Category Archives: in the news

Things you won’t read in The Mirror

By 6000 | 6000 | June 29, 2010

Number 1 in a series of 1 (so far). It seems that Sunday Mirror hack Simon Wright was behind the much-publicised “Fan in the Changing Room” incident after England’s pisspoor showing against Algeria in Cape Town. This from local paper The Times (which is no paragon of virtue or accuracy either, I might add): A British [...]

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More positivity

By 6000 | 6000 | June 24, 2010

More positivity from big names and big sites as the South African hosting of the 2010 World Cup continues to impress people worldwide. Shari Cohen on The Huffington Post: To say that I have been blown away at the hospitality South Africa has shown the rest of the world would be an understatement. If South [...]

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German man throws puppy at Hell’s Angels and then escapes on stolen bulldozer

By 6000 | 6000 | June 23, 2010

File under Acts, German students carrying out inexplicable. Via the Daily Telegraph and rather late due to World Cup traffic blocking the South African internet (cough): The 26-year-old drove into the grounds of the motorcycle gang members’ clubhouse north of Munich on Sunday, according to reports in local media. The young man, who was not [...]

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World Cup Issues

By 6000 | 6000 | June 4, 2010

A couple of World Cup images that caught my interest today. Firstly, The Onion reports on an error that I’m shocked no-one had spotted before: No wonder the Germans (and the Italians) (and the Spanish) (etc etc) are complaining about it. And then, a little more seriously (I hope) the SABC Building, patriotically illuminated: Look [...]

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Avoid costly mobile phone bills while in South Africa

By 6000 | 6000 | June 3, 2010

I can’t actually believe that I’m writing this. This sort of thing is so basic, it shouldn’t need to be written. And that’s going to open the floodgates to all sorts of other basic advice posts like how to wipe your bum after going to the toilet and how you should use a spoon instead [...]

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