{"id":246,"date":"2005-06-20T04:15:00","date_gmt":"2005-06-20T10:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/royblumenthal.com\/wordpress\/?p=246"},"modified":"2005-06-20T04:15:00","modified_gmt":"2005-06-20T10:15:00","slug":"news-cafe-sandton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/royblumenthal.com\/wordpress\/news-cafe-sandton\/","title":{"rendered":"News Cafe, Sandton"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Monday, June 20, 2005<\/h2>\n<p style=\"font-style: italic;\">Service: * * * *<br \/>    Food: * * * 1\/2<br \/>    Ambience: * *<br \/>     Babe Count: * * *<\/p>\n<p>Damon&#8217;s just done a voice-over session at Primedia across the road. I gave him a lift, due to Wendy using his car today, due to Wendy&#8217;s car being stuck in Nelspruit for the next week or so while the mechanics have a field day finding things they can charge her for in fixing her blown head gasket.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mysite.mweb.co.za\/residents\/rb000004\/BabeWatcherAngleCloseup.jpg?resize=200%2C150\" alt=\"Damon attaching the babewatcher to the chair in front of him. It's just a bicycle mirror, a dowel rod, and a heavy bullclip.\" align=\"left\" border=\"0\" height=\"150\" hspace=\"7\" vspace=\"7\" width=\"200\" \/>What the hell&#8217;s that?&#8221; asks Damon, as I pull a little home-assembled gizmo from my bag. &#8220;Dude!!!&#8221; he says. &#8220;It&#8217;s not &#8212; it&#8217;s not &#8211;&#8220;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It is,&#8221; I say.<\/p>\n<p>A while ago, Damon and I invented a babewatching gizmo that would allow both parties at the table to gawk at the same babe, without one of them craning his head round and looking like a lame rubber-necker. It remained an idea, until I got to London.<\/p>\n<p>I say, &#8220;I bought the mirror at a &#8216;one pound store&#8217; in London.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mysite.mweb.co.za\/residents\/rb000004\/BabeWatcherAngleWide.jpg?resize=200%2C150\" alt=\"Damon putting a fine adjustment on the angle of the babewatching device. There's a waitress bending over the till over his left shoulder. I'm sitting directly opposite him, so I have a full, unimpeded view. Now so does he.\" align=\"right\" border=\"0\" height=\"150\" hspace=\"7\" vspace=\"7\" width=\"200\" \/>The device is a bicycle mirror, attached to a dowel rod, with a sturdy bullclip attaching it to the table or chair.<\/p>\n<p>Damon attaches it to the chair, and bends the arm around so that he can see the waitresses behind him. I&#8217;ve got a great seat, so I can watch them bending over the till in their tight black trousers all the time.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It works! It works!!!&#8221; says Damon.<\/p>\n<p>For the rest of the afternoon, Damon&#8217;s eyes are glued to the mirror. Strangely, not one waitress comes up to us and asks what this thing is.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I should have bought two mirrors at the pound store,&#8221; I say.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Two EACH,&#8221; says Damon.<\/p>\n<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\">Roy Blumenthal is a writer, director, artist, and <a href=\"http:\/\/snipurl.com\/visualfacilitator\">visual facilitator<\/a>. Hire him to make pictures of your meetings or workshops.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Monday, June 20, 2005 Service: * * * * Food: * * * 1\/2 Ambience: * * Babe Count: * * * Damon&#8217;s just done a voice-over session at Primedia across the road. 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