Archive for July, 2004
Ali in da house
Posted on 16. Jul, 2004 by Cassandra.
It’s Friday at last….yay. So for your end-of-week entertainment pleasure here is something for all the Ali G fans in da house. (huge round of applause).
If you’ve ever had difficulty trying to speak like Ali to your friends, here’s something to help you with your quest. It’s a highly innovative Ali G tranzlata. It’ll turn just about any normal English phrase into super cool Ali talk. It’s proven to impress the ladies and instantly make you a mini-Ali.
Example…
Walk the dog down the street…becomes…walk da aminal down da street.
I like reading Cherryflava with my girlfriend…translates as….me would dig readin cherryflava wiv my bitch.
Do you enjoy being gay…is in fact…do yous dig bein a batty boy.
Try it out.
Ali G in the news.
Ali G on TV.
Ali’s also got a book coming out..’Da gospel according to Ali G’ featuring the very informative..Da joy of Bonin’. Here’s the review…check it. Respectttttttt
The Internet meets ‘reality TV’
Posted on 15. Jul, 2004 by Cassandra.
Meet Blaire Allison. She’s a 27 year old New Jersey, USA resident – she’s single, employed, Jewish and she’s using a website called Do You Know My Husband? and weblog to hunt for a husband.
I would describe myself as a confident, creative, spiritual independent woman. Passionate, intelligent, motivated, honest and witty. I love to learn. I read a lot of spiritual and business books – and am always interested in improving myself. I love learning new things and enjoy challenging myself. I absolutely love my life and believe anything is possible.
If this has sparked your attention, allow Cherryflava to pour cold water over you with a couple of pictures of how Ms. Allison will appear during your courtship. This girl is clearly a couple brush strokes short of a Andy Warhol.
But if you want to be famous or the cold water turned to steam…send her an email, jet over to Jersey show her a good time and you’re laughing. [Via Adrants]
And the winner is….
Posted on 14. Jul, 2004 by Cassandra.
This month’s issue of the American-based Travel and Leisure magazine – features the results of their ‘Best cities in the World’ survey…and Cape Town only came in 5th. The city was ranked behind destinations: Sydney, Rome, Florence and Bangkok (have these people even been to the hell that is Bangkok?) On the African continent, we’re rated No.1…pheeeewww.
FOR THE PAST NINE YEARS, we’ve been asking the most sophisticated, passionate travelers we know—Travel + Leisure readers—to help us define excellence in travel by rating their recent experiences at hotels, on cruise lines, with outfitters, and more. This year’s results are based on 425,105 evaluations, making these our most comprehensive (and competitive) awards to date. Our rankings identify the cream of the crop around the globe: the top hotels, cities, islands, cruise lines, outfitters, airlines, and car-rental agencies.
On the plus side, we beat New York and San Francisco, but clearly we’ve been robbed of number one. As far as the top hotels go…South Africa has 3 of the top 5 hotels / resorts in the world and Cape Town’s Cape Grace was voted as the lucky 13th best.
Maybe it’s not such a good thing to be ranked to high up the ladder. Parking at the beach in summer is quickly turning into a midday nightmare. So keep this posting hush hush.
The junk business
Posted on 14. Jul, 2004 by Cassandra.
Instead of finding a truck to haul your old futon to the Cash Converters for a platry R100…here are some guys who will take your little problem off your hands for a nominal fee. OK…so it might be a better idea to sell the futon, but other junk you just can’t bear to organise the removal of…this is the answer.
The image most consumers have of the garbage removal business is utilitarian and industrial at best. More often, the phrase ‘junk removal’ conjures visions of feral-looking dogs patrolling razor-wire fences while men in dirty jeans and stained t-shirts unload cast-offs from rusty trucks. Not a good visual to sell a valuable service: after all, at one time or another everybody has stuff the Salvation Army won’t take, but very few folks want stains across the carpet when they come to remove that old couch, or risk back-breaking adventures by doing it themselves.
Like everything American…it’s well marketed as 1-800-GOT-JUNK.
Sounds like a cracking idea, but then again in South Africa we’ve gone one better. Don’t even bother about calling any easy to remember number…your junk will just magically vanish. People with shopping trollies patrol the suburban streets long before the municipal truck come around and recycle just about any item of junk free of charge. Nice idea, but definately only in countries where people throw away half-eaten hotdogs.
Could Manto be right?
Posted on 13. Jul, 2004 by Cassandra.
In years to come…you might not contain the use of lemon juice to the dinner table when out on a hot date.
It’s been discovered by Aussie scientists (say no more matey) a vaginal gel to kill the AIDS virus, thus protecting millions of women from infected sex partners, may be answered by … the humble lemon.
In research to be presented on Tuesday at the International AIDS Conference here, a team led by Roger Short of the University of Melbourne says a solution of lemon juice — when tested on a lab dish, not on humans — was a mighty slayer of the human immunodeficiency virus
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So now it’s garlic, beetroot and lemon juice…the tools you need to keep you fit and healthy according to Manto and the Aussies.
Techno tour
Posted on 13. Jul, 2004 by Cassandra.
The Tour de France has been on the go for just over a week now.
It’s one of those sporting festivals which has just about everything; lots of drug-fuelled, highly trained, superfit, lightweight men clothed in spandex on bikes worth more than a new family sedan. Two weeks of images of the lush French countryside, team tactics, spectacular crashes and the commentary from Phil Liggett.
These’s also a huge amount of technology which goes on behind-the-camera which you don’t see. The July issue of Wired magazine has the tech lowdown for us.
With over 2 billion viewers expected to watch the Tour de France, you’d expect with the stakes this high, you’ll see some pretty amazing coverage. The way they film the race is actually more exciting than the race itself. 5 “daredevil” cameramen on motorcycles speed along with the racers and beam the images to two low flying helicopters, if you’ve seen the race before, there are tons of hazards and twisting turns, as these guys film they hang off the sides of their bikes and zip around at crazy speeds to get the best shots.
For the full geeky-gadget scoop, check Engadget.
Have you seen this shark?
Posted on 12. Jul, 2004 by Cassandra.
If you have..you could be in for a big reward, payed out in Aussie dollars. This shark is called a Bronze Whaler…or Bronzie to you mate….and it’s the apparent culprit of the death of a surfer in Australia over the weekend.
Witnesses have told how one shark circled surfer Bradley Adrian Smith, 29, as a larger shark savaged him on Saturday afternoon at the popular Left Handers break, near Gracetown, 280 km south of Perth.
Although witnesses have indicated both sharks may have been great whites, Fisheries WA already has said a bronze whaler may have been responsible.
Cherryflava can just picture the scene…
Big boy shark: Right mate…while I’m taking a nibble at surfer boy’s leg over here, you make sure the little rat doesn’t try get swimming to the shore or alert his mates.
Conspirator shark: Just get on with it…I think we’re being watched…get the rump and mind getting pieces of that surfboard stuck in your teeth…it’s a bitch to get out.
So what are the Aussies going to do about the killer shark?
If a shark were sighted, the fisheries patrol vessel Hamelin would try to drive it out to sea, but if an “immediate threat” was perceived, it would be brought alongside the boat and destroyed.
Cherryflava just wonders how they are going to determine which one is the correct murdering shark.
Seems like the poor shark might just be avenging a previous transgression as found on this shark information site:
The Bronze Whaler or also commonly known as a “Bronzie”, is one of the most common shark south of Moreton Island in Queensland. It is more commonly implicated in shark attacks , most of which are in less than 1.5 metres of water than any other shark other than the Bull Shark which resides north of Northern N.S.W. When ever most fishermen catch sharks, no matter what they are they nearly always called bronzie’s, which is a lot of the time incorrect.This is due to their relatively common distribution. They fight well and can take off like a bat out of hell. I once shot one three time with a shotgun in the head and it still would not die, taking a fresh bait when one was lowered back into the water. These are great respectable sharks and would offer most LBG sharkies a lot of fun. They take a variety of baits including tuna, fish, stingray flaps. ect.
Haunted house
Posted on 11. Jul, 2004 by Cassandra.
WARNING: Do not view this series of photographs if you are in any way scared of the dark or you have an over active imagination. For the rest of you….check out the haunted house.
Haunted house
Posted on 11. Jul, 2004 by Jonathan Cherry.
This is St Aidens Grahamstown, it’s an old Gothic church which has been converted into a guest house….and it’s freaking haunted. Only after Cherryflava and crew spent an uneasy night here, did it appear that the place is totally filled with the unresting dead. Apparently some Jesuit guy was pushed out of the main tower.
Honestly, it wasn’t easy taking these pictures. Most of the photos were spoiled by a strange green flare. It was as cold as a reindeer’s nose on this particular evening and the camera just wouldn’t stop playing up.
This region is renown for paranormal activity…and the 56 churches in the town just don’t help matters. The room in which we stayed had strange temperature patches. Next time you’re in Grahamstown…go check it out.
