January 6th, 2009 | by andrewdotcoza | old season
Jan
06
While on the subject of strange Christmas merchandise, here is something I found a year ago during the run-up to Christmas ’07:
Why does the Xplore Arctic Mammoth Discovery Playset include a frikkin kangaroo?
November 22nd, 2008 | by andrewdotcoza | old season
Nov
22
We all know that South African “Family Christian Bookstore”, CUM Books, should certainly win some sort of award for decorating shopping malls with giggleworthy words.* Sometimes, however, they take things too far. Beyond, as it were, the bounds of good taste.
*: I propose the Gigglesworth Award for Naughtily Named Spiritual Emporia.
October 29th, 2008 | by andrewdotcoza | old season
Oct
29
Following on from the last post about fish conservation, we come to an altogether different story in which people want to be rid of fish. Apparently the Paarden Eiland wetland near Cape Town is infested with “marauding killer packs of catfish.”
The TygerBurger* community newspaper, not exactly known for its detached, well written articles, explains the presense of the catfish as follows.
Gadzooks! Quite the super-villain then!
*: On 22 October 2008
September 7th, 2008 | by andrewdotcoza | old season
Sep
07
Found in Port Elizabeth in May 2003August 31st, 2008 | by andrewdotcoza | old season
Aug
31
Squeaking an entry in for August, I thought y’all might enjoy this sauce bottle label. It was spotted in February 2007, at the offices of one of my clients.
