I don’t think many of us will be buying a house for $55 million in the near future (what with the recession and all), let alone putting down a NON-REFUNDABLE DEPOSIT of $55 million on a house with a selling price of 390 million Euros. Can you imagine that? And then can you imagine pulling […]
Shocking, shocking, shocking! As poms and ex-pats have to spend their time worrying about terror attacks repeats of past atrocities, it seems a local trend of attack is on the rise over there – bicycle helmets indoors. When will the madness end? This, from a troubled Dale S: Hey Seth, I am in […]
This was first spotted on Geekologie.com who have reported that SunCity is home to the World’s fastest “Zipline.” While we prefer the name “foofy slide” here in South Africa, it is interesting to note that they claim to be not only the fastest, but also the tallest and the longest. Apparently it goes 100mph. It […]
It’s been a year since New York Governer, Eliot Spitzer slipped into a personal and professional media nightmare, after being caught banging a call girl. Ashley Dupre, to be exact. You, me and Dupre.. With the internet, tabloids and big bucks ruling the day, and various incarcerated madams choosing to release their confidentaial […]
I hadn’t taken out a DVD for a while and popped into DVD Nouveau (where else) on Sunday. I got Step Brothers with Will Farrell (6/10 – you can skip that one) and Dead Calm with Billy Zane (it was the right thing to do – and it was good – get it). Although I […]
Aware of my struggle to find anything decent to talk about on Monday, Andrew M came to the rescue (or did he?) with this little beaut about an albino dolphin cruising around a lake in the US. Oh my God it’s beaauuuuutiful! The Telegraph reports: Pink dolphin appears in US lake The […]
This came out a while back but I didn’t think you were ready to see it. Now I think you are. Hey? Are you ok with that? I couldn’t possibly imagine dealing with that. The only option is to remove oneself from the situation. Just leave. Hmm, I’m getting progressively more annoyed the longer […]
Ok I won’t push it. Just hear me out. Everyone knows The Secret was a well-packaged variation of a well practiced technique and mind set. So listen to this. I am absolutely blown away that the lottery companies don’t use the recession as an method of advertising. Never before has there been MORE reason to […]
You’ve probably picked up on the story about the woman who gave birth to eight kids. They thought it was seven, but another one was hidden behind an internal organ. take that eight, and add the other SIX she had at home, and you’re looking at 14 mouths to feed. The cool thing about it […]
The Sri Lanka cricket team tour bus has just been attacked in Pakistan. Reuters: Sri Lanka cricket team bus attacked in Pakistan LAHORE, Pakistan, March 3 – Gunmen killed at least four people in an attack on the Sri Lankan cricket team’s bus on Tuesday as it drove to a stadium in the […]
Last week we brought you the heart warming story about Sweden’s Princess Victoria her engagement to her fitness trainer, Daniel. We chatted about how well he had done, given his status as a commoner. That was before we saw Princess Madeleine, her sister, who is even hotter. Check, check, check it out! Bona fide smoker […]
It’s important that you see this ad for a BMX spotted on an Australian ebay-type website. Seems pretty normal, right? Wrong. CLICK HERE TO CHECK OUT THE DESCRIPTION GIVEN BELOW THE PHOTO OF THE BMX.. That’s all we ask for.. [thanks lauren]
Now here’s a story of a boy done good. Princess Victoria of Sweden Not bad at all.. From Timesonline: There was nothing but bleak news on the schedule in Sweden yesterday morning  the carmaker Saab flailing for life, a financial meltdown in nearby Baltic states  and most Stockholm journalists were glumly turning […]