Wednesday, July 30, 2025

The La Fee Absinthe-Minded Moment Of The Week

We all have our lapses of judgment. But some of us make such horrendously poor decisions that one simply has to ask, “What were they on?”. Every week we bring you three contenders in what can only be described as a battle of small wits. So, with great pleasure we present this week’s three La […]

Artist To Live In Enclosure With Lions For Five Weeks

Aleksandr Pylyshenko, a Ukrainian artist who owns a private zoo in the city of Vasilyevka, plans on living in an enclosure with Katya and Samson, his lions, for five weeks to raise money to improve the zoo’s living conditions and to increase awareness of underfunded private Ukrainian zoos. So that makes sense.

Mpumalanga Traffic Cop Allegedly Beats Son’s Teachers, Gets A Warning

When two teachers entered Enock Sifundza’s home on Thursday morning to complain about his son’s behaviour at school, they probably didn’t expect to be held at gunpoint at beaten with a knobkerrie. But what might have shocked them most is that he was let off with a warning, pending an investigation and/or time to lose the docket.

Amy’s Final Duet With Legend Tony Bennett

Her untimely death shocked millions of people, but as proof that every cloud has a silver lining, a duet between Amy Whinehouse and Jazz Legend Tony Bennett is to be released as a charity single. All royalties from the pop classic Body and Soul, are to go to an organisation set up by Amy’s father, curbing youth drug use.

French Court Orders Probe Into IMF Head Christine Lagarde

The International Monetary Fund has another scandal to deal with, although this time it’s a financial one. A French court has today ordered an investigation into the new IMF head, Christine Lagarde, and her role in a much-criticised $400 million arbitration deal in favour of a controversial tycoon. It concerns the mishandled sale of sportswear maker, Adidas, in the 1990’s.

Baby Saved From Being Buried Alive Dies

A newborn baby girl who doctors declared dead after being delivered was moments from her burial when she awoke and started crying at a Brazilian funeral home. She was immediately rushed back to the hospital placed in an intensive care unit, but sadly passed away for real shortly afterwards.

Your Whole Office Could WIN With Jack Daniels And 2oceansVibe – It’s Too Easy!

Listen up, the game is WIDE open! Tomorrow afternoon, you and your office could be working. OR! You could be: DRINKING JACK DANIELS AND COCKTAILS EATING CARAMEL POPCORN EATING GOURMET MISS K HOT DOGS Watching True Grit (starring Jeff Bridges) in total, private comfort at the Fugard Theatre in Cape Town. ALL for free, and […]

Former CIA Counterterrorism Director Warns Of Impending ‘Code War’

Speaking at the Black Hat hacker’s conference in Vegas yesterday, former director of the CIA’s counterterrorism center Cofer Black voiced concerns about a future “code war” where hackers tamper with the technology that runs our day-to-day interactions. Then a fire alarm accidentally tripped, which was nice and thematic.

Win A Weekend Away At The Incredible Sanbona Lodge!

COMPETITION NOW CLOSED: Congratulations to our winner, Dean Kruyer! His entry was randomly selected by computer from the group of correct entries. Sanbona Lodge is an experience not be missed out on. Combining the splendor of the Cape wilderness with international standards of comfort and service, a stay at Sanbona is a memeroable experience. Which […]

Clifton Bomber Busted Himself

Hannah Rhind, daugher of Cape Town businessman Philip Rhind, was the target of a petrol bomb thrown at her father’s Clifton house earlier this year. We know this because her name was on the bomb. And in a rather embarrassing turn of events for Shumsheer Singh Ghumman, that little personalised touch also led to the speedy identification of him as the perpetrator.

Old Spice Duel Draws 22 Million YouTube Hits

Recently 2oceansVibe told you about a certain duel that was going to happen live on YouTube, well kind of, between Isaiah Mustafa, the old Old Spice Guy, and Fabio Old Spices, the new Old Spice Guy. Isaiah defeated Fabio after some heated bathroom exchanges, but the real point of interest is that 22 million people have watched.

Hugh Hefner And Gene Simmons Planking [PICS]

Hugh Hefner has had a tough time recently with his fiancé first dumping him, and then telling the press how bad he is in bed. So he did what any 85 year-old would do by throwing a party with a group of girls six decades younger than him. Only then did things get silly when they started planking – pics inside.

Mosman Collar Bomb A ‘Very, Very Elaborate Hoax.’

Police have confirmed that the device attached to terrified Australian schoolgirl Madeleine Pulver was not a bomb, just a tremendously elaborate hoax. The device, attached to the girl by a masked intruder in her parent’s home, “gave the appearance of a legitimate improvised explosive device.”

Girl Found With Bomb Strapped To Her, In Sydney Suburb

Just when you thought you were safe, someone goes and straps a bomb to your rich neighbours daughter. No really. This is exactly what happened to an unfortunate 18-year old girl in the wealthy suburb of Mosman in Sydney, Australia. Somebody call Bruce Willis.

Internet Explorer Study Is Elaborate Hoax

I was amused when I read that the article we published yesterday about Internet Explorer users having a lower average IQ than users of other browsers was a hoax. Not because I dislike IE users, but because this would have been the push they needed to, explore other browsers. Unfortunately though, sometimes global news agencies do get it wrong.

Matt Damon Loses His Cool With Cameraman [VIDEO]

Matt Damon and his mom – a teacher – recently took part in a public march to support educators. But during a television interview a cameraman of all people decided to pipe up, claiming that “10% of teachers are bad at their job.” Matt wasn’t having anyone potentially insult his mother and responded with: “Maybe you’re a shitty cameraman!” Cute, man!

Swede Jailed For Trying To Build Nuclear Reactor In Kitchen

A 31-year-old Swedish man, known only as ‘Richard’, was attempting to build a nuclear reactor in his kitchen and was arrested and had his experiment shut down after he contacted the Swedish Radiation Authority (Strålsäkerhetsmyndigheten) to ask whether or not his pet project was legal.

How To Drink Wine And Not Look Like A Muppet

Forget history lessons, interesting facts, supermarket choices, hints of vanilla, toasted oak or residual sugar;. Let’s be honest, for most people the only reason they want to learn anything about wine – past the operation of a corkscrew – is so they don’t look like a tit.

BlackBerry On Verge Of Launching iPhone Challenger

At least that’s what Mike and Jim at Research In Motion would have the industry believe. RIM is expected to launch several new BlackBerry devices today in a desperate effort to win back its market share, particularly in North America.

Italy Approves Draft Law For Burqa Ban

Italy has become the next European country to join the wave of nations banning women from wearing veils that cover their faces in public. An Italian parliamentary commission has approved a draft law prohibiting women from wearing a burqa, niqab or any other garment that covers the face in public places.

Pablo Francisco Live On 2oceansVibe Radio, Tomorrow!

Look, no one likes a flash mob, so try to refrain from breaking down our doors tomorrow, okay? One of the world’s most universally popular comics, Pablo Francisco, will be live on 2oceansVibe Radio‘s Morning Meeting tomorrow morning at 10h30. Be sure to tweet us your song requests and any questions you have for Pablo. […]

Mayor Crushes Illegally Parked Mercedes With Armoured Vehicle [VIDEO]

Vilnius is the capitol city of Lithuania – a place where they feel very strongly about cars wrongly parked in specifically allocated bicycle lanes. In this clip the city’s mayor, Arturas Zuokas, can be seen literally crushing an “illegally parked” luxurious blue Mercedes – with an armored vehicle!

Married Norwegian Lesbian Couple Saved 40 Kids From Massacre

This feels like it should have been news sooner, but it wasn’t. Which is why we’re going to talk about it now. Hege Dalen and wife Toril Hansen were one of several Norwegians who, on hearing gunshots and screaming coming from Utöyan Island, got into their boat and drove across the water to try and help.

We Live In The Future: GM’s Smartphone-Controlled Pod Cars

GM’s Electric Networked-Vehicle (EN-V), the pod-shaped hands-free electric vehicle unveiled last year, is set for release soon. Confined to metropolitan areas, we should be able to live out our Jetsons inspired fantasies a little sooner than we’d planned, once GPS technology catches up a little.

How Much Is That Robo-Seal In The Window?

The future is officially nuts. It’s getting to a point where stuff like this probably won’t shock you anymore. It should. Be shocked. These robo-seals, called ‘Paro’, not only bring comfort to recovering Japanese tsunami patients, they also sing, clap, and even take part in the residents daily exercise routines.

Internet Explorer Users ‘Have Below-Average IQ’

A study, and a fairly quantitative one, is suggesting that the dinner conversation talk I think some of us may have had about the average Internet Explorer user may be true. AptiQuant offered free online IQ tests to over 100 000 people and then plotted the average IQ scores based on the browser on which the test was taken.