Advertising: Teazers, House of Rasputin and Mavericks

Posters on the side of the road as unsolicited advertising for strip clubs should not be allowed.

This advert is disgusting:

http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?newslett=1&click_id=79&art_id=vn20090929040946811C205271&set_id=1

Not only does it totally mock Caster Semenye, but it mocks every man and woman in South Africa as well as the poor children who should have the right not to be exposed to these lewd images! Men should have the right not to be seen as having to like these sorts of things, women should not be disrespected by being compared to strippers and children should never be exposed to images like this, when they are still forming their self identity. Girls will grow up to think of themselves as mere sex objects and boys will be encouraged to disrespect women.

Even when the adverts are not overtly lewd, such as the Teazers advert, there is a Mavericks advert on bus shelters that children use (main road Rondebosch) and a House of Rasputin ad on a signboard (corner of Buitengracht and Strand) that openly advertizes these strip clubs. This should not be allowed! Advertising sexual gratification is wrong! It tells people that it is ok to disrespect the rights of others. It tells people that it is ok to go to these places and this is surely wrong. A gentleman would never be seen dead in a place like that because a gentleman would not spend money to have someone else's privates thrust in their faces. This is a disgrace to Cape Town and South Africa! It is unsolicited and should not be allowed! Why should it be ok to pay someone else to take their clothes off? Paying for sex or sexual gratification from someone else is wrong! Let them advertise in pornographic magazines where they are unlikely to offend.

Come on South Africa! Stand up for your right to dignity and respect. If you are a wanker/loser and do not respect yourself, at least respect the rights of others. Ladies, do not tolerate your partners going to places like this. Rather date a true gentleman and leave the wankers to do just that... Men, please respect women. If you are single and do not respect yourself or others, then so be it. Go and pay a fortune on getting sexual thrills from someone who is shallow and fake because you are a loser. But if you are in a relationship, you should not be disrespecting your partner by getting sexual gratification from somewhere else. If you are not sexually gratified by your partner, then work on bettering this part of your relationship instead of going elsewhere. Be a role model for your children and other men. Choose not to go to strip clubs! Choose to love yourself - not necessarily literally :-) - and your partner. Respect others and, most importantly, respect yourself.

Rating 0/10 - get a life!

Surely if Sexpo adverts are banned (thank goodness - literally), these should be too! Write to the mayor and get them removed! E-mail Dan Plato on mayor.mayor@capetown.gov.za

Nightclub: Oblivion

I was most unfortunate to be invited to Oblivion in Kenilworth. Apparently, many people in my extended circle of friends are regulars. Well, I was less than impressed. Having gone there a few months before with the same people (can they not find somewhere else to go?), I was even more disheartened. Their decor borders on pornographic with nude drink adverts, wet t-shirt inspired photos in the bathrooms and torso's as light shades. Amazingly they combine a pole for pole-dancing (tacky) and a miniature 70's disco floor. The hight of class :-/ All this with a handsome bar and fireplace in a 'wine-bar' theme. Huh?

I am very sorry, but I am not going to fling myself around a pole in stripper-wannabe fashion. And the disturbing thing is that there are plenty of brain-dead guys and girls doing just this. What aspiration in life! I am all for having fun, in fact danced like a maniac as far away from the stripper pole as possible, but come-on! What kind of message does this send out to a potential partner? Er, "I am a really great guy who will respect you and I guess that this will all be shown in the way that I twirl around a pole like a tart"?

All in all, Oblivion is the bachelor/bachelorette party hangout of choice for all middle-class bores. In fact, this is the only thing that I think that the place could be good for (unless you go there to eat as it is apparently a decent restaurant - might force myself to rate them on this... or not). Yeah, let the poor, drunk guy or girl dance around the pole one night in their lives before they tie the knot and let people put cash in their clothes but try never to go there again unless you are exceedingly drunk already!

Rating: 3/10 (1 for emergency tampons, 1 for good wine and 1 for being in the Southern Suburbs so that the brain-dead drunkards don't have to drive too far).

BTW: Their website is extremely outdated - advertising events in May (aint this September?) with old photos on the front page about events that happened last year.

Restaurant: Chef Pon's Asian Kitchen

Chef Pons is one of my favourite restaurants in Cape Town. It has a great relaxed atmosphere and the food is excellent. The prices are extremely reasonable for what you get. They are not stingy on their prawns!

Recommendations:

• Asian Mixed Starter - is to die for
• Tom Yum Kung is the best I have ever had!
• Duck (the one with the pancake is not the best though)
• Prawns/calamari with chilli and basil
• Prawns with coconut sauce
• Red Curry

The bathrooms are adequate. The service is fast, knowledgeable and friendly.

Rating: 9/10 (would get a 10 if they did not sell Kingklip which is on the orange list with SASSI)

Article: You ruined my night, SABC!

Zane Hits the Spot About SABC 3's Epic Fail:

http://www.tonight.co.za/index.php?fArticleId=5151551

I am not a big Survivor fan, but every now and then I would catch an episode of Survivor China and got to know the participants. I just happened to be watching TV when the finale was aired and was really getting into it. My partner and I were glued to the screen, hoping that Todd was not going to win. After an ad break, and a desperate rush to the loo in between as not to miss a second, a plumper Todd is gleaming at the screen as he is 'prematurely' aired as being the winner. What? Could SABC 3 been that stupid as to air the segments in the wrong order? Absolutely. We refused to watch the rest and drowned our sorrows with the Nintendo Wii. Really SABC 3, everyone knows that we could have Googled who won Survivor China if we wanted to know who won before we got to see the last vote!

Zane Henry so eloquently explains his own personal experience in the article. I applaud you Zane, for speaking out. Let the damn incompetent losers know that they really pissed their viewers off! The epitome of an epic fail!

Zane Article Rating: 10/10 - Spot On Bro

SABC 3 Rating: 0/10 for Zero Brains, Zero Apology on the Night and Zero Competency!