Nelson Mandela has become a household name. But sometimes, with fame comes unwanted bother. Apparently this reached unacceptable proportions during the course of one week. It all began when he was sitting at home watching TV and quietly imbibing a cool libation. There was a knock at the door and upon opening it he was confronted by a Japanese man, small of stature and clutching a clip board. Seeing Nelson the man excitedly cried out “You sign! You sign!” Parked in the road behind him was an enormous lorry full of car exhausts pipes. Nelson stood looking in complete amazement and bewilderment when the Japanese man started to yell even louder, “You sign! You sign!”
Nelson said to him, “Look, you've obviously got the wrong man and the wrong place” and closed the door. The next day there again was a knock at the door. Upon opening it, once again there stood the same Japanese man with that same lorry but this time it was full of brake pads. He thrust his clipboard under Nelson's nose, yelling, “You sign! You sign!”
Mr Mandela was getting a bit annoyed by this point, so he said to the Japanese man: “Look, go away! You've got the wrong man. They are not mine, I don't want them!” Then he slammed the door.
How do you feel about chocolate? I get the impression that most people like it or even love it. Christmas is looming large and my suspicion is that diets will be temporarily discarded and vast quantities will be consumed. One of my earliest memories of Christmas is getting a Cadburys Selection Box and struggling not to finish the lot before lunch time.
Some unidentified clever person has worked out that your capacity for chocolate has a mathematical application. Try this out (it doesn’t work if you don’t like chocolate!)
You need to let your imagination take you to the sands of the Sahara and there you see a man on a camel, slowly riding through mile after mile of the sun-drenched desert, desperately searching for some signs of life. His supplies are very nearly gone when tragedy strikes – his camel collapses under him...
The new fbcentre is only a few months away from opening. Watch a brief tour of the building progress so far and hear some of the many opportunities that will be availalbe in the centre.
