Why geniosity goes unappreciated at work!
Here’s a moment of enlightenment from my favourite comic at XKCD.com
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Vernon Koekemoer having his 15MB of Fame
The saying used to be “15 minutes of fame”. Now, thanks to the online world, it’s 15MB of fame. Well, maybe even 15GB of fame thanks to broadband connections.
Everybody knows Chuck Norris, but if you’re South African and you’ve been online recently (or you’ve seen the latest Vodacom ad), then you might have heard of Vernon Koekemoer!
Who is Vernon Koekemoer?
His real name is Cassie Booyse, but that’s obviously not how South Africa knows him.
To rest of us, he’s Rambo Guy from H2O!
Why is he famous!
Good question.
Here are a few examples of his online fame:
- He has his own Facebook profile
- He’s been interviewed on locally produced Kwela (anybody care to translate it?)
- He’s appearing on a lot of billboards as part of adverts (which you’ll see if you watch the above interview).
How did Vernon Koekemoer start?
All of this started thanks to a great photo apparently taken at the H2O rave.
Personally, I thought the photo was a fake.
But if you want to SEE fake photos of Vernon, go visit RamboGuy.co.za! He seriously is our own “little” Chuck Norris
Speaking of which, have you seen the latest Nandos ads with Vernon? There’s even one where he greets Chuck!!! 
I really hope Vernon is getting something out of this. He seems like a nice enough guy. 
IT and Management
A man in a hot air balloon realised he was lost. He reduced altitude and spotted a woman below. He descended a bit more and shouted, “Excuse me, can you help me? I promised a friend I would meet him an hour ago, but I don’t know where I am.”
The woman below replied, “You’re in a hot air balloon hovering approximately 30 feet above the ground. You’re between 40 and 41 degrees north latitude and between 59 and 60 degrees west longitude.”
“You must be in IT,” said the balloonist.
“I am,” replied the woman, “How did you know?”
“Well,” answered the balloonist, “everything you told me is technically correct, but I’ve no idea what to make of your information and the fact is I’m still lost. Frankly, you’ve not been much help at all. If anything, you’ve delayed my trip.”
The woman below responded, “You must be in Management.”
“I am,” replied the balloonist, “but how did you know?”
“Well,” said the woman, “you don’t know where you are or where you’re going. You have risen to where you are due to a large quantity of hot air. You made a promise, which you’ve no idea how to keep, and you expect people beneath you to solve your problems. The fact is you are in exactly the same position you were in before we met, but now, somehow, it’s my f**king fault.”
MyWireless – Internet with a buzzzz
Durex. They make those balloons with the nipples on the end.
MyWireless. They offer us “lucky” South Africans an escape from Telkom. (Whether that’s even worth it is a whole OTHER story).
Did you know Durex made toys as well? I didn’t. A colleague was surfing the MyWireless site at work, and from where I was sitting, I could have sworn it was the Durex website.
Here’s part of the page he was looking at:
So I went to check the Durex website to see if the similarities really WERE that striking. My colleague came over because he thought the “MyWireless modems” looked pretty funky. He then realised exactly what I was looking at.
Here’s the logo for Durex, which was at the top of the page I was looking at:
Here’s the “modem” I was looking at:
Do you see the similarities? The supposed “feather” in the MyWireless ad? The LOGO???
Well, JUST in case you’re missing it, here’s a new version:
10 types of people in the world
Brainteaser for the day (as if I give them every day!).
There are 10 types of people in the world.
Those that understand binary, and those that don’t!
Lingerie and Cereal
I was listening to one of the Blue Collar Comedy cds the other day and found the following line one of the funniest I’ve heard lately, and mainly because of it’s truth. (I’m writing it from memory, so you’ll have to forgive me if it doesn’t sound QUITE like Jeff Foxworthy):
Men treat lingerie the same way kids treat cereal boxes. It’s only the packaging for the cool toy inside!
I LOVE Jeff Foxworthy, though the “You might be a redneck if…” get’s a bit much for me. I can fully recommend it for a your trips to work in the morning when you’re stuck in traffic. Oh, lookey here, there’s a link right here for you to buy some on Amazon. 
Or borrow a CD from a friend, like I did. It’s just as funny…
Exclusive? Sexy Mac Book Pros
Ok. You have GOT to go take a look at these photos of the “Super Sexy Mac book Pros“. I don’t want to publish the photos here, because they are WAY too hot for this blog.
Speaking of which, I wonder where my Dell Latitude D610 has gone………….
The IRS are accomplices to thieves
OK. Everybody hates the tax man for ALWAYS taking a cut of everything. If they don’t get a cut, then you’re stealing from the government, and you go to jail…
But what happens when you’re stealing from your neighbour? If you don’t get caught you should be fine, right? Well, you are if you give your cut to your best buddy and accomplice, the tax man.
Don’t believe me??? Read the Federal Income Tax guide for Individuals on page 88:
I saw this here: “If You Steal, The IRS Wants A Cut“