…why the founders of Fontana Roastery went into the chicken business instead of opting to edit the Oxford English Dictionary? I know that it’s kept me awake many a night.
This was spotted by Ross and Melissa at the Douglasdale branch.
Mistry solved then…!
Johnnie Moore has had a lot to say about James Surowiecki’s brilliant book, The Wisdom of Crowds, myself, I’ve been thoroughly enjoying the unabridged audio version. I commented before that I thought the principle was great in theory, but hard to imagine working in reality. I was wrong.
Every Thursday on 702, Jenny Crwys-Williams runs a two hour Q&A session, where listeners phone in and ask and answer questions on literally any topic. I try not to miss it.
Last week a caller was trying to locate a statue his grandfather had crafted that he’d last seen in the center of Jo’burg over 20 years before, he had given up asking museums and art dealers – The Rain Goddess was, by all accounts, lost.
Then the phone started ringing.
Caller by caller (and that’s important) the statue was located. What amazed me is that we didn’t find the statue straight away, although the final caller worked in the building where it’s housed. No, instead we got the story piece by piece, clue by clue; the complete history. Each element of the “crowd” added their tidbit – the collective wisdom of the crowd knew the answer.
Hell yeah…!
John and I were between a meeting and a shoot today and decided to stop off for some McD’s. We enjoyed our quick meal and were on our way.
Two minutes after we left we heard a gunshot, then another three or so, then more. Naturally, John and I shat ourselves and I sped away as fast as I could.
After hearing that it made the news, did I remember that we saw a Freeway Patrol car at the Drive-thru and we commented how they should be on the freeway, patrolling.
Now, I’m actually glad they were there, ‘cos they must’ve rounded up those shooters faster than you can say poopty-peupty-pants-s-s.
Imagine their surprise, they must’ve thought ‘Okay, the cops will probably arrive in five minutes or so, which gives us plenty of time to run away.’
At this point, I laugh at them. Heehee.
| Cape Town – Women in labour so intoxicated they do not know they are giving birth, children fed alcohol to keep them quiet, and low grade wine cheaper than bread. |
South Africa has the worst case of Foetal Alcohol Syndrome in the world. Tourism boost of note!
A few weeks ago, I wrote a post on “hello_world” on the importance of damage recovery as a branding tool. Today Jeremy Osborne, from MTN, proved the theory. He had read the post complaining about the sms spam. He called me, apologised, explained how the spam happened (an error when migrating details from the old mtnice portal), and talked me through the opt-out process.
Visit the MTN site
On the top menu, select [my mtn] then [my details]
Login
Do what you gotta do – easy peasy.
While on the phone, he also helped me with other questions I had regarding MTN, even though they were out of his area of influence. If you want to get hold of the man, leave a comment and I’ll send you his details.
Good work bro…!
I know I’ve mentioned this kind of thing before, but this guy made me smile, so I gave him the R7.00 I had in change. Not because he’s a beggar, I’ve decided not to support them, but rather because he’s an entertainer – he made me smile, and a random smile on a tough day is worth something to me.
Let’s see though how ‘sharp sharp’ this guy is though, I’d like to think if I drive past the corner of Oxford and Glenhove next week, he’ll have a different sign – a new smile. If he does, he gets more cash…
And maybe a dictionary….!
Update: Rumour has it he’s now been hired as a copywriter for Fontana.
It started with The Weakest Link, we copied it to the last little detail, even transforming Fiona Coyne into the famous bitch Anne Robinson.
Now, we’ve done it again. Welcome to The Block. If you haven’t heard of it, four couples move into a not-so-close-to-being-completed apartment building, and need to make it look like a proper, fully furnished and decorated home in twelve weeks. We watched the original Australian version and loved it. But what does South Africa do? Grabs three man and woman couples, and a gay couple, just like the Aussie version!
I ask why.
I don’t at all mind that they brought the concept to the country, I think it’s awsome, We actually wanted to enter. But why make a carbon copy of the original version? The only South African flavour is the accents, otherwise they may as well be back on Bondi Beach!
Please guys, have a bit of originality, a bit of sense, and stop being such dumbasses! You’re South African, be proud of it and stop trying to be like everyone else. You’ve raped an English show, now an Australian one, who’s next?
