Friendly satisfaction

Recently one of my closest friends came to me with a confession.

He told me that something had been weighing him down for a while and said that he needed to confess to me that he had done me wrong.

He told me that he had been having drinks with my girlfriend, a few weeks ago and the conversation inevitably turned to sex and she shyly confessed to him that she had never had an orgasm in her life.

He suggested to her that she should get me to do other things with her, but she tried to change the subject. He said that he then tried to slow things down and said that things can just start off with a sensual kiss and the next thing he knew she was kissing him. Soon clothes came off and and they ended up having sex.

He then smugly confessed that at least she had finally experienced an orgasm.

It was at this point I lost my composure. I had been trying to keep a straight face throughout his confession but I finally lost it. I started laughing and and through the tears explained to him that she had been using that same line for years.

I told him that he shouldn't feel too bad as at least four of my closest friends, my boss, my brother and my grandmother had fallen for the same line.

I almost felt bad for him. Some people are so naive.

Invictus spoiler

Clint Eastwood's latest film, Invictus, is a remake of of his very own spaghetti western film, High Plains Drifter which was originally released in 1973.

It's a simple story about good (The Springboks) versus evil (The All Blacks).

High Plains Drifter story is as follows, and with some simple Invictus editing:

The story depicts the efforts of a small mining town (edit - mining country) to defend itself against a group of rogue gunfighters (edit - The All Blacks) with the help of a mysterious outsider (Eastwood) (edit - The Springboks), referred to as the Stranger. The town hire the Stranger to protect them.

The Stranger rides into the fictional mining town of Lago. When he enters the saloon, he is followed by three gun-toting men (edit - Australia, Romania and Canada) who taunt him. When one man swivels him around, he shoots them dead.

When he lies down to sleep, he remembers a scene in which a man is brutally whipped. It is revealed later in the film that Marshal Jim Duncan was whipped to death by gunfighters. Various indications throughout the film suggest that the Stranger is some sort of reincarnation or embodiment of Duncan's spirit (edit - spiritual guardian of the game of rugby).

The next day, Sheriff Shaw (edit - President Nelson Mandela) tells the stranger he will not be charged for killing the three men. Meanwhile, the townsmen discuss Bridges and the Carlin brothers (edit - The All Blacks), who are due to be released from prison that day.

Bridges and the Carlin brothers are released from prison and make their way to Lago. They begin on foot but kill three other men (edit - Ireland, Wales and Japan) on the way.

Lago is painted red (edit - green and gold) and the name changed to Hell (edit - Ellis Park) before the gunfighters return. With the town painted red, and a picnic (edit - made by Suzie) and welcoming banner set up for the gunfighters.

When the gunfighters arrive, they encounter almost no resistance at all (edit - Scotland and England). However, the Stranger kills the gunfighters.