I realise it is probably poor form to laugh at the 3rd world struggles of Africa and it’s various bloody internecine struggles towards the birth pains of fledgling democracies but really…..soldiers of Liberia…sort yourselves out.

Another jam packed day of fun and frolics. An early 13km run was followed by a (mighty) DrawBox director’s conference call (nowhere near as important or indeed useful as it sounds), a light lunch of scrambled egg, bacon, grilled tomato and sautéed potatoes….it’s not all about health.
Work in the afternoon and a quick tour around the region looking for houses ‘à vendre’ for my good lady wife to hoover up and mandate (in reality I was also looking out for any kind of shop that was both open and sold booze, today being yet another public holiday and the house being fresh out of wine.) In fact this week has been inordinately healthy, not a drop of alcohol has passed my lips since Sunday evening - I am planning on making up for it this evening - not that the people who have invited us for dinner know this.

One of Moraig’s Pilates clients gave her a bag of haricot verts from her veggie garden yesterday. She was nochalantly munching on one of them when a french Pilates client came in…..”Non, non!” she apparently wailed “you must cook them…..you know, they are a vegetable…you can eat them with meat” - sadly I wasn’t there or I would have added “…and suchlike” which would have made me laugh enormously.
Now, this is a 38 year old french teacher…..it is slightly peturbing to ponder on what utter dolts some of these french people must think we are. I can understand one of the wizened crones in the village feeling she needed to explain the mysteries of brer bean to me, not that I would be listening, but did this woman think my wife had never seen vegetables….she is south african I suppose.

Finally (as if to prove what a bunch of twats we, or more specifically, what a bun (singular of bunch) of twat I am) if anyone is looking for an early Xmas present for me - please see below. They are, I believe, the only jeans designed to be worn whilst kicking someone in the face…under $20 for all that exposed gusset action - please, what a bargain.

….oh and thank you for the two entries in the Jesus’ cock caption competition - sadly today is a public holiday so no booze is available.