RustyGate

After last week, my friends, I shall never drink again …

… or argue with a woman.

I love reading The Herald - I maintain a portal that has to stay up-to-date with latest news, so when they update their website, I have to read it.

Today, I actually bought the print version (for the classifieds; long story). And in the spirit of sharing, thought I’d highlight a couple of interesting things.

EIGHT women believed to be cross-border traders were last Thursday night robbed and stripped naked in Marondera by four suspected men who had offered them a lift from Forbes Border Post in Mutare.

Did you notice that? Four suspected men. Not four male suspects. Or even just four men. Four suspected men. Now, if we’re suspecting these criminals of being men, they must have had serious wardrobe issues. Or they could have been disguised as buxom mielie ladies, a la Leon Schuster. I now have this vision of cross-dressing hardcases terrorising the poor folks of Marondera. English lessons, Herald. English.

It just felt so good to see Coventry and her teammates Hill, Brand and Felgate getting on the floor, dancing to Tuku and Mukanya’s music.

So not only was this guy so very chuffed at being in Beijing (with the First Lady, apparently); the sight of white people dancing to Oliver and Thomas, well … you’d think he could have dedicated some of this breathless coverage to the entire Games, not just the final gig. Eh? oh.

O Zimpapers. You entertain me, you do.

The SA Press Association reports that a bar collapsed onto a restaurant below in a Harare building on Thursday.

The witnesses say ambulances took away four bodies as well as several injured people. About 30 people had been inside at the time of the accident on Thursday night.

Apparently, the bar was just above the ground-floor Sidewalk Cafe on First Street.

Of course, getting independent confirmation of something like this will be impossible in the middle of the night, without my actually driving down there. So I’ll wait for news in the morning.

Assuming it’s accurate, what a damn shame. The last thing Zimbos need is to suffer when they’re de-stressing after the daily grind. Anyway, the (empty) bed summons me.

P.S. - there’s actually a bar in Harare I don’t know about? Wonders never cease.

… with myself on this long, long weekend? The prospect of sitting on my arse until Wednesday is pretty attractive, since I CANnot afford to go away on holiday!

Oh well, there’s beers in the fridge, sport on the telly and a pretty girl to rub my (ever-expanding) belly. I reckon I’ll make a weekend of it, then.

Also, I decided (again) to quit Bookface yesterday, cos it was getting really annoying. I like to be left alone to my own devices, and all those bladdy notifications about their really crappy new interface … I quit.

I just wish I could actually REMOVE my account, not bladdy “de-activate”.

Also, who else watched the Olympics opening ceremony? It was amazing, those commies really pulled all the stops. And worth every penny too, I reckon. Way to shame your detractors, China.

And now Russia has invaded Georgia. Just when everyone is on holiday at the Games. Wow.