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Suppose some of you may be wondering what a wooden spoon has to do with anything. Well, cast your mind back to the time when you still used to wet your bed and not because of consuming alcohol. It was a time when the good old wooden spoon had two functions.

The first was for your gran to stir her ingredients while cooking. The second function was to cause a spontaneous leakage of the bladder, in the form of tyson-style ass-whuppings. That was the case with me, anyway.

So, a new blog deviod of any rational explanation.

As you may or may not know I have written a book, which is called 'Don't Judge this Book by the Cover', and not 'don't judge a book by the cover' as so many people seem to think. So much for people thinking for themselves instead of going with the old adage. Perhaps that's a reflection on the education system. Be it as it may...

In radio interviews so many people have asked me why I wrote a book mocking South Africa and all of our idiosyncrasies. And the answer has remained unvarying thus far. You see, South Africa has developed this little obsession with political correctness. Basically what that means is that if you don't like it, then I shouldn't say it. Also the fact that Freedom of Speech has become such a taboo topic contributes greatly to why I put together this collection of politically incorrect columns.

As someone with a voracious appetite for reading, it has become one of my pet peeves to read material edited over and over again, just for the sake of ironing out any kind of offensive material. Plainly said, this book is a humourous collection of all things you'v always thought but never had the balls to say. And as I said just recently on Metro fm, there has to be someone to tell it as it is. So once again, a big welcome to all who enjoy irreverent material.

The second reason for this blog is so that I have a platform to use when I want to make a comment about something. For example, I used to look at people and judge them by the cars they drive or the homes they live in. Now when I visit someone I fly straight into their bathroom and inspect their toilet paper. I have my theories on people and the amount of ply paper they use. But we'll save that for another time.

A last word for today, if you would like to read the book that everyone in South Africa is going on about, head off to your nearest Exclusive Books or CNA and grab a copy of 'Don't Judge this Book by the Cover'. Oh, and remember to pay before running off to read!

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