Talking point- with SNACKWICH

NOW showing at the Mall: The Truworths Mannequin Orgy behind a display poster near you.
I‘m not kidding. Go look behind the poster at the entrance of Truworths Man and you‘ll walk in on five naked male mannequins getting up to who knows what when no one‘s looking.
Forget Night at The Museum – in Truworths the male mannequins come to life at night trying on sample cologne and cross dressing in the lingerie department.
After midnight they break out the front door, bribe security and roam the mall doing window shopping like just they can into the wee hours of the morning. Then they hit the town. A fashionable plastic mob marching through C-place, past the Newton Hall and straight to Mr Price where they drag two buddies away from late-night display commitments to their half naked female counterparts. Word on the street is Havana Sports Bar built a miniature rugby stadium complete with astro turf and chop stick poles that‘s a must-see for any mannequin who‘s a fan of the game. In Havana they settle on the “pavilion” and tune into the Bulls/Cheetahs game when out of nowhere the Fee State stadium‘s lights switch off.
“No one plays the blind side better than the Free State Rugby Union,” quips one, but no one laughs as now they‘re staring at a black screen, and no rugby for any reason whatsoever is no laughing matter.
Just as panic starts to set in someone switches to cricket highlights of the Proteas‘ tour to India. Amla is on his way to a double hundred and for the better part of an hour, seven mannequins sit mesmerised until the first light breaks over the Main Beach.
For yes, it‘s the year of the mannequin and no mannequin should go without his daily dose of sport before the sun comes up.
On the way back, one of the mannequins pops into Continental Café to pick up a Powerball ticket. He tells his neighbour he won R91- million, Die Son picks up on the story and runs a headline the next day: Deaf mute J‘Bay mannequin nets R91million.
For yes, it‘s the year of the mannequin. – Snackwich is a J‘Bay local