Something disturbing has come out of France. Not escargot. Not George Bush’s cologne. It’s a rumour that the Semi-final game between our beloved Boks and the Pumas has already taken place, in secrecy.

It was announced earlier today that the crisis surrounding Police commissioner Selebi is an October 11 prank. According to top mathematicians/historians in my class, October 11 is in fact the original day of tomfoolery. In 1457, the South African government of the day changed it due to political pressure from its then Khoi-San voting majority.