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Dr Seal removes woman’s nose

Posted on 31. Oct, 2005 by Cassandra.

If this woman’s injuries had been fatal, she’d be up for a Darwin award.

Elsie Van Tonder was bitten in the face … on
Saturday when she and a few other people tried to roll a young seal
onto a blanket to get it back into the sea.

Now we know what you’re thinking. Elsie is a trained professional animal handler involved an unfortunate seal saving accident? The story unfolds….

"The seal was lying among the rocks and hissed when my mother stroked
its face and head," Louise Eliis, 25, Van Tonder’s daughter, said from
their flat in George on Sunday.

"We thought the seal was dying and my mother suggested that we
should roll her onto my one-year-old baby, Elouise’s blanket and try to
get her back into the water.

"She rolled the seal over, but the seal rolled back onto her
back immediately. When she tried to roll the seal over again, she was
bitten in the face and on the thigh."

Thank goodness for her sane daughter who is now planning to sue.

"We believe that it was negligent of the SPCA and CapeNature to not put
up boards warning that seals could be dangerous," Ellis said. "Who is
going to pay for her pain suffering and plastic surgery?"

Oh ja…and why don’t the police put up massive billboards all over the show warning the unknowing public that; walking the streets of downtown Joburg, at midnight, with an exposed gold Rolex chronograph, a Powerbook and a small black suitcase of unmarked, non-sequential $100 bills, could be a danger to your health.

If they don’t get any money out of the poor treehuggers, they can atleast sell their stupidity to the Huisgenoot for a tidy purse.

Tasteless Apple

Posted on 31. Oct, 2005 by Cassandra.

This is what the Apple.com homepage looked like 26 October 2005.

Not only has the company managed to use and American civil rights icon to  promote their brand, but it also really doesn’t make a whole lot of sense.

At the time, we’re sure that everybody was ‘thinking different’, but what was remarkable about Rosa Parks is that she ‘acted different’ by doing something that everybody was thinking.

In our opinion, overall it’s a ‘potential-backfire’ place to be promoting a brand. It’s going to get your market talking, but will also piss alot of them off too. [via]

Surfski whitewash

Posted on 30. Oct, 2005 by Cassandra.

Whitewash - noun – a victory by the same side in every game of a series. Check out our latest series of pics from a surfski season that’s turning into a victory for everyone taking part in it.

Sorry…that was rather cheesy - noun – cheap or blatantly artificial….just see the pictures here.

Surfski whitewash

Posted on 30. Oct, 2005 by Jonathan Cherry.

Cherryflava was on camera detail at yesterday’s Men’s Health Discovery surfski race out in Blouberg. Apart from rather tricky big pounding surf towards the end of the race, conditions were seriously perfect for a bit of relaxing ocean paddling.

Sailvertising

Posted on 28. Oct, 2005 by Cassandra.

Our own America’s Cup crew, Shosholoza, could do with a bit of sailvertising to raise much needed funds.

As you can see here….advertising on a sail looks so awesome.

‘…..a patented printing technique that will enable sponsors and advertisers to use
yachts and catamarans as floating outdoor media.

Think gigantic 25 meter,
eight-floor building style photographic ads, like the ones you now see on
scaffolding around the world, but now on yachts, vying for the attention of
beach goers or party crowds at the 59th Cannes Film Festival, the America’s Cup,
or the Volvo Ocean Race Rotterdam. [Via Springwise]

Test how gay you really are

Posted on 28. Oct, 2005 by Cassandra.

The forums over at Men’s Health online have the answers to all of life’s puzzling questions.

Dear Men’s Health forum…

My son is a decent kid, but I started picking up signs that
he was gay recently. He is about to turn 17, and I’ve noticed that he
has not had many relationships with girls until now. His first
girlfriend he had when he was 15, and now he’s been dating a girl for
about 5 months. But like many people have pointed out, gays often try
to date girls to cover up their homosexuality.

So apart from the
inexperience with girls, there are some other clear signs of
homosexuality. For example, he likes music and he even plays an
instrument in high school. Also, he plays tennis which means he
probably likes to watch fit men running around.

What worries me is that he may not even know he’s gay yet.
I don’t want to shock or anger him when I reveal this to him, but that
may be unavoidable. Also, how should I tell his girlfriend? This could
potentially devestate the both of them, so I need to do it in the right
way.

And continues……

So kids who like music, play an instrument, and play
tennis are all gay. Your arriving at that conclusion is scary. Feeling
a need to express it to your son (AND HIS GIRLFRIEND!) is even scarier.

The
thing is, I’ve already told all my friends that he’s gay and if I can’t
get him to admit that he’s gay, I’ll lose a 500 dollar bet.

Poor kid…if Chopin and Boris Becker aren’t going to turn him, his parents sure will. [Via]

Whisky Live Festival

Posted on 27. Oct, 2005 by Cassandra.

If treacle, tobacco, leather, ash, caramel and frankly, the burnt taste of the streets of New York turn you on…then you’ll just have to get yourself down to the Whisky Live Festival at the CTICC this week.

Cherryflava is presently posting with a jumbo cup ‘o java and a greasy toasted cheese and tomato as punishment for our trip around Ireland, Kentucky and the Scottish highlands last night.

As a pure amateur…you can get easily confused by terms like single malt, blended, triple distilled and you’ll feel over run by family brands all started by some guy called Glen, but there’s alot to be said about spending an evening where it’s possible to put something in your mouth that’s older than yourself, has travelled further and costs more than the car you drove to get to the show.

It’s going to cost you R100, but if you have any interest in whisky…it’s well worth it.

Ten most feared people in sport

Posted on 27. Oct, 2005 by Cassandra.

Behold…the face of a killer. This is Johnathan Wendel aka "Fatal1ty"….the world champ cyberathlete.

According to an article just published by Foxsports (The ten most feared people in sports), this kid is the second most feared person in sport, just behind Mike Tyson. He was recently in South Africa at our very own rAge gathering and obviously kissed some local boerie.

So, why are his opponents so scared of him?

Believe it or not, there are
thousands of professional video game players around the globe. Known as
"cyberathletes," these characters earn hundreds of thousands of dollars a year
doing what hungover college kids do on Sunday mornings for a living. Wendel,
whose "handle" is "Fatal1ty," is the nastiest one of all.

In an October 10th
article in Business Week, we learn, "In this new world, Johnathan Wendel
is the undisputed star. Over a period of five years, he has won more tournaments
and pulled in more prize money than any other player, a total that has now
topped $350,000. Girl gamers buzz about him at matches, like a group of Swedish
players in Barcelona this summer. And boys idolize him. "He’s so good," says
Iisakki "Beam" Ahonen, an up-and-coming 17-year-old Finn player. ‘I want to be
like him — to travel and compete in tournaments and make a living at it.’" He’s
pretty much the Matt Leinart/Derek Jeter/Jason from "Laguna Beach" of the
video-game world.

Girls want him, and guys want to be him. And yet, no one wants
to face him one-on-one.

Our prediction – this kid will win Olympic gold in 2012. [Thanx Willoe for the tip]

New trends in advertising

Posted on 26. Oct, 2005 by Cassandra.

From the latest issue of the online Trendwatching mag….we’re really enjoying the latest examples of innovative ‘tryvertising’ they’ve found. Note to marketers – nobody cares about your stupid ads…get your market to try your product out for free, if it’s good enough they’ll then pay money to own one.

Sony this
summer launched its new range of DVD handy-cams, teaming up with London Zoo for
11 days in June to offer consumers the chance to borrow DVD handy-cams for one
hour, free of charge. After a two minute demonstration, families were free to
roam the zoo and record all their favourite family moments. After their visit,
the DVD handy-cam obviously had to be returned, but participants could keep
their DVD (with pre-recorded product & purchase details).

The rest of the examples after the jump.

On a personal note – we got a whole herd of cool tryvertising stuff from Lab Series when we registered for this year’s Men’s Health Discovery surfski series. It’s not like we’re advocating the use of moisturiser or anything….but the eye cream certainly puts a bit of a spring in our step, and when we’ve saved up enough money, we might actually go out  and buy some.

Blue jeans with lingerie

Posted on 25. Oct, 2005 by Cassandra.

Condé Nast Traveler have just released their annual Reader’s choice awards, in advance of the November issue, but you’ll be pleased to note that Cape Town was voted best destination for the entire Africa and Middle East region.

So unlike our performance in the global Bloggie awards, we were actually able to take game in something that lumped us together with our distant war ravaged neighbours.

On that note…it leads us to an indepth  travel feature the magazine published on Cape Town. Writer Patrick Symmes approaches the city with an open mind..and discovers places we haven’t even heard of…..like Miam Miam (we really have to get out more) in Long Street.

The bar was completely white (the decor, that
is!) and packed with a crowd of white Macy Grays and black Paris
Hiltons, all drinking champagne. They wore the global club kid uniform
of rhinestone glitz and blue jeans with lingerie. As in London and New
York, the young men of all races were drinking Red Bull cocktails.
There is no hope for some people.

Yip…that sounds about right. Hey love it or leave it…but don’t fight it. [Gridskipper]

Further: Isabel’s 5 cocktail bars you have to visit before you
die…
and Bling drink.