Anyway all this joyousness got me thinking back to my days as a wee lad when I used to work at Newlands in a ‘security capacity’. Basically what that means is… I was recently out of school and would do anything for money. I had plenty fun during the first test series between India and South Africa post SA’s isolation.

They were running a Castle Lager (almost said LARGER there by mistake, he is my mate, it’s not hard to confuse him with booze, check here) ‘best sign’ promo, with the winner winning a case of beer.

This was my attempt.

Can DONALD MANOJ to bowl DEV a KAPIL MORE in the ANIL?

I was referencing Allan Donald, Kapil Dev, Manoj Prahbhakar, Kiran More and Anil Kumble, who were all playing in the match.

I didnt win, sense of humour failure clearly.

I have been a bit slow getting into the Indian Premier League, mainly due to work commitments and being out of the loop due to so many public holidays. I got a chance to watch some games this week finally and I must say ‘my team’, or at least the one team I have chosen to support have done really well.

I chose to support the Deccan Chargers for two reasons. Herschelle Gibbs and Adam Gilchrist. Im a big fan of cricket and I appreciate the bowling apsect tremendously, but batting for me has always been the highlight, and these two guys create firewaorks shows when theyre on song.

This Monday, the Deccan Chargers skipper, the 37  year old Adam Gilchrist, blazed 44 off 19 balls with five boundaries and three sixes.

Gibbs remained unbeaten on 69 with six fours and two sixes to continue his and his side’s impressive run this year. To put this into perspective, The Chargers had finished at the bottom of the table in last year’s inaugural tournament.

Chennai’s innings revolved around two whirlwind knocks from left-handed veterans Matthew Hayden of Australia and Jacob Oram of New Zealand, but it was not enough to come close to the Gibbs and Gilchrist show.

Full Scorecard:

Result Deccan Chargers won by 6 wickets (with 3 balls remaining)

	Chennai Super Kings innings (20 overs maximum)			R	B	4s	6s	SR
		PA Patel	c Gilchrist b Edwards	0	2	0	0	0.00
		ML Hayden	c Sharma b Ojha	49	35	8	0	140.00
		SK Raina	c & b Sharma	25	19	1	2	131.57
		MS Dhoni	c Shoaib b Ojha	22	22	1	1	100.00
		JDP Oram	not out	41	29	4	2	141.37
		JA Morkel	c Singh b Venugopal Rao	13	7	1	1	185.71
		S Badrinath	c & b Singh	8	9	1	0	88.88
		MS Gony	not out	0	0	0	0	-
		Extras	(w 4, nb 3)	7
		Total	(6 wickets; 20 overs)	165	(8.25 runs per over)

	Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
	FH Edwards	4	0	21	1	5.25
	RP Singh	3	0	32	1	10.66	(3nb, 2w)
	DR Smith	1	0	17	0	17.00
	Y Venugopal Rao	4	0	35	1	8.75	(1w)
	RG Sharma	3	0	18	1	6.00
	PP Ojha	2	0	11	2	5.50
	SM Shoaib	3	0	31	0	10.33	(1w)

	Deccan Chargers innings (target: 166 runs from 20 overs)			R	B	4s	6s	SR
		AC Gilchrist	c Muralitharan b Raina	44	19	5	3	231.57
		HH Gibbs	not out	69	56	6	2	123.21
		VVS Laxman	c Oram b Raina	4	5	0	0	80.00
		RG Sharma	c Dhoni b Balaji	18	19	0	1	94.73
		DR Smith	lbw b Muralitharan	12	5	1	1	240.00
		AA Bilakhia	not out	12	14	1	0	85.71
		Extras	(lb 2, w 3, nb 5)	10
		Total	(4 wickets; 19.3 overs)	169	(8.66 runs per over)

	Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
	L Balaji	3.3	0	41	1	11.71	(1w)
	MS Gony	1	0	20	0	20.00	(1w)
	JA Morkel	3	0	29	0	9.66	(1nb)
	M Muralitharan	4	0	17	1	4.25	(1w)
	SK Raina	4	0	18	2	4.50
	Joginder Sharma	1	0	14	0	14.00
	JDP Oram	3	0	28	0	9.33

If these words constituted a story it would make interesting reading.

• Apparently we are talking about corruption in the constitution, we want to read more about the Sharks and WP, we’d like Microsft to come up with an Easter Apple called Alex which could sms Russia for diamond Chelsea books.
• The prime minister loves cricket and chicken pirates.
• There should be a Coke Vs Cat festival in the bush.
• The Church is into development of club rugby.
• The Internet in Korea took an easter weekend while Liverpools ability to cope with intelligence took a tumble.
• Jacob Zuma balled an easter egg this sunday with Barack Obama to deal with the Recession.
• People in Joburg want premier league t shirts, and are concerned about Security at the World Cup… and the apartheid it’ll bring with their ‘vrouens’.

Before you think I’m completely fucken insane, this is the tag cloud I based it on. It was a little boring so I spiced it up.

“corruption constitution Read more sharks wp microsoft Easter apple alex sms russia diamond chelsea Books prime minister cricket chicken pirates my dad V Festival coke bush Cat church development club rugby The Internet korea easter weekend liverpool intelligence cope tumblr jacob zuma balls easter sunday barack obama recession capabilities logo xbox jhb t shirt premier league elections Security world cup vrou apartheid champions league”
You can get to see your very own Afrigator tag cloud here.

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"