Research
that really
matters
COUGARS are on the prowl. Scientific research in Canada confirms that older women are increasingly seeking out "toyboys" as they are more attentive to their desires and more energetic. Also, men of their own age show indifference to the charms of the cougars.
Dr Milaine Alarie of the National Institute of Scientific Research, in Montreal, interviewed 55 "cougars" aged between 30 and 60 and found evidence that younger men prefer these assertive and confident partners after having "disappointing experiences with women of their own age", according to the London Mail on Sunday.
This coincides with research being conducted right here in Durban where, by extraordinary coincidence, a study group at the Street Shelter for the Over-Forties has been conducting parallel investigations based on conversations with toyboys of yesteryear.
Their recollections are most vivid – some downright alarming – and are a useful survival guide for men who go in for a quiet pint and a natter, not looking to be dropped on out of the rafters by predatory damsels of mature years.
What emerges is that the cougars are insatiable, appetites not dulled by passage of the years. They're here to stay, it's an ongoing risk, heh, heh!
NEWS from America. In the small Vermont town of Fair Haven, they've elected a goat named Lincoln as "Honorary Pet Mayor".
Lincoln defeated a field of mostly dogs and cats and a gerbil named Crystal, according to Huffington Post. Runner-up was a dog named Sammie.
Lincoln will march in the Memorial Day parade wearing a custom-made sash, and will be expected to attend other local events.
Now let's have no snide comparisons with the White House.
IN HIS latest grumpy newsletter, investment analyst Dr James Greener gives attention to the country's problem of litter. He notes the Good Green Deeds programme launched in East London last week, President Cyril Ramaphosa in attendance.
"Very laudably the programme is 'aimed at changing behaviour towards littering, illegal dumping and towards waste in general'. "Without in any way denigrating this programme and its aims, one does wonder why our leaders don't first just enforce the already quite severe existing laws about where and how one can throw stuff away.
"Beverage cans and fast food packaging are the nation's main indicator of population density ,showing that previous campaigns like the decades-old 'Zap it in a Zibi Can' never made an impact.
"It would probably also be worth testing if putting even a tiny value on virtually any type of waste will attract the attention of the frighteningly large number of people who scavenge for a living. The fact that scrap metal and cardboard packaging is so quickly retrieved from domestic rubbish awaiting collection must be a guideline."
Tailpiece
TWO guys are drinking in a bar on the 20th floor. Says one: "I betcha 200 bucks I can jump out that window then jump back in again."
The bet is on. The guy jumps out of the window, disappears for a second then comes back in again.
"Okay, let's see you do it again. Doubles or quits."
The first guy jumps out again, disappears for a second, then he's back inside again."
"There's gotta be some trick here. Okay, this time I'll jump. A thousand bucks on it?"
He goes to the window, jumps out and plummets to his death.
Barman: "You're a bastard when you've had a few drinks, Superman!"
Last word
There is no excellent beauty that hath not some strangeness in the proportion.
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