IN LINE WITH South Africa's usual tendency to announce grandiose national plans, then delay them indefinitely, our digital broadcasting roll-out has fallen behind schedule. No surprises there.

A WISE OLD MAN ONCE SAID: "If you're born an idiot, you will die an idiot."

Actually, I'm not sure if he was all that wise, but he was certainly elderly. In fact, he was some guy who stood behind me in a queue at the post office, a few years back. Post office queues always seem to be extremely long, even if there are only two people in front of you.