The Einstein Awards

There was some tough competition for this week's Einstein Award. Should it go to the (ahem) silver-tongued Lolly Jackson, the predictably obtuse Floyd Shivambu, the newcomer Membathisi Mdladlana, or the freedom fighter extraordinaire Julius Malema?

Check out the following quotes and then vote in the poll on the previous page!

Silver-tongued Jackson

Silver-tongued Jackson on the Teazers' billboards featuring a mostly-naked woman with the caption: 'No need for gender testing!'

"The problem with the entire situation is someone innocent has been drawn in, and, therefore, just like we reward our athletes, we would like Caster to enjoy her success rather than the negativity that has followed her."

Sure. It has nothing to do with sleazy strip-club owner further exploiting an already-exploited young woman for a cheap advertising gimmick. But then, what reasonable person would use the words 'exploit' and 'Teazers' in the same sentence?

One question for Lolly: what, exactly, is Caster Semenya, if not an athlete?

Predictably obtuse Floyd

When questioned by reporters about his substantial collection of traffic fines totalling R2625 (what is it with these youth league chaps?), young Floyd dazzled with his sparkling rhetoric.

"I think you are very bored, honestly. I don't know what you are talking about?"

That may explain why he hasn't paid any of his fines.

"We can't comment on useless things because we must first verify where you got the information from because you might have made it up in your own head."

Based on personal experience, I would venture that one's head is generally the place where thoughts are constructed.

Newcomer Membathisi Mdladlana

In the strong tradition of the ANC, Membathisi Mdladlana employed a Biblical analogy to explain why the ANC would not 'excommunicate' the disgraced Skwatsha.

"And one of those [Biblical teachings] is that we must preach the gospel that everybody repents. And that's the reason why Jesus was hanged, was because he preached to those who were sinners."

Hanged. I suggest Mr Mdladlana re-reads the Bible. Perhaps an illustrated edition.

Freedom fighter extraordinaire

Few awards of this nature are complete without at least one nomination for the former child-soldier and, as always, Malema delivered.

"It is in our culture in the ANC, we always sympathise with the weakest and in this? Mr Chuene is the weakest."

You are the weakest link? goodbye.

The Point has put forward the nominations? vote for the winner of the Einstein Award in the poll on the previous page!