Category Archives: annoying people

When we were top the league

By 6000 | 6000 | June 20, 2011

Yes, Sheffield football is currently suffering, but I was recently reminded by a friend on Facebook that there was a time – however brief – when my beloved Sheffield United were top of the Premier League league – and Man U were bottom: Fans of the Manchester club may want to look away rather than watch that [...]

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Lantern ban in the offing?

By 6000 | 6000 | June 19, 2011

Sky News today is reporting that there are moves afoot to ban “Chinese” Lanterns in the UK because of their potential “deadly impact”. Apparently, these lanterns can drift for miles and land on farmland, where their metal frames can be devoured by livestock: Agriculture Minister Jim Paice has urged people to think twice about letting [...]

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Important Youth issues tackled

By 6000 | 6000 | June 17, 2011

With yesterday being Youth Day here in South Africa, youths have been very much in the news. It’s only right that the Youth should have their own day when one looks at the sacrifices made in Soweto in 1976. And the Youth of today still face a huge number of challenges, so what better plan [...]

7 Comments | Tagged , , , |Also posted in politics, that's a bit mad, this is south africa

Blade’s Big Words

By 6000 | 6000 | June 15, 2011

You know how it is. You emerge from the lab, having metaphorically flung all that you possess at the TB growing in there and you need a coffee. And while the kettle is boiling, you glance at Monday’s newspaper, dozing casually on the tea room table and you catch sight of Blade Nzimande’s outburst which [...]

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Breakfast & Baboons & Buffoons at the Porter Estate Market

By 6000 | 6000 | June 11, 2011

It’s been a while since we headed down to Zwaanswyk and the Porter Estate Saturday Morning Market. Lots to see and do here, but first, it was breakfast time and while the kids amused themselves in the sandpit and on the jungle gym, I amused myself with bacon, egg, veal sausage and onion. Which was [...]

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