Blue Bulls = 2007 Super 14 Champs

Deepest sympathy to the rest of South Africa that shouted against the Bulls on Saturday, once again it was proven which team is the best.

Talladega Nights was at night…….this was day!!!

Team Firebird walked up to the challenge to face four other professional kart teams at Kyalami race way on Saturday 19 May 2007. After observing the competition’s trailers, matching race suits and personal helmets, we soon realised we were probably the underdogs of the event. Nevertheless we pretended not to be scared and took up the challenge like men, even though we had a female member in our team which I might add has got more guts than most male rugby players playing for Non-Blue Bull rugby teams.

Ricardo (Alonso) started off our race with courage and kept our name high, followed by Nadine (Orange Lightning) who occasionally decided to take some traffic cones home, then it was Gerhardus (Habana Schumacher) who managed to write off our first kart in a spectacular way, on a good lap I might add, fortunately no-one was hurt. Then it was me (the one who made Herbie go bananas) I managed to perfect the art of kicking up some dust by spinning off into the barrier of tyres without obtaining whip-lash! After me was John T (Mansell) who setup our best lap time of 52 seconds by consistently flying around the track.

It is amazing that 85km/h in a small vehicle like a kart can feel much-much faster when you are sitting a few millimetres from the tar I must say that Team Firebird did exceptionally well considering this is not our day jobs unlike our opposition, who was very serious about the event, we still managed to end the four hour race only 30 laps behind the winning team.

Meet the people behind Team Firebird:

John, Me, Ricky, Nadine & Gerhardus

The karts

The track

John trying to catch a ride

I think you should wear that to work Harry

THE HILLS STILL HAVE EYES

Me and Freaky went to see The Hills Have Eyes 2 on Saturday. Just like the first movie, the sequel was also filled with numerous disturbing and gruesome scenes. The story line, like most sequels, failed to carry over the suspense of the first movie. At this stage you know who the mutant population responsible for the brutal killings is. Furthermore the director try and make the viewer believe it is based on a true story which I very much doubt unless it was shot on a remote farm in the Delmas district.

The Hills have Eyes 2 scores a 4.

Team Firebird - fired-up!

While the rest of the country have rugby fever the BW Optimus adrenaline junkies will be taking on the race track this weekend as Team Firebird (Optimus go-kart team). We are aiming for a podium position if some team members, who knows exactly who they are, manage not to drive into anything, but the main idea is to have as much fun as the Kyalami racetrack offer. Full details will be available on Monday same place same time.

Die Blou Bul eet nie van die vloer af nie, verkies haai-vin-sop

Good morning people. I realized this morning that it’s only 3 slapies before the Bulls take on the Sharks in Durban to fight for the Super 14 title. As a proud Bulls supporter I am very confident that my team will not disappoint their devoted fans even though we are playing on the opposition’s home ground. It is also a fact that every non-Bulls supporter in this country will shout against us, that’s just how it works. You either love them or you feel like an outsider and therefore pretend to hate them. Every pitiful Stormers, Cats/Lions and Cheetah supporter will dig up any piece of black clothing they own and wear it this Saturday as if they have been sharks all a long. I bet most of them will be wearing light blue underwear underneath their little black numbers!

Videos on blog

As a special treat check out the Casper De Vries videos on the right side of this blog. Make sure you are in a space where you won't disturb other people when you burst out in laughter.

Clueless Conclusion #3

Good morning everyone. This is one of those no-brainer blogs which reflects my current state of Monday blues combined with sleep deprivation. Trust all of you had a good weekend, I definitely did but there is not too much to report back on therefore I rather came to a few clueless conclusions instead.

• Bad service at a restaurant (or any business for that matter) is directly related to the absence of a backbone in the anatomy of the manager in charge.
• Washing your car before you visit family on the farm causes annoyance when you arrive and the back of the car is now a different color and texture.
• BMW’s are not really made for dirt roads, causes more annoyance!!
• Removing your car’s number plates when driving late at night from Jhb to Pta provides you with peace of mind.
• Parkhurst is a nice area to stay in.
• Woolworths sells a Chicken Mayonnaise pie that is really good.
• The water problem in Mooikloof Ridge persists, blah-blah-blah….directly related to the absence of backbones in local government!!!!!!!!!
• Helen Zille has got my vote!
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