On Elon

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I know. We really don’t want to hear anything about him, but we just have to. Constantly.
So instead of all the things that he wants you to hear, how about a different version: The Truth?

This video comes from here, and it’s quick, concise, and also equal parts tragic and funny.

It does all the work so that you don’t have to.

And so you don’t have to believe all the fanboys’ stories about their demigod.

Thank goodness he’s nowhere close to anyone in any position of power.

I’m sorry? He’s what, with whom?

Oh. Oh. I see.

Local Woolworths’ avo shortage leaves Capetonians desperate for alternatives

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It’s bad news for health-conscious Capetonians as premium retailer Woolworths confirmed that they’re rather short of avocados.

I’m not desperate for avocados, but I know that many local people are, basing many of their daily meals around the healthy, trendy fruits. And desperate people are easy to fool, because they will do anything for their green, pulpy fix.

Still, I’ve got to say that I thought this effort might be a bit of a stretch by Woolies today:

But apparently not.

I overheard one person saying that they were so glad that “somebody had made a plan” and someone else suggesting that they “were probably organic or something”, before piling them into their respective baskets.

Eish. Good luck with that guacamole, guys.

Local cricket

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While the Boy Wonder was out and about doing a thing today, he spotted some SA vs England cricket action.

A quick look at the internet determined that this was the SA U19s vs the England U19s, playing their first 45 over ODI of a 3 match series.

And then I forgot all about it.

But the cricinfo page was still open when I came back to my laptop after horseriding (not me), this evening. And it turns out that England won – somewhat convincingly – bowling SA out for 87 and then knocking off the required total with [ahem] 189 balls to spare.

Eina fok!

But you’ll notice that they still “only” won by 5 wickets. That’s because, of the 18 players who batted, only 4 of them* (2 from each side) made it into double figures. Wow.

Cricket matches are clearly going to look very different – apparently mainly much shorter – in the near future.

If you’re in or around Cape Town on Sunday, you can watch the second ODI at WPCC.

* one of them being Archie Vaughan, debutant and captain of the England side, Sheffield born, and son of ex-England captain Michael Vaughan.

Gallops

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A great morning out at The Gallops at HollywoodBets Kenilworth this morning. Ostensibly to watch one particular horse, but it was just a chilled morning out with some drinks and some bacon rolls, while the horses do their thing along the track there.

Taking photos of a ton and a bit of horse running directly at you at 60kph through the heat haze is never hugely easy, but I actually quite like this all action shot of all eight (equine) legs all airborne taken while they were about 200 metres out.

It’s just for exercise and familiarity with the surroundings for the horses, so there’s no real competition here, but you know that the jockeys don’t want to come in second on any of their rides, so the speed is very real.

I’m not heading back to the races in the foreseeable future, not least because the next meeting there is The Met, and I haven’t got a stitch to wear.

(I know, it’s gruesome that someone so handsome should care, but I do.)