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I was watching Dane Cook: Vicious Circle the other night on TV, and couldn’t belive the kakness of the spelling here…

Dana and Diane were sisters

C’mon DSTV it’s the dudes NAME!!! Twice!! They can spell ‘comedic’ pretty nicely though.

He was soooo funny man.

Hectic how’s this? I guess you gotta be in it to win it. Now the problem is I personally KNOW someone who won the South African Lottery a few years back, so the law of averages (damn you LOA damn you!!!!!!) means there is slim to fuckall chance of me ever winning any kind of lotto.

…and she didn’t give me a red cent! Sheeesh!!!

Paris – A Spaniard late on Friday won the record jackpot of €126,231,764 in the Euro Millions lottery, smashing the record held for nearly four years by an Irish woman.

The as yet unnamed player, who could if he wanted buy two Airbus A-320 jets, was the only one to tick the five correct numbers (4, 23, 24, 29, 31) and two stars (8, 9) and win the huge jackpot drawn in Paris.

The previous record in the lottery, run by nine European countries, had been held since July 2005 by Dolores McNamara of Gallyowen near Limerick in southwest Ireland who took home €115,436,126 .

Friday’s winner beat odds of 76 million to one to win the equivalent of four years’ salary by David Beckham, the world’s best paid footballer.

Euro Millions, which recently celebrated its fifth anniversary, brings together France, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Spain, Portugal, Belgium, Switzerland, Luxembourg and Austria.

Still from the Zumanizer shoot

I listened to some ANC spokesperson dude chatting to a Times reporter about the Zuma Shower Gel Advert.You can listen to it below.

I wrote an article about this before which you can read here.

I had to listen to this TWICE just to make sure I heard it properly.  It seems to me that if you want to work for the ANC as a spokesperson in any manner, you need to know how to royally fuck up your public mutterings. Firstly I don’t know who this dude is that is being interviewed here, but I know he makes no sense.

He says the ANC are investigating taking legal advice. Is that not legal advice already? Or are they asking someone who isn’t involved in legal advice whether they should take some legal advice on this matter?

Dude I know English might not be your first language, but really, youre a SPOKESMAN. Surely you need to be qualified to be the ruling parties spokesperson. Oh hang on I forgot about the chop Jesse and her rant. Maybe all you need to be is blindly faithful to your handler leader. Maybe this dude is after her job? Listen to her rant here and judge her for yourself.

He carries on about the shower scene like its the rape case that is being referenced. It’s irrelevant he was aquitted, its the fact that he alluded to showering after having intercourse with an HIV positive person as being a normal thing to do, as opposed to perhaps getting tested for HIV/AIDS. Incidentally has he been tested? Should he really be getting it on with his wives without knowing? That just a wee bit irresponsible for a man in his position in a country with our problems.

He also says the ANC believe in freedom of speech, but with limits. Well then thats not really freedom of speech then is it? I actually dont know what else to call it, but I was always under the impression that freedom of speech meant freedom of speech. Its up to our sense of decency as to whether we say certain things or not, and our intellect whether we believe everything we see.

I can’t believe he didnt mention the COCAINE shown in the clip, that would have been my first observation. I think the reporter was trying to get him to pick up on that.

If you have been under a rock and havent seen the clip yet, you can check it out here (hurry before it’s taken down or something)

Laughitoff are aclso carrying this interview over on their site [here]. Thats where I got my picture from, thanks guys. They called it Zumanizer, haha, gotta love it.

The world is going mal over this swine flu thing. It’s a bit of a major over reaction in my mind. I mean everyone is going nuts about face masks and shit, while MILLIONS of people have AIDS and people still don’t wear condoms. It just doesn’t make any sense.

I was reading a few posts about the general overreaction worldwide, and these are some of the more extreme ones.

Health authorities in New Zealand reckon if you think youre sick, you should drive yourself to the hospital, beep your hooter three times, and wait for doctors and nurses to escort you to a quarantine station. Three times? what if you fuck up and push it four times. or sort of half almost push it then relaise you might not have pushed it properly then push it again. Leaves too much margin for error for my liking.

At Paris airports, baggage handlers are refusing to offload bags that come from Spain or Mexico. Travellers from Mexico are pretty hacked off about this one.

In the US, anti-immigrant activists are taking advantage of the situation and general animosity against Latino immigrants, advising people to “stay away from Mexicans” to prevent swine flu. What the fuck is wrong with them?

Japan is requiring entry visas for Mexican visitors because of the virus. This makes no sense, so what if a Mexican then gets a visa?? Ooooh wait they’ll just deny the visa.

In Shanghai, 71 Mexican nationals were quarantined in a hotel.

Not to be outdone, Egypt has ordered the slaughter of 350,000 pigs, despite the fact that the current outbreak is transmitted from person-to-person rather than pig-to-person. Naturally the Christians (who incidentally run the lucrative pork industry there) are pretty hacked off. The muslim goverment couldn’t give a fuck though cos they don’t give a shit about pigs.

Singapore has effectively enacted a blanket quarantine of all passengers arriving from Mexico, requiring them to stay in isolation for seven days.

“Someone who has flu symptoms shouldn’t think they can come to Acapulco for the weather and get better — that some fresh air and tequila and discos are going to make them forget about everything,” Said Acapulco Mayor Manuel Anorve. “So we ask them to be responsible and not come.”

Mexico is at the forefront of the fight against the influenza epidemic and is cooperating with the World Health Organization. The latest reports from the Mexican health ministry put the count of Influenza infections there at 701, with 26 deaths.

Ok so 26 deaths… well I read a very informative post over at mycapetown.co.za which puts this all into perspective. I was thinking about writing an article about this but Bangers and Nash has hit the nail on the head.

Here’s what they said about comparing this massive pandemic with other pandemics… Couldn’t have said it better myself…

Plague of Athens, 430 BC. Typhoid fever killed a quarter of the Athenian troops, and a quarter of the population over four years. The sheer virulence of the disease prevented its wider spread; i.e. it killed off its hosts at a rate faster than they could spread it (fucking hardcore!).

Antonine Plague, 165–180. Killed a quarter of those infected, and up to five million in all. At the height of a second outbreak, the Plague of Cyprian (251–266), which may have been the same disease, 5,000 people a day were said to be dying in Rome (bear in mind that the world’s population hadn’t even reached a billion).

Plague of Justinian, from 541 to 750, was the first recorded outbreak of the bubonic plague. It started in Egypt, and reached Constantinople the following spring, killing 10,000 a day at its height. The plague went on to eliminate a quarter to a half of the human population. It caused Europe’s population to drop by around 50% between 550 and 700.

Black Death, started 1300s. The total number of deaths worldwide is estimated at 75 million people.

Third Pandemic, killed 10 million people in India alone.

Cholera. The first cholera pandemic, between 1817 and 1860, was estimated to have exceeded 15 million dead mark. Another 23 million died between 1865 and 1917. Russian deaths during a similar time period exceeded 2 million.

Influenza – The “Spanish flu”, 1918–1919. By October 1918, it had spread to become a world-wide pandemic and eventually infected an estimated one third of the world’s population (or ?500 million persons). In six months, some 50 million were dead.

The “Asian Flu“, 1957–58, caused about 2 million deaths globally.

The “Hong Kong Flu“, this pandemic of 1968 and 1969 killed an estimated one million people worldwide.

HIV and AIDS AIDS could kill 31 million people in India and 18 million in China by 2025, according to projections by U.N. population researchers. AIDS death toll in Africa may reach 90-100 million by 2025. (Though I think they have been saying this for some time now)

Smallpox – during the 20th century, it is estimated that smallpox was responsible for 300–500 million deaths. As recently as early 1950s an estimated 50 million cases of smallpox occurred in the world each year.

Measles – In roughly the last 150 years, measles has been estimated to have killed about 200 million people worldwide. In 2000 alone, measles killed some 777,000 worldwide. There were some 40 million cases of measles globally that year.

Tuberculosis – One–third of the world’s current population has been infected, and new infections occur at a rate of one per second. Annually, 2 million people die from the disease worldwide. During the 20th century, tuberculosis killed approximately 100 million people.

Leprosy – In 2002, 763,917 new cases were detected. It is estimated that there are between one and two million people permanently disabled because of leprosy.

Malaria – Each year, there are approximately 350–500 million cases of malaria.

So is South African Idols a total scam? I read a very interesting letter recently on News24.com

Here it is:

“Dear Editor,

I have followed M-Net Idols since its inception. I have spotted great talent and I always tried to vote for these youngsters by what they do best on stage. One of the judges once said that the voting process is unjust and unfair for those who lack resources (DStv and airtime).

The past weekend proved again that Idols was just another immoral show with a focus to make lots of money rather than spotting the finest talent.

Why can’t they involve the judges to the end? Do they understand the demographics of this country? If Idols really is for everyone, why can’t they put fair mechanisms in place that would allow everyone to participate?

Idols is nothing but a scam that will continue to racially divide South Africa. I watched with sadness when one of the top talented girls, Thembi Nkosi, was eliminated from the show because of “insufficient votes” by the public.

The judges and the public always endorsed Thembi and likened her to great superstars. It is very clear from my analysis that Thembi did not make it because of a lack of resources by her followers.

Can’t Idols change this or is it bad for their business? Please take no offence to my letter as none is given. The fact will remain that Thembi was the top talent in 2009 Idols.

I hope music producers spotted this youngster, and also others left who will be eliminated the same way.

I have officially stopped watching as they no longer stand for what I believe in – fairness.

Mzi”

Well thats pretty interesting. I was also watching telly that night but I was barely paying any notice. I decided to scroll through the comments to this post and it was some interesting reading.

Here are a few excerpts:

Somebody must get to the bottom of the allegation, maybe the public are been ripped off as they make huge amounts of cash out of this program. Zuma is serious about fraud,could he look into it. – anon

Like WTF has this got to do with ZUMA? Take a cold shower bru. Here’s some Shower Gel.

Carte Blanche also had a add stating they will be chatting to SA new Idols, The Queen straight of the Idols floor and this add was aired 20min before the winner was announced? Surely someone should follow up on this. – Jacques du Toit

So a bit of useful advice came from the cool head in the group.

Now that’s why you need a PVR – Drukkie

Love the name bru. So he / she (hope she ain’t a she called DRUKKIE!!!??) was backed up by these dudes.

i recorded Glitterati on KykNet and what the user says is true, so i dare Mnet to disprove this!! – hoax

Yes I also heard at 18.38 Derek Watts stating that Sasha WOn.. and guess what? I recorded the whole idols, so I have the proof to back it up. ALready on Mnet’s Case about this – pv

This is hot on the heels of Dave Thompson quitting the show and the country in his usual sullen style. He basically fucked off and wont talk to anyone. Wise fella. Even Randall Abrahams his friend of 16 years wasn’t informed.

Real tight there.

Oh and this is what Mara Louw had to say about him leaving.

“If we do have another Idols and I’m asked to judge , I will miss him. But if he is unsuccessful in Australia, we might see him back.”

Wish the DUDE luck not failure you chop.

Take nothing away from Sasha-Lee Davids, but what a shamatuer operation by Mnet, shame on you.

Zuma Shower Gel - Feel Presidential

I tentatively carried the link to the Zuma shower gel advert here, half expecting some sort of backlash from the media at some point. I didn’t expect it less than 24 hours after I posted my first blog referencing it.

“We can’t wait. Bring it on. Laugh It Off loves a good legal battle” Justin Nurse

Seems our mate Jesse Duarte [the level headed one] is witchhunting again and this time it’s Justin Nurse of Laughitoff who its being called to book. How about say maybe doing something else Jesse, like perhaps… trying to help run the flippen country??

The article, posted here, does raise the ugly question, how free is our speech? Heres an excerpt.

Jane Duncan, executive director  of the The Freedom of expression Institute, says any move by the ANC to sue Laugh lt Off would be “worrying”, particularly in the wake of the SABC’s “rescheduling” of a Special Assignment programme on political satire and the fact that Zuma is suing cartoonist Zapiro for defamation for his “Rape of Justice” cartoon.

“lf Nurse is now going to run into legal problems, then l think we need to ask ourselves whether we are   going to enjoy freedom of expression under a Zuma presidency,” she says.

The Gel can be bought at Big Blue in Montecasino, and is apparently selling pretty well. I can understand that. Jesse Duarte supposedly bought some. Talk about supporting the ‘enemy’.

Russell Norton, an attorney specialising in intellectual property at attorneys Spoor and Fisher, believes that though the shower gel may escape litigation, the video has “gone too far”. Have a looksee for yourself here.

Well I was reading a few posts on the net about the Latest South African Idols winner, Sasha-Lee Davids, when I came across this post.

The writer is either smoking something (maybe this is his car?) or the judges of the SA pageants are. EVERYONE knows Cape Town has the hottest chicks. Repect though to any dude that blogs about South Africa’s beautiful women.

But getting back to Sasha-Lee.

My previous article [here] was all about how I thought perhaps Jason should have won. Now that I’ve done a bit more of a recce on Sasha-Lee (read that as having checked out a few more pics) I think there are worse fates in life than having to hear about her from time to time as she fades into obscurity. At least she is representing the WC (thats West Coast, where incidentally, I’m from).

She has even been compared to Toni Braxton. hmmmm..

Weskus Lekker so

Can you see the resemblance? Sasha-Lee vs Toni Braxton.

Last time someone from the Weskus (ok Kraaifontein) represented at Idols, people got murdered and shit.

Karen? That was horrible.

This isn’t so bad.

Well fuck me they’ve done it again. Whoever is responsible for these lame ‘Love’ Spam emails from abroad have got another one into my inbox. Here it is… she ain’t quite a Scarlett Johansson look alike this time.

Hello my the surprised friend! You can say that again, I’m fucken shocked!

My name Lyudmila and I wish to take away from you at all a lot of time and to penetrate in my letter! My trade the doctor the dentist. I had an ingenious idea to try to find love not in that place where I live namely not in Russia! In me there were such emotions since recent time! I would like to tell to you about it my friend. On my work in the Stomotologichesky Polyclinic I had a chance that I will go on an exchange for practice to other city for me it it was good and not much not on myself because to go to other city on practice! I do not have there friends or even I am simple girlfriends with which I can to spend time and speak cheerfully about problems in mine to a new life.
But all has exchanged and on an exchange there has gone my colleague which only not for a long time has come to us for work after the termination of Medical university. But the desire to find the acquaintance from other country at me remains on former. I thought of a step as acquaintance to the person from other country much. Once after work I have gone on foot because weather was fine and saw as enamoured steams follow a hand and exchange gentle kisses. I do not have not enough tenderness and the favourite person in the lives and it to me became very clear after this walk. I like to walk sometimes one alone with myself and to think about the lives. I could not find the happiness in my city and till now is lonely. For myself I have resolved to search for the love in other country. Especially I heard much about that that people from other countries are more romantic and are careful concerning relations with women, so to say they have a spark in eyes! I am ready completely to this step and have bought yours e-mail in International Dating Agency. To me have told that you my friend very good lonely person with kind and open heart. I wish to tell about myself directly that to me 32 years and my growth 168 see I live to Russia, city Kanash. I wish to be happy life in the and I have serious sights at this world. At me the big age and is a lot of experience behind shoulders. I am confident that we can to find with you the general a theme of conversation and to learn each other more.
I hope to see yours the letter my friend about your life. As I to place my foto with the letter and some resume in a file. I very much would like to see yours the letter and to have with you acquaintance.
I would like to see that we became good friends and not only.

If you are serious and interested please reply ONLY to my personal e-mail:  kindlyudmila@gmail.com

My letter to you was sent by manager International Dating Agency therefore write on my personals e-mail:  kindlyudmila@gmail.com

Yours new friend Lyudmila

And heres her pic.

Penetrate Me - like I penetrated my back with my arm

I’m not even going to bother dissecting this one. It’s nowhere near in the class of the previous one. Four out of ten.

Here is my response:

Dear WankFace

I think you write like a total titbag. Surely you might have considered that if you wrote something relatively intelligable dumb idiots out there might actually be caught in your stupid scam. Instead I am publishing your shite letter for anyone who wants to scam you BACK to do so, because it is written so KAK. I hope it was worth the effort, you’re probably going to have to change your email address soon.

Here’s a thought. I think you would actually do far better if you considered surveying your target market. Now for a small fee I could help you there. Lets say ummmm how about 10% of your scam winnings, or $5000 up front. I have to admit I’m feeling a heeluva lot more comfortable with getting paid up front. I could help you by being a test subject for each email you send out. Shit I could also help you correlate this shit email with the CV you have attached, just so you have all your ducks in a row. In case you hadn’t noticed, your grammar was way better in The CV attached.

Now think about it, this is a one time offer, if you don’t go for it, I’m mailing your cousin Hasmi. She is waaaay fucken better looking that Ludwhatever.

That reminds me this chick isn’t hot enough. If you wanna scam people she has to be an ANGEL. A total fucken babe. You reckon “At me the big age and is a lot of experience behind shoulders” Umm thats probably cos of the weird way she bends her arm out from her back like that. Not cool.

Yours in Jesus

Joe Social

The latest Internet based ANC media ‘episode’ involves ANC spokeswoman Jesse Duarte.

She recently missed the point, lost the plot and showed herself to be oversensitive to a question regarding whether Jacob Zuma read responses to his blog. She turned this rather innocent question on it’s head, bemoaning the fact that people though JZ can’t read, then turned it in a race issue. How you feeling now Jesse?

Maybe the fact that she was expecting a bait from The Times journalist pre-empted this little rant.

Enjoy.

I get a lot of junk mail. Most of it is from complete strangers offering me help with my sex life and showing a disturbing amount of concern about the size of my dick, which makes me feel a little uncomfortable. Does ANYONE actually buy from these guys? What on earth is going on in your life for you to start selling cock hardeners to complete strangers in foreign countries via the internet? I suppose you can’t use traditional sales techniques. I mean imagine getting a cold call on that?

Incoming Call, Private Number

“Hello Sir how are you?

Me: “Sorry who am I talking to now?

Him: “Hi Mr Socialyz, I’m Bob from Viagra Cape Town. We would like to offer you drugs to enhance the performance of your penis.”

Me: “Do you have any female sales staff I could rather speak to?”

Bob: “No”

I’m like “Bob, do you enjoy your job Bob? How many sales have you done this month Bob?”

Ok I’m going off on a tangent here.

I got this beaut of a mail today. For the uninitiated, this is a mail where I am expected to get duped into thinking some hotty is after my beef, we correspond for a short period then she needs money for her ailing moms lung transplant or some shit like that. Hey maybe her dad or cousin is the dude with a fir tree up his ass in his lung?!

Here it is:

“Hello!!!

I write you this letter as today on mine e-mail has come the Internet Dispatch with yours e-mail. In the given letter, it was spoken about the love Relations between people. Therefore I have decided to write you the letter on yours e-mail. I as to search for serious relations as I wish to find The present love.
My name is Hasmi. I, as well as all women of our country, I like to cook food as to go in for sports. I do not smoke and not I take alcohol. I search for the real man who will love, and To respect me. I wish to get acquainted with you more close, by means of e-mail.

Please reply only to my personal e-mail:  hasmyn@gmail.com

I hope, that you will answer me mine e-mail the address. As I with the big Impatience I will wait your letter to me, with more detailed story.

Hasmi.”

It was accompanied by this…

foxy little scammer biatch

Rude little fucker didn’t even use my name when she greeted me. This little fox is vaguely Scarlett Johanssonish. I totally never expected such a hottie man. She is gorgeous. Sure beats her being an ugly bitch. I think I can overlook her poor diction and focus on her other charms.

She would have no problem finding a suitor in whatever that stunning place is that she is standing in is. Fuck me did that make sense?

If only. I like it that out of the 6 billion or so of us naked apes on the planet, she chose me!! Thank fuck she got my Internet Dispatch! She (or most probably he) then gets all Shakesperean on my ass and goes on to say most eloquently “In the given letter, it was spoken about the love Relations between people.“ Was it? Ummm you sure you got the right Internet Dispatch? I coulda sworn my Dispatch said. Looking for a gal who’ll fuck, cook and clean… and yes, in that order. She wants to find the Present Love.

That would be me darling.

Now this is a gem, her name is HASMI. Geddit? She’s got me. She has me. Well she definately gets me with the next line. “I like to cook food as to go in for sports” Just careful on the spelling of the word ‘cook’ there honey, wouldn’t wanna cock that one up. This sentence is a little ambiguous but either she likes to cater for sporting events which absolutely fucken rocks… or she is after some game time after making me din dins.  Or, maybe she mispelled cock as cook and I got this all wrong? She likes cock food? Is that some kind of chicken feed? I’m hoping not.

She doesn’t smoke which means once we are engaged to be married (after I pay for her and her uncles to escape poverty) she will try make me stop smoking, which is pretty kak, and she doesn’t “take” a drink, which is a damn shame. I like my women (note the plural) to “take a drink” now and then, it certainly spices things up a little.

She is searching for the real man who will respect her. I’m fucken shocked she didn’t say “I the pleasant girl” They ALL say that. Well judging by how she just picked on a random fucken stranger on the arse end of the world, she ain’t getting any respect from me. She has probably shagged half the internet by now. She then wants to fuck me, but by email. I think we are at different stages in our lives babe. It’s not you it’s me.

Well darling I’m flattered by your proposition, really I am. She goes on to spell her name differently in her email address. Incidentally the original email came from an entirely different email address. I dunno about you but I’m not normally in the habit of cross pollinating my email addresses, it just gets confusing and it’s downright childish. EVERYONE knows everyone just hits reply.

So in case you were wondering what my response to the mail is, this is it. Yep ‘she’ is getting this mailed to her at BOTH addresses. If this happens to be some cruel twist of fate and the angel in this photo actually wrote me this crap, then at least she will know I have a sense of humour and thank you Jesus, although my birthday is only in December. Chicks dig okes with a sense of humour, or so I’ve been told.

Talking about Jesus, whoever wrote this and is trying to scam people needs to know that Jesus would be very, very cross with them.

PS. If the innocent young lady in this picture actually sees this post, mail me, we could be good together baby!

I love rugby. It kicks ass. I love it even more when we win. I support the Springboks.

I love it when we have big tours like in the Good Old Days. There nothing that excites the fuck outa me more than a chance to give the British and Irish Lions tour to South Africa some eyeball time. I’d like nothing more than to see sweet kickass revenge for the 1997 tour we didn’t do so well in. Even then though, we gave them a run for their money, so to expect the Rugby World Cup 2007 Springbok Team to have troubles this time round is a big ask.

Our okes are bigger, faster, stronger, and fuck me, we are playing at home. Well don’t really fuck me but you know what I mean. Last time this happened we witnessed the burgeoning LEGEND Percy Montgomery ‘skopping wange’ (Thats kicking arse cheeks forthe unitiated)

So I’m reading an article about Mark Cueto on iafrica.com and something strikes me. In it Mark Cueto is talking up his teams chances saying ‘if’ that and ‘if’ this etc etc. Bru I’d be a little quieter with the banter ‘if’ I were you.

I thought I’d put together some pics here to illustrate what I’m talking about.

England goes mal

‘If’ only the field was just a teeny little wee bit wider.

Sorry for you - foot in touch disease

Incidentally I heard a rumour that a few months back Cueto, who I must say by all accounts is playing some hot shit rugby right now, was looking to speak to Joost about how to handle the inevitable ‘white line fever’ questions he would get before the Lions tour to South Africa.

Joost was doing an underwear undercover expose at the time and couldn’t be reached. Next time buddy, apparently Joost ain’t allowed to talk to anyone now, something about being set up in a sex tape??

Oh and for fuck sakes PDV, move Steyn to fullback already.

So News24 is carrying a story about how Dutch courts have banned shrooms…

Here are a few excerpts…

“The ban was introduced by Health Minister Ab Klink, who believes consumption of the fungi “can lead to unpredictable and risky behaviour”.

French teenager died

It followed the death in 2007 of a French teenager who had taken mushrooms before jumping to her death from an Amsterdam bridge, reigniting a national debate over tolerance of the substance.”

I mean WTF? I’ve been to a few places where people go kamikaze after happy hour. Just last month I saw a street fight that ran into a road almost resulting in both titbag protaganists being knocked over. Just ‘cos one chick jumped off a bridge doesn’t mean we all gotta suffer right? I’d love to see the stats on how many people die or commit suicide after eating McDonalds as their last meal…

Incidentally I had McDonalds, ‘shrooms AND been to DOUBLE happy hour and I’m cool.

They go on to say…

“The dried variety has been illegal in the country for several years.”

Has it? Have they been selling wet ones? I remember going ‘shroom picking on a primary school cricket pitch years ago in England near Brighton where I was told it was cool to pick them (ie Wet) as they didn’t have much potency, and illegal to dry them out and SELL them. I dried mine out, was burgled a few weeks later and some titbag thief got my loot, the fucker!

“We are deeply disappointed,” Paul van Oyen, a spokesperson for the magic mushroom vendors’ association Vlos, told AFP. “The court is allowing the minister to get away with lies.”

No shit Paul, there go your profits, mushrooms grow in like days.

“Before the ban, there had been six magic mushroom growers in the Netherlands, 180 smart shops, and a few hundred employees in an industry with an annual turnover of €15-20m, according to the Vlos.”

The Vlos? I LOVE that name!

So why are they called smart shops anyways…?

“The magic mushroom ban is seen as part of a hardening stance on recreational drug use by the traditionally liberal Dutch, who have also been closing some cannabis-vending coffee shops.”

So whats next, no more beer? Sounds strangely prohibitionlike to me and we all know what that led to…

"Everyone was hacked off they couldn't sell 'shrooms anymore"