Festive Greetings from the Pro Ravings Team

Hey everyone,

2008 was a great year for us. The blog was started in August and since then we have had over 800 hits! A big thank you to all our readers.

Our last poll which wanted to know who of you thought the best raver was, ended in a tie. Both Jim Halpert (The Office US version) and Ari Gold (Entourage) both ended up with the same scores. I must say I thought that Ari would have won by a mile, but clearly some of that geeky charm of Jim has rubbed off on some of you.

Its the festive season now and we wanted to wish all of you a merry xmas and a happy new year. We would also just like to remind you that New years is the perfect time to find a raving.

2009 is around the corner, and there will be some big changes on the horizon for pro ravings. Keep reading, keep sending in your ravings and lets get more people in 2009 into the pro raving mindframe!

Adverse advertising

Firstly we all know that some adverts are targeted at specific audiences. Secondly we also know that sometimes a simple English translation sometimes skews the original meaning totally. Some of the funny ones I've heard of are Fu King Chinese Restaurant, Coolpis Juice or the The Good Testes Wine and Dine. I'm sure you can think of many others. I just have to wonder whether the marketing departments of these products or places take into account other possible translations, not only language, of their advertisements.

Our raving starts like this:

Johannesburg is a very diverse and liberal city. So one shouldnt be surprised when one sees transvestites or people of the same sex holding hands. I was walking through a Pick 'n Pay and waiting for Gesh while he was in a queue. I decided to lean on a counter to wait. On the counter there was a fridge with energy drinks. I didn't take notice of the picture on the fridge at first after about 10 minutes I looked at again and was a bit disturbed by what I saw:


Now one has really got to wonder what went through the minds of the marketing team that did this. Are they targeting a niche market ? Did they really intend for a purple man with their products to be standing behind a yellow leper in such an awkward position ? I can honestly say its adverts like these that make me NOT wanna buy the sellers products ! What do guys think ? Am I being too harsh ? Or am I reading into a totally innocent advert and making something out of nothing ? All I 'm saying is that I wanted to stick an R18 sticker on that fridge before I walked out of that store.

-->In the words of Nelson from the Simpsons – Ha Ha<--

Entourage South Africa

I have come across an inside source which has informed me that Sabc is doing its own production of the popular series Entourage. They are using a local known Superstar and the series will be based on his Hollywood lifestyle. I am struggling to get the Pilot episode, so if you come across it, please mail me. I did however manage to get a poster from Sabc...Have a look..

--> In the words of Nelson from the Simpsons - Ha Ha! <--

So you think you are a professional raver?

This raving was inspired by our most recent poll, where half of you said that you were professional ravers just like us. Its all fine and well thinking that you are a professional like us, after all you need confidence in order to do what we do. But here is an example to show you just how quickly pro ravers can pounce!

Our raving starts like this:

It was a simple gtalk conversation between Todd and one of his friends called "Beaver". Now Beaver got all excited about something as you will see and decided that he was going to try and just be difficult and obnoxious for no reason. Have a look at the picture below and see how quickly Todd destroyed him! (Click on picture to enlarge it)



Do you think you could do what Todd did? Convince someone in a matter of moments that what they so adamantly believed was ridiculous and make them feel silly? Write to us if you think you can, because we would love to hear it!

Peter pan, LOL

--> In the words of Nelson from the Simpsons - Ha Ha! <--

The "chair-person"

Our raving starts like this and needs no further explanation:



--> In the words of Nelson from the Simpsons - Ha Ha! <--

The concept of having a "Gold" raving - By DJ Jayesh Mitha

I think that it’s very important that you are all made aware of this concept. When Gesh and Todd asked to me write about this, I thought it was very appropriate, since I was the one who introduced them to the idea of a “gold” raving.

Having “gold” means that you have come across some information that would devastate the person you have it on. It would be like knowing a deep dark secret that that person has. It’s the type of thing people would write in their diaries, or share with only close and trusted friends. It’s the type of thing that if everyone knew, would really ruin, embarrass and destroy their social interactions. For example, let’s say that I knew that someone lied about having a girlfriend, but everyone else believed.

What to do once you have got “gold”:

Never just use it! It must be saved for those really rare occasions when it would do the most damage. It is the type of thing that more often than not will never be mentioned by a professional raver. Why? Because we have the ability to draw on the situation for ravings and diss people in that fashion. We would never find ourselves in a place where we didn’t have a comeback. BUT for instances when this does happen, then you may use it.

Don’t share it with some, share it with all! In other words, don’t tell some of your friends what the “gold” is that you have. Keep it secret, as the less people that know about it, the more effective it will be when you use it. For example think of a crowd of 10 people, now imagine that 5 of them know the “gold” before you divulge it. Now imagine the type of reaction you would get from the crowd if only 2 people knew about!

I’m sure you all have heard of the comedian, Russell Peters? In one of his shows he talks about how some guy called him a f***en bl*wj*b! He goes on to say that “can you imagine being called a f***en bl*wj*w? Do you realise that if someone calls you that, there is no good comeback?!!” Well if he had “gold” on that person that would have been the comeback that he could have used.

To summarise, keep “gold” a secret. Do not share it with your friends. And don’t be drawn into using it when people diss your family or mom etc. Rise to the occasion and just know that one day when you do play it, it will devastate that person.

Regards – Jayesh Mitha

Big thanks to the Professional raving team of Gesh and Todd for letting me do this. Keep supporting this blog and if you want to know more about me check out www.jayeshmitha.co.za

** New - SPECIAL GUEST BLOGGER **

Hey guys, we are so excited to inform that we will be introducing special guest blogger every month. This will be another chance for you to participate with professional ravings. These special guests will discuss concepts of raving, why they are important and how to deliver them. Or they could share their own personal experience with us. Either way it will be an informative discussion, with comical elements of course!

If you would like to be our special guest blogger, please send your request and proposed topic to proravings@gmail.com. We should point out that you need not have submitted a raving previously to be our special guest blogger.

Our special guest bloggers for 2008:

1) DJ Jayesh Mitha – He will be discussing the concept of a “gold” raving. (October)
2) Kyle Walker - Still waiting for confirmation from this person of their topic. (November)
3) David Ambler – Topic to be confirmed later. (December)

Get ready, our first special guest – DJ Jayesh Mitha – his post will be up on Tuesday!

In the meantime, don’t forget to submit your ravings to proravings@gmail.com, we would love to hear them!