Category Archives: that’s a bit mad

The Soutpiel conundrum

By 6000 | 6000 | December 15, 2010

I get called a lot of names because of this blog. Some are nice, but probably most are not. The less pleasant ones dribble limply into the metaphorical pond, like water off a duck’s back. But there’s one which is fairly regularly used each and every time I make any criticism of South Africa (that being the [...]

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Fish & Dragons

By 6000 | 6000 | December 7, 2010

Sorry, the missus has just waved her fingernails under my nose, having just painted them with a range of volatile compounds, and I now find myself ducking to avoid the salmon leaping across the sofa and the dragons which are picking them off in mid air, in a style not unreminiscent of a cross between [...]

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Maybe tomorrow

By 6000 | 6000 | December 5, 2010

I was thinking that I might go to a small town somewhere between Lehututu and the A2 in Botswana today, but actually, I really can’t be bothered. Maybe tomorrow.

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Happy Fatsgiving

By 6000 | 6000 | November 25, 2010

Enjoy your Thanksgiving, because if you try this, it will probably be your last. This is a bird in a bird in a bird in a bird in a bird in a pig. It’s myocardial infarction on a plate. Dear lord, please don’t let anyone senior at Spur see this… Thanks Capello

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Detention for Dad?

By 6000 | 6000 | November 21, 2010

Uh-oh – incoming from the headmaster at my son’s school: Dear Mr Thousand, I felt it important that I should get in touch with you regarding the selection of items which you sent in with Alex for the school’s recent South Africa Day last week. As you will no doubt recall, we asked parents to [...]

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