, is it recoverable?
Gogo Nomsa: Braai smoke. Two days. No shortcuts.
Panel 3
At night the clean jersey hangs over a smoking braai. Tannie Marietjie keeps watch from a camping chair with a flask while Oom Kallie fans the smoke towards it.
Tannie Marietjie: Thirty-one years of smoke. We have forty-eight hours to put it back.
Oom Kallie: And me?
Tannie Marietjie: Smoke duty. Until the final whistle.
