"I thought only rich people had email addresses!"

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Stacey and J Sbu recently had a conversation off-air where they discussed the interesting, hilarious thoughts and you had as a child.

And it made them realise that as kids, there were certain things your neighbours, friends or even other family members would own that made you believe they were rich.

They might not even have been but when you saw this one thing you just assumed, for some reason, even though there was no justification for it, that they had some serious cash money dollars.

For J Sbu it was every time he saw a very specific piece of furniture and for Stacey, it was something in her friends' fridge...

We also asked KZN to let us know: what are some of the things you thought were indicators of wealth when you were younger?
8 Sep 2021 English South Africa Society & Culture · Personal Journals

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