Two Bits – Great turnout for stage show
The Dolphin Coast turned out in force. There were familiar faces everywhere
Sitting in the front row of theatres has landed me in trouble more than a few times.
On one memorable occasion I was a little tired and sat there stoney-faced (I’m told) while the troupe did their best to get the audience going. A couple of the dancers noticed my glum face and spent the rest of the show aiming directly at me, leaning in close and shaking their stuff. Can’t say I minded that bit, but they did succeed in raising a smile before the end of the show. Then that pianist Von Memerty picked on me unmercifully for no other reason than I was sitting in front of him. Him I wished a less happy future.
The cast of ‘Chicago’ at the Sneddon theatre last week had no problem raising a chuckle, a laugh and a smile with their outstanding performances. The singing was brilliant, the acting equally good, and the dancers had those long legs that went all the way up to their, umm, all the way down to their toes.
The Dolphin Coast turned out in force. There were familiar faces everywhere. Rose and a band of friends and family were roped into sell 200 tickets, which succeeded in raising about R20 000 for the North Coast Courier Orphan Fund. A big thank you from the Fund for the great effort.
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Do parents still read their children folk tales? Henny Penny is a folk tale with a moral about a chicken who believes the world is coming to an end. The phrase “The sky is falling!” features prominently in the story, and has passed into the English language as an idiom indicating a hysterical or mistaken belief that disaster is imminent, that one shouldn’t believe everything one is told.
The cabinet shake-up earlier this month caused a lot of panic, with much talk of packing for Perth, and only a few wise heads said ‘Ignore the noise’. Well, the rand has strengthened dramatically to R12.97 to the US dollar as I write and the JSE is up across the board. Which adds a lot of weight to what the pundits always say, that our fortunes are dictated by forces far larger than local politicians. We’re the flea on the end of the tail of a large dog.
Social media has become a lifeline for many communities, from pregnant first-time moms to whole neighbourhoods or groups with similar interests.
A lot of valuable information can be shared, such as what your neighbours are up to when they think nobody is looking, but unfortunately a whole lot of rubbish as well.
There’s a WhatsApp message going around, warning people not to forward any posts or videos regarding the present situation of the South African government. The message reads:
Don’t forward any posts or videos etc., u receive regarding politics/present situation about Government/PM etc.
Police have put out a notification termed ..Cyber Crime … and action will be taken…just delete…inform your friends & others too.
Writing or forwarding any msg on any political & religious debate is an offence now….arrest without warrant…
This is very serious, plz let it be known to all our groups and individual members as group admin can b in deep trouble.
I suspected it might be a hoax, but the true test is just to copy the entire text into Google and within milliseconds a whole bunch of sites come up, showing that the message originated in India years ago. It was a hoax then and it’s a hoax today.
Beats me why people would want to spread alarm just for fun, and it’s such an effort not to get caught up in it.
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Some bright spark hacked the KwaDukuza municipality website recently, changing dates and the names of documents, such as the “application for unemployment” and “the toe on my left foot is huge”. It was hastily fixed.
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Heard this one on the golf course:
Extensive research has revealed that amongst men over 50, German men have sex four times a week, French men two to three times a week and African men once or twice a week. And also, that Japanese men have sex one or two times a year.
There was much alarm at the golf club – to discover that the majority of members are Japanese!
