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Do you suffer from Friggatriskaidekaphobia?

Or fear of Friday the 13th as it’s more commonly known. I’m starting to think Joe Social and Asstastic do. Maybe it’s because today is Friday the 13th? Or perhaps it’s because TheFrenchConnection’s alias is Jason? And he had his 13th birthday on Friday the 13th.

And he owns a hockey mask and a rusty machete.

Well, all but the last line is true, which had me doing a little research this morning as to where this superstition originated and why. You’ll perhaps be surprised to know that there’s not that much about Friday the 13th that is genuinely scary, although this may be less relevant if you’re a woman according to Simo Näyhä, M.D., Ph.D.

In a study presented to the American Psychiatric Association in 2002, it was concluded that the increase in road traffic deaths on Friday the 13th was incidental in men, however in women an estimated 38% of traffic deaths were directly atrributable to it being Friday the 13th.

Other than that, there’s alot of confusion as to where it orginated and why. According to Wikipedia at least, there doesn’t seem to be any recording of the date as unlucky before the 19th century.

There was one other interesting little piece of information that I dug up though. Infamous murderers Charles Manson, Harold Shipman, Frederick West, Saddam Hussein, Jeffrey Dahmer, John Wayne Gacy, Theodore Bundy, and Jack the Ripper each have 13 letters in their names.

As does TheFrenchConnection in his real name….

Now where did I put that hockey mask.

TheFrenchConnection hates most Fridays

Myself, Joe social and our faithful sidekick Mahpicki were at our local and just as Joe Social made a bee line for the bathroom Francois from bands4africa brought out his Sinatra act and the crowd at Doodles went completely off their heads, even the bar staff stopped serving drinks so they could sing along. One of my favourites and I hope you like it too.

We love Frank, we love Frank!

Oh before I forget… we owe you one

Smile real purrrrrrdy now

It’s no secret that anything online is the way to go especially in South Africa where our dinosaur public broadcaster is more concerned with the revolving door it’s board has become than actually making sure that the listeners or viewers get anything decent to listen to or watch.

That’s why it’s so refreshing that online radio stations are popping up all over the place.

You guys might know my mate Adrian Larger. Remember this name, DJ Adrian Larger.

Well I’m very proud to announce that Larger is soon to be involved in the launch of a Cape Town Online Radio Station. I can’t say too much right now other than watch this space… or is that listen to this space?

I can give you a brief rundown though. These guys are going to be covering the hits of each decade from the 50s through to the 80s. So there is going to be something that every single one of us identifies with, no matter how old. Larger himself is going to be doing the 3pm to 6 pm slot, and in his own words, that’s not too early to have a couple of beverages to.

Now I know the man pretty well, and there was an incident involving the law when we were young (innocent stuff mind you), so when Larger says it’s gonna rock I believe him.

That and the guy is fucken huge. Soon to be bigger.

Watch this space.

You are wondering who this person is that I keep referring to in my articles here and here. Allow moi to explain…

The love of my life and I have a pet name for each other. You all know Winnie the Pooh right? So in the story, piglet calls Winnie the Poo, Pookie. We took that name and we spell it Pooki.And we call each other Pooki. Ok continue reading once you have finished laughing..and no you cannot take our name….

Now you would call your girlfriend/boyfriend my angel or my buttercup etc etc but because I talk way too fast sometimes I once wanted to say ” my Pooki” but it came out Mahpuki,and thus Mahpuki was born ( pronounced ma-poo(H)-ki).

Joe Social and I have this friend and she is our side-kick. So I started calling her Mahpicki the side-Kicky, because she is the Mahpuki’s Side kick.  So there you have it, Pooki’s and Mahpuki’s and Mahpicki the side-kicky explained.

Mahpicki the side-kicky will be added to our “who are thes guys section” soon because she is definately worthy of that page.She has become my partner in crime of late , we’re especially into the whole star gazing/renaming thing. We recently decided to call Alpha Centauri , Ariola Centuari..but we only say this when we speak whale. See Finding Nemo on how to speak Whale. How Ariola Centauri came about is a funny story but I’ll tell you about that later…

Alpha Centauri

It’s no secret I always read 2oceansvibe and I love the funny shit those guys come up with.

Ages ago I read about the different new and cool ways to shake hands and I was very impressed with the Drop Knee Handshake as done by Seth Rotherham and The Dude.

So I had this mulling around in the back of my head for a while, but last week I finally got the courage to do it in public. I was out on a gorgeous Monday evening at my favourite beachside bar, Doodles beachfront in Table View. I got the obligatory 4 tequilas down my throat and recruited my mate The Labour Broker to be my guinea pig.

I nervously sort of explained the whole concept to him and then went for it. Luckily Asstastic was on hand with her faithful Blackberry and the moment was captured on video.

So without further ado, I present to you, Joe Social and The Labour Broker doing the Drop Knee (big thanks to Seth and co), done in public, maybe for the first time?

Wouldn’t it be awesome if the guys at 2oceansvibe could let me know if this is a world first?

You can see the original Drop Knee Handshake as done by Seth Rotherham and The Dude here.

Joe Social and the TwinMassProducer were arsing about in the kitchen, Joe Social was trying to demonstrate how you can get someone back if you owe them one. Definitely try this at home or at your place of work!

Next time you’re out with friends, family, at your place of work or at the pub where people  can’t get the message on leaving you the fuck alone… try this. It works everytime, notice how the TwinMassProducer tells Joe Social to “fok off now”.

God bless my blackberry for capturing moments such as these…

Now we owe you one!

…Rubbing your finger in a very strange manner!

So, last night my man and I went down to our local. We are regulars at Doodles and everytime we go,  my Jelly bear comes up with some random way to make me laugh… This one took the cake.

I can’t remember ever getting an itchy finger, (no gutter brain don’t go there ) so i’m not sure if this is normal. You tell me!??

Here we can see Joe Social scratching his finger… wait for it… on his chin??? and then what would look like him rubbing his cheek, is actually him scratching his finger on the side of his face ( I almost made a crude joke about fingering and faces..work it out) …

God bless men who have stubble to get rid if those nasty finger itches and God bless my Blackberry for capturing moments such as these!

My mate Phil, who you can read about here, keeps banging on about his mothers dog which goes mad when he sprays water at it. Well Philly, this one’s for you!

Phils mothers dog went MAL

Remember I told you about how we use his super ninja Psychology skills to meet new girls? Well The Thrill has had a rough time of note and was moaning about getting back into shape. Well Phil you better hurry cos the FAT POLICE are out in Force this season, this ones for you.

The Anti FAT spray worked a treat

I have this mate of mine Phil. You can read more about him here. He is an ex psychologist, the chicks love it. We used to wing man the fuck outta the concept at local bars, I’d play the good guy friend and Phil would be the ex psychologist who didnt want to talk about psychology. I’d mention to the girl that Phil ‘used to be’ a psychologist.

I’d say “Oh come on Phil just give her a small taste of it”

He would say “No man fuck off I’m sick of doing it”

She would say “Oh Please!!!!?”

Phil would say “… oh alright”

Eventually we would know everything about the girl, most importantly whether to ‘go there’ or not. It’s an EXACT science, we would always get it spot on. Come back Phil we love you. Phil is currently hibernating after a recent break up… I warned him about her…