Monthly Archives: January 2013

REALLY AWFUL FLAMING LOGIC IN TRAIN

Posted on January 31, 2013 by colonialist

Commuters in Umlazi get Put under lots of strains, And to express displeasure set Alight offending trains. A bunch of this lot’s breth’ren stole Some cable from the track Which sends the signals up the pole Until it gets put … Continue reading →

Posted in Current Affairs, Really Awful Rhyme, Satire | Tagged burning trains, Colonialist, humorous rhyme, Really Awful Rhyme, satire, Settler's perspective, stoning trains and buses | 23 Comments

ZOMBIE!

Posted on January 30, 2013 by colonialist

I was just completing a long email to my friend and publisher when the lights went out. Cable theft, power shedding, faulty equipment, or leprechauns – who knows? Anyway, undaunted, I decided to put together some booklets I have … Continue reading →

Posted in Humour, Personal Journal | Tagged Colonialist, de-light., flying cockroach, zombie cockroach | 40 Comments

MEMORIES OF A ROADHOUSE

Posted on January 29, 2013 by colonialist

Harmony has posted a series of drawings by Trevor Romain vividly depicting some of the things one might remember from growing up many years ago in the suburbs of Johannesburg and ‘The Witwatersrand’. The one above includes … Continue reading →

Posted in Cats, Dogs, Personal Journal | Tagged Colonialist, dog-riding cat, Doll House Roadhouse, ice cream and Coke, moonlighting in disguise., Roadhouse, Settler's perspective, totally plastered, Trevor Romain | 56 Comments

QUESTIONS WHICH MAY NEVER BE ANSWERED

Posted on January 28, 2013 by colonialist

During one of our recent visits to sister and brother-in-law, we got onto the subject of family stories and legends, and began bemoaning the fact that we hadn’t asked for chapter and verse or more details on them when … Continue reading →

Posted in Genealogy, History, Personal Journal | Tagged Barney Barnato, Colonialist, encounters with British Royalty, Family history, family history questions left unasked, family legends, Gandhi farm, Sir Drummond Miles Dunbar and SPCA., Winston Churchill escape | 33 Comments

NOW, FOCUS!

Posted on January 27, 2013 by colonialist

The theme of Focused Attention in the Sunday Post RUN by Jake Sprinter (haha, sorry Jakesprinter) gave me to think this series might do:

Posted in Dogs, Humour, Nature, Photography | Tagged Colonialist, Focused Attention, Jakesprinters Sunday Post, Maltese and Monkey | 35 Comments

REALLY AWFUL APOLOGY

Posted on January 26, 2013 by colonialist

Again regarding the First National Bank ads featuring youth giving their ideals for the future, it appears the bank has been repeating apologies. What an idiotic reaction from all sides. The government lost a wonderful opportunity of saying that they … Continue reading →

Posted in Cats, Current Affairs, Poems, Really Awful Rhyme, Satire | Tagged ANC tacitly admits guilt, Bank Ad campaign controversy, Colonialist, current affairs., First National Bank backs down, Really Awful Rhyme, South African youth aspirations., You Can Help Campaign, youth criticise SA conditions | 22 Comments

ROONESPISMS UNEXPURGATED AND AMPLIFIED, AND OTHER REALLY AWFUL THINGIES

Posted on January 24, 2013 by colonialist

It is the time of the year when Nature sends lots of creatures rushing energetically, like the dragonflies in the previous post. We have the Toad Chorus going on at the moment and when we were in the pool … Continue reading →

Posted in Humour, Language, Nature, Personal Journal, Poems, Really Awful Rhyme, Writing | Tagged Colonialist, fun, funny rhyme, humour, lysdexic words, mamba, Really Awful Rhymes, Roonespisms, scorpion, Spoonerisms | 33 Comments

DRAGONFLY SKY

Posted on January 23, 2013 by colonialist

Dragonfly sky Is my first try At the Sunday Post Which has Jake as host, And the theme you see Is ‘Simplicity’.

Posted in Challenge, Flying, Nature, Photography, Really Awful Rhyme | Tagged Colonialist, Dragonfly Sky, Jake's Theme, Really Awful Rhyme, Simplicity., Sunday Post | 28 Comments

VILLAINS AND COWARDS

Posted on January 22, 2013 by colonialist

The ruling African National Congress in its various forms has reacted to an ad campaign by First National Bank in South Africa with what is tantamount to an admission of guilt on all counts. They ‘protest overmuch’. In response, the … Continue reading →

Posted in Current Affairs | Tagged ANC tacitly admits guilt, Bank Ad campaign controversy, Colonialist, First National Bank backs down, South African youth aspirations., You Can Help Campaign, youth criticise SA conditions | 23 Comments

REALLY (TOO?) AWFUL ROONESPISMS

Posted on January 21, 2013 by colonialist

I posted the following a few days ago. Though I knew the last two verses of that version were hinting at words I don’t normally use, the fact that they are used freely on other blogs, and that I thought … Continue reading →