The hottest topics on the cocktail circuit

Getting it done

1 Word is being leaked that the 'Go-to-Man', or 'Mr Fix-It', as he was dubbed in some quarters, had a scale of fees to get things done!

Displacements coming

2 Some say the saying that you should be careful what you wish for is very applicable to the situation unfolding now, as word is many of those who welcomed the news of the change of ownership with jubilation are now in a state of weeping, wailing and gnashing of teeth, as they have been displaced by the management changes.

Question time

3 With the one who was in charge of creating the status quo recently calling for the new administrators to change the status quo, some are now revisiting his stewardship, and they say he has some questions to answer.

New poor

4 Some are saying the middle classes are the new poor, as they took a battering from the failed Ponzi schemes and many are now living from hand to mouth, with their new job that of selling off heirlooms and other collectibles to stay afloat.

Ready or not?

5 Some have dubbed her 'The Poor Little Rich Girl', as they say she is no intellect and is woefully ill-prepared to comment on matters of national import.

Tongues wagging

6 Stories abound about the high-profile personality who was allegedly taken off an international flight that originated in Jamaica recently. What has tongues wagging is that some say the incident has not been reported, but that the individual was questioned for hours by the foreign police.