The circle of life
Winners often suffer from the delusion that they’ll be winners forever. They imagine that victory is their birthright, that they’ll effortlessly succeed at everything they try.
Eventually, though, reality catches up with them. Child stars grow up to be angry alcoholics. Captains of industry lose their fortunes. Rock stars overdose. Handsome dudes go bald and get dumped by their wives. Starlets age badly. Comedians lose their senses of humor. Footballers get bad knees.
So why do we ascribe so much power to those who happen to be winning at this very moment? That’s just what losers do, I guess.
I was a winner too, lucky in love, working amongst friends, a gentleman of leisure.
Now I’m just a sad, single guy with an awkward paunch, a freezing bed and half a bottle of Johnnie Walker Red Label.
Thus fell Lord Perth, and the earth did shake with that thunder.
kana wapinda basa chasara kubuda.
hold on mate…loosing a chick in winter is not always the best way to go but summer will come.
Oh JB. say it isn’t so.
@munhu, it wasn’t a belt he was ‘loosing’ 🙂
I know, becoming single in winter is the worst thing that could happen to any man. And Elle, it is so.
Cold comfort: I still have mad love for you. And if you need me to organise you some comfort of an Asian persuasion, you have my number.
LOL, thanks shaz. I’ll take it under advisement.
I’m really confused! O_O
Someone spell it out for me because, from this, the vibrant message I got here was that JB is now single. That, or he forgot to put quotation marks and cite a reference. The comments that follow SUGGESTS JB’s indeed single, but, I really would like to be sure so I can make my next move (i.e. make the usual noises people make in such cases). So, has JB broken off the engagement?
dude I go away for the world cup and this happens. will be back on thursday and I’m buying the whisky at OH not Maiden – too much time in there is causing you problems
Tara, I think it’s clearly stated, innit? Go ahead and make your token noises, then. BD, rather bring a bottle to my place 🙂
so BD can warm JB’s freezing bed 🙂
No dummy, so we can build a fire, like Africans do. We make fire for everything – happy, sad, wedding, funeral, baby, graduation … sports.
Sad and single I still think you’re extremely cool and when I grow up I want to be just like you. (N.B. this an attempt to boost your self-esteem, hope it works)
I thought the African thing was to drink beer and braai.
Hence the fire. Thanks D.
Dion is a blonde?
Elle, stop looking for a fight.
But why must people make it so easy and then expect me not to take the bait, huh, JB, huh, I don’t want to live in that world where I have to be the bigger person. The fatter person, yes, but the bigger person, not so much.
I don’t know what to say, other than I’m sorry things didn’t work out between the two of you. It was amicable, I hope!
well, you do have the the bigger mouth 🙂
all the better for my legendary verbal and oral skills.
*insert appropriate words here*
Keep your head up.
Lol, that was very PC. Asshole.
ok, since u insist,
get wasted and get laid as quick and as often as u can.
doesnt really get u over the girl, but u have fun while u trying. and by the time u sober up u may well be.
lol, like JB could ever sober up
I’m a very sober chap, actually.
@Eleanor – he did let her go. He could have pulled a Handiende a la one man named Bob !!
Ndakundikana
Saka Joe wakabvuma kurabwa…inga