{"id":12593,"date":"2012-07-20T13:04:52","date_gmt":"2012-07-20T11:04:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/07\/friday-rant-money-doesnt-buy-class\/"},"modified":"2012-07-20T13:04:52","modified_gmt":"2012-07-20T11:04:52","slug":"friday-rant-money-doesnt-buy-class","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/friday-rant-money-doesnt-buy-class\/","title":{"rendered":"Friday Rant \u2013 Money Doesn\u2019t Buy Class"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t<!-- Start Shareaholic LikeButtonSetTop Automatic --><!-- End Shareaholic LikeButtonSetTop Automatic --><\/p>\n<p>So there I was minding my own business (i.e. looking for Tweeters of a Journalist bent to add to the <a title=\"South African Journalists\" href=\"http:\/\/mype.co.za\/new\/2012\/07\/ipts-should-support-not-deter-business-in-the-cbd\/\" target=\"_blank\">MyPR list<\/a>) when I came across a Tweet from one David Bullard \u2013 he of the whiskey tossing Cuban Cigar chomping bent who became too hot for the Sunday Crimes.<\/p>\n<p>Essentially I think he was trying to say WTF! (Whisky Tastes Fantastic!) when he tweeted the image below.<\/p>\n<p><!-- tweet id : 224787860639854594 --><\/p>\n<p><span>@<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/user?screen_name=DKB20\" class=\"twitter-action\">DKB20<\/a> I\u2019m relying on you to re Tweet this to the believers. <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/OD6BbIwn\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/t.co\/OD6BbIwn<\/a><\/span><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" align=\"middle\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/plugins\/rss-poster\/cache\/ddd76_bird.png\" \/><a title=\"tweeted on 16 July 2012 10:49 am\" href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/lunchout2\/status\/224787860639854594\" target=\"_blank\">16 July 2012 10:49 am<\/a> via web<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?in_reply_to=224787860639854594\" class=\"bbp-action bbp-reply-action\" title=\"Reply\"><span><em><\/em><strong>Reply<\/strong><\/span><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/retweet?tweet_id=224787860639854594\" class=\"bbp-action bbp-retweet-action\" title=\"Retweet\"><span><em><\/em><strong>Retweet<\/strong><\/span><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/favorite?tweet_id=224787860639854594\" class=\"bbp-action bbp-favorite-action\" title=\"Favorite\"><span><em><\/em><strong>Favorite<\/strong><\/span><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/user?screen_name=lunchout2\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/plugins\/rss-poster\/cache\/ddd76_untitled_shoot-4027-2_normal.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- end of tweet --><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-15205\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/plugins\/rss-poster\/cache\/16a49_E500_100_Years.jpg\" alt=\"E500 100 Years\" width=\"600\" height=\"415\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dear E500 Owner \u2013 we DON\u2019T place commercial messages on our upmarket vehicles, EVER. And neither do we park on a yellow line, IDJUT!<\/p>\n<p>Now the E500 Cabriolet\u2019s January 2012 base price, including Carbon Tax of R7 952.00 was R989 352.00. If you added all the extras you could spend a total of R1 184 452.00 on your little baby. My late Dad was a bit of a Mercedes fanatic \u2013 he only felt that life was good if he had a Merc parked in the garage. The salesman who suggested a bit of bling in the form of mags or discreet striping or, heaven forbid, cloth seats in place of leather, would feel the wrath of the Old Man who simply roared; \u201cDon\u2019t mess with a vehicle lest you devalue it faster than a speeding bullet, Cretin!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Only idiots and rappers bling a Rolls Royce so why mess with a vehicle that costs over R1 Million?<\/p>\n<p>Sorry <em>Mr ANC 100 Years E500 Bling Guy<\/em> \u2013 Just because it says; \u201cE-Class\u201d does NOT bestow Class. Do yourself a favour and return your vehicle to the dealer for immediate destruction.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-15204\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/plugins\/rss-poster\/cache\/16a49_Mercedes_Benz_E-Class_Cabriolet.jpg\" alt=\"E500 E Class Cabriolet from Mercedes Benz\" width=\"600\" height=\"418\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">The E500 E Class Cabriolet from Mercedes Benz \u2013 as it SHOULD look.<\/p>\n<p><!-- Start Shareaholic LikeButtonSetBottom Automatic --><!-- End Shareaholic LikeButtonSetBottom Automatic -->\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So there I was minding my own business (i.e. looking for Tweeters of a Journalist bent to add to the MyPR list) when I came across a Tweet from one David Bullard \u2013 he of the whiskey tossing Cuban Cigar chomping bent who became too hot for the Sunday Crimes. 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