SABC have done us proud, rather than a bunch of our commentators relaying ball by ball coverage from a TV in a Johannesburg studio we have commentary from what I assume is the New Zealand national broadcaster. If you can understand the accents, it’s very entertaining.
The Age of Reason
There have been a couple of interesting articles in the DT recently.
The first tells of a 5 year old boy called Zach who has decided, since the age of 3, that he is really a girl. Parents, NHS doctors and psychologists and teachers all seem to have agreed that he suffers from GID, Gender Identity Disorder. He has been officially diagnosed as such.
The second tells of a 42 year old women who engaged in consensual sex with two boys aged 13 and 14 as a reward for vandalising the car of her rival. She is being prosecuted for ‘three counts of sexual activity with a child’. The prosecutor said, “the boys had been willing participants, but were not legally capable of giving their consent. At the age of 13 a lot of boys have hormones coursing through their veins and are perfectly capable and willing to have sex but they are mentally immature.”
So, a 5 year old boy is able to determine that he was born with a gender disorder, but two boys, 13 and 14, are not able to determine that they want to get laid.
Funny that!
Jury service
In a criminal justice system based on 12 individuals not smart enough to get out of jury duty, here is a jury to be proud of: Continue reading “Jury service”
Encore un sous-titre, svp
I’m no financier but….
even I can deduce that a business which haemorrhages money at double the rate it did last year to the tune of 2Bn smackeroonies is most definitely circling the drain.
Mr Osborne on the other hand says that this is a sure sign that the bank is on track. WTF?????????? Continue reading “I’m no financier but….”
In Body Only…
Some may have read my comment earlier this week that I had checked in, on-line, for my return trip to Oz on Monday morning. I was delighted to find that the flight was half empty and that I could organise a complete row of seats all to myself on both flights.
Alas! The best laid plans of mice and … I arrived at Heathrow on Monday morning, checked in for the 10.50 am flight with my over-weight baggage and was informed that a flight from Singapore had been delayed due to ‘technical’ problems and, therefore, my flight was delayed. I was given a voucher for food, and finally boarded at around 2.00 pm.
I slept most of the way and arrived in Singapore at 10.30 am – one hour after my connecting flight had left, and another 11 hours to wait for the next flight. Continue reading “In Body Only…”
The Elderly Irish Virgin
In a tiny village on the Irish coast lived an old lady, a virgin, and very proud of it. Continue reading “The Elderly Irish Virgin”
Indian love call
‘When I’m calling you, oo-oo-ooo, oo-oo-oo…..,’ with an attractive sub-continental accent. ‘ Good morning. You owe my company 500 bucks. So pay up very quickly before we doorstep you. Thank you very much.’
Now I’m pleased to report that these distant, unsolicited callers haven’t yet discovered the wilds of Vikingland – perhaps owing to their concentration on English-speaking victims – but a word to the wise – you might get a call yourself before long.
Witness the Times of India: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/us/Indian-call-centres-used-for-5m-debt-collection-scam/articleshow/11999098.cms
Nominated as the best short joke this year…
A three-year-old boy was examining his testicles while taking a bath.
“Mum” he asked, “are these my brains?”
“Not yet,” she replied.
NZ v SA T20
For a change it wasn’t us snatching defeat from the jaws of victory!
In fact ½ way through the Black Caps innings I thought that it was all over and said as much on my ‘England’ post, then with 2 overs to go only 10 runs were needed for not only a New Zealand win but also the series, normally a fairly comfortable proposition.
But, cricket’s a funny ol’ game and just to prove it, what seemed like an apparent convincing loss turned into an improbable victory.
On the left is Marchant de Lange, the final over hero (2 wickets only 3 runs conceded) but that’s not what this post is about!
See the red ribbons on the sleeves? Today marks the first anniversary of that terrible earthquake in Christchurch, in which 189 people lost their lives.
I found it hard to believe that it was ‘only’ 12 months ago, seems so much longer than that, good on the cricketers for reminding me.
Boadicea's Chariot 
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