Let’s get on an even keel
AGAME of oomph! clearly lies ahead. The Sharks have to prove that last week’s exposition of silly buggers rugby was a mere blip.
The Free State Cheetahs need to get something under their belts after the going-over they got from the Jaguares. Irresistible force meets immovable object. Oomph!
But it’s just got to be better than last Saturday, especially with the return of our gentlemen who were resting.
It’s just got to be. The damsels of the Street Shelter for the Over-Forties are becoming restless. I’m told – I was at the ground – that some of them embarked on an orgy of groin-targeted Kung Fu attacks on male habitués, instead of the customary blizzard of knickers, by the time Curwin Bosch saved the day with his Long Tom penalty.
The scene was chaotic. Most of the gals didn’t even know we’d actually won.
What decorum demands tomorrow is disciplined play upfront, forward domination, turnovers, ball-in-hand rugby and the exuberance from our three-quarters that they have shown in previous matches. And, of course, the tackling for which we are already becoming renowned.
This to be followed, after 80 minutes, by the traditional celebratory feu de joie, where the street lights are shot out with catapults fashioned from the ladies’ knicker elastic. Let’s get back on an even keel.
’Gator hazard
THE water hazard has added meaning at the Bay Hill Club and Lodge course in Orlando, Florida, where the Arnold Palmer invitational was played recently.
A huge alligator twice came out of the water on the 6th fairway, causing some consternation among golfers and caddies.
It’s not clear whether he had hostile intent or is just interested in golf.
American Cody Gribble is seemingly accustomed to ’gators because he simply slapped the fellow on the tail and it went back into the water.
Everyone thought that was the end of it, but next thing the alligator was back, giving a huge fright to Smylie Kaufman and his caddie.
That ’gator seems I know, I know, it’s counterintuitive
Defining yourself, setting your own personal goals as if you are alone in this world and getting your focus off others, will deepen your levels of connection and intimacy with others.
Authentic intimacy is contingent upon the really keen on golf.
It could certainly make a hole in one…
Connected
READER Ray Gorven toys with the idea of a life of crime.
I’m short of funds so I’ll go to the bank
Though their withdrawal schemes might fail,
But it’s safe for me to steal some cash
‘Cos my cousin runs our jail!
Oyster egg
FINDING a pearl in an oyster is considerable good luck. But a diamond in a hard-boiled egg?
Sally Thompson, of Cumbria, in Britain, found exactly that at breakfast. Something small and hard was in her mouth. It turned out to be a diamond. development of a secure self. To work on your self – to set goals, to develop and accomplish personal challenges – is not selfish. Not to do so, usually is. Freeing others of their debts to you (gross or trivial, real or imagined) will make you free. The resentments we love to collect poison our vision and taint all our relationships. Our resentments may be Now how the heck? The mind, señor, she boggles.
Doughnut king
NEWS from America: former Eating Champion of New York, Matt “Megatoad” Stonie might have lost his title last summer in the Hot Dog Eating Contest. But he’s back in heavy training.
The other day he polished off 50 doughnuts in 10 minutes, 45.01 seconds, according to The Huffington Post. That is the time it would take an entire police station to consume the same number of doughnuts.
They’re off!
THERE’S been some fuss in Britain over the revelation that hamburgers contain as much as 30% horsemeat.
It’s produced a rush of commentary:
I’m so hungry, I could eat a horse… I guess they just listened.
Anyone want a burger? Yay or neigh?
I’m not entirely sure how the burger people are going to get over this hurdle.
The waitress asked if I want anything on my Burger. I had £5 each way.
Had some burgers for my specific and targeted at one or a few people, but the toxins they promote are generic and impact all of our relationships.
All growth requires some loss and will probably elicit some grief no matter how much change is wanted or necessary.
Men and women grieve the loss of even the worst of marriages and even the most abusive of circumstances. People become accustomed to the most trying of tea last night… I still have a bit between my teeth.
A woman has been taken to hospital after eating horsemeat burgers. Her condition is stable.
Vegetarian burgers are being tested for traces of unicorn.
I’ve just checked the burgers in my freezer – and they’re off !
Land issue
IAN Gibson, poet laureate of Hillcrest, expresses concern at the prospect of Zimbabwestyle land seizures.
Government is after a new dispensation,
Taking land without compensation; Like Robert Mugabe North of the Sabi, There’s cause for some consternation.
Tailpiece
GIVE a man a fish and he will eat for a day. Teach him how to fish and he will sit in a boat and drink beer all day.
Last word
EDUCATION is what survives when what has been learned has been forgotten. – BF Skinner
circumstances and will often grieve quite unexpectedly when those circumstances change.
“Getting a life” outside of your children and “outside” of your marriage is good for you, your children, your spouse, and for your marriage.
As I said, it’s counterintuitive….
You and Me is 16 years old this week. Thank you, readers.
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