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Aside from the ANC Youth League head Julius Melema, who clearly loves the sound of his own dim-witted ramblings, the rest of us aren’t too wild about having to stand up and give a speech in front of a strange crowd or gathering. The inherent fear of looking a complete pillock combined with sweaty palms and inaudible mutterings strikes fear into even the most brazenly confident. However, the following tips should give you a head start on your next teasingly timed, cheeringly charming and exceptionally executed speech. Read the rest of this entry »

“Do you believe in hypnotism?” you ask the punter. “Because I bet I can hypnotise you I’m sure I can. You look the type” Now no-one likes to look like “the type”, so they’ll ask what you mean. “You look suggestible,” you reply. “In fact, I’m prepared to bet dinner on it,” The stage is set for a demonstration of bogus hypnosis that will hopefully land you a real meal. Read the rest of this entry »

A very cheeky yet clever way to one-up your drinking buddy and rob him blind in the process. Make sure and get the money first though - as he probably won’t be all to keen on coughing up after you’ve swindled him with this snazzy manoeuvre.

THE HOOK

Few people know it but you are the world’s fastest drinker. No, really. Your friends aren’t convinced but you keep on bragging until they’re sick of hearing about it, “Okay then, a fiver says I’m a sight faster than you. In fact, a fiver says I can drink three pints before you can even drink three shots!” Few people can resist a bet, especially when they’ve had a few sherbets. Read the rest of this entry »

Cellphone in the Toilet

It could happen to anyone: you dropped your cellphone in the toilet. Take the battery out immediately, to prevent electrical short circuits from frying your phone’s fragile internals. Then, wipe the phone gently with a towel, and shove it into a jar full of uncooked rice. It works for the same reason you may keep few grains of rice in your salt shaker to keep the salt dry. Rice has a high chemical affinity for water - that means the molecules in the rice have a nearly magnetic attraction for water molecules, which will be soaked up into the rice rather than beading up inside the phone.

It is a low-tech version of the “Do Not Eat” desiccant packets that may have been packed in the box the phone came in, to keep moisture away from the circuitry during shipping and storage. Read the rest of this entry »

This is stupidly complicated, so concentrate a bit harder here. The flowers you buy a woman have to be the right model for the right occasion. You might think wilt­ing daffodils from the gas station or half a dozen cheap roses from the grocery store will suffice, but according to the mind-bogglingly complex Flower Rules For Men, you’d be very wrong indeed. Having seen only a tattered photocopy of these Rules, the following is a manly stab at making sense of it all. Read the rest of this entry »

I’m always looking for ways to multitask and save time, so I discovered a neat way to work my forearms (which don’t get much gym time the poor little things) and brush my teeth at the time. Here’s how. Read the rest of this entry »

E.S.E pods (Easy Serving Espresso) are the handy and flavourful espresso pods compatible with an ever growing range of coffee and espresso machines, as well as the newly available Handpresso: Portable Espresso Maker from Mantality.co.za.

You can buy E.S.E pods (very cheaply) from all good coffee merchants in South Africa as well as a few good Spar’s and convenience stores. However, an assortment of full flavoured (and decaf) coffee pods are available online from Xpresso and at R2.94 per espresso pod - which is not bad at all.