Seriously, hate to bore you, but fuck me, these are the best toys ever.

White: p133 Black: i180

Give us a shout if you wanna pop over and try em…!

Not really, but it there were a few close calls.

We had the Olympic gold medalist in our offices today and I must say, except for a few hairy moments, the young swimmer took to our new favourite machine like, well, a fish to water.

It’s fun to see how easy it can be, with the right tools, to turn full grown men into little boys in mere seconds!

We were hoping, if anything actually did happen, to be the first people in the country to have the photos of the tradgedy, and sell it for millions to newspapers around the world. Thank God everything went all right, though; he’s actually a really swell guy. And so polite!

If you haven’t seen it yet, Nando’s new espetada ad is well worth the download.

It really kills me to compliment traditional advertising, but this is a great (relevant) idea, that’s been very well executed.

What’s also fun is to visit the biz-comm page for the ad and read the comments, here’s a sampling:

Which is, of course, exactly the reaction they wanted…!

After weeks of careful consideration, Jan and I decided that we did actually need some extra cuteness in the house. Hard to believe, I know. That sparked off trips to the SPCA to find the right pups for the job, and find them, we did!

Ladies and gentlemen, I’d like you to give a warm and fuzzy welcome, to Snatch and Lucy.



Snatch (left) enjoys eating plants, standing in plants, poo-ing in plants and chasing a tennis ball stuck to the end of a rope.

Lucy enjoys chilling, rusks and coffee, biting ears and lying on her back while getting her tummy rubbed.

They rock, well, except for the poo cleaning I have to do every morning!

On Saturday morning my wife’s heading off to one of those undercover party things. Y’know, like tupperware, but for fannies.

Ladies, if you want to organise your own (and you should, toys rock), you can, just visit Lady Jane’s site.

I see they’re also part of a whole adult expo thingamebob. Cool.

The good news is that I’m pretty much guaranteed action Saturday night.

Think of me…!

No, we’re not shagging anyone from MTN, but damn I thought that this branded hotel key card was a nice bit of marketing:

It’s not random, look at the services that MTN’s offering, and consider what a person staying in a hotel i.e. a traveler might need.

Very, very clever…!

Lookee what we got today.

It rocks…!

Who in their right mind would give their car to a total stranger, for him to take it for it’s service instead of you, as part of a ‘Mystery Shopper Service Evaluation’?

That would be me.

This morning I waved goodbye to my car, honestly thinking that, although this guy had a really really cool button-camera and extra rad gadgets, he was pulling a fast one and replacing my car with his not-so-cool car. As the day went on, I wondered at what exact moment I would pick up my phone and dial my vehicle-tracker company to please find my car.

As it turned out, it was all cool. I saved a lot of time delivering and fetching my car at the dealership, plus I got a discount for helping them do their job.

I did, however, phone the vehicle manufacturer beforehand to make sure that this company is legit, and they are, but you’re never really convinced until it’s all over…

To everyone who thinks that these strikers have a shred of anything good in them, read this.

A man killed by strikers, because he wanted to work. It sickens me.

A municipality, an airline, a supermarket chain and a gold industry walk into a union…

When will these strikes end? There will never ever be a happy ground.

- Company wants to give employees 2% increase.

- Employees want 4%.

- Company says “no”.

- Employees strike.

- Company makes no money.

- Employees make no money.

Where’s the sense in that? Most of them have gone into negotiations, some coming out happy. Except the municipality.

I saw on the news earlier that the employees got what they asked for, but now they’re not happy with it, so they’re striking again.

But that’s the point. No-one wants to back down. If the company gives in, it just leaves room for employees, or their union, to ask for more. If the employees give in, their strike was pointless and they didn’t make any money on the days not working.

So who wins?

I just read at IOL about the double-murder of a 50 year old woman and her 18 year old daughter in Cape Town. It’s a sad story that ended with the killer offing himself. This passage in the article threw me a little though:

Yes, these double-murderers just don’t think, it would have been far better if he’d waited an hour.

Ellen, I’m guessing you’re in shock here, what’s upsetting is that two people were murdered.

I guess that’s just too commonplace in SA these days…!

Lesson 14: How to navigate your way around that incredibly mind-boggling round thingy

The diagram above illustrates your everyday traffic circle, or roundabout as some may know it.

Contrary to popular belief, you may not drive wherever the hell you like on whatever side of the road you have chosen i.e. left or right. This diagram shows clearly which direction you may go, depending on which side of the road you are driving.

1. The yellow arrow indicators show you that there are only TWO (2) possible directions to take when on the left hand side of the road, or, outside lane.

2. The blue arrow indicators show that there are also TWO (2) possible directions to take when on the right hand side of the road, or, inside lane.

3. The red indicator arrows show when some idiot decides to take the road-law into his own hands, ending up in an accident, often resulting in an angry argument and possibly a restraining order for use of bad language and throwing punches.

You may be wondering where the blue indicator arrows go to from there? Well, my dears, the rules start all over again. They may go straight, or right again. It’s that simple.

There will be a test on this at Fourways Crossing two weeks from Thursday. Study hard, teach others, or bring a crash helmet.

Class dismissed.

In D’ave’s recent post on MTN’s great service, Derek Mitchell made a valid point in the comments regarding the lock-in strategies of the cellular carriers.

The one thing he mentioned was the 2-year contract we need to sign when we get our phones, I don’t mind this, basically it’s an offer you take if you want the carrier to subsidise the cost of your phone, quid pro quo.

The issue I do agree with is the fact that we have basically no recourse if we’re not happy with the service we’re getting, as currently we’re only renting our phone numbers from them, and lets face it, you’d need to be all kinds of pissed off before you voluntarily give up your cell number.

Anyway, we asked around, and rumour has it that we could see number portability as soon as October. It’s a brave step, because now if you can afford your own handset and don’t need a contract, you can change carriers if they’re not up to scratch. In fact you can change even if they are, it’s your number, and your choice.

About time too…!