🍍 Pineapple 10: Amanziholes, Elephants & Emotional Cheese

Dear Pineapples,

Brida’s been buzzing — part soap opera, part strategy session, part “Wait… did that chicken just crow?”
We’ve had lions on the loose (almost), mysterious colour wheels, a new outpost with a name you can’t un-hear, and more photo evidence from Fruitloop than the Mayor’s hard drive can handle.

So, grab your beverage of choice (rooibos? Flat white? Sparkling water with a twist?) and settle in.

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🥔 From Products to People — Peeling Potatoes No. 12

Imagine tuning in before the coffee kicks in. That’s where Frank & Janita met Lyudmyla, an independent marketing consultant from southwestern Ukraine with a “superpower” — turning tricky products into stories people actually understand.

She doesn’t sell features. She sells connection.
Stories, social media, and testimonials become her toolkit for showing real solutions to real problems.

Somewhere between the laughs and the marketing tips, the trio realised they could help each other — her approach could grow Brida, and Brida’s easy, grammar-free English spaces could support her.

🎧 Optional, of course — but worth a listen if your tea’s still warm. Listen here.

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🦁 Thursday Lunch With Janita & Frank — Roleplay Mayhem

What would you do if…

• a lion escaped at the zoo?
  
• your plane lost an engine mid-flight?
  
• a trade-in car arrived… missing half its bumper?
  

That’s what the Brida lunch crowd tackled — part improv comedy, part “wait, this could actually happen.”
Monica in Australia called it: “So much fun! 😂”

📅 Want in on the next lunchtime chaos? Book your seat.

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📚 Monday with Ismar — The Little Prince and Humanity’s Heart

If you could give one book to everyone on Earth, which would you choose?
Ismar’s pick wasn’t the Bible (though he thought about it) — it was The Little Prince. A children’s book on the outside, a mirror for grown-ups on the inside.

Does he think it will change the world? Not entirely. But it might plant seeds — small acts of kindness, moments of reflection, better conversations in your corner of the world.

And maybe, that’s enough.

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📑 The Mayor’s Report That Wasn’t — Rabbit Hole Prevention by Fruitloop

Tuesday afternoon. The Mayor’s trying to write a report. It’s going nowhere.
He sends a draft to Fruitloop. Her verdict? “That’s a lot of detail. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣”
She trims it down, sends it back, and casually adds, “I saved you from another rabbit hole, I believe.”

Later, she softens it: “We work well together. I’m here to help — even if I overcomplicate things too sometimes. 🤣🤣🤣”

The Mayor sticks a logo on it, hands it over for Fruitloop to send out.
Another rabbit hole avoided. For now.

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🎨 The Mayor’s Emotional Cheese Wheel — Mystery Box: Art Therapy

Fruitloop’s latest Art Therapy challenge:
Draw a circle, divide into 8 “cheeses,” choose an emotion for each, and give them colour.

The Mayor did it (sort of).

• Learned about Robert Plutchik’s emotion wheel.
  
• Discovered felt-tip pens don’t make olive. (Thank you, ChatGPT colour mix advice.)
  
• Realised he couldn’t find a single negative emotion from the past week.
  

He stared at his finished wheel, dumbstruck. One hour gone in a flash. Inner child overjoyed.

📦 Fancy your own creative ambush? Open the Mystery Boxes.

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📸 Fruitloop’s Photo Avalanche — From South Africa With… Amanziholes?

Fruitloop’s weekend? Endless fun. Result? “Almost a million” photos and videos.
The Mayor? Waiting patiently… until Tuesday. Then the first batch landed, and he wanted to book the next flight south.

Somewhere between uploads, they decided on Brida’s newest outpost name:
Amanzihole. (“Water hole” in Zulu — and yes, it stuck.)

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🐓 Nuggets the Rooster — International Incident

Boutique Églantine, Brida’s unofficial news agency, broke it first: Nuggets… is a rooster.
Martin 001 filed an urgent letter to the Town Councillor about the “national scandal” of housing the French Republic’s emblem in South Africa.

Is an investigation underway? Oh yes.
Is it serious? Absolutely not.

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🎯 Levent’s Interview Bootcamp — Mystery Boxes Included

Levent’s got 45 days to prep for an English interview.
Plan? Two mornings a week with Janita & the Mayor + Mystery Boxes between sessions to keep the momentum.
The virtual office is ready, the wallpaper is events, and the boxes are waiting.

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🗓 Upcoming Events

Thursday Lunch: What’s one old skill, habit, or pastime you’d love to bring back?
Painting, journaling, letter-writing — what’s worth reviving? Join here.

Saturday Coffeehouse Chronicles: What tradition, celebration, or festival still lights you up?
From colourful festivals to quiet family rituals — share the stories behind them. Save your spot.

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🥂 Bonus Gossip & Side Quests

• Monica’s rant: If English is your native language and you still can’t spell, fix it.
  
• The Mayor wonders: Can elephant be eaten? Fruitloop: Yes. Also crocodile.
  
• The Spud List is multiplying like mushrooms — 25 topics by Friday.
  
• Chaos Tamer says automation can be automated. The Mayor wonders if he can be.
  

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📣 Now It’s Your Turn

🎙 Want to be in the next Lunch with Janita & Frank? Book here.
📦 Ready to see what a Mystery Box feels like? Explore them here.
💬 Got a question (or rant) for Dear Abby? Send it here.
🎨 Feeling arty? Haiku & Art Therapy await.
🐓 Have a better name for the rooster coop than “Amanzihole”? We dare you.

Until next week — when we find out if Nuggets’ crow has reached Paris yet…

Yours most deliciously,
The Brida Scribe