We all have our lapses of judgment. But some of us make such horrendously poor decisions that one simply has to ask, “What were they on?”. Every week we bring you three contenders in what can only be described as a battle of small wits. So, with great pleasure we present this week’s three La Fee Absinthe-Minded Moment of the Week finalists. Inside we have L’Express Magazine, Newsweek, and Vodacom. But who claims the prize for the most mindbogglingly foolish tomfoolery of the week? Click through to find out!

Third place – Vodacom

Yesterday, Vodacom experienced what can only be referred to as a blanket-blackout of signal across its network. This in turn seemed to negatively affect the other cellphone service providers too. No real explanation has really been given yet as to what caused the fault and some fancy PR work and apologies followed. While the usual Vodacon jokes floated about, undoubtedly the funniest was that the network was down because Chuck Norris had RICA’d his phone. Oh, and we’re sure this cost the economy quite a bit in lost revenue as a result too.

Second place – L’Express

Celebrations are underway in what will probably turn out to be the second biggest wedding of the year between our very own Charlene Wittstock and Prince Albert of Monaco. Earlier this week a nasty rumour transpired detailing Wittstock had fled with her mother and was going to leave the prince alone at the altar. Thankfully, Charlene’s dad was on hand to quash the nasty gossipmonger of a French tabloid magazine that started the rumour, L’Express, and explained that it was just nonsense.

The winner – Newsweek

Today would have been the day the Princess Diana would have celebrated her 50th birthday. We will all remember Di as one of the most elegant women that has ever graced this earth, and one thing that should never be done again is to treat her with the insensitivity that the press did when they hounded her to her death. This week’s Newsweek cover is almost forgivable, but the dummy Facebook page certainly isn’t. Click here to join in the anger being hurled at editor-in-chief and Diana biographer, Tina Brown, who clearly drank bottles of absinthe this week.