Friday, 18 June 2010

This one definitely counts

Spotted by Gordon-Bennett in Soccernet:

Police say a South African man who wanted to watch a World Cup match instead of a religious program was beaten to death by his family in the northeastern part of the country...

Yup, that's right "beaten to death". And what manner of programme did the rest of his family want to watch? A horror film perhaps? Click and highlight to reveal!

8 comments:

Obnoxio The Clown said...

Spooted?

wv: cable?

Mark Wadsworth said...

Obo, ta, I've changed it to 'spotted'.

Macheath said...

Matthew 10:

34 Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword.

35 For I am come to set a man at variance against his father, and the daughter against her mother, and the daughter in law against her mother in law.

36 And a man's foes shall be they of his own household.

Chuckles said...

There's a lot of it about -

http://www.sport24.co.za/Soccer/WorldCup/NationalNews/Teens-in-court-for-hit-and-run-20100617

http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/Tragedy-hits-soccer-tourist-family-20100613-2

And, someone who doesn't know their uvula from their vuvuzela -

http://www.sport24.co.za/Soccer/WorldCup/NationalNews/Vuvuzela-causes-hole-in-throat-20100618

Unknown said...

"Click and highlight to reveal."

Now that's clever thinking, would never have thought of that.

Umbongo said...

Slightly OT but could I suggest that any violent deaths, even outside S Africa, where there is a connection with a vuvuzela be counted.

Mark Wadsworth said...

McH, good one, but who am 'I' in this context?

Ch, excellent, see subsequent post.

TBY, I pinched the idea off James Higham.

U, everybody can make up their own rules, but I don't think that would count.

Macheath said...

Matthew Chapter 10 is Jesus' briefing for his newly-recruited disciples - his mission statement, if you will - a key text for evangelical and gospel churches.

Always knew that RE O level would come in handy some day.