People who know me also know that my computer and I might as well have been Siamese twins.

In essence this means that although I care for my family (wife and kids), but you will not have to go far to look for me when I happen to have disappeared. You will find me behind the keyboard in front of my screen.

It also means that I have a fair knowledge of computer and that is where today's gripe comes in.

Everybody, and I mean EVERYBODY, complains about...

Oneword

When my ISP found me they must have held a party, because they had discovered their cash cow.

Yes, I spend a lot of time on the Internet; both professionally and privately. The queen of my heart says I am married to that box in my study.

But be that as it may. I have a huge, - nay voracious - appetite for news. I read anything from Vladivostok to Bremen; from Zanzibar to Abuja; from Putsonderwater to Abenab.

You name, I read it. I concentrate on print...

Oneword

They say this is the world's hardest riddle.
Can anyone figure it out?

I turn polar bears white
And I will make you cry.
I make guys have to pee
And girls comb their hair.
I make celebrities look stupid
And normal people look like celebrities.
I turn pancakes brown
And make your champagne bubble.
If you squeeze me, I'll pop.
If you look at me, you'll pop.

90% of Harvard students couldn't figure it...

Jay33

Good day all.

While I was listening to one of the radio stations this morning, I started to feel bothered and did not not why. Something rang wrong and I could not put my finger on it. Unusual, I thought.

Then - eventually- it struck me. This station runs a competition and they request that entrants to this competition send them a fax to a certain number with all the details.

Easy enough. I make a note of the fax number and once at work .............. that...

Poli

Fellow South Africans,

I have no doubt that you are aware of the announcement made yesterday by the National Executive Committee of the ANC with regard to the position of the President of the Republic.

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