Author: Soutie

Ambling armadillo

 

Are you a 'Sluggish snail?'

 

I’m told that this can be rather addictive, it took me 4 goes just to get a score (perhaps my mouse is too sensitive for the BBC 😉 )

My mate, who sent the link to me tells me that he can’t get past Bobbing bobcat, good for him!

Do we have any Rocketing rabbits here, or perhaps even a Turbo-charged cheetah!

Go on, don’t be sheepish, click one of the three links, you can even give you’re family and mates a try but be warned you might not get your mouse back!

Feel free to record your scores below, don’t be embarrassed I’ve made my score the post title.

My quickest reaction time? 0.252 sec.

Pigspotter

Photocopped

A chap up in Jhb has been charged with obstructing the ends of justice for posting warnings of speed camera locations on Twitter.

Identified so far only as ‘Cliff’ he apparently  has a following of some 20,000 motorists, here is a sample of some of his tweets –

“Three piggies dust bathing in the shade by Epsom downs. Trapping,“

“Pork chops sitting under the shade with a speed camera on Jan Smuts Corner Adith Road coming from JHB CBD,“

In his tweets, Cliff refers to traffic police as “pigs”, “porkers” or “bacon rashers”.

News 24 reports that Cliff has now hired a lawyer and that nobody is quite sure if a crime has been committed or not!

PigSpotter has an innocent explanation for the term “pig” he uses to describe metro cops – according to him, it is an abbreviation for Police in Gauteng. (Gauteng of course being the name of the Province)

I rather like the term ‘dust bathing’ 🙂

Taxi wars (Caption competition)

Those who have recently visited would have noticed our ‘informal’ mass transport system, more commonly referred to as ‘black taxis.’

Unlike taxis which you are familiar with these take the form of 14-24 seater minibuses, ignore most road signs, rules and regulations, are often (very) poorly maintained and are all privately owned, needless to say routes are closely guarded and turf wars often break out.

Here’s an example of two smaller operators having an argument. Continue reading “Taxi wars (Caption competition)”

Celtic, Keltic, Seltic ? ? ?

The home of the 2010 Ryder Cup

A little help here please, with the Ryder Cup starting later this week Celtic Manor is obviously in the news a little, all are pronouncing it ‘Keltic’ (with a hard ‘K’), I later hear a football report from Scotland and the exact same word is pronounced ‘Seltic’ (with an ‘S’), why?

Did you know… Continue reading “Celtic, Keltic, Seltic ? ? ?”

CLT20 – I like it !!!

Our home grown Makhaya advertises the Champions League

Are we blessed or what? Just two months after the Football World Cup The Champions League T20 (effectively the club world championship) started in South Africa over the weekend and we’re a host city!

A 16 day non-stop jamboree of bright lights, fireworks, entertainment and cricket action as only those Indian billionaires know how.

Eastern Province (where I live) won the S.A. competition last year, I think our first trophy since the days of Kepler all those years ago and as holders are automatic entrants.

The competition comprises the top teams from around the world, India(3), Oz(2), W.indies, Sri Lanka, New Zealand and 2 from S.A. England appear to have thrown their toys out the cot and are not participating this year (they sent 2 sides last year)

So, we have 10 teams, 2 sections of five with the top 2 in each progressing to the semi-final stage.

Advertising down here is large, outdoor, press, radio and TV.

Our home side The Chevrolet Warriors (GM has a factory here) are playing their second game tonight against the Victorian Bushrangers, an Ozzie outfit who have won four of the last five Ozzie competitions that boasts the likes of Nannes, Siddle, Harwood, McGain, Hodge, Hussey (David) and the dangerous Andrew McDonald. Tickets are a reasonable 30 rand (£2.50) Continue reading “CLT20 – I like it !!!”