Monthly Archives: February 2011

TEA CHING CULTURE FUN GUS; AND KARATE KANINE

Posted on February 28, 2011 by colonialist

On Friday afternoon I was part of a group of COPs (Community Oriented Policing) who lay in ambush for a merry fellow who has been lurking in a forest in order to prey on women walking home singly with pay up … Continue reading →

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REALLY AWFUL FEMININE ALPHABET

Posted on February 27, 2011 by colonialist

(Warning: This starts by being crude, then rude, and then becomes *eek!* love-letters.) When women are in Qs for Ps, Do mind your Ps and Qs – They do become a bit B chi When waiting for their loos. They … Continue reading →

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REALLY AWFUL AND LOW DOWN RHYME

Posted on February 26, 2011 by colonialist

Now when you apply, with a circular motion, From shoulders and all down the back, To girlfriend some smears of some sun-tanning lotion, Then caution you might quite well lack, Of the sorts you’d employ when you do those two … Continue reading →

Tagged applying suntan lotion., challenge, Colonialist, fun, funny verse, humorous rhyme, reaching the bottom, Really Awful Rhyme, settler’s perspective | 4 Comments

REALLY AWFUL COPS AND ROBBERS

Posted on February 25, 2011 by colonialist

What time are you getting off work, dear cop? Please join us in robbing a bank, As well as to hold up a jewell’ry shop, A good share we’ll give, you to thank; It is as absurd As I’ve ever … Continue reading →

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AN UPDATE ON JUMPING A BEE EM WOBBLE-YOU; A CON ON AIR; AND A BLOWN HORN.

Posted on February 24, 2011 by colonialist

I admit freely that I am no expert on matters-motor-mechanical, although I thought I had a reasonable working knowledge. However, it transpires that I am even dimmer than I thought in that respect. Today we went all the way across … Continue reading →

Tagged BMW jumpstart, car aircon, car battery, Colonialist, hooters, horns., journal, settler’s perspective | 6 Comments

WOEFUL WEDNESDAY

Posted on February 23, 2011 by colonialist

A veil is best drawn over Tuesday. You really don’t want to hear about today, either … but I’ll tell you some of it anyway. It started with me being woken prematurely by a cat that wanted out. … Continue reading →

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REALLY AWFUL FLIGHTS OF CULINARY FANCY : CHALLENGE

Posted on February 21, 2011 by colonialist

I wish that I could levitate To any other place or state And shop at somewhere other than the mall From Cheddar Gorge I’d get my cheese In China I would serve my teas And get my nak* milk freshly … Continue reading →

Tagged challenge, Colonialist, favourite dishes or ingredients from different countries, flight of culinary fancy, food., fun, humour, Really Awful Rhyme, settler’s perspective | 8 Comments

BEACHES AND BITCHES

Posted on February 20, 2011 by colonialist

As Durban appears to have shelved their plans to muck up the Vetch’s Pier area of Durban Beachfront, the clubs with properties there have breathed a sigh of relief and started to revive their members’ interest in the area. We had … Continue reading →

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EAT, DRINK (AND BE MERRY) FOR TOMORROW … ON MORTALITY

Posted on February 19, 2011 by colonialist

Come, fill the Cup, and in the Fire of Spring The Winter Garment of Repentance fling: The Bird of Time has but a little way To fly—and Lo! the Bird is on the Wing. Omar Khaiyyam (Fitzgerald)) This is proving … Continue reading →

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PREPOSTEROUS: A REALLY AWFUL CHALLENGE-RHYME

Posted on February 18, 2011 by colonialist

The side view word dished out to me, ‘Preposterous’, Is really that, in ultimate extreme! All rhymes for that, you will agree, be lost fer us – There is no rhyme for it, as it would seem; another day has … Continue reading →

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