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What exactly happened up at the university?

By 6000 | 6000 | March 16, 2012

Ah, the bizarre otherworldliness of the Southern Suburbs Tatler letters page. We’ve mentioned it here several times before, but yesterday’s edition gave us no less than two (2) examples of just how odd the folk that write into this freebie rag are. Firstly, a simple and straightforward request from Douglas Rose-innes of Rondebosch: I am [...]

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Counter Attacks

By 6000 | 6000 | July 10, 2010

“When I’m feeling blue, all I have to do, is take a look at you, then I’m not so blue.” So sang Phillip “it is here” Collins in his hit Against All Odds. Quite why he couldn’t find another word to rhyme with “blue”, particularly with the massive lexicographical selection available to him, I have no [...]

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Rogue Abyssinian is a menace

By 6000 | 6000 | June 5, 2009

The batty residents of Claremont are at it again in the invaluable Southern Suburbs Tatler: To the owner of the roaming Abyssinian cat in the Lynfrae Avenue area: your cat comes into my home on a daily basis to eat my cats’ food, to urinate in and against my kitchen cupboards and other furniture, and [...]

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The Tale of Blanket Man

By 6000 | 6000 | February 27, 2009

More from the free weekly amusement that is the Southern Suburbs Tatler. You may recall the story of the annoying church bells, which they ran a couple of weeks ago. This time, they’re reporting on a recent Residents’ and Ratepayers’ Association meeting in the suburb of Pinelands. Now, I’ve no doubt that there are some serious issues being [...]

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A reminder of the time

By 6000 | 6000 | February 13, 2009

A tenuous churchy theme running through today, I note. From the letters page of the Southern Suburbs Tatler, the local freebie that they continue to insist on delivering, despite my many threats of violence. Perhaps I’m threatening the wrong people. The subject being discussed is the rights and wrongs of church bells being rung early in [...]

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