Monthly Archives: December 2008

The Southern Suburbs Sprout Shortage

By 6000 | 6000 | December 24, 2008

There are no Brussels sprouts in the Southern suburbs of Cape Town. In fact, there seems to be an overall shortage of Brassicaceae generally. I’ve never really understood the huge rush to buy stuff just before Christmas.  The shops are, after all, only closed for one day. In fact, since every branch of Woolworths (the [...]

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Trolling for Keith…

By 6000 | 6000 | December 22, 2008

Warning! This post contains language that some may consider offensive! Way back in July, I wrote about my feelings upon the release of Batman: The Dark Knight. I was sick to death (no pun intended) about the amount of hype surrounding the film, which would have been much lessened were it not for one of [...]

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SE X1

By 6000 | 6000 | December 17, 2008

Remember back in April, when I told you that my wife had a better cell phone than I did? Of course you do.  Well, shame-faced and mildly embarrassed since that day, I have been plotting my revenge. Not because I had anything against my lovely wife, you understand. Well, apart from the fact that it [...]

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2010 rip-off

By 6000 | 6000 | December 15, 2008

As Sepp Blatter finally told the world that there was no plan B and that there was no way that 2010 World Cup would be held anywhere except South Africa (again), I was out and about, trying my best to fulfil his wish that South Africa must get more involved in and more enthusiastic over the event, now [...]

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Learning the hard way

By 6000 | 6000 | December 13, 2008

“Ooh!” “Ha ha!” “ROOOOOOOOOAR!” It’s been a “fun” morning. You know – “fun”? Like going to a local shopping mall with hopelessly inadequate parking 12 days before christmas. “Fun”.  Yet, desperate to get into the festive spirit, despite the temperature outside being in excess of 30°C, we had headed out in search of a christmas [...]

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