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!

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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!
• . . . . . . . .

A tribute to Mrs. G

It is evident that this has been an extremely busy week considering the amount of publications I managed to get out. Luckily we have reached the end of the first full work week in a while, and the weekend ahead is much needed. Just a reminder that this coming Sunday is in fact Mothers Day so don’t hold back.

I can honestly say that I’m blessed with the best mom in the world. I know what you are thinking, I’m not just saying that because she still does my laundry and I eat there regularly, I really mean it. I’m convinced that not only is she probably the most compassionate person in the universe, but Gwen also possesses several super powers. I mean raising four boys, of which I’m one, on her own, while running businesses, studying and still manage to retain her sanity, and manage to look like she’s our sister instead of our mother is quite remarkable. I can carry on-and-on for hours but unfortunately I have work to do.

Ek is seker ek kan namens Gebroeders Gouws praat as ek sê: Ma is die beste ooit!

Me and the Queen

PS. She is definitely the best cook in the world as well, that’s the main reason I have to swim miles and miles each day to stay in shape.

Be glad you missed this bus

On my way back to Pretoria late the other night as I drove through the N1/N14 split coming up to John Vorster the night suddenly turned into an array of flashing lights reminding me of an 80’s disco. Unfortunately this was no fun affair as it was in fact the flashing lights of emergency vehicles lighting up the night.

As I approached the scene I realized it was one of those long distance Gauteng to Polokwane (Pietersburg) public busses that malfunctioned in a rather spectacular way. The bus was lying on its belly across all three lanes of the N1. The luggage (probably including live chickens) stacked on the roof of the kamikaze bus was now scattered all over the tar surface. Fortunately for the passengers of the bus, the vehicle didn’t overturn after its back wheels just mysteriously disembarked from the chassis. Unfortunately the occupants of a Chrysler Crossfire were not as lucky, because they must have ended up underneath a truck as the accident occurred. The cabin of the Crossfire was completely flattened.

I don’t get angry that easily but this made me furious, considering that I’m fined for every time I dare to drive over the speed limit but un-roadworthy vehicles like this, carrying innocent desperate civilians, are not kept from the road as they post a threat to all of us. I think it’s time that our overweight Metro Police leave their coffee and doughnuts and get off their fat asses behind the speeding cameras and start attending to real threats like this . . . . and while their up, start regulating traffic in peak hour damn-it!

92-3 need I say more.....

Optimus takes on the Nedbank Challenge

Yesterday the true blue blooded Optimus team members took up the challenge of the Nedbank Challenge held in Emmerentia Johannesburg. I am proud to report back that despite the fact that we went into the race basically unprepared as none of us really trained for the event, we al finished within good time.

John (our own Bruce Fordice) ran the 10km race as if he was warming up, didn’t even build up a sweat as he passed the finish line. He was rewarded with a medal for his effort. Me and Dawie didn’t want to steal John’s thunder and therefore only ran the 5km race and finished in 28min 12 seconds. We were rewarded with empty plastic water bottles.

Seeing that Gerhardus didn’t pitch (some lame excuse about an asthma attack :-) ) he will be rewarded with buying the rest of the team Samoosas and Jelly Tots for the rest of 2007.