BlackBerry BlackOut? Evita’s BlackBessie is the Answer

by Amanda on Oct 13th, 2011

London – BlackBerry users across Europe, the Middle East, Africa and the Americas were hit with service disruptions to their smartphones for a third day after an unexplained glitch cut off internet and messaging services for large numbers of users around the world.

In South Africa, Mrs Evita Bezuidenhout called a press conference to address the crisis which was attended by journalists, all with paper notebooks and pens in hand. The prominent ex-diplomat and social lubricatress reacted with barely concealed glee: “I’m not saying I told you so, as such, but I told you so.”

Mrs Bezuidenhout was referring to her recently published journal Evita’s BlackBessie, a wonderfully colourful depository of common sense, practical wisdom and empty pages where you can enter your contact numbers and other vital networking details where they cannot be wiped out when the magnetic field misbehaves or somebody trips over the wire of some supercomputer.

This book, one of the authoress’s best-selling to date, was published partly for the money to sustain the lifestyle to which Mrs Bezuidenhout has become accustomed as the most famous white woman in Africa, and partly out of compassion with humanity. Evita, who passed Science with a “D” symbol at Bethlehem High, knew that one blast from the sun and all electronic communication would break down.

Evita’s BlackBessie is also available in Afrikaans as Evita se BlackBessie – but NOT in electronic format.

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Since Tuesday, Tannie Evita has been issuing gentle reminders to her followers on Twitter that those who own Evita’s BlackBessie are having “the last laugh”:

For those of you who acquired ‘EVITA’S BLACKBESSIE’ have the last laugh. The BB is down again. (Those without my backup book, buy it now!)Tue Oct 11 14:09:06 via Twitter for BlackBerry®Evita Bezuidenhout
TannieEvita

Is BlackBerry an associate of COSATU to go on a 48 hour wildcat strike? Stoute kabouters!Thu Oct 13 11:09:31 via Twitter for BlackBerry®Evita Bezuidenhout
TannieEvita

Last night my BlackBerry was off. Horrors. Did Steve Jobs offer God an Apple from Eden if He stopped the opposition? Ek wonder …Tue Oct 11 04:47:24 via Twitter for BlackBerry®Evita Bezuidenhout
TannieEvita