A joke from an email doing the rounds… The boys are pushing and shoving in the tuck-shop queue: and then the tuck-shop teacher hears one of the boys say “jou ma se @#*$” She is outraged – and sends him off to the headmaster’s office. The headmaster asks him: “So what did you say?” “Nuthing […]

From an email doing the rounds – vuvuzelas have been annoying people since 1660…

What matters is what we are creating together. Lets not stop now! Watch the video of a powerpoint made by two young South Africans, Anthony Prangley and Rebecca Sehloho – which has been emailed around the world. It is being shared in association with the Homecoming Revolution. We’ve also transcribed the most important message from […]

From an email doing the rounds Tough Love vs. Spanking – Good Argument Most people think it improper to spank children, so I have tried other methods to control my kids when they have one of ‘those moments’. One that I found effective is for me to just take the child for a car ride […]

Eish! Have you seen Cape Town’s Vuvuzela? You can’t miss it! Source: an email doing the rounds

From an email doing the rounds at the moment: Here’s the new High School Exit Exam – you only need to get four correct in order to pass. Can you do it (without scrolling down to see the answers first)? 1) How long did the Hundred Years’ War last? 2) Which country makes  Panama hats? […]

From an email doing the rounds… 1. The Cape Times ( Cape Town ) “I have promised to keep his identity confidential,’ said Jack Maxim, a spokeswoman for the Sandton Sun Hotel, Johannesburg , “but I can confirm that he is no longer in our employment. We asked him to clean the lifts and he […]

From an email doing the rounds… Recently I overheard a Father and daughter in their last moments together at the airport.  They had  announced the departure. Standing near the security gate, they hugged and the Father said, ‘I love you, and I wish you enough.’ The daughter replied, ‘Dad, our life together has been more […]

An email doing the rounds… FYI – IMHO stands for In My Humble Opinion

(an old one, but a good one…) Dear Tech Support, Last year I upgraded from Boyfriend 5.0 to Husband 1.0 and noticed a distinct slow down in overall system performance, particularly in the flower and jewellery applications, which operated flawlessly under Boyfriend 5.0. In addition, Husband 1.0 uninstalled many other valuable programs, such as Romance […]

Six married men will be dropped on an island with one car and 3 kids each for six weeks. Each kid will play two sports and take either music or dance classes. There is no fast food. Each man must take care of his 3 kids; keep his assigned house clean, correct all homework, complete […]

Satan visits Cape Town and meets Gatiep. “Do you know who I am?” says Satan. “Nay,” says Gatiep, “gie my a hint.” Satan says, “I am the Prince of Darkness.” “Fok!” says Gatiep, “jy’s mos die CEO van Eskom!”

Just a little email to brighten your day: Always try to help a friend in need Believe in yourself Study hard Give lots of kisses Laugh often Don’t be overly concerned with your weight, it’s just a number Always try to see the glass half full Meet new people, even if they look different to […]

If you can’t find the book you want You’re probably shopping at the ……….

(Using the tune of Sound of Silence)”sing tog saam” Hello darkness my old friend You’ve come to rob me once again I hear your footsteps softly creeping Through the house as I was sleeping And the brick you used to smash my window pane Still remains…. Within the Sounds of Sirens. In restless streets I […]

Watch your thoughts; they become words. Watch your words; they become actions. Watch your actions; they become habits. Watch your habits they become character; Watch your character; it becomes your destiny

– Ons is altyd laat. We would have missed all 4 flights. – We talk loud and would bring attention to ourselves. – Met free kos en cooldrink oppie plane, we’ll sommer forget why we’re there. – We praat with our hands, so we’ll continually be putting the weapons down. – We would ALL want […]

Written by Regina Brett, 90 years old, of ‘The Plain Dealer’, Cleveland , Ohio: To celebrate growing older, I once wrote the  45 lessons  life taught me. It is the most-requested column I’ve ever written. My odometer rolled over to 90 in August, so here is the column once more: 1. Life isn’t fair, but […]

An oldie, but a goodie… When  things in your life seem almost too much to handle, When 24  hours in a day is not enough . . . remember the mayonnaise jar and 2 cups of  coffee. A professor stood before his philosophy class and  had some items in front of him. When the class […]

A special Woman’s Poem vir die mans wat hul vrou wil he soos ma was.

A class of five-year old students are learning to read. One of them pointed at a picture in a zoo book and said, “Look at this! It’s a frickin’ elephant!” The teacher took a deep breath, then asked…”What did you call it?” “It’s a frickin’ elephant! It says so on the picture!” And so it […]

See what happens if you sleep around: It’s ALWAYS the kids that suffer!! Her Name is Debra! Better than Zonkey, I suppose…

Onthou jy die Coppertone-meisie met haar hondjie wat haar blou swembroekie afgetrek het in die 60’s en 70’s? Wel, sy het groot geword en woon deesdae aan die KZN Suidkus, naby Margate iewers, en lyk deesdae so: (Blaai af) …die hondjie is dood.

From an email doing the rounds It all began to make sense, the blank stares, the lack of response, the way one of the kids will walk into the room while I’m on the phone and ask me a question. Inside I’m thinking, ‘Can’t you see I’m on the phone?’ Obviously, not. No one can […]