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Business
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Adderley Street Flower Sellers The Moer In With City Prawn Lane
12 Jul 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Flower selling in Adderley Street, Cape Town, is tradition in one of its purest forms. For some 100 years, man has always known he merely has to make a short drive into town, come rain or shine, to demonstrate old fashioned chivalry. Unfortunately, it appears an unused prawn lane is now hurting business, say the sellers.
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Google+ Could Pass Ten Million Users In the Next 24 Hours
12 Jul 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Paul Allen, founder of Ancestry.com, not to be confused with the co-founder of Microsoft, has said on his Google+ page that the new social network may surpass ten million users within the next 24 hours. Zounds!
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Should SA’s Legal Drinking Age Be Raised To 21?
08 Jul 2011 by Jasmine Stone / 5 Comments
In the US, you can drive a car, go to war and get married, divorced and re-married before you can legally have a beer, at the age of 21. But there may be some merit in that. Two in three South Africans polled on the issue think so, anyway.
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Jean-Claude Van Damme OWNS New Beer Commercial [VIDEO]
08 Jul 2011 by Jasmine Stone / 3 Comments
“My nipples were so cold they started talking to me.” I don’t know where to begin. There is simply too much awesome in these videos for me to add anything else. That would spoil it. Ladies and gentlemen, please allow me to make your day, nay, your weekend, by checking out Jean-Claude Van Damme in these beer commercials for Coors Light.
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Hugh Grant Joins Phone Hacking Fray, Calls Margaret Thatcher ‘Undignified Sycophant’ [VIDEO]
07 Jul 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Hugh Grant has joined the fray against the News Corp phone hacking calamity and was on hand to deliver his personal perspective of things outside the British House of Commons yesterday. He told the BBC that Margaret Thatcher was an undignified sycophant and that every prime minister since then has basically tickled Murdoch’s belly for him.
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Mail & Guardian Editor, Nic Dawes, Discusses The Newscorp Phone Tapping Scandle [Podcast]
07 Jul 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Mail & Guardian editor, Nic Dawes, appeared via phone call on 2oceansVibe Radio‘s Morning Meeting to discuss the potential unraveling of international media tycoon, Rupert Murdoch, and his multi-billion dollar News Corp empire, amid reports of phone tapping conducted by The News Of The World, a British tabloid in the News Corp stable. The reports […]
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How About A Beer With Your iPhone?
07 Jul 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
There is a lot you can do with an iPhone these days and there is a lot that Australians will do for a beer or two. Not too long ago those clever buggers even invented a pair of slip slops that could open a beer. Naturally, they have now merged their love of beer with their iPhones.
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Dutch Reality Television Contestant Runs Host Over With Car [VIDEO]
07 Jul 2011 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
A Dutch TV show looking for the “worst driver in the Netherlands” has found a clear winner. During filming of the last episode, this guy had to accelerate up to speed, apply the brake and swerve to miss a giant obstacle. Instead of breaking, he opted for accelerating – ploughing into the camera crew set up, hitting two people, including the host, and one parked car.
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Fake Money Causes Huge Traffic Jam Outside Moscow
06 Jul 2011 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Moscow’s mighty 10-lane Ring Road is famous for rather large volumes of traffic, and this morning was no different, except that this morning, fake money was responsible for the chaos. Russian radio station Echo Moskvy reported that scores of drivers hurriedly left their vehicles during peak hour traffic to gather what looked like 1000-ruble notes.
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This Is Happening Right Now, On Corner Roeland And Buitenkant Street, Cape Town
05 Jul 2011 by Jasmine Stone / 8 Comments
Click to enlarge This is happening right now on the corner of Buitenkant and Roeland Street. If you’re in the city, you should get out onto the street, slap your shades on, and enjoy the timeless combination of fresh air and quality humour. And now from the side. Click to enlarge A thing of beauty. […]
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US Inmate Wants To Sue, Claiming Porn Is His Constitutional Right
05 Jul 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
An inmate at a Michigan jail says he’s being subjected to cruel and unusual punishment because he has been banned from having porn.
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Australia’s New South Wales Police Get New Burqa Removal Powers
05 Jul 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Yesterday, police in Australia’s New South Wales state were handed more authority to remove burqas and other face coverings to identify potential criminal suspects. The move follows the recent case of a Muslim woman who was acquitted after a judge ruled her Islamic veil made a positive identification of her impossible.
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Lover Tries To Smuggle Prisoner Out Of Jail In A Suitcase
05 Jul 2011 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Police in Chetumal, Mexico, have said they have caught a woman who was trying to smuggle her common-law husband out of a prison in a suitcase, following a conjugal visit. Judging by the photograph that has been released to accompany the incident, the prisoner hadn’t even put his clothes back on after the romp.
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Open Letter To BlackBerry Bosses: Senior RIM Exec Tells All, As Company Crumbles Around Him
04 Jul 2011 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
A fair portion of the smartphone market in this country belongs to BlackBerry, because unlike the rest of the world, we still pay rather exorbitant data fees to the carrier firms that run the market. And free messaging is like, so cool. Not internationally though, where BlackBerry maker, RIM, is in a serious make-or-break space.
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Philippino Mayor Punches Out Sheriff [VIDEO]
04 Jul 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
A female mayor from Davao City in the Philippines has punched a court sheriff, in front of numerous TV cameras, because the sheriff insisted on demolishing 200 shacks despite her request for a two-hour delay. She’s since been told by her husband to take leave for five days while the Department of Interior and Local Government investigates.
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RICA Your Number Under A False Name For R20
04 Jul 2011 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
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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To Catch An Adulterer
30 Jun 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
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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Malaysia Airlines Sticks By ‘No Babies In First Class’ Policy
30 Jun 2011 by Jasmine Stone / 3 Comments
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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Taxi Industry To Launch Low-Cost Airline, No Spice
29 Jun 2011 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
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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Latest Kia Ad Campaign Accused Of Promoting Pedophilia [PICS]
29 Jun 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
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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Greenpeace Ad: The Death Star Is A Volkswagen [VIDEO]
29 Jun 2011 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments
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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Did Shakespeare Smoke Weed?
29 Jun 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Personally, I took Shakespeare as more of an opium den kind of a guy, but I’ve been wrong before and I’ll be the first to admit that. Anyway, a South African anthropologist from Wits University has set in motion a request to open the graves of William Shakespeare and his family to determine, among other things, what killed them.
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World Record Attempt For The Largest Number Of People Dressed As Smurfs
28 Jun 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Am I alone in thinking that our world record attempts are getting a little obscure? Look, it’s great that you guys (from Mexico City) are all dressed up together and want recognition for that, I’m just not sure that dressing up as beloved 90’s cartoon characters is the way to go. Pics after the jump.
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ICC Proposes Banning ‘Runners’ In Cricket
28 Jun 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
The elimination of runners for injured players, the use of two new balls from each end in one-dayers, and new regulation around when the batting and bowling Powerplays can be taken, are among the key recommendations the ICC Chief Executives’ Committee has made after its meeting in Hong Kong.
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Insane Isle Of Man Footage From Inside A Record-Setting Rally Car [VIDEO]
27 Jun 2011 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments
We’re all mildly fanatical about the modern day motor vehicle over here at the 2oceansVibe compound. Some of us drive Mini Countrymans. Others are lucky enough to sport Fiat Unos. Actually, it’s convenient that I mentioned the Fiat Uno, because this next clip features a car that travels only slightly slower than your average City […]
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Michael Jackson’s Thriller Jacket Sells For $1.8 Million At Auction
27 Jun 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
The infamous red leather jacket worn by the deceased king of pop, Michael Jackson, in his renowned Thriller video, has sold this weekend at an auction in California, for $1.8 million. That is a cool R12.4 million at today’s exchange rate. The jacket also boasts Jackson’s signature on the one sleeve.
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Joost To Travel To The States For Treatment
27 Jun 2011 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments
Former Springbok captain and scrumhalf, Joost van der Westhuizen, has suffered a setback after the initial treatment prescribed by his doctor, to combat the debilitating nerve disease he was diagnosed with, failed to improve his condition.
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South African Porn Star Reality Series Goes Limp
27 Jun 2011 by Jasmine Stone / 3 Comments
South Africa’s first ever reality television porn show appears to have gone limp halfway through the auditions because broadcasters are reluctant to ‘excite’ the public. Although South Africans are generally fans of reality television, it’s hardly surprising that the conservative forces have decided to pass on a deal to air the show.
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Anderson Cooper Mocks Doug Hutchison Marrying A 16-Year-Old [VIDEO]
24 Jun 2011 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Anderson Cooper is your classic American television news presenter. He could’ve been an old guy with grey hair doing expensive wrist watch adverts, but he’s not. Instead, he’s one of CNN’s better journalists and his confidence grew exponentially after he went to report on the Egyptian revolution. His social commentary is also getting funnier too.
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The Official Clifton Shores Promotional Video Is Live [VIDEO]
24 Jun 2011 by Jasmine Stone / 15 Comments
Regular readers will remember the flurry caused by Clifton Shores when production first got underway. Readers were mostly happy to have South Africa, and Cape Town, chosen as the venue for an international reality show, but many were not shy to voice their concerns over what the final product might look like. Click through for the first taste.
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