Just this tonight.
From the Groote Schuur Estate a couple of weeks back.
Category: this is south africa
PistoriusBalls 16
Ah yes. We return, following a month or more of psychological assessment for the defendant. And the first and most important order of business is, of course, that psychological report… Right after we’ve dealt with the Pistorious family’s scent choices, that is:
I can also report that #OscarPistorius family’s women continue to have great taste in perfume. Subtle, nuanced, not overly floral.
— Phillip de Wet (@phillipdewet) June 30, 2014
It’s like some sort of twisted reunion:
Gosh. How I’ve missed the insane ramblings and hysterical screamtweets of the pro- and anti-Oscar factions.. — Charl du Plessis (@CharlduPlessc) June 30, 2014
And we’ve missed your insane ramblings too, Charl. Almost as much as we’ve missed Barry “Oscar gives me followers” Bateman and his incisive and detailed commentary:
#OscarTrial Pistorius has spent the adjournment reading a document in a blue file. BB
— Barry Bateman (@barrybateman) June 30, 2014
Not everyone in the class can concentrate that hard and that long though.
There’s always that one class clown, isn’t there, ruining things for everyone else?
Blah blah attenuation blah blah ambient noise. From the big questions — is he sane? — #OscarPistorius has again degenerated into minutia.
— Phillip de Wet (@phillipdewet) June 30, 2014
It’s your own time you’re wasting, Phillip. *teacher sighs*
Why can’t you be more attentive, like David?
#Pistorius slips pen into breast pocket, turns the pages of a ring binder where some passages are highlighted yellow and grips his iPhone.
— David Smith (@SmithInAfrica) June 30, 2014
Was this ring binder the blue file? Why didn’t Bateman tell us about the highlighting? What colour was the pen? What model is the iPhone?
Find out all this and more, tomorrow, in the next thrilling installment of PistoriusBalls!
Giraffe Love
Sounds kinky, but no…
We went out to Giraffe House yesterday in the winter sunshine and saw much animal. Highlight for our 5-year-old daughter though, was Gerry the Giraffe. She decided that she wanted Gerry to meet her somewhat smaller stuffed toy giraffe. It was a lovely idea, but the chances of it happening seemed slim. At this point, as a parent, you have to decide whether to prepare your child for probable disappointment or take a chance on success – the downside being potentially facing a distraught little girl when things don’t go according to plan.
My thanks go out at this point to Gerry the Giraffe, because he really came through for us yesterday afternoon:
It might have been [let’s face it, it clearly was] that Gerry thought that Scoop’s toy giraffe was actually a tasty morsel of food, but in my little girl’s mind, Gerry was so happy to see the little fellow that she’d brought along, that he gave him a big, wet kiss.
It made her day. Which is great, because the alternative, had Gerry been less accommodating, would probably have been unpretty.
More on Giraffe House when I get chance to review and upload my photos.
Oude Meester Ad
This Oude Meester ad with Idris Elba and Siaybonga Radebe has been punctuating my World Cup watching.
I like it.
Contrary to popular belief, the brandy is pretty decent as well.
Belated Flickr Update
We found ourselves in the midst of some ridiculously mild weather for the midwinter’s weekend, and thus we headed up to Rhodes Memorial to sample some views and some nature.
Yes, I took a few photos, the kids spotted a quagga or three and there may have been the bonus of tea and cake at the little restaurant up there.
It was only when I did a quick upload this evening that I realised that there were some photos from last month (OMG, no?!?) (But actually OMG, yes!) that had yet to be uploaded to Flickr as well.
This I have now done. And suddenly, I have a whole new raft of potential quota photos!
I promise to use them sparingly and only when necessary.
I tacked the old photos from last month onto this album, and I put today’s stuff here. Go see!