Author: Soutie

A Valentine wedding

A gay one.

This picture adorns perhaps half of the front page today of my daily read.

The two chaps in picture were married yesterday in a beach ceremony followed by a reception at a popular beach resort.

Having read through the usual ‘happy day’ quotes along with a few other details of the day the final paragraphs made me sit up..

“Our new surname will be Smith van der Berg, because we wanted to combine the two family bloodlines.

“Why should either of our surnames be lost?” Smith said.

And what are they most looking forward to as a married couple? “Starting a family. “We are past the party stage and seriously looking forward to starting a family.

“We have started with our practice child Alfred [the dog], who was our ring-bearer at the wedding,” they said.

(I’ve changed the surnames out of respect for their privacy)

Dewani – a step closer

Today’s Cape Town daily

It’s hard to believe that it is more than 3 years since the murder of Anni Dewani (November 13, 2010)

I’m well aware that the husband can appeal this decision but apparently only on ‘procedural grounds.’ After that it’s possibly the European Courts, we’re getting closer.

I can’t link the report from this newspaper (it’s pay per view) so have reproduced it in it’s entirety for you … Continue reading “Dewani – a step closer”

Office Jargon

Researchers asked 2 000 people about their opinions on office jargon and the phrases they find most irksome.

Over a quarter cited the term “social notworking” – the art of appearing to be hard at work while messing about on Facebook and Twitter – as the most irritating new jargon term.

It was closely followed by “deja brew”, the seemingly kind offer to make a colleague a cup of tea, when you know that they have just had one and are therefore likely to decline.

The top three is completed by “blue-sky drinking”, a term used to describe an unlimited free bar at a work party.

The remaining top 10 most irritating office jargon are: Continue reading “Office Jargon”

Premier League Predictor

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So there we were discussing the English Premier League and the current loss of form by perennial trophy winners Manchester United (being a life long Eastern Province supporter, I’m an expert on trophyless seasons.)

There was a lot of mirth among the group following the loss to Chelsea on the previous Sunday. I happened to mention that in the greater scheme of things, no planner would pencil in 3 points at the beginning of a season for a trip to Stamford Bridge, I further suggested that I doubt if visiting managers pencil in wins for visits to other title rivals, no, when planning a long campaign I assume points collected from these visits are considered a bonus.

I then laid down a challenge, put the managers hat on and predict how many points your team will gather from now ’till the end of the season, there are Liverpool, Man City, Arsenal and Chelsea fans in the circle, we’ve all stuck in R50 (£3) and there could well be 10 of us accepting the challenge  by next weekend.

A mate of mine met me on Tuesday and gave me my ‘scoresheet’, to be completed and handed in by end of January (he’s done one for every team! Is he keen or what?)

As you can see, I’ve got Manchester United, only the total after all 15 games matters, it matters not how I get to the total. It’s winner take all, 10 x R50 = a nice dinner out for me, I’ve got a figure of 32pts in my head for my submission (3,3,0,3,0,3,1,3,3,0,3,1,3,3,3,)

We will be getting weekly updates on the progress of all entrants, any suggestions / advice / help would be appreciated.