Record strange instances, odd happenings and calamities

worn at the event by the speaker:

I would say, Cinderella style, a long dress, flared, in a pale yellow silk. The sleeves were wide bat sleeves, with an ombre muave on one sleeve and ombre pink on the other.

Notquite ‘with it’, in my opinion.

Then I realised that she was blind and was probably puzzled about me. She probably found my accent strange and did not know who I was or how/ if I fitted in!

Howzit Jakob!

Or can I call you JZ? Don’t want to be forward. Anyway, I was checking that painting the other day and I immediately thought to myself “Geez, I really thought it would be bigger”.

The painting I mean. It’s epic you know, kind of thing that could get people to rise up you know?

Ja, so I heard you were pissed off about it. You mustn’t let these okes push you around china! (oh shit, am I aloud to say that?) Don’t they know you’ve got a machine gun? Jissus man, they must catch a wake up!

Why don’t you just tune them what you’ve done so far. That should shut them up. For one, tell them about how well the education system is working now. Zille mustn’t come with that refugee stuff. Or how honest our police management is, or maybe tell them about all the service you have delivered. I mean some of those okes are so happy that they are building bonfires in the streets to celebrate all this service delivery.

Or even better man, why don’t you just sue everybody! Ja, no that’s the best idea. That way you get to spend more money! Jis, I like spending money too. A oke must mos look stylish. Ask Juju, that man can dress. Oh, but you okes don’t talk any more he? Pity man, you were like really tight. I bet he would kill for a tender now!! Sorry JZ just my strange humour.

Anyway, you must be lekker. If you short some money you can just mos take some from the taxpayers? Sorted!

Cheers boet,

which I cannot reveal here, but it gives me insight into the current state of play, a good deal of nonsense that needs to be cleared.

Perhaps I am ahead of the game?

He first of all ransacked a garden shed where boxes of clothes were being stored prior to a move. He then donned an outfit consisting of a combination of the man’s and the woman’s clothing.

Thereafter, he approached the very people living in that house for a job as a gardener, while wearing the stolen clothing!

End of game.

Something one could certainyl NEVER do in the UK and probably many countries in the northern hemosphere.

But Dh and I were at a most avante garde and trndy furniture store mid morning today, having a cool lemonade.

At a nearby table, a mom and her friend were with a baby boy who was a bit restless and grouchy. He crawled over to DH’s chair and DH then tickled his curly mop of hair. The baby liked it and stopped grizzling, so DH tickled his tummy, and later on his back. I said, ‘he’s not a puppy’ so the mother and her friend laughed! The baby was enjoying it, the mother was happy and commented how sweet it was ….. this would NEVER happen elsewhere. As she left, the mother thanked DH for entertaining her baby.

(And, incidentally, the mother happens to be a TV presenter here although DH was oblivious about who she was! She presents etiquette and decor programmes.)

Due to carelessness: this lionkeeper was atttacked and mauled to detah as another worker had left a gate open.

The poor man had worked with the lions for over 40 years without incident.

in the past, at a concet.

He was overly friendly, but then he IS a schmoozer.

I noticed his ‘Jesus sandals’ and almost reminded him about a conflict we had about him wearing those when teaching.

But the resilient, brave and incredibly lucky New Zealander, who was bungee jumping off the bridge between Zimbabwe and Zambia, fell into the Zambesi river, had the pluck to dive under water to release the trailing cord, free her feet which were bound together, and swim to the bank to await rescue.

What a lucky escape!

This happened at the one where I taught for a number of years.

Students trying to apply late for admittance stampeded today, resultiung in the death of one person.

Truth to tell, students who are applying this late are generally very disorganised, or have unexpetedly recived a better result. Either way, they are NOT usually the cream of the crop.

The university should have had better crowd control measures in place.