Monthly Archives: April 2009

Happy Birthday Jarrod

Posted on April 29, 2009 by 1Earth

Happy birthday my boy. Not a day goes by that I don’t think about you. I hope your 6th is a hoot and that you are happy and healthy. I miss you terribly.

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Bending Over Nando’s Style

Posted on April 28, 2009 by 1Earth

My humblest apologies to Nando’s, my all time favouritest peri-peri chicken restaurant in the whole wide world. I should have known better than to think they would just bend over and take it up the peri-peri bottle neck without a … Continue reading →

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White Guilt costs 5FM R10k over Kwaito Song Kaffir

Posted on April 24, 2009 by 1Earth

Well I’ll be damned! Here’s a South African political controversy that doesn’t involve Julius Malema. 5FM, arguably one of South Africa’s favourite radio stations, was fined R10,000 (a little over US$1,000) for playing a song in which lyrics the word … Continue reading →

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Do you twit or do you tweet?

Posted on April 24, 2009 by 1Earth

Now the elections are over and the ANC has won (surprise!), words like party can again refer alcohol fueled dancing, cope can return to being what you do between parties and vote can again be what do you for the … Continue reading →

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Nando’s bends over for Julius

Posted on April 24, 2009 by 1Earth

Oh dear. Watch out – here comes a rant. A bad precedent was set today, not just for freedom of speech, but possibly for Nando’s at large, when Nando’s bent over for Julius. Right up the peri-peri bottle neck! Nando’s, … Continue reading →

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Nandos Hits Malema with a Rubber Chicken

Posted on April 22, 2009 by 1Earth

In what will undoubtedly be the last of the Election Circus (although the Political Circus will continue) Nando’s aired an advert in which a rubber chicken Julius lookalike explains to us about change. The literal kind you would get for … Continue reading →

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Jessie Duarte goois Naam

Posted on April 21, 2009 by 1Earth

There’s nothing like a bit of controversy to rile up the masses. And nothing like gooi’ing naam to make them laugh. “Gooi naam” is an Afrikaans term for when somebody embarrasses themselves. Literally it means to throw your name, but … Continue reading →

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Borneo’s Clueless Eco-warriors

Posted on April 21, 2009 by 1Earth

You know, even when you’re oozing optimism from your tear-ducts, you sometimes have to admit that our planet is in pretty bad shape. And where in the youth we should have hope for the future, it appears that in Borneo, … Continue reading →

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Spuit-poep Begone

Posted on April 17, 2009 by 1Earth

Now there’s a name for a diarrhoea medicine if ever there was one: Spuit-poep Begone. Yup, today is day 2 with a fairly normal stomach condition.  I’ve been suffering this spuit-poep on and off for the last two weeks.  It … Continue reading →

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Save-money-diving.com reincarnate as topliveaboards.com

Posted on April 14, 2009 by 1Earth

Is Save-money-diving.com about to reincarnate as topliveboards.com? A while ago there was a diving liveaboard reselling company called save-money-diving.com, which by some accounts, did good work. They re-sold diving liveaboard safaris often cheaper than what the operators themselves sold it … Continue reading →

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