Category Archives: Sweets & Scissors

Sex, music, racism, inequality etc. – so beautiful, so absurd. Mike Hampton has something to say about it. Maybe the odd diary entry too…

The coronavirus confession of a chipaholic

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This is my confession, you don’t have to forgive me… Hi, my name is Mike. I’ve a confession to make. I’m not asking forgiveness because my hypocrisy doesn’t deserve it. I’m… err… ahh… mmm… this is so hard… I’m a chipaholic! I criticise smokers and fat people but my chip addiction was out of control when I lived in Knysna. Junk food is the cheapest treat when poor. Every time I had money, I went foraging. I was a neanderthal with a mall for my cave. When the Chinese shop … Read the full article…

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Covid-19 Update: Half a million dead, 10 million infections

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One line above urges me to say more:   Besides the terrible statistics, a benefit of covid-19 was minks getting infected in the Netherlands. It horrifies me to imagine them culling 800,000 minks – how much blood is that? But by speeding up the closure of mink farms, whose purpose is to make expensive coats (approx 45 minks make 1 coat), 2,400,000 won’t be bred to die. Cynically, Poland or China may try absorb that market, but the supply chain from the Netherlands is disrupted. This is #Day 8 of … Read the full article…

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Graph shows South Africa’s coronavirus cases climbing quickly

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Deathly Reminder: It’s says a lot about human nature that what was happening in the USA and Europe a month ago was daily news, but as the coronavirus spreads southwards, it’s almost forgotten. Mexico’s deaths are an alarming 25,060, and they’re adding approximately 900 per day. Our South African dead may ‘only’ be 2,294 but that’s more than a 400% increase the past month. After Brazil was where we are now, it took them one month to reach 17,000 dead, and another month to get to where they are now, … Read the full article…

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Update 5 June 2020: Coronavirus & CoViD-19 statistics

You may not realise it because the Media’s gotten tired, and so have you, but new cases of covid-19 are breaking daily global records. Our local lockdown has to end but, thereafter, if you don’t play safe, you may kill the people you love. Please skip the conspiracy theories and focus on how easy it is for you to be considerate. If you wash your hands 20 times a day, it’ll only have taken up 10 minutes which is longer than you spend drinking and smoking. I sincerely hope you’re having sex with your current lockdown partner for longer than that, and a perfect explanation for why your kids are facing the kitchen wall with their hands over their ears 🙂 Seriously, be careful. I’m thanking you in advance.

COVID-19 Coronavirus update 5 June 2020

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Whilst world gets bored, COVID-19 at record high

Whilst the world gets bored, COVID-19 has reached a record high. There have been 365,880 positive tests in the past 3 days. Over 3,000 people died in Brazil during the same period. The sum total of deaths in Brazil was 178 only 2 months ago. This is a reminder to be cautious because the situation will worsen in our South Africa where, yesterday, there were 32 deaths. Visit the predictions I made 31 days ago. I add that the USA’s current lower figure of, on average, 1000 daily deaths, isn’t a victory or reason to relax – those figures will grow.

RECORD FOR COVID-19

Coronavirus and covid-19 sets record cases numbers at end May 2020

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This won’t win me friends on Facebook

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This is about people who give a shit, and the Democratic Alliance (DA) which doesn’t. It’s an update on the court actions against me. It’s a nod to the coronavirus. It’s even more about what I want and don’t want from you. That, for sure, is a two-way street – what do you want from me? DAY #74 OF COVID FOR ME This is Day #74 of my isolation. I haven’t had a visitor or a suntan, but received medicine once, and groceries twice. For the first time, I’ve got … Read the full article…

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