Category Archives: the parenting bunny

Father’s Grey

By 6000 | 6000 | June 21, 2009

As it is a rather grey Father’s Day here in Cape Town and I’m full of cold, I have spent most of the day inside watching the T20 final, reading my new Jeremy Clarkson book (sorry Mum) and listening to Placebo and Kasabian’s latest offerings. I’m never sure about albums with completely ridiculous titles, but despite [...]

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littleworld update

By 6000 | 6000 | June 19, 2009

Incoming from Nicole – who commented on the original littleworld post: I received a (short and sweet) reply from Anita Scott, Customer Service Head at Woolworths to the email I sent her about this issue. “Dear Nicole  Thank you for bringing this to our attention. I will respond to the customer.” Her email was sent at [...]

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Woolworths – in their own littleworld

By 6000 | 6000 | June 17, 2009

Over here in SA, we have our own Woolworths. It’s completely unconnected with the UK Woolworths which finally died the death in a blaze of media coverage in January. Our Woolies is more akin to Marks & Spencer, with food prices to match.   I occasionally pop in to Woolworths, usually for fresh produce – [...]

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Is that really the best you could manage?

By 6000 | 6000 | June 16, 2009

It being a public holiday in South Africa today, we had the choice of taking the kids to the Aquarium to attack some generic fish or to Bizzy Bodies to attack a jumping castle or three. Given the choice early on, Alex opted for fish molestation at the aquarium, but as soon as inflatable fun was mentioned, [...]

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On being studious

By 6000 | 6000 | June 14, 2009

I’d love to be studious again. I have tried to be studious for most of my life, but after I finished my Masters, I discovered that I had become so fed up of studiousness that I decided to turn my back on it forever. Or at least until I changed my mind. Which appears to be [...]

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