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The American election is almost upon us, so American memes are dominating. They are the meme world champions but at least some local spurts of coffee-through-the-nose are also doing the rounds, reports ALI VAN WYK.

Deep inspection of school property

A not-so-much older principal of Mayville Primary School in the south of Johannesburg, was half in the soup after he had sex with a young schoolmistress, Amelia, among other places in a storage room, his office (on the desk) and the sick bay (nobody was even sick), according to Rapport.

The teacher is now obviously up to her head in the soup, after she was found guilty in a disciplinary hearing and fired. The headmaster? Erm, barely rapped over the “finger".


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Longest breakfast run under the sun

An e-motorcycle, Roam Air, which was developed in Kenya and Stellenbosch, drove all the way from Nairobi to Stellenbosch in September, using only solar power as an energy source. The technology was developed by Stellenbosch engineers and technicians from Roam, a technology-driven electrical resources company. Part of the team were two fan vans with solar panels that helped with charging the motorbike batteries.

The riders were PhD candidate and researcher on the project, Stephan Lacock, and Masa Kituyi, one of the owners of Roam. Prof. Thinus Booysen, founder of the newly established Electric Mobility Lab, an institute in Stellenbosch that researches electric vehicles, says his lab could not have asked for a better way to kick off than to test, experience and celebrate African technology.


Fries, lies and video time

Kamala's team and followers can ridicule The Don's “work shift" in a McDonald's until they turn red and then blue again, but it is a marketing triumph that will impress exactly the right people. It caught Harris on the back foot. It was made for social media.






Julia Louis Dreyfus has never had too many teeth in her mouth. Listen to the end ...


And from the Jimmy Kimmel stable ...


Today back in 1875

Considered by many music people to be the greatest piano concerto ever written, and certainly one of the most entertaining and beautiful in history, Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto No. 1 in B flat minor, was debuted on October 26, 1875, by famous pianist Hans von Bülow in Boston.

The main theme, like that of Beethoven's Fifth Symphony or Handel's Hallelujah choruses, is recognisable to just about any musical ear on earth. A sensitive and gentle man, Tchaikovksy was devastated when his friend, the pianist Nikolai Rubinstein, rejected it after Tchaikovksy had first played it for him. Among other things, he said the piece was “unplayable and worthless, fragmented, clumsy and vulgar".

Rubinstein lived long enough to eat his words. Here is Evgeny Kissin.


Art for the non-charitable heart

Because I myself love rummaging in charity and pawn shops, this is one of my favourite groups on Facebook: “Terrible Art in Charity Shops". Feel free to find it and join.

Now one immediately has to remark: Who decides what is good art anyway? The work in question may have changed the artist's life. Here are six works with the original captions on Facebook.

“Stacy” the girl with the ring toss eyes. Goodwill, Milwaukee.
“Stacy” the girl with the ring toss eyes. Goodwill, Milwaukee.
Every Home needs a Van Gogh Inspired Painting! Titled: Starry Night on The Prairie! Pure genius on so many levels. Vinnies, Newtown.
Every Home needs a Van Gogh Inspired Painting! Titled: Starry Night on The Prairie! Pure genius on so many levels. Vinnies, Newtown.
Princess Alice, Kingston, 25 quid (price made up on the spot by the two lovely ladies).
Princess Alice, Kingston, 25 quid (price made up on the spot by the two lovely ladies).
Just what everyone wants above the mantelpiece. Sacred Heart Mission, Northcote. Melbourne, Australia.
Just what everyone wants above the mantelpiece. Sacred Heart Mission, Northcote. Melbourne, Australia.
£5 for this incredible piece of work from farplace animal rescue in Peterlee. Didn't even take a photo in the shop, I was too excited and waited until I got it home ...
£5 for this incredible piece of work from farplace animal rescue in Peterlee. Didn't even take a photo in the shop, I was too excited and waited until I got it home ...
This cute bunny seems to have collaborated with the Tooth Fairy as his smile is composed of real teeth! Found at Boomerangs, Jamaica Plain Massachusetts.
This cute bunny seems to have collaborated with the Tooth Fairy as his smile is composed of real teeth! Found at Boomerangs, Jamaica Plain Massachusetts.

Lekker Old Advert

Okay, the excellent Nando's advertisements are not so old yet, but some are already classics.


Some more good jokes ...


Not everyone who watched Elon Musk's launch of his new self-driving taxi and futuristic bus was equally impressed …



Old yet Gold

From what could be described as the only cult-comedy in Afrikaans: Lipstiek Dipstiek.

VWB


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