Trivandrum Zoo, Winnie Mandela and Our Health Minister

Paul Watson

Ok, I have three things for you this morning, at least one of them must take your fancy: First one is for Nishant: Hey Nish, I am reading Life of Pi by Yann Martel. Excellent book and has a lot of India in it. The other night I had a good laugh though because it mentions "As for Elfie [an elephant], she lived out the rest of her days at the Trivandrum Zoo." Aren't you from Trivandrum old boy? Good book BTW. :) Second one is for Nelson Mandela: So well meaning but daft South Africans are organising human shield volunteers to go to Iraq and stand in the way of the US... sorry... UN. You know, they strap themselves to tanks, WoMDs, hospitals, biological warheads, that kind of thing and try and stop the Axis Of Bush from shooting any Iraqis. What has this got to do with Nelson Mandela? Well his ex-wife, Winnie Mandela, is considering volunteering for this. To this all of South Africa can only say: Go Winnie! Go! Make us proud and die quickly so we can forget you and your stupid hats! Third and lastly *yay!* is for all humans: The health MEC in the Eastern Cape is being brought to court for refusing to redistribute anti-retrovirals. The high court has ordered all provinces to distribute X amount of the drugs and she is refusing, saying she is supporting Mbeki etc. blah blah get a nice 4x4 out of this I will. Now that is good in itself (that she is going to court and will go to jail.) But the best bit is that our countries Health Minister, MANTU TSABALALA MSIMONG, has announced that if the Eastern Cape minister is convicted then she will martyr herself and resign. Once again, to this all South Africans can only say: Jail the bitch! Kill two birds with one stone. Woohoo! Good day so far. :-D

Paul Watson
Bluegrass
Cape Town, South Africa

Marshall wrote: (on Jap to Engrish) The web translator said: "For success one must aquire one's self" My translation based on the code: "If the copy of the this pointer is valid, return true.

SimonS

Paul Watson wrote: Go Winnie! Go! Make us proud Damn right. I think she should strap herself to one of the children hospitals in Iraq. Those seem to attract stray missiles. :suss: Paul Watson wrote: health MEC ... is convicted then she will martyr herself and resign Oh my God. Sometimes I think I work for the South African government, because there is about the same level of nepotism. :mad: Cheers, Simon "The day I swan around in expensive suits is the day I hope someone puts a bullet in my head.", Chris Carter. animation mechanics in SVG (latest pic 1) (latest pic 2)

Megan Forbes

Paul Watson wrote: daft South Africans are organising human shield volunteers to go to Iraq and stand in the way of the US... sorry... UN. Paul, am I the only one who reads "free travel" into this sentance? Perhaps it's time to sign up! After all, they will be nowhere near the real danger (I guess this is a very non-pc view :rolleyes: ) Paul Watson wrote: Go Winnie! Go! Make us proud and die quickly so we can forget you and your stupid hats! :laugh: Unfortunately there is no reason why she should start sticking to her word now - perhaps we shouldn't hold our breath...

But I am fantastic in bed! And there are gorgeous women in all the houses I pass. And it would be wrong to leave them unsatisfied! So spam is the only way... - Paul Watson

Megan Forbes

Later in the day reply: Check this link: DA Welcomes Winnies offer to be human shield in Iraq[^] :laugh: "the Democratic Alliance is delighted at the idea she put forward that she go to Iraq to act as a human shield. She has become a stranger to the corridors of Parliament and she will not be missed. Perhaps she should resign and move permanently to Iraq, he said in a statement." Suddenly reading the news becomes more enjoyable! :-D

But I am fantastic in bed! And there are gorgeous women in all the houses I pass. And it would be wrong to leave them unsatisfied! So spam is the only way... - Paul Watson

Rohit Sinha

Paul Watson wrote: Third and lastly *yay!* is for all humans: Since this is the only one about me (I'm a human too), I'd like to understand a bit more about this. To say the truth, I didn't follow most of what you had to say about this point especially since I don't follow SA politics, so could you please post a link or something so I could understand a bit more? It's about me, after all! :-D
Regards,

Rohit Sinha

Character is like a tree, and reputation like its shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing.
- Abraham Lincoln

The whole world steps aside for the man who knows where he is going.
- Anonymous

Paul Watson

Rohit Sinha wrote: It's about me, after all! :rolleyes: Rohit Sinha wrote: Stick n' Drum Loo You don't like Trivinandrumerbnumber? Or just poking fun at Nish?

Paul Watson
Bluegrass
Cape Town, South Africa

Marshall wrote: (on Jap to Engrish) The web translator said: "For success one must aquire one's self" My translation based on the code: "If the copy of the this pointer is valid, return true.

Rohit Sinha

Paul Watson wrote: You don't like Trivinandrumerbnumber? Or just poking fun at Nish? None of the above. I just wanted to change it for the hell of it. :)
Regards,

Rohit Sinha

Character is like a tree, and reputation like its shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing.
- Abraham Lincoln

The whole world steps aside for the man who knows where he is going.
- Anonymous

brianwelsch

Megan Forbes wrote: am I the only one who reads "free travel" into this sentance? That's great, Megan! :laugh: BW "We get general information and specific information, but none of the specific information talks about time, place or methods or means..." - Tom Ridge - US Secretary of Homeland Security