A new game show in the Netherlands features contestants who are currently seeking asylum in the country. The format is that of a quiz show, and the prize is a not-too-shabby R40 000. The only problem is the winning contestant has to move back to his or her own country to go spend it. Nice one, Netherlands.
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 […]
The president and CEO of Texas Armoring Corporation wanted to put potential customers’ minds at ease about the efficiacy of his company’s bullet-resistant glass. So, like any other sane person, he got one of his employees to shoot at him with an AK-47 while he stood behind the glass.
The Ass Foods saga continues. Late last June, 2oceansVibe was forwarded a little but of spice by prominent Cape Town personality, Bartlett. Bartlett told us that he intended to lay a complaint with the Advertising Standards Authority of South Africa regarding the offensive (and frankly, traumatising) Ass Wrap packaging at the Steenberg Pick n Pay.
The device, which is due to be released shortly, was supposedly lost in a San Francisco tequila bar and then sold to Craigs List, an internet listings company. Apple engineers were reportedly franticly trying to get it back. Duh. This isn’t the first time a prototype has been ‘lost’, in April last year the iphone 4 was ‘found’ in a beer garden and sold to Gizmodo for $5000. Sneaky.
Following the enormous success of What’s The Vibe with the US Debt Crisis and What’s The Vibe With Rupert Murdoch, our host Lindsay Williams tackles the biggest headline of the day – Libya. What exactly is the vibe with Libya? Click video below to check it out on 2oceansvibe TV.
SABC Probe Finds R1,4bn In Misuse Of Funds, Fraud – The Special Investigating Unit (SIU) is investigating misuse of funds and fraud amounting to R1,4bn at the SABC. The extent of the fraud and misuse of public funds comes as the SABC is once again appealing to the government for a bail-out. [businessday] The Fight For […]
Steve discusses the new Springbok squad. In particular Odwa Ndungane, Ruan Pienaar, Sarel Pretorious, Johann Muller, the tighthead selection and Francois Louw. Luke Watson comes up.. as well as Steve’s thoughts on our chances winning the World Cup.
With the price of internet going down and the price of satellite television going up, it is not surprising that so many people are opting for uncapped broadband over television subscriptions. After all, you can get more up-to-date movies and TV series online. You do know about how to get a US iTunes account, right? Click here […]
It’s voting time again at NameYourHood, and this time we are voting for the final names for neighbourhoods 3 and 4. Neighbourhood 3 is the area in which you might know the restaurant Beluga. Right next to the traffic department. Such a welcomed neighbourhood name – I personally struggle to explain to people how to […]
News emerged yesterday that Benito Mussolini, the great Italian dictator that was partly responsible for fascism, actually did have an affair with Marie-José, who happened to be the last Queen of Italy. Previously, Mussolini’s mistress, Claretta Petacci, claimed this wasn’t so. Mussolini’s youngest son however seems to know something that she didn’t.
Titled ‘ We Shall Never Forget 9/11: The Kids’ Book of Freedom’, this absolute joke is timed to coincide with the attacks’ tenth anniversary. The publishers claim that it is designed to educate kids who had not yet been born when the events took place. It’s not long before stuffed Scooby Doo is dressed in a hijab looking down the barrel of a toddler sized Glock 45.
You’re not all on Twitter. I get that; I know people who don’t drink alcohol, either, and I don’t judge them for that. To all you cool social media cats, though, this is troubling: Twitter is readying a new ad product that will serve up ads to users from company accounts they don’t already follow.
Despite topping the user charts with over 750 million users, social networking monolith, Facebook, is rolling out a range of new services to keep its users happily posting, perving and otherwise wasting valuable hours of productivity.
Given that we are currently tidying up a new series for 2oceansvibe TV (2oceansvibe.tv) called The Compound (inspired by The Office), it is quite cool to note that The Office creator, Ricky Gervais, linked to us from his blog. Nothing about the series, mind you, but rather to do with an article we posted yesterday […]
In other meat-related news today, animal lovers may be pleased to know that China seems to be losing its taste for dog meat. Stats show that more people than ever before now keep dogs as domestic pets in China. While dog meat is certainly still on the menu there, the way dogs are viewed generally is undergoing a major shift across the country.
Where were last month when Jack Daniels and 2oceansVibe treated almost 100 hard working Capetownians to an afternoon of popcorn, whiskey, mustangs and movies? You were at WORK? Shame. Shame. Well here’s another bite at the cherry: listen close. WIN! FRIDAY DONE JACK’S WAY – FRIDAY 2 SEPTEMBER 2011 WIN a ticket for you and […]
Just yesterday 2oceansVibe explained to you the new online dating agency that allows users to attempt to match themselves up with someone who has decidedly similar facial features. Now, “Google” has come up with G-Male, the perfect boyfriend, and he knows everything about you and just how to make you feel really special.
Two weeks ago Precious Msibi was forced by her HR manager of all people to strip naked in front of colleagues, including males – during Woman’s Month! The strip was done to “prove that she was female”. After assurances by the police that the guy would be arrested, she claims that nothing has been done so far.
Researchers in Gothenburg, Sweden, met this week to launch a new “meat without slaughter” initiative – with plans on being able to release bio-sausages in the next six months. Bio-sausages made from exotic animal cells, too, because vat-grown tiger meat isn’t any less ethical than vat-grown bacon.
Black Farmers Selling Farms Back To Previous White Owners – South Africa’s minister of land reform says black farmers have resold nearly 30 percent of the white farmland bought for them by the government – often back to the previous white owners. Minister Gugile Nkwinti announced the startling indicator of failure at Wednesday’s launch of a […]
Behold the inspirational power of a double dip recession! Except this is actually awesome. This guy has built a luxury home in an American dumpster complete with granite counters, a toilet and hardwood floors. The ‘home’ will make its debut at the 2011 San Francisco Fringe Festival, which runs September 7-18.
In what must have seemed like a scene straight from a movie, hundreds of Orthodox Greek mourners were mistakenly served kourabiedes, a traditional Greek biscuit, at a funeral reception. Shortly after tasting the biscuits, the guests started acting incredibly strangely and the funeral bureau officers called the police.
London Boulevard is the sort of movie you’d expect from a director like Guy Ritchie. It feels like it was written with Ritchie in mind – given the setting, characters and dialogue. The problem is… the element of romance and the overall lack of action. Guy Ritchie is more about intense, slick and violent British […]
A meeting was held by Britain’s National Security Council yesterday at 10 Downing Street. But as a certain minister left the meeting, he carried documents containing very sensitive information regarding Afghan president Hamid Karzai in a very careless way and the text got photographed by a journalist.
A Florida funeral home has unveiled an ‘alakaline hydrolysis’ unit, which dissolves dead bodies in heated alkaline water. Which is, apparently, something you might want to do; the process is being billed as a far greener alternative than cremation, producing far less greenhouse gas and requiring far less energy.
Every now and again I’ll post a column on a certain word that wine people – myself included – use to describe wines that can be slightly troubling. I am going to try and make it a little bit clearer as to how the word is being used in reference to wine. Because as much fun as it is pairing wine with death, one must try to be of some use. Slight disclaimer: This is a column that imagines its readers enjoy thinking about wine a little. If you are happy with the “Ja, not battery acid I’ll drink it. Fuck that it’ll kill you” approach to drinking wine, this may annoy you.
The sex tape that made Kim Kardashian, well, Kim Kardashian has a bidder who desperately wants it off the market. It’s been mere days since Kim’s marriage to Kris Humphries, and an anonymous buyer now suddenly wants Vivid Entertainment’s rights to the infamous 2007 tape of her and Ray J. And those rights ain’t cheap.
Still trying to find your perfect match? Look no further than your own face! Find Your FaceMate is an online dating agency that pairs couples up by matching their facial characteristics to someone with the same (or near-enough) looks.
You know how, every year that you’ve made the nine-hour trek to Hermanus, you’re kind of disappointed by how far away that mass-grouping of whales is from the shoreline? Whales are majestic creatures, but are they worth the agony of gawking at them from behind hoardes of shore-bound people? You have no right to be […]