A Sikh man enters a pub. The owner says, “Take off your hat”. “It’s a turban,” the patron replies. “No headwear, mate,” says the proprietor, tapping his little sign. That’s kind of what happened on Sunday at a Brisbane hotel.

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Come on, you all know what we’re referring to in that headline. It’s just a little bribe and you’re done. In there. RICA sorted. It’s actually hardly surprising, but it deflates the high we all experienced with the relatively hassle-free event that was reported in a lot of the mainstream media.

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Isn’t that surprising? A study of British recreational culture has been published, and it transpires that British people love nothing more than to listen to the wireless. Much more so than they enjoy reading, surfing the net, or even watching television. That kind of thing is almost unfavorable in South Africa. Because the general quality […]

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The twins officially launched their second studio album today, Running To Midnight, and with that, a rather interesting music video for one of the new singles – Stars Above You. The video is pretty well executed and features a rather intense looking Siberian Husky.

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In their never-ending pursuit to find nuts, squirrels can sometimes forget to look left and right before crossing the road. The end result of this is not always nice, trust me, I work in Stellenbosch and see this daily. But check out this cheeky bugger – attempting to outrun a Lamborghini LP670-4 SV going at 160km per hour. That’s bold!

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A bitchy mother-in-law’s email to her soon-to-be daughter-in-law has become a web hit after the mail spread like wildfire on the web on Thursday.

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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!

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With team names like Hell’s Angelfish and Gold Fusion, it was always going to be hard to take this seriously. So, as we strike the hour that is the Cape Town Friday Rule, we bring you human torpedo racing. Think of the scene in Zoolander when Derek and Hansel and the boys spray petrol everywhere. Brace yourselves.

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Scott Ramsay is about to embark on a year-long journey through South Africa’s 31 most beautiful and precious wilderness spots. He begins his journey this Monday, and for over 365 days, Scott will be updating his website with great written, photographic, and video content documenting the places, people, and wildlife that he sees. Check out the great video after the jump!

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The girl pictured is actually a robot named Showa Hanako 2. She was originally developed as a tool for dentists looking to practice new procedures, but is now able to recognise voice commands, turn her head and open her mouth real wide! Before your mind ends up in the gutter, see the video as to why she’s designed like that.

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SkyNews is reporting that tomorrow’s EuroMillions lottery jackpot is the highest ever. “The biggest lottery jackpot ever up for grabs in the UK could be won on the EuroMillions tonight. A haul of £136m (One and a half BILLION Rand) could go to the winner, according to operator Camelot.”

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I have always loved Monty Python. I grew up on Monty Python. I wouldn’t be who I am today without the Pythons. And now they’re all back together again, sort of, to make a film based on the memoirs of the late, great Graham Chapman.

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Vodacom has assured the thousands of us who experienced the total non-existence of phone signal for hours yesterday, that it had nothing to do with RICA. That puts the mind at ease, doesn’t it? Now, if only everyone had also registered to meet that pesky RICA deadline by midnight, we’d all be laughing.

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Hidey-hidey-ho girls and boys! 2oceansVibe radio’s Premier Show on Fridays is broadcasting live from Meloncino at the V&A Waterfront this morning. Why? Well it’s that special day in every month when Jack Daniels and 2oceansVibe conspire to raise awareness around the travesty that is the working Friday. We’re campaigning to have Friday working hours abolished […]

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In the same way you don’t want to hear about a traffic officer being arrested for drunk driving, it’s rather disconcerting to hear about US television’s watchdog for sexual predators being caught on camera cheating on his wife with a much younger woman. But that’s what happened to Chris Hansen, host of NBC’s ‘To Catch A Predator’.

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The Chinese often find ingenious ways of rectifying problems, but they’ve gone too far this time. A badly doctored image of government officials inspecting a new road in Huili, a modest county in a rural corner of south-west China, has produced some exquisite viral images indicating the public’s displeasure with being lied to.

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I kid you not. Sarah Ireland not only didn’t know that she was pregnant, but she was also two weeks late for labour. During her pregnancy she actually lost weight and claims she never had morning sickness. How did she discover she’s about to become a mum? It all started when she jumped on a trampoline…

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A projection mapping by the Czech designer Pavel Novák turns the façade of a university building into a mash-up of 80’s video games – running the gamut from Pac-Man to Space Invaders. It’s called 8-bit Invader. The initial screening was for the 5th anniversary of Tomas Bata University’s department of visual arts in Zlín, Czech Republic.

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Like a hipster to a Sunday clothing market at an art-house cinema, many, many car enthusiasts are drawn to the vintage car market. It’s a wonderful place. Searching for that rare MG convertible, finding an example that still goes and stops without endangering your life, and taking it home to care for it and love it for the rest of your days is… The worst idea you will ever have. And I’ll tell you why. Vintage cars are shit.

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Dutchman Johan Huibers decided, after a dream where everything flooded, that he too should build an ark, and now it’s just about ready to set sail.

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There is nothing worse than a wailing infant. It has to rank up there with one of the most irritating sounds known to humans. And when you’re paying a cool R70 000 for a return ticket to travel in a first class suite aboard an Airbus A380, you certainly don’t need to hear a baby crying.

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Kim Jong Eun is the son of North Korea’s Kim Jong Il. He is destined to rule this nuclear-armed rogue nation one day, but it is said that his dad is rather obsessed with the whole “eternal president” concept. So much so, that he’s sent his son for six plastic surgery procedures to look more like him and his father. See if you can spot the resemblances – I’d suggest starting with the double chins.

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After 547 days of being held as hostages in Afghanistan, two French journalists,Hervé Ghesquière and Stéphane Taponier, have been released and are due back in France today. The two were kidnapped on the 30th of December 2009 along with their Afghan translator, fixer and driver in the mountainous Kapisa province northeast of the Afghan capital of Kabul.

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The internet is just the right place to find really disturbing stuff, and I try my very best to steer clear of it. But, when I saw this nightmare story appear in my RSS feed, I had to write about it. Here’s what the feed said: “AUSTIN, Texas — The body of a missing woman has been found inside a restaurant ventilation duct.”

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This video illustrates what happens when you try to demolish a building with a pneumatic hammer instead of getting an expert demolition team to do it.

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“Taliban: ‘On each floor of the hotel, our fighters have broken down the door to each room, taking out guests and killing them.'” This was one of the traumatic tweets circulating on Twitter last night, as Taliban militants stormed the Intercontinental Hotel in Kabul, killing 21 people.

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The South African National Taxi Council (Santaco) is seriously considering expanding the taxi industry to cover further modes of transport, including buses, trains and aeroplanes. There is no word on what the airline, due to take to the skies in November, would be called, but there is the very obvious question of: “Where would the gatjie sit?”

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Kia’s latest adverts were designed around a dual zone air conditioning system they’ve developed. Their marketers thought the best way to demonstrate this feature was to depict a cartoon school girl on one side of a poster as innocent, and suggestively slutty on the other. Her teacher is also involved, and seems very keen. Clearly not everyone thinks this is clever marketing. Full advert inside.

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You guys remember that VW commercial that ran during the Superbowl with a tiny Darth Vader? Well, Greenpeace does. And they’ve made a spoof follow-up in an effort to call attention to the automaker’s environmental record. Liberal media sentiments aside, it’s cute – click through for a tiny Vader and a Message About The Environment.

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In last week’s column I asked what kind of wine content you would like to see me write about. The comment that popped up more than most was about supermarkets, that is, how to deal with a wall of wines, all staring at you from the shelf. Which to buy? How do I know I won’t end up with battery acid? Oh god, the decisions. Too. Many. Wines. Fuck it, I’ll just get that coffee-flavoured Pinotage. Well, you are not alone.

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