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Funerals And Other Unpleasantries. I don’t like funerals. I suppose nobody does but I dislike funerals with a passion. I don’t attend funerals unless it is absolutely close family. And...	2,164	38	0	Apr 2014	Apr 2014	1 hrs ago
To H E L L And Back Again. Quite a few people have claimed to have died and returned. I am one of those lucky souls who made the journey there and was allowed to return and tell...	1,813	75	0	Apr 2014	Apr 2014	22 hrs ago
Tea And Cookies All Day? If you worry, you will die. If you don’t worry, you will still die. Then why all the worries? It only leads to more worries. In essence you...	1,964	45	0	Apr 2014	Apr 2014	Apr 23
I Am Very Sad Today Something very strange happened this morning and my master is very upset about it. He has acted very funny all day. Yes, if you have not noticed my do...	1,336	30	0	Apr 2014	Apr 2014	Apr 24
Catching A Crocodile There are two ways to catch a crocodile without getting eaten yourself. The first method is preferred by game wardens. You set out bait and you wa...	2,984	90	0	May 2013	Apr 2014	12 hrs ago
Why Do We Fall In Love? No matter how many times we resolve not to fall in love, we just do it again and again; time after time. And every time it is better than the previous...	2,034	77	0	Apr 2014	Apr 2014	Apr 22
Peace In Our Time. Peace is an expensive commodity. The price of it is normally measured in human lives and it has to be paid up front. Cash with order and then a speedy...	2,078	53	0	Apr 2014	Apr 2014	19 hrs ago
When Last Did You Break A Heart? So often we hear people complaining about their hearts being broken by a thoughtless and cruel lover but we quickly forget how many hearts we have bro...	2,454	68	0	Apr 2014	Apr 2014	Apr 23

When Love Comes Knocking At Your Door. When somebody knocks on my front door, I open it. I think the majority of people do. Especially here in South Africa because most of us have safety ga...	3,677	108	0	Apr 2014	Apr 2014	10 hrs ago
Setting The Record Straight. Hi, my name is Skollie which means scoundrel in your language. As Voertsek told you the other day, I am an African grey parrot and unlike him I...	713	28	0	Apr 2014	Apr 2014	Apr 19
A Very Mixed Up Story Now Solved. Hmm, this is truly a mixed up story. I was listening to some of my oldies while writing this blog and somehow I got it mixed up. It seems like I canno...	2,117	61	0	Apr 2014	Apr 2014	Apr 21
Happy April Fool's Day Happy Birthday Bajanshay Ah, we have a birthday girl here, Ok, I won’t mention your new age. I know how sensitive you ladies can get when you turn 45...	3,944	60	0	Mar 2014	Apr 2014	15 hrs ago
Hy Het Sy Gat Gesien - He Came Short The Afrikaans word ‘gat’ has more than one meaning. The first refers to a hole in the ground or in any other object while the second meaning is...	3,228	40	0	Mar 2014	Mar 2014	12 hrs ago
A Dog’s Life Hi, I am Jack Russell but I respond to the name of Voertsek which means ‘scram’. I know I got the name to chase the other dogs away when my master cal...	2,926	76	0	Mar 2014	Mar 2014	Apr 24
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy Why do some jobs carry more prestige than other similar jobs? In my book, a truck driver, a bus driver, a train driver, a ship’s captain and an aircra...	1,257	68	0	Mar 2014	Mar 2014	Apr 22
Improving Ourselves When I see somebody doing something well, I admire his skill. I’m not a good musician and when I see somebody who can play a music instrument well, I...	1,652	54	0	Mar 2014	Mar 2014	Apr 23
A One Night Stand. Here you wake up with a strange woman next to you in bed and then you remember the cute girl you picked up in a pub last night. Wonderful! Not only di...	2,137	49	0	Mar 2014	Mar 2014	Apr 23
Our Changing World. Things change around us all the time. We cannot always keep up. It is as they say: The only constant in life is change. When I was young:...	1,599	40	0	Mar 2014	Mar 2014	11 hrs ago
Look Before You Leap. It is a very old saying but then the old people knew what they were talking about. Fools rush in where angels fear to tread. Some people are...	1,628	40	0	Mar 2014	Mar 2014	Apr 22
Lunch With An Old Friend Our appointment was for 12 noon and we arrived at the same time – ten minutes early – from opposite ends. He had lost a bit of weight since I last had...	1,144	60	0	Mar 2014	Mar 2014	6 hrs ago
A Time To Move On I find it both sad and disturbing when I see all the sadness and bitterness around me; in real life as well as on-line. Forever blaming a previous par...	1,067	60	0	Mar 2014	Mar 2014	Apr 22

After All These Years - How It Ended My hands trembled while punching the number on the note into my phone. It was a short note. Seventeen words and a cellular number. Long enough to make...	1,089	51	0	Mar 2014	Mar 2014	Apr 23
The 8 O’ Clock News Why is 8 O’ clock such a popular time for the news. Why not 7 O’clock, 9 O’clock or any other time. Is there not a newscast that can be read at anytim...	805	37	0	Mar 2014	Mar 2014	11 hrs ago
After All The Years I frowned when I received the letter in my mailbox on Friday. It has been years since I last received a letter via snail mail. Accounts and invitation...	1,233	69	0	Mar 2014	Mar 2014	Apr 22
Life Is Strange Somebody I know became a signaler on the railroad. Some time ago he got very drunk after hearing that his father was in hospital. He was still drunk w...	1,707	59	0	Mar 2014	Mar 2014	8 hrs ago
Who...Who...Who Is Stammering Stammering is a speech disorder and people often make the mistake to believe that it only consist of the repetition of syllables. It can include the...	1,356	46	0	Mar 2014	Mar 2014	Apr 23
To Love Or Not To Love You can stay as you are for the rest of your life… or you can love again. If you don’t try something, you will never know what it is like. And you can...	2,049	81	0	Mar 2014	Mar 2014	17 hrs ago
The Local Circus The main animal attraction at the local circus was a trained zebra. During a recent tour of the countryside the poor animal got sick and the vet in to...	1,352	29	0	Mar 2014	Mar 2014	Apr 24
The Innocence Of A Child “How do you make love?” the five year old girl asked her little friend as she was getting a ride with him on his tricycle. He stopped and looked back...	1,090	42	0	Mar 2014	Mar 2014	Apr 19
House Rules We all have our own sets of house rules and expect others to adhere to it. When I still smoked I would not have dreamed to smoke in a friend’s house u...	2,077	72	0	Mar 2014	Mar 2014	Apr 22
God Sent Me To You Yes, that is what she said when I opened the door. I looked at her and I instinctively knew what was coming. I listened to her sad story...	2,115	59	0	Mar 2014	Mar 2014	Apr 24

Cliques In The Forming. When my guests arrived for the party last night, I was quickly faced with a nightmare. The guests, who were made up by family, regular friends and col...	2,726	87	0	Mar 2014	Mar 2014	7 hrs ago
Home At Last Officially on pension! I was a little late coming home today. I had to attend my own farewell party which was held in the staff canteen during lunch t...	1,221	56	0	Feb 2014	Mar 2014	Apr 22
Shark Finning More and more sharks are caught solely for their fins while the remainder of the shark is discarded in the ocean; often while still alive. Shark finn...	1,570	39	0	Feb 2014	Feb 2014	Apr 23
Forbidden Marriages In most countries there is a list of forbidden marriages. A list of people you may not marry. Mostly for genetic reasons while some are due to moral r...	1,777	76	0	Feb 2014	Feb 2014	5 hrs ago
Preparing For Adult Life Of all my birthdays as a child I can only remember one very vividly. It is remembered only because of the speech my mother delivered and the immediate...	1,426	34	0	Feb 2014	Feb 2014	Apr 19
The End Of The Line. I have often wondered about my purpose here on earth; for I do believe that we are all placed here with a purpose. I have done ok for my...	2,718	99	0	Feb 2014	Feb 2014	3 hrs ago
A Minor Error My one friend breeds racing horses and he had imported a very expensive stallion last year. We had arranged to go see one of his fillies making a debu...	745	29	0	Feb 2014	Feb 2014	Apr 19
Blame the Americans (Again?) When I heard about the earthquake in the Caribbean yesterday I thought back of our own earthquake in 1969. I was sitting in a movie house that night w...	2,022	36	0	Feb 2014	Feb 2014	Apr 23
The Same Old Argument Should the toilet seat be up or down? This argument has torn families apart since the invention of the indoor toilet. Men mostly need it up...	4,229	81	0	Feb 2014	Feb 2014	Apr 19
Can It Be Coincidence? I have never applied a set of criteria when meeting a new woman. Well, at least so I thought until I took stock the other day. I was mar...	1,333	51	0	Feb 2014	Feb 2014	Apr 23
The Land Of Milk And Honey Welcome to the new South Africa. No visas are required if you are prepared to swim across the rivers when entering from Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe or...	1,494	31	0	Feb 2014	Feb 2014	Apr 21

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