Author: Kim du Toit

Monday Funnies

Funny Stuff

I’ve got those “can’t-make-it-to-the-kitchen-for-my-Monday-morning-coffee”  blues…

So to wake us all up, a few things to laff at:

(that’s a fake post, but I bet they wanted to say that)

An off-the-cuff communication, with an inscrutable signature:

And still in the corporate world:

And a sign that really should be unnecessary, but no doubt there’s a good reason:

 

…although I would say that’s every day, myself.  And on a related topic:

(For my non-Hispanic Readers, “vato” means “dude”, and “pendejo” — in this circumstance — means “dumbass”.)

Update:  Power failure last night so I didn’t finish this post.  So just to round it all off:

On This Day

The Gun Thing

 

Forget that Valentine’s Day nonsense.  THIS is the reason why Feb 14 should be a national holiday.

My 1911:

Feel free to indulge your gratitude in Comments.  Just be aware that comments not pertaining to the wonders and greatness of the 1911 will be deleted, with prejudice.

Colonial War

Africa, History

Over the years, many people have written to me asking about early South Africa, and more specifically about the Boer War (or, as the Boers called it, the Vryheidsoorlog, or [Second] War of Freedom) from 1899-1902.

A few days ago, I found an old 1992 documentary on BoobTube, and it’s not bad — only just a tad over an hour — and it covers the period quite well, and impartially.  So that’s your weekend viewing assignment.  (There will be a test.)  If any questions of history remain, write to me and I’ll put the answers up in a follow-up post next weekend, when I’ll talk about my family’s relationship to the war.

There are three books I’ve always recommended on the topic:  Rags of Glory by Stuart Cloete, and the book it’s partially based on, a campaign journal called Kommando  written by Deneys Reitz, a wartime Bitter-Ender (you’ll get that explained in the video above) who went on to become the Deputy Prime Minister of the unified South Africa.  Both are absolutely brilliant — Cloete’s book also incorporates a view of the Boer War from the British perspective, and it’s both accurate and illuminating.

The third — an actual history book — is The Boer War  by Thomas Pakenham, generally regarded as the sine qua non  of historical sources for the conflict.  Written during the late 1980s, it’s devoid of any hint of the political correctness which infests later works on the topic.

Enjoy.

Shared Accommodation

Real Estate

So somebody comes to you and says, “Hey, how would you like to share a house with us?” and you run away because you don’t want to share accommodation with anyone.

Then there’s this situation:

A stately apartment on the historic estate where Four Weddings and a Funeral was filmed has had its price tag slashed by half a million pounds after failing to attract a buyer during the pandemic – and could now be yours for just £1.95million.
Apartment Three at Albury Park Mansions in Albury, Surrey, UK, is one of 14 luxury properties in the mansion house was transformed into separate apartments 12 years ago, and has been on sale since April last year.
It consists of four bedrooms, three bathrooms, kitchen/dining room with mezzanine above, utility room, reception hall, and access to gym, spa, sauna and wine stores.

Here’s a pic of the entrance to said mansion:

…and the master bedroom:

Yeah, it may be a little spendy at about $2.7 million for a 4BR/3BA pad with a detached garage, but you can’t beat the setting.

At those kind of prices, you’ll probably find that the co-inhabitants of the place are bearable.

And for those who care about such things, you can walk to the estate’s church on Sundays, no hassles with parking.