Category: Mutoko Madness

March 12, 2015

Prologue

Home for the Bewildered The man in the next bed, Thought he had a coffin Growing out of his head. He couldn’t wear his hat, What do you think of...

Mutoko Madness / Published

March 4, 2015

Mutoko Madness

A Memoir By Angus Shaw How do you behave in a poker game with a genocidal murderer? General Mohammed Siad Barre of Somalia had a revolver lying beside his over-flowing...

Extra, extra, in case you missed it …

Here we go again. Lots of thoughts going on outside this usual space.

Paths to despair

One local paper reported it like this, gun powder was found alongside weed and drug smoking paraphernalia during a police...

What’s in a name?

Down here in the last country in the alphabet, we have some wonderful first names. Gift is an unplanned child...

Signs of life

In some fearful circumstances, doctors will look for your vital signs. In the current state of the world there are...

Behind the Honours

r Every year the British announce their New Year Honours list in recognition of a lifetime of service for almost...

Good old bad old days of smoking

Remember the good old bad old days? We all smoked, sometimes behind the bike shed at school. It’s a no-no...

I am not the one

An old African saying goes like this: I am not the one It means denial. Did you take my bicycle?...

Plain to see, fair play’s gone

Once upon a time here at home in Zimbabwe a swap meant a fair swap - in the playground, two...

Mr Churchill the wiseacre (… er, wiseass)

If you saw my offering on schools in Zimbabwe, here are some of Winston Churchill’s quotations, wisdoms or otherwise that...

A tale of two schools

Mr Churchill and Mr Roosevelt enjoying humour at the height of WWII. Churchill apparently could be quite an amusing...