Archive for March, 2004
Beer is yum
Posted on 22. Mar, 2004 by Cassandra.
South Africans love beer. What would a weekend be without the bloated, yeasty feeling which can only be induced by quaffing large quantities of your favourite heady brew.
Now with drinking and driving being an ever increasing deterant from going out to your fav bar and getting ratfaced with your mates – here is a cool concept which sees your pint of draught come home with you.
Introducing the Heineken Bartender - a convenient 4 litre tank of…you guessed it…Heineken.
The innovative refrigeration unit will keep your Heinie fresh for up to 3 weeks. But then again…that’s a bit of an overkill really.
Snoop dogg in Cape Town
Posted on 19. Mar, 2004 by Cassandra.
Check it…Snoop Dogg outside his mansion somewhere in Cape Town. This super-slick style brotha was apparently bought in Sydney and now lives in Cape Town.
Here’s a cracking pic of Snoop with his bitches.
More here.
If you want to create yo own hood in yo haus…you can buy Snoop here.
“The embodiment of gangsta rap, Snoop Doggy Dogg continues to blur the lines between reality and fiction. This awesome characterization of the most popular rapper to date stands at approximately 9 inches in height and is a must have for the millions of fans across the world. This version of Snoop wears a Black and White pinstripe suit. “
Cherryflava just loves Snoop…the hand pose is pretty wicked too.
North Sea Jazz
Posted on 19. Mar, 2004 by Cassandra.
If sexy, funky, groovy and superfly are just a few adjectives which could attempt to describe you – then here is an event which will ignite your soul and set your feet on fire baby.
The North Sea Jazz festival is back in the mother city on Saturday the 10th and Sunday the 11th of April. It’s going down at the Cape Town International convention centre and features 8 stages and over 34 International as well as local jazz magicians.
With only 21 days to go until the event – booking is essential [check their site for details]
Maak die bulle almal bokke
Posted on 18. Mar, 2004 by Cassandra.
Tension seems to be rising in Pretoria ahead of this weekends Super 12 rugby game between the Bulls and the Waratahs.
The problem is Steve Hofmeyr and his new video of the hit tune….Maak die Bulle almal Bokke (Make all of the Bulls Springboks). According to reliable sources the video has a couple of shots of male nudity and basically rips off the whole Kamp Staaldraad affair.
Hofmeyr and the Bulls appear to be locking horns over the issue of showing the video at Saturday’s game.
In the words of Hofmeyr…
“I understand the sensitivity surrounding Staaldraad. But, hey boys, where’s the sense of humour?
“We asked a group of Pretoria students to strip and roll around in a mud bath after we came them a couple of beers and a lot of money.
“And now I hear there’s unhappiness with the words ‘Kamp Draadtrek’, which shows fleetingly on one guy’s bum. Kamp Staaldraad, Kamp Kaaldraad, Kamp Draadtrek, Kamp Staalwol… who cares
Cherryflava is still trying to find a copy of the scandalous footage.
[Thanks Dolly]
10 Things
Posted on 18. Mar, 2004 by Cassandra.
The Sizzlers trial is over, and the two accused..now the two convicted…are going to jail for the rest of their natural lives.
Cherryflava thought that Pollsmor’s two latest recruits might need a checklist of things to take care of, before they go through to their new home.
#1 – Decide which number you like more…26 or 28.
#2 – Find shoes which go with the colour orange.
#3 – Fire the lawyer
#4 – Purchase a couple of cases of bottle dispensing soap
#5 – Do large amounts of research on hiphop artists like DMX and Snoop Dogg
#6 – Learn to love the sound of DMX and Snoop Dogg played at 80dB, 24 hours a day
#7 – Get into the groove with phrases like…’Stick me for a stop’ and ‘Gee ‘n splif van jou buttons’.
#8 – Stop by Exclusive Books and purchase the book…’Successful negotiation with the criminal mind’
#9 – Brainstorm ideas on ways to find men attractive.
#10 – Buy vast quantities of Kleenex…you’ve got the rest of your lives to discover how much a cowboy can cry.
Danger: Lethal computer
Posted on 18. Mar, 2004 by Cassandra.
If you’re the kind of person who loves to lick your fingers after happily using your computer keyboard…beware.
A study conducted by the University of Arizona has concluded that your office trusty office equipment could be dirtier than a toilet.
“KEYBOARDS, computer mice and telephone dials are more infested with microbes than toilet seats, according to a University of Arizona study.
The study recommends that office workstations be regularly disinfected since they can on average contain 400 times as many germs as a toilet seat, said Charles Gerba, a University of Arizona microbiologist.
According to the study, telephones harboured up to 25,127 germs per square inch, keyboards 3295 and computer mice 1676. The average office contains 20,961 germs per square inch.
“Desks are really bacteria cafeterias,” Mr Gerba said in a press release. “They are breakfast bars, lunch tables and everything else, as we spend more hours at the office.
“When someone is infected with a cold or flu bug, the surfaces they touch during the day become germ-transfer points because some cold and flu viruses can survive on surfaces for up to 72 hours,” he added. “An office can become an incubator.”
US health officials last month warned about the dissemination of germs during the flu season.
Officials reminded Americans to cover their nose and mouth while sneezing, wash their hands regularly and use disinfectant swabs to clean their office desks.”
So next time you have the urge to lick your keyboard…try resist…it could save your life.
Princess Leia and Dr. Evil
Posted on 17. Mar, 2004 by Cassandra.
With all the Star Wars movies being shown on etv these days – Cherryflava found some of Carrie Fisher’s more recent work. In this seen she plays Dr Evil’s therapist….here’s how it goes.
Dr. Evil: The details of my life are quite inconsequential.
Therapist (Carrie Fisher): Oh no, please, please, let’s hear about your childhood.
Dr Evil: Very well, where do I begin? My father was a relentlessly self-improving boulangerie owner from Belgium with low grade narcolepsy and a penchant for buggery. My mother was a fifteen year old French prostitute named Chloe with webbed feet. My father would womanize, he would drink, he would make outrageous claims like he invented the question mark. Some times he would accuse chestnuts of being lazy, the sort of general malaise that only the genius possess and the insane lament. My childhood was typical, summers in Rangoon, luge lessons. In the spring we’d make meat helmets. When I was insolent I was placed in a burlap bag and beaten with reeds, pretty standard really. At the age of 12 I received my first scribe. At the age of fourteen, a Zoroastrian woman named Vilma ritualistically shaved my testicles. There really is nothing like a shorn scrotum, it’s breathtaking, I suggest you try it.
Therapist: You know, we have to stop.
Check out Princess Leia this Sunday in The return of the Jedi on etv.
Quote: Jerry Maguire
Posted on 16. Mar, 2004 by Cassandra.
Breakdown = Breakthrough
written by Cameron Crowe
Jerry: Who had I become? Just another shark in a suit? Two nights later at a conference in Miami I had a breakdown. Breakdown? Breakthrough. I couldn’t escape one single thought: I hated myself. No,no, here’s what it was: I hated my place in the world. I had so much to say and no one to listen. And then, suddenly, it happened. It was the oddest, most out-of-the-ordinary thing. I began writing what they call a mission statement. Not a memo, a mission statement. You know, a suggestion for the future of our company. It was great. Suddenly, I was my father’s son again. I was remembering the simple pleasures of this job, how I ended up here out of law school, the way a stadium sounds when one of my clients performs well on the field. I was even remembering the words of the original sports agent, my mentor, the late, great, Dickie Fox who said “The key to this business is personal relationships.” And suddenly, it was all very clear. The answer was less money. Fewer clients. Caring about them, caring about ourselves, and the games, too. Starting our lives, really. I’ll be the first to admit, what I was writing was somewhat- touchy feely. I didn’t care. I had lost the ability to bullshit. It was the me I had always wanted to be.I ran out in the middle of the night to find an all nitght fotomat before i could change my mind. It looked incredible. Even the cover looked like The Catcher in the Rye. I entitled it “The Things We Think and Do Not Say: The Future of Our Business.”
Kinkos Employee: That’s how you become great, man. Hang your balls out there.
Jerry: Thanks.
[From here]
Just take over the whole show
Posted on 16. Mar, 2004 by Cassandra.
The Apple iPod is fast becoming a megabrand in North America. The success of the company is in part due to the clever marketing campaigns thought out by the Apple marketing team. In this instance, an entire Toronto underground train station was branded iPod.
The iPod ads adorn nearly every object of the station—posts, walls, stairs, and even newspaper recycle bins.
Imagine the cool things which could be done with entire taxi ranks and train stations in this country.
More picture @ Macminute
Storming weekend
Posted on 15. Mar, 2004 by Cassandra.
It was try time at Newlands on Saturday with the Stormers edging out the Wallabies….aaaahhhh sorry the Waratahs.
Remember Mark Keohane? Well, he has his own blogsite…and not a bad site at that. Rugby news and views from a guy who has been through the mill. There’s also some entertaining comments posted here from the infamous general South African rugby public.
Here is what Keo had to report about the game…
Up 22-0 after half-an-hour the Stormers nearly blew it. Breyton Paulse’s 76th minute try saved them the blushes and secured a 27-23 win and five invaluable points.
When the Super 12 season is over and the Stormers look back at this one all that will count is that they got the five league points. It was a tremendous effort because they beat a class side, who were out of sorts in the first 20 minutes and out of puff in the last five minutes.
Just what possessed Nathan Gray to twice kick the ball away in the final four minutes only he will know. I am sure he is in for a ‘gobfull’ from coach Ewen McKenzie. Gray is among the most experienced players in the Waratahs squad, but he played the last few minutes as if he was a nervous schoolboy.
The Stormers scored the four tries they came for with Paulse finishing beautifully on two occasions and denied a hattrick by the Television Match Official.
Down 22-0, the Waratahs led for the first time 23-22 in the 75th minute. But the lead lasted only two minutes before Paulse struck.
Gaffie du Toit was instrumental in both Paulse’s tries, joining the line and lining up the defence perfectly before putting Paulse away.
The Stormers backs were strong in the midfield, but the halfbacks did not do the quality possession justice.
Up front Dawid Britz started well but faded, Selborne Boome was very good and the loose-forwards Corne Krige, Schalk Burger and Adri Badenhorst started brilliantly, struggled to get into the game in the third quarter but found a second win in the critical final stages.
The Waratahs front row did not impress, lock Daniel Vickerman was their best forward and winger Loti Tuquiri their most explosive runner.
