Humdinger
lies ahead
tomorrow
CAN THE Sharks turn it on again? There's no reason why not. There was nothing flukey or haphazard about last Friday's performance against the Lions, it was just a matter of sticking to the basics and doing them really well, with flair and for 80 minutes.
The driving, the short-passing, the off-loads, the linking with the backline – magic stuff!
The Jaguares are tough hombres. They'll have studied the video over and over, they'll be running at us and tackling like demons. And they never give up, as the Bulls found to their cost last weekend.
This promises to be a spectacle. A 3pm match – who could miss it? Are rugby's glory days returning? Will the stands now have something more than a smattering of spectators?
Curwin Bosch and the rest of the backline flyers – let's see it again, let's get the show on the road.
'Erewego, 'erewego, 'erewego!
Black hole
THIS is real drama though we don't really understand it. The first-ever picture of a black hole in outer space has been revealed, assembled by data from eight radio telescopes in different parts of the world. It shows a fiery orange and black ring of gravity-twisted light swirling around the edge of the abyss.
Beautiful, terrifying. In shape it could be the lips of a heavily-lipsticked singer, caught in the spotlight of a dark nightclub. But that mouth drags in and swallows everything – even light has to bend to its gravitational pull. The black hole has 6.5 billion times more mass than the sun.
Man takes one more giant step toward realising how little he knows.
But at least it seems the photo supports Einstein's theory of relativity. There's no hubbub of argument. That would be just too much.
The more science progresses, the greater the mystery of existence.
Twin trouble
A PAIR of identical twins in central Brazil have been ordered by a judge to pay child support for a baby girl who resulted from a casual fling with the mother.
The woman is not certain which twin is the dad. The twins themselves won't say. (Maybe they don't know).
Judge Filipe Luis Peruca ordered the brothers, identified only as Fabricio and Fernando, to take DNA tests, according to Huffington Post. Both tests came back positive.
The judge said the two men were taking away the child's right to know her real father. He ordered each twin to pay $60 (R835) a month toward child support, which is 30% of the Brazilian minimum wage. But it does mean the child will get double what other kids from that socio-economic background are getting.
Judge Peruca also ruled that the names of both men will appear on the girl's birth certificate.
A most unusual case of twins in the family.
Cat names
CATS can recognise their names, Japanese scientists say, after some prolonged research.
Many would dispute that. They don't get excited the way dogs do when they hear their name.
But then you have to recognise that cats are not dogs. They are superior to their so-called owners. Why should they get excited?
My favourite cat name: Pssssswsssssswsssss.
Tailpiece
A CANDIDATE is being examined for admission to a leading medical school.
"Tell me," says the examiner. "Where do you expect to be 10 years from now?"
"It's Friday. On the golf course I guess."
Last word
Democracy is a device that ensures we shall be governed no better than we deserve.
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