Category Archives: this is south africa

Feeling cheated…?

By 6000 | 6000 | March 27, 2012

I’m told by a usually reliable source that some readers feel cheated when they surf the internet and arrive upon the sandy shores of 6000 miles… only to find that a quota photo. Well… sorry for you. Hectic day in the lab, babysitting this evening, football match tonight. So here’s a sunrise that looks uncannily [...]

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ASA ruling against Red Bull – those complaints in full

By 6000 | 6000 | March 26, 2012

I really don’t want to get into this, but I absolutely had to share the complaints against the Red Bull “Jesus walks on water ad” (you can watch it here), as submitted to the SA ASA. It’s comedy gold! COMPLAINTS The complainant submitted, in essence, that: The commercial is offensive as it makes a mockery [...]

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Cape Party make huge strides on “Turn Cape into France” effort

By 6000 | 6000 | March 26, 2012

Regular readers will remember last year’s infamous Cape Party want to turn the Cape into France Shock! post, in which I suggested that, shockingly, the Cape Party wanted to turn the Cape into France and which was revived recently by commenter Lourens Camphor’s fantastic PERHAPS YOU ARE A BABY!!! allegation: Check the party emblem and compare the shape [...]

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Half A World Away

By 6000 | 6000 | March 25, 2012

On the day the UK’s clocks went forward – which always makes it seem closer – and the temperatures in Cape Town were a mere 5C warmer than Sheffield, there were also a couple of similar poses on display in the respective cities:         That’s me watching the boy swim and my Dad enjoying [...]

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Let Me Take You By The Hand…

By 6000 | 6000 | March 24, 2012

…and lead you through the streets of London… Quota music video after this comment on my last post. This was undoubtedly Ralph McTell’s biggest hit, re-released in 1974 – I haven’t heard it in years, but the busy guitar work does remind me of bustling London.

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