Application for the position of IT Chief Officer: SA Revenue Service
Dear Sir/Madam,
I greet you as Sir/Madam because I do no know if you are a Sir or a Madam or even a Sir as well as a Madam, like Caitlyn Jenner. I am simply covering all bases, as you would expect ...
Scam the Scammers
From: Hyundai Cars Company <info@hyundai.net>
To: bentrovato@mweb.com
Subject: You have won the Hyundai Company Award Funds
This is to inform you that you have been awarded 850,000.00 P...
Pay Me, Pal
Did I mention that nearly a million people from 186 countries have read my columns in the last six or seven years?
Many of them have been begging for an opportunity to contribute to my fun-raising ...
The subscriber you have dialled has detonated
I got a message from MTN today letting me know that I was due for a phone upgrade. My eyes filled with tears. It has taken me two years to work out a fraction of my current phone's functions. Why why ...
Happy Heritage Day
I am fascinated by the cultural differences that exist in this great country of ours. When I’m not busy being fascinated, it’s all I can do not to pack a bag, grab my passport and head for the nearest...
There’s gold in them thar seminars
It might just be because I'm freshly unemployed and the algorithms are sensing my fear, but I have started noticing more and more Facebook ads from people who have a burning, selfless desire to make u...
Release the tapeworm, not the tape
Timeo Danaos et dona ferentes.
No, I haven't had a stroke, although if I were to have one my first choice would be for it to happen right now on a Sunday night. Apart from waking up dead, I can't t...
A letter to the American President
Dear President Trump,
Thank you so much for your recent tweet in which you threatened to invade my country if the government didn't stop killing all our white farmers and stealing their land. I liv...
So, anyway.
I just wanted to thank everyone who emailed me and wrote to the Sunday Tribune expressing their outrage/condolences/relief after the newspaper gave me the boot. I find it a bit odd that the paper chos...
Skeletons in the closet
Dear Comrade Edna Molewa, Minister of Environmental Affairs, Apex Predator of the Civil Service, Trader of Bones and Nemesis of Big Cats Everywhere.
Well done on your decision to allow fifteen hundred...
The buck stops here
"New study confirms four distinct giraffe species, unlocking crucial insights for conservation efforts" — this headline reminded me of a giraffe story I wrote a while ago.
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