Umculi oneminyaka engu-53 ubudala u-Isobel Roberts unqume ukupheka ukudla kwasekuseni okunempilo ngokwatapheya, kodwa ngephutha wazisika ngommese. Uthi: “Ngangicabanga ukuthi kwakuwukusika okuncane. “Kodwa ngabheka eduze ngabona ithambo elimhlophe lesithupha sami!” U-Isobel wazizwa ephelelwa amandla futhi wabiza i-ambulensi. “Ngesikhathi sihamba ngemoto siya esibhedlela, ngangixolisa kwabezimo eziphuthumayo ngaso sonke isikhathi. Bekuhlekisa kakhulu. Isidlo sasekuseni esinempilo kangaka.”
U-Isobel akayena isisulu sokuqala salokho okubizwa “ngesandla sikakotapheya,” ukulimala kommese ngesikhathi ezama ukukhipha umgodi kakotapheya.
Kuzwakala njengehlaya lika-April Fool, futhi odokotela bakhathazeke kakhulu. Lokhu kulimala kwesinye isikhathi kudinga ukuhlinzwa okwakha kabusha!
Muva nje, udokotela ohlinzayo wepulasitiki uSimon Eccles, oyilungu leBritish Association of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgeons (BAPRAS), uthe welapha cishe iziguli ezine ezilimele izandla ngesonto. I-BAPRAS yaze yathembisa ukubeka amalebula ayisixwayiso esithelweni.
“Bambalwa abantu abayiqondayo indlela yokusingatha lesi sithelo ngendlela efanele,” kusho u-Eccles. “Futhi nosaziwayo babhekana nezinkinga: UMeryl Streep wazilimaza ngendlela efanayo ngo-2012 futhi wahamba nebhandeshi, futhi uJamie Oliver ngokwakhe waxwayisa ngezingozi ezingaba khona lapho upheka ukwatapheya.”
Ukwatapheya yisithelo esicebile ngamafutha anempilo, uvithamini E, i-fiber namaminerali. Bayanda abantu abakufaka ekudleni kwabo.
“Lapho sithandana kakhulu nokwatapheya, kulapho odokotela beza bebaningi abalimele,” kuncokola udokotela ohlinzayo wepulasitiki uPaul Bagley.
Uma nawe, uke waba isisulu “sesandla sikakotapheya”, landela imiyalelo yokukhipha umgodi ngokuphepha!