It’s not funny really!

I note that there is currently a scramble for university places following the A level results yesterday. I was reading the dead-tree version of DT yesterday while on the ferry back to Dover and there was an entire supplement devoted to places still available, though most of them were at the third-rate former polys. To begin with I found it quite amusing to think some students waste time and money on Accommodation Management. Then I discovered that you could do a degree in Embroidery at Nottingham Trent – a skill I learned at my mother’s knee, along with Knitting. It reminded me of the rude slogans shouted by the students of the University of Nottingham whenever they had a match against Trent, according to my son.

After a short while the entertainment value wore off – round about Greenkeeping, I think – and I was simply sad to see what Blair had reduced our education system to. An absolute travesty!

I’m quite tempted to phone up Trent to ask at what stage of the course they introduce the hard bits like chain stitch or french knots.

It’s a step in the right direction

  • Hilditch – OUT!
  • Chappell – OUT!
  • Nielsen – OUT!

Perhaps.   When you read the small print, they can still apply for the new positions.   Let’s pray that they’re not thick-skinned enough to do so.

Sutherland’s still there, more’s the pity.   But it’s a start, and not before time.

Read more in The Brisbane Times & FoxSports.

Casual Day 2011

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Do you have a Casual Day?

Here’s how it works, one day a year (usually the 1st Friday in September) people are encouraged to buy an official sticker for R10.00 (less than £1) and on that day they can go to work, school, university, wherever in casual clothes.

The project has been running for 16 years now, organised by The National Council for Persons with Physical Disabilities in SA (NCPPDSA) but the big difference this year is that we Autism Eastern Cape are an official distributor.

Which means that we are allowed to keep R4.00 of every ticket sold! 🙂

We’ve been working on this project since about May, hassling friends, walking up to complete strangers, Continue reading “Casual Day 2011”

Either that screensaver goes…

The Middle Eastern journalist Jerrold Kessel played cricket for the Israeli national team in the 1970’s. Mr. Kessel died earlier this year. Much admired for his even-handed approach to the Israel/Palestine dispute and for his TV contributions for CNN, Jerrold never lost his love for the sport he played. As he was dying he told friends he was playing for a draw and near the end he remarked. “The fielders are closing in.” Continue reading “Either that screensaver goes…”

Not that funny…

A Chinese man walked into a pub in the US late one night and saw Steven Spielberg. As he was a great fan of his movies, he rushed to him and asked for his autograph.

Instead, Spielberg gave him a slap on the face and said “You Chinese bombed our Pearl Harbor, get out of here.”

The astonished Chinese man replied “Chinese did not bomb your Pearl Harbor, it was actually the Japanese”.

“Chinese, Japanese, Taiwanese, you’re all the same.” responded Spielberg.

In return, the Chinese man gave Spielberg a slap on the face and said “You sank the Titanic; my forefathers were on that ship.”

Shocked, Spielberg replied “It was the iceberg that sank the ship, not me.”

The Chinese man replied “Iceberg, Spielberg, Carlsberg, you’re all the same.”

This particular joke won the best joke in a competition in Britain .