{"id":663984,"date":"2019-07-25T08:20:07","date_gmt":"2019-07-25T08:20:07","guid":{"rendered":" <br><img src=\"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/D8R5px-XUAABh-1.jpg\" \/><br><div id=\"article-more-body\" data-reactid=\".fq80kz8q5q.1.e.0.0.0.5.1\"><!--sse--><!-- C-ON- TEXT_CONTENT_START --><p>Cape Town - We've all had those moments of be"},"modified":"2019-07-25T08:20:07","modified_gmt":"2019-07-25T08:20:07","slug":"howiwasplayed-shows-the-funny-embarrassing-ways-sa-tweeps-were-fooled","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/07\/25\/howiwasplayed-shows-the-funny-embarrassing-ways-sa-tweeps-were-fooled\/","title":{"rendered":"#HowIWasPlayed shows the funny, embarrassing ways SA tweeps were fooled"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/D8R5px-XUAABh-1.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div id=\"article-more-body\" data-reactid=\".fq80kz8q5q.1.e.0.0.0.5.1\"><!--sse--><!-- C-ON- TEXT_CONTENT_START --><\/p>\n<p>Cape Town &#8211; We&#8217;ve all had those moments of being completely taken for a fool, but sometimes we&#8217;re lucky enough to get away with no one else knowing about our embarrassment.<\/p>\n<p>However, on Wednesday, South Africans decided to confess the funny, cringe-worthy and occasionally appalling ways in which they were played for a fool.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>From the little white lies our parents would tell us when we were young, to the lies we bought into that our political leaders sold us, and everything else in between.<\/p>\n<p>South African tweeps didn&#8217;t hold back, including the serious and minor ways that they were played:<\/p>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\" data-reactid=\".fq80kz8q5q.0.1b\">!function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s) {\n                        if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function() {\n                           n.callMethod? n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};\n                        if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';\n                        n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\n                        t.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n                        s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window,document,'script','https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n                        fbq('init', '794201197427829');\n                        fbq('track', 'PageView');\n                           <\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" data-reactid=\".fq80kz8q5q.1.4\">(function(d, s, id) {\n                    var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];\n                    if (d.getElementById(id)) return;\n                    js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;\n                    js.src = \"http:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_GB\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&version=v2.9\";\n                    fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);\n                  }(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));<\/script><script src=\"http:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/all.js#xfbml=1\" id=\"facebook-jssdk\" async=\"\" data-reactid=\".fq80kz8q5q.1.u\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cape Town &#8211; We&#8217;ve all had those moments of being completely taken for a fool, but sometimes we&#8217;re lucky enough to get away with no one else knowing about our embarrassment. 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