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News from the Elephant Coast
Wednesday, February 09, 2005
uShaka awarded entertainment 'Oscar'
USHAKA Marine World has won a global Thea award; the themed entertainment industry's equivalent of the prestigious Oscar awards. Created in 1994, the Thea Awards were created to bring recognition to "outstanding" achievements, talent and personal excellence within this sector.
uShaka was handed the Outstanding Achievement in the category of Marine Parks award by The Themed Entertainment Association at a glittering ceremony in California recently.
Asked to comment on the achievement, uShaka's Carlos Leite-Ferraz said he believed the achievement would raise the awareness of South Africa as a quality destination. "Not only will it raise the destination status, but also the province's status. Of course the city of Durban will also make a well deserved comeback and will be included on all inbound itineraries," concluded Leite-Ferraz.
The Funny Bone
One evening last week, my girlfriend and I were getting into bed. Well, the passion starts to heat up, and she eventually says "I don't feel like it, I just want you to hold me."
I said "WHAT????!!! What was that?!" So she says the words that every boyfriend on the planet dreads to hear..."You're just not in touch with my emotional needs as a woman enough for me to satisfy your physical needs as a man."
She responded to my puzzled look by saying, "Can't you just love me for who I am and not what I do for you in the bedroom?"
Realizing that nothing was going to happen that night, I went to sleep. The very next day I opted to take the day off of work to spend time with her. We went out to a nice lunch and then went shopping at a big, big unnamed department store. I walked around with her while she tried on several different very expensive outfits.
She couldn't decide which one to take so I told her we'll just buy them all. She wanted new shoes to compliment her new clothes, so I said lets get a pair for each outfit. We went onto the jewellery department where she picked out a pair of diamond earrings.
Let me tell you...she was so excited. She must have thought I was one wave short of a shipwreck. I started to think she was testing me because she asked for a tennis bracelet when she doesn't even know how to play tennis. I think I threw her for a loop when I said, "That's fine, honey."
She was almost nearing sexual satisfaction from all of the excitement. Smiling with excited anticipation she finally said, "I think this is all dear, let's go to the cashier." I could hardly contain myself when I blurted out, "No honey, I don't feel like it."
Her face just went completely blank as her jaw dropped with a baffled "WHAT???!!!" I then said, "Really honey! I just want you to HOLD this stuff for a while. You're just not in touch with my financial needs as a man enough for me to satisfy your shopping needs as a woman." And just when she had this look like she was going to kill me, I added, "Why can't you just love me for who I am and not for the things I buy you?"
Apparently I'm not having sex tonight either.
Brain Teaser
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