MISSING HUSBAND !
Thank goodness the Rugby World Cup is over and I can have
my Husband back !!
HeeHoo is definitely not the same man, when the World Cup
is taking place, he becomes
distracted, distraught and detached !!
His dreams, I am sure, are all in green and gold
Technicolor, and involve drop goals,
running after Wilkinson, scrumming with Os, he even sings
Bok Van Blerk songs in his
sleep !!
His right foot twitches and jerks so much that even the
cats leave the Marital Bed...
His pillow is almost continuously twisted in the shape of
a rugby ball when he awakes, and
when and staggers off to the office, it is not to work,
but to phone his friends and talk
Bokke talk !!
I can even get him to go and queue for essential
commodities, as he is bound to find a
fellow Supporter in a bread or a Pilsener queue somewhere
!!
It all started when that wretched Boeing flew over the
Ellis Park stadium in 1995 having his
roots deep in the Kokstad hinterland ... his Bokke blood
flowed like the Vaal River, his
Leurloop Heart pounded furiously, and he vowed to never
miss his Team ever !!
Our car sound system, when we travel, used to resound with
intellectual podcasts, Richard
Burton reading Thomas Hardy, or snippets from thought
provoking Talk Shows, but for
months now we have been listening to Rugby Songs about
some chap called "Habana" by
Bok Van Blerk !!
Television has always been a nightmare in our house,
HeeHoo watches one channel and
our legendary butler Charlie watches the other !!
Needless to say the telly has been tuned to nothing but
Bokke related topics, "Famous
Tries, Legendary Kicks, Stupendous Drop Goals" et al, for
months now !!
If I hear Naas Botha's voice once more I am going to
scream (Mind you I don't mind the
odd sneaky peek at Victor Mattfield when HeeHoo is not
looking !)
Bokke fever reached a peak in S.A. this week, I gather the
traffic police were wearing
Springbok jerseys and even the entire S.A. Army had the
S.A. flag tattooed on their
faces......
At the Oliver Tambo Airport in Johannesburg, a green
carpet the entire length of the
runway was laid down for the returning Heroes, and at
Heathrow the London Fire Brigade
must have used the equivalent of Zimbabwe's entire water
ration for the whole year,
spraying the Springbok plane as it arrived in all its
glorious triumph.
Oh well, its all over now, we can become Man and Wife
again for a couple of months, until
I find him secretly perusing the New Zealand Travel
Guides, and I know the whole
delightful experience is going to start all over again.
Andrew Birtwistle passed away Thursday 18th October,
Harare, after a long illness bravely
born.
Dearest friend, "surrogate" Dad and son to Noreen, Khayla
and Alex.
So many words left unsaid,
So many things left undone.
Our love and thoughts to John, Sue, Sarah, Tony and
children.
Our hearts are broken. You were too young to go.
Fly high Andy, soar like an eagle.
Our fondest love, Noreen, Khayla and Alex, Christchurch,
New Zealand
NEWHAM - THEA My deepest and warmest sympathy to all the
family on the passing of
such a fine Lady - I will always have happy memories,
especially our time round the bridge
table. It was an honour to have known such a special
person. Cheryl Oosthuizen -
Knysna.
It was with sad feelings that we read of the passing of
Audrey Eley.
She was a great teacher who helped us in our time of need
while we were in Zimbabwe.
Our sincere condolences to all the families.
Brian & Jax Ford. Perth WA
Doreen Hancock, loving wife of the late Idris Hancock,
mother of Nicola & Rona,
mother-in-law to Garry and Peter and grandmother of
Kirsten, Lauren and Dylan
passed away on Friday Lunch time peacefully after
suffering from Alzheimers.
It is such a loss but we know you are safe and in a better
place. Will miss you lots Mom,
rest well.
Condolences
Mike Milne.
It is not possible to express our loss of a dear generous
friend who looked after the
importation of our bibles.
Deepest sympathy to family and all staff at Freight
Consultants from all Gideons,
The Gideons International.
"Fire Works!
Once again IT IS GUY FAWKES TIME,PLEASE Keep your pets
indoors and close to you. They
need your love and assurance when these fireworks are
going off more than normal. This
is a frightening event for all animals and events like
this put an extra strain on the services
of the SPCA, which we can well do without especially with
the current economic issues
facing us.
Please be aware of any animals on the roads as a result of
these "explosions" and phone
the SPCA. The animals of Zimbabwe are having a torrid time
anyway and a 30 minute
firework display will just add to their misery. Please
help those who cannot help
themselves."
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