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2006-10-20T14:06:00.000-07:00

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2006-10-19T12:26:00.000-07:00

Commando

Defend the Allies from the scourge of Europe. Can you stem the tide of the enemy invasion?

2006-10-18T14:07:00.000-07:00

Internet Helpdesk

2006-10-17T11:17:00.000-07:00

Just For Laughs - Want to remember you mom, get a rat ;-)

2006-10-17T11:14:00.000-07:00

Just For Laughs - Cake Fun

2006-10-17T08:52:00.000-07:00

Shakira featuring Wyclef Jean - Hips don´t lie

Lateral thinking

2006-10-17T06:42:00.000-07:00

Question : You are in a boat in the middle of a river. You have 2
Cigarettes and have to light any one cigarette. You don't have anything
else
with you in the boat? How will you do it?

Answer: Take one cigarette and throw it in the water. So the boat will
become LIGHTER........using this LIGHTER you can light the other
Cigarette

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Another solution: You throw a cigarette up and catch it. Catches win
Matches. Using the matches that you win, you can light the cigarette

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Start praising one cigarette, The other will get jealous & Start
Burning

2006-10-16T14:14:00.000-07:00

Funny cats

2006-10-16T13:41:00.000-07:00

Coolest moves EVER!

2006-10-16T13:25:00.000-07:00

Evolution of Dance

Cool One liners to bring a smile on your face

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Ø When I was born, I was so surprised I didn't talk for a year and a half.
Ø If your parents never had children, chances are you won't, either.
Ø Join the army, see the world, meet interesting people, and kill them.
Ø Until I was 13, I thought my name was 'Shut Up.'
Ø I'm not afraid to die. I just don't want to be there when it happens.
Ø Always and never are two words you should always remember never to use.
Ø Is man one of God's blunders or is God one of man's blunders?
Ø I've never been drunk, but often I've been over served.
Ø The road to success is always under construction.
Ø I say no to drugs -- they just don't listen!
Ø A friend in need is a pest indeed.
Ø Marriage is one of the chief causes of divorce.
Ø Work is fine if it doesn't take up too much of your time.
Ø When everything's coming your way, you're in the wrong lane.
Ø Born free; Taxed to death.
Ø Everyone has a photographic memory; some people just don't have film.
Ø Life is unsure; always eat your dessert first.
Ø Smile -- it makes people wonder what you're up to.
Ø If you keep your feet firmly on the ground, you'll have trouble putting on your pants.
Ø I love being a writer... what I can't stand is the paperwork.
Ø A printer consists of 3 main parts: the case, the jammed paper tray and the blinking red light.
Ø The hardest part of skating is the ice.
Ø The guy who invented the first wheel was an idiot; the guy who invented the other three, he was the genius.
Ø The trouble with being punc tual is that there's no one there to appreciate it.
Ø If our constitution allows us free speech, why are there phone bills?

Happy old man

2006-10-13T14:25:00.000-07:00

A woman walks up to a little old man rocking in a chair on his porch

"I couldn't help noticing how happy you look," she said. "What's your secret for a long happy life?"

"I smoke three packs of cigarettes a day, drink a case of whiskey a week, eat fatty foods, and never exercise."

"That's amazing," the woman said. "How old are you?'

"Twenty-six."

Nice moral...

2006-10-11T05:17:00.000-07:00

When things in your life seem almost too much to
handle, when 24 Hours in a day are not enough,
remember the mayonnaise jar . . . and the coffee.

A professor stood before his Philosophy class and had
some items in front of him.

When the class began, wordlessly, he picked up a very
large and empty mayonnaise jar and proceeded to fill
it with golf balls.

He then asked the students if the jar was full.

They agreed that it was.

The professor then picked up a box of pebbles and
poured them into the jar.

He shook the jar lightly. The pebbles rolled into the
open areas between the golf balls.

He then asked the students again if the jar was full.

They agreed it was.

The professor next picked up a box of sand and poured
it into the jar.

Of course, the sand filled up everything else.

He asked once more if the jar was full.

The students responded with an unanimous "yes."

The professor then produced two cups of coffee from
under the table and poured the entire contents into
the jar, effectively filling the empty space between
the sand.

The students laughed.

"Now," said the professor, as the laughter subsided,
"I want you to recognize that this jar represents your
life.

"The golf balls are the important things - your God,
family, your children, your health, your friends, and
your favorite passions - things that if everything
else was lost and only they remained, your life would
still be full.

"The pebbles are the other things that matter like
your job, your house, and your car.

"The sand is everything else--the small stuff.

"If you put the sand into the jar first," he
continued, "there is no room for the pebbles or the
golf balls.

"The same goes for life.
"If you spend all your time and energy on the small
stuff, you will never have room for the things that
are important to you.

"Pay attention to the things that are critical to your
happiness.

Play with your children.

"Take time to get medical checkups.

"Take your partner out to dinner.

"Play another 18.

"There will always be time to clean the house and fix
the disposal.

"Take care of the golf balls first, the things that
really matter.

"Set your priorities.

"The rest is just sand."

One of the students raised her hand and inquired what
the coffee represented.

The professor smiled. "I'm glad you asked.

"It just goes to show you that no matter how full your
life may seem,there's always room for a cup of coffee
with a friend."

Please share this with someone you care about.

I JUST DID.

A good collection....

2006-10-10T07:00:00.000-07:00

When a man steals your wife, there is no better revenge than to let him keep her.

- Anonymous

After marriage, husband and wife become two sides of a coin; they just can't face each other, but still they stay together.

- Anonymous

By all means marry. If you get a good wife, you'll be happy. If you get a bad one, you'll become a philosopher.

- Socrates

Woman inspires us to do great things, and prevents us from achieving them.

- Dumas

The great question... which I have not been able to answer... is, "What does a woman want?

- Sigmund Freud

I had some words with my wife, and she had some paragraphs with me.

- Anonymous

"Some people ask the secret of our long marriage. We take time to go to a restaurant two times a week. A little candlelight dinner, softmusic and dancing. She goes Tuesdays, I go Fridays."

- Anonymous

"I don't worry about terrorism. I was married for two years."

- Anonymous

"There's a way of transferring funds that is even faster than electronic banking. It's called marriage."

- Anonymous

"I've had bad luck with both my wives. The first one left me and the second one didn't."

- Anonymous

Two secrets to keep your marriage brimming

1. Whenever you're wrong, admit it.

2. Whenever you're right, shut up.

- Anonymous

The most effective way to remember your wife's birthday is to forget it once...

- Anonymous

You know what I did before I married? Anything I wanted to.

- Anonymous

My wife and I were happy for twenty years. Then we met.

- Anonymous

A good wife always forgives her husband when she's wrong.

- Anonymous

Marriage is the only war where one sleeps with the enemy.

- Anonymous

A man inserted an 'ad' in the classifieds: "Wife wanted". Next day he received a hundred letters. They all said the same thing: "You can have mine."

- Anonymous

The Silent Treatment ...............Women!!!!!!!!!!!!!

2006-10-09T06:36:00.000-07:00

The Silent Treatment

A man and his wife were having some problems at home and were giving each
other the silent treatment. Suddenly, the man realized that the next day,
he would need his wife to wake him at 5:00 AM for an early morning business flight.

Not wanting to be the first to break the silence (and LOSE), he wrote on a piece of paper,
"Please wake me at5:00 AM " He left it where he knew she would find it.
The next morning, the man woke up, only to discover it was 9:00 AM
and he had missed his flight. Furious, he was about to go and
see why his wife hadn't wakened him, when he noticed a piece of paper by
the bed. The paper said, "It is 5:00 AM. Wake up."
Men are not equipped for these kinds of contests.

2006-10-09T06:05:00.000-07:00

Best 10 hacks ever made

Early 1990s

Kevin Mitnick, often incorrectly called by many as god of hackers, broke into the computer systems of the world's top technology and telecommunications companies Nokia, Fujitsu, Motorola, and Sun Microsystems. He was arrested by the FBI in 1995, but later released on parole in 2000. He never termed his activity hacking, instead he called it social engineering.

November 2002
Englishman Gary McKinnon was arrested in November 2002 following an accusation that he hacked into more than 90 US military computer systems in the UK. He is currently undergoing trial in a British court for a "fast-track extradition" to the US where he is a wanted man.

1995

Russian computer geek Vladimir Levin effected what can easily be called The Italian Job online - he was the first person to hack into a bank to extract money. Early 1995, he hacked into Citibank and robbed $10 million. Interpol arrested him in the UK in 1995, after he had transferred money to his accounts in the US, Finland, Holland, Germany and Israel.

1990

When a Los Angeles area radio station announced a contest that awarded a Porsche 944S2 for the 102nd caller, Kevin Poulsen took control of the entire city's telephone network, ensured he is the 102nd caller, and took away the Porsche beauty. He was arrested later that year and sentenced to three years in prison. He is currently a senior editor at Wired News.

1983

Kevin Poulsen again. A little-known incident when Poulsen, then just a student, hacked into Arpanet, the precursor to the Internet was hacked into. Arpanet was a global network of computers, and Poulsen took advantage of a loophole in its architecture to gain temporary control of the US-wide network.

1996

US hacker Timothy Lloyd planted six lines of malicious software code in the computer network of Omega Engineering which was a prime supplier of components for NASA and the US Navy. The code allowed a "logic bomb" to explode that deleted software running Omega's manufacturing operations. Omega lost $10 million due to the attack.

1988

Twenty-three-year-old Cornell University graduate Robert Morris unleashed the first Internet worm on to the world. Morris released 99 lines of code to the internet as an experiment, but realised that his program infected machines as it went along. Computers crashed across the US and elsewhere. He was arrested and sentenced in 1990.

1999

The Melissa virus was the first of its kind to wreak damage on a global scale. Written by David Smith (then 30), Melissa spread to more than 300 companies across the world completely destroying their computer networks. Damages reported amounted to nearly $400 million. Smith was arrested and sentenced to five years in prison.

2000

MafiaBoy, whose real identity has been kept under wraps because he is a minor, hacked into some of the largest sites in the world, including eBay, Amazon and Yahoo between February 6 and Valentine's Day in 2000. He gained access to 75 computers in 52 networks, and ordered a Denial of Service attack on them. He was arrested in 2000.

1993

They called themselves Masters of Deception, targeting US phone systems. The group hacked into the National Security Agency, AT&T, and Bank of America. It created a system that let them bypass long-distance phone call systems, and gain access to private lines

2006-10-09T05:29:00.000-07:00

These pictures are from the Lake Placid, NY Ice Festival

2006-10-08T08:19:00.000-07:00

Idiots

BROOKVALE IDIOT
The North Shore Times News crime column reported that a man walked into Brookvale McDonalds at 8:50AM, flashed a gun and demanded cash.The clerk turned him down because she said she couldn't open thecash register without a food order. When the man ordered a Big Mac,the clerk said they weren't available until 10:30 am as only thebreakfast menu was on offer. Frustrated, the man walked away.

ADELAIDE IDIOTS
Two men tried to pull the front off an ATM machine in Adelaide's Henley Street by running a chain from the machine to the bumper of their Toyota Landcruiser, but instead of pulling the front panel off the Machine they pulled the bumper off their 4WD. Scared, and attracting attention from oncoming traffic, they left the scene and drove home, with the chain still attached to the machine, their bumperstill attached to the chain, and with their vehicle's license plate still attached to the bumper. No, they did not use a stolen car.

WOLLONGONG IDIOT
A man walked into a Seven-Eleven, put a $20 bill on the counter and asked for change. When the clerk opened the cash drawer, the man pulled a gun and asked for all the cash in the register, which the clerk promptly provided. The man took the cash from the clerk and fled, leaving the $20 bill on the counter.The total amount of cash he got from the drawer? Fifteen dollars.

ROOTY HILL IDIOT
Seems this guy wanted some beer pretty badly. He decided that he'd just throw a brick through a liquor store window, grab some booze, andrun. So he lifted the brick and heaved it over his head at the window with all his might. The brick bounced back and hit the would-be thief on the head, knocking him unconscious. Apparently, the liquor store window was made of Plexi-Glass. And the whole event was caught on videotape, which the store owner subsequently sold for use on TV.

ROOTY HILL IDIOT
Seems this guy wanted some beer pretty badly. He decided that he'd just throw a brick through a liquor store window, grab some booze, andrun. So he lifted the brick and heaved it over his head at the window with all his might. The brick bounced back and hit the would-be thief on the head, knocking him unconscious. Apparently, the liquor store window was made of Plexi-Glass. And the whole event was caught on videotape, which the store owner subsequently sold for use on TV.

PORT MACQUARIE IDIOT
When a man attempted to siphon petrol from a motor home parked on a Port Macquarie street, he got much more than he bargained for. Police arrived at the scene to find an ill man curled up next to a motor homenear spilled sewage. A police spokesman said that the man admitted to trying to steal petrol and plugged his hose into the motor home's sewage tank by mistake. He had tried to siphon the petrol by first sucking it up the hose. The owner of the vehicle declined to press charges, saying that it was the best laugh he'd ever had.

Embarrassing situation

2006-10-06T07:06:00.000-07:00

Embarrassing Situation

A very shy young man goes into a bar and sees a beautiful woman

sitting alone. After an hour he gathers enough courage to go and ask her, "Er...

excuse me, but would you mind if I sat here beside you?"

She responds in a loud voice :

"NO, I DON'T WANT TO SPEND THE NIGHT WITH YOU!"

Everyone in the bar turns to stare at them. The young man is surprised,

shocked and embarrassed and goes back to his table.

After a few minutes the woman walks over to him smiles, apologizes,

and says, "You see, I'm a graduate student in psychology and I'm studying how

people respond to embarrassing situations."

The young man responds loudly with,

WHAT DO YOU MEAN THREE THOUSAND

THATS TOO MUCH !

Management Lesson

2006-10-05T11:51:00.000-07:00

Management Lesson

One fine day, a bus driver went to the bus garage, started his bus, and drove off along the route. No problems for the first few stops - a few people got on, a few got off, and things went generally well.

At the next stop, however, a big hulk of a guy got on. Six feet eight, built like a wrestler, arms hanging down to the ground. He glared at the driver and said, "Big John doesn't pay!" and sat down at the back.

Did I mention that the driver was five feet three, thin, and basically meek? Well, he was. Naturally, he didn't argue with Big John, but he wasn't happy about it. The next day the same thing happened - Big John got on again, made a show of refusing to pay, and sat down. And the next day, and the next.

This grated on the bus driver, who started losing sleep over the way Big John was taking advantage of him. Finally he could stand it no longer. He signed up for body building courses, karate, judo, and all that good stuff.

By the end of the summer, he had become quite strong; what's more, he felt really good about himself. So on the next Monday, when Big John once again got on the bus and said, "Big John doesn't pay!"

The driver stood up, glared back at the passenger, and screamed, "And why not?"

With a surprised look on his face, Big John replied, "Big John has a bus pass."

Management Lesson: "Be sure there is a problem in the first place before working hard to solve one."

2006-10-05T11:44:00.000-07:00

Enhance your GK

Intelligent people have more zinc and copper in their hair.

The world's youngest parents were 8 and 9 and lived in China in 1910.

Our eyes remain the same size from birth onward, but our nose and ears never stop growing.

You burn more calories sleeping than you do watching TV.

A person will die from total lack of sleep sooner than from starvation. Death will occur about 10 days without sleep, while starvation takes a few weeks.

Chewing gum while peeling onions will keep you from crying

The Mona Lisa had no eyebrows.

When the moon is directly overhead, you weigh slightly less.

Alexander Graham Bell, the inventor of the telephone, never telephoned his wife or mother because they were both deaf.

"I Am." is the shortest complete sentence in the English language.

Colgate faced big obstacle marketing toothpaste in Spanish speaking countries because Colgate translates into the command "go hang yourself."

2006-10-04T11:21:00.000-07:00

Pokemon advanced episode 3 part 1

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Pokemon advanced episode 3 part 2

2006-10-04T11:19:00.000-07:00

Pokemon advanced episode 3 part 3

2006-10-03T16:03:00.000-07:00

E3 2006: Nintendo Wii

2006-10-03T07:09:00.000-07:00

Biff's Question Song (Stand-up Comedy)

2006-10-02T14:44:00.000-07:00

Grimm's Fairy Tales

The King's Son Who Feared Nothing

THERE was once a King's son, who was no longer content to stay at home in his father's house, and as he had no fear of anything, he thought, "I will go forth into the wide world, there the time will not seem long to me, and I shall see wonders enough." So he took leave of his parents, and went forth, and on and on from morning till night, and whichever way his path led it was the same to him. It came to pass that he got to the house of a giant, and as he was so tired he sat down by the door and rested. And as he let his eyes roam here and there, he saw the giant's playthings lying in the yard. These were a couple of enormous balls, and nine-pins as tall as a man. After a while he had a fancy to set the nine-pins up and then rolled the balls at them, and screamed and cried out when the nine-pins fell, and had a merry time of it. The giant heard the noise, stretched his head out of the window, and saw a man who was not taller than other men, and yet played with his nine-pins. "Little worm," cried he, "why art thou playing with my balls? Who gave thee strength to do it?" The King's son looked up, saw the giant, and said, "Oh, thou blockhead, thou thinkest indeed that thou only hast strong arms, I can do everything I want to do." The giant came down and watched the bowling with great admiration, and said, "Child of man, if thou art one of that kind, go and bring me an apple of the tree of life." "What dost thou want with it?" said the King's son. "I do not want the apple for myself," answered the giant, "but I have a betrothed bride who wishes for it. I have travelled far about the world and cannot find the tree." "I will soon find it," said the King's son, "and I do not know what is to prevent me from getting the apple down." The giant said, "Thou really believest it to be so easy! The garden in which the tree stands is surrounded by an iron railing, and in front of the railing lie wild beasts, each close to the other, and they keep watch and let no man go in." "They will be sure to let me in," said the King's son. "Yes, but even if thou dost get into the garden, and seest the apple hanging to the tree, it is still not thine; a ring hangs in front of it, through which any one who wants to reach the apple and break it off, must put his hand, and no one has yet had the luck to do it." "That luck will be mine," said the King's son.

Then he took leave of the giant, and went forth over mountain and valley, and through plains and forests, until at length he came to the wondrous garden.

The beasts lay round about it, but they had put their heads down and were asleep. Moreover, they did not awake when he went up to them, so he stepped over them, climbed the fence, and got safely into the garden. There, in the very middle of it, stood the tree of life, and the red apples were shining upon the branches. He climbed up the trunk to the top, and as he was about to reach out for an apple, he saw a ring hanging before it; but he thrust his hand through that without any difficulty, and gathered the apple. The ring closed tightly on his arm, and all at once he felt a prodigious strength flowing through his veins. When he had come down again from the tree with the apple, he would not climb over the fence, but grasped the great gate, and had no need to shake it more than once before it sprang open with a loud crash. Then he went out, and the lion which had been lying down before, was awake and sprang after him, not in rage and fierceness, but following him humbly as its master.

The King's son took the giant the apple he had promised him, and said, "Seest thou, I have brought it without difficulty." The giant was glad that his desire had been so soon satisfied, hastened to his bride, and gave her the apple for which she had wished. She was a beautiful and wise maiden, and as she did not see the ring on his arm, she said, "I shall never believe that thou hast brought the apple, until I see the ring on thine arm." The giant said, "I have nothing to do but go home and fetch it," and thought it would be easy to take away by force from the weak man, what he would not give of his own free will. He therefore demanded the ring from him, but the King's son refused it. "Where the apple is, the ring must be also," said the giant; "if thou wilt not give it of thine own accord, thou must fight with me for it."

They wrestled with each other for a long time, but the giant could not get the better of the King's son, who was strengthened by the magical power of the ring. Then the giant thought of a stratagem, and said, "I have got warm with fighting, and so hast thou. We will bathe in the river, and cool ourselves before we begin again." The King's son, who knew nothing of falsehood, went with him to the water, and pulled off with his clothes the ring also from his arm, and sprang into the river. The giant instantly snatched the ring, and ran away with it, but the lion, which had observed the theft, pursued the giant, tore the ring out of his hand, and brought it back to its master. Then the giant placed himself behind an oak-tree, and while the King's son was busy putting on his clothes again, surprised him, and put both his eyes out.

And now the unhappy King's son stood there, and was blind and knew not how to help himself. Then the giant came back to him, took him by the hand as if he were someone who wanted to guide him, and led him to the top of a high rock. There he left him standing, and thought, "Just two steps more, and he will fall down and kill himself, and I can take the ring from him." But the faithful lion had not deserted its master; it held him fast by the clothes, and drew him gradually back again. When the giant came and wanted to rob the dead man, he saw that his cunning had been in vain. "Is there no way, then, of destroying a weak child of man like that?" said he angrily to himself, and seized the King's son and led him back again to the precipice by another way, but the lion which saw his evil design, helped its master out of danger here also. When they had got close to the edge, the giant let the blind man's hand drop, and was going to leave him behind alone, but the lion pushed the giant so that he was thrown down and fell, dashed to pieces, on the ground.

The faithful animal again drew its master back from the precipice, and guided him to a tree by which flowed a clear brook. The King's son sat down there, but the lion lay down, and sprinkled the water in his face with its paws. Scarcely had a couple of drops wetted the sockets of his eyes, than he was once more able to see something, and remarked a little bird flying quite close by, which wounded itself against the trunk of a tree. On this it went down to the water and bathed itself therein, and then it soared upwards and swept between the trees without touching them, as if it had recovered its sight again. Then the King's son recognized a sign from God and stooped down to the water, and washed and bathed his face in it. And when he arose he had his eyes once more, brighter and clearer than they had ever been.

The King's son thanked God for his great mercy, and travelled with his lion onwards through the world. And it came to pass that he arrived before a castle which was enchanted. In the gateway stood a maiden of beautiful form and fine face, but she was quite black. She spoke to him and said, "Ah, if thou couldst but deliver me from the evil spell which is thrown over me." "What shall I do?" said the King's son. The maiden answered, "Thou must pass three nights in the great hall of this enchanted castle, but thou must let no fear enter thy heart. When they are doing their worst to torment thee, if thou bearest it without letting a sound escape thee, I shall be free. Thy life they dare not take." Then said the King's son, "I have no fear; with God's help I will try it." So he went gaily into the castle, and when it grew dark he seated himself in the large hall and waited. Everything was quiet, however, till midnight, when all at once a great tumult began, and out of every hole and corner came little devils. They behaved as if they did not see him, seated themselves in the middle of the room, lighted a fire, and began to gamble. When one of them lost, he said, "It is not right; some one is here who does not belong to us; it is his fault that I am losing." "Wait, you fellow behind the stove, I am coming," said another. The screaming became still louder, so that no one could have heard it without terror. The King's son stayed sitting quite quietly, and was not afraid; but at last the devils jumped up from the ground, and fell on him, and there were so many of them that he could not defend himself from them. They dragged him about on the floor, pinched him, pricked him, beat him, and tormented him, but no sound escaped from him. Towards morning they disappeared, and he was so exhausted that he could scarcely move his limbs, but when day dawned the black maiden came to him. She bore in her hand a little bottle wherein was the water of life wherewith she washed him, and he at once felt all pain depart and new strength flow through his veins. She said, "Thou hast held out successfully for one night, but two more lie before thee." Then she went away again, and as she was going, he observed that her feet had become white. The next night the devils came and began their gambols anew. They fell on the King's son, and beat him much more severely than the night before, until his body was covered with wounds. But as he bore all quietly, they were forced to leave him, and when dawn appeared, the maiden came and healed him with the water of life. And when she went away, he saw with joy that she had already become white to the tips of her fingers. And now he had only one night more to go through, but it was the worst. The hob-goblins came again: "Art thou there still?" cried they, "thou shalt be tormented till thy breath stops." They pricked him and beat him, and threw him here and there, and pulled him by the arms and legs as if they wanted to tear him to pieces, but he bore everything, and never uttered a cry. At last the devils vanished, but he lay fainting there, and did not stir, nor could he raise his eyes to look at the maiden who came in, and sprinkled and bathed him with the water of life. But suddenly he was freed from all pain, and felt fresh and healthy as if he had awakened from sleep, and when he opened his eyes he saw the maiden standing by him, snow-white, and fair as day. "Rise," said she, "and swing thy sword three times over the stairs, and then all will be delivered." And when he had done that, the whole castle was released from enchantment, and the maiden was a rich King's daughter. The servants came and said that the table was already set in the great hall, and dinner served up. Then they sat down and ate and drank together, and in the evening the wedding was solemnized with great rejoicings.
From Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm, Household Tales, trans. Margaret Hunt (London: George Bell, 1884), 2:134-139.

2006-10-02T07:16:00.000-07:00

What a driver ;)

A patrol car has been following this vehicle for about 30 minutes now, when theyfinally decide to pull it over. The officer steps out and walks up to Dick'swindow."Goodafternoon, sir.""Good afternoon, any problems?" "No sir. My partner and I have been following and observing you for a half anhour now. We ascertained that you have not committed one single trafficviolation, you have not gone over the speed limit by even 1 mph, you were courteous towards the fellow drivers on the road. Therefore, as a part of ournew "Solid Driving Awareness Program", I would like to present you with thischeck for $30,000.00."Dick lets out a big sigh of relief: "Oh good! Now I can finally pay to get my driver's license."Awkward silence, then his wife sitting in the passenger seat goes, "Don't listento him, officer. He always talks nonsense when he has been drinking."His Grandma, who's a little hard of hearing, adds from the backseat, "Aye aye aye, didn't I tell you not to go in a stolen car?"At this time his trunk pops open and a head peeks out, "Are we over the borderyet?"

Sardar Detectives :D

2006-10-02T07:15:00.000-07:00

A policeman was testing 3 Singh brothers who were training to become
detectives.

To test their skills in recognizing a suspect, he shows the
first Singh a picture for 5 seconds and then hides it. "This is your
suspect, how would you recognize him?"

The first Singh answers, "That's
easy, we'll catch him fast because he only has one eye!" The
policeman says, "Well...uh.. .that's because the picture I showed is
his side profile."

Slightly flustered by this ridiculous response, he flashes the
picture for 5 seconds at the second Singh and asks him, "This is
your suspect, how would you recognize him?"

The second Singh smiles and says, "Ha! He'd be too easy
to catch because he only has one ear!" The policeman angrily
responds,

"What's the matter with you two? Of course only one eye and one ear
are showing because it's a picture of his side profile! Is that the
best answer you can come up with?"

Extremely frustrated at this point, he shows the picture to the
third Singh and in a very testy voice asks, "This is your suspect,
how would you recognize him?

He quickly adds, "Think hard before giving me a stupid answer." The
Singh looks at the picture intently for a moment and says, "The
suspect wears contact lenses." The policeman is surprised and
speechless because he really doesn't know himself if the suspect
wears contacts or not. "Well, that's an interesting answer. Wait
here for a few minutes while I check his file and I'll get back to
you on that." He leaves the room and goes to his office, checks the
suspect's file in his computer, and comes back with a beaming smile
on his face.

"Wow! I can't believe it. It's TRUE! The suspect does in fact wear
contact lenses. Good work! How were you able to make such an astute
observation? "

"That's easy," the Singh replied. "He can't wear regular glasses
because he only has one eye and one ear."

2006-10-02T07:09:00.000-07:00

Can u guess the Volume and Size of 5MB memory storage in 1956

In September 1956 IBM launched the 305 RAMAC, the first computer with a hard disk drive (HDD). The HDD weighed over a ton and stored 5MB of data.

2006-10-02T04:22:00.000-07:00

To win ... Let others win

There was a farmer who grew superior quality and award-winning corn.Each year he entered his corn in the state fair where it won honor andprizes.One year a newspaper reporter interviewed him and learnt somethinginteresting about how he grew it. The reporter discovered that thefarmer shared his seed corn with his neighbors."How can you afford to share your best seed corn with your neighborswhen they are entering corn in competition with yours each year?" thereporter asked."Why sir," said the farmer, "didn't you know? The wind picks up pollenfrom the ripening corn and swirls it from field to field. If myneighbors grow inferior, sub-standard and poor quality corn,cross-pollination will steadily degrade the quality of my corn.If I am to grow good corn, I must help my neighbors grow good corn."The farmer gave a superb insight into the connectedness of life. Hiscorn cannot improve unless his neighbor's corn also improves. So it isin the other dimensions! Those who choose to be at harmony must helptheir neighbors and colleagues to be at peace. Those who choose to livewell must help others to live well. The value of a life is measured bythe lives it touches.Success does not happen in isolation. It is very often a participativeand collective process. So share the good quality corn.....

2006-09-27T12:39:00.000-07:00

OK....

Its my birthday Guys.....

I am 23 years old...

Feel free to make wishes and you can also send me gifts ;-)

Thanks to all for stopping by

Regards
K

2006-09-27T12:36:00.000-07:00

An interesting site :

http://www.try2bet.com

Try2Bet.com is a website where you can try your hand at sports betting. Brag about how good you are to your coworkers and buddies. Prizes are furnished by sponsors and are given away weekly. There is never any cost to participate or play. Perfect for every sports fan!

2006-09-26T04:50:00.000-07:00

The Amazing Art of Julian Beever

love is.....

2006-09-26T04:47:00.000-07:00

These are really cute instances quoted by kids…we, in our own wisdom, give such complex meaning to this out-of-the-world experience but these kids just let us know that all it takes is ACKNOWLEDGING the smallest and sweetest of gestures that one does everyday….its just for you to feel it…enjoy !

What does Love mean?

A group of professional people posed this question to a group of 4 to 8
year-olds, "What does love mean?"

The answers they got were broader and deeper than anyone could have
imagined. See what you think:

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"When my grandmother got arthritis, she couldn't bend over and paint her
toenails anymore.

So my grandfather does it for her all the time, even when his hands got
arthritis too. That's love."

Rebecca- age 8

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"When someone loves you, the way they say your name is different.

You just know that your name is safe in their mouth."

Billy - age 4

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"Love is when a girl puts on perfu me and a boy puts on shaving cologne and
they go out and smell each other."

Karl - age 5

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"Love is when you go out to eat and give somebody most of your French fries
without making them give you any of theirs."

Chrissy - age 6

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"Love is what makes you smile when you're tired."

Terri - age 4

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"Love is when my mommy makes coffee for my daddy and she takes a sip before
giving it to him, to make sure the taste is OK."

Danny - age 7

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"Love is when you kiss all the time. Then when you get tired of kissing, you still want to be together and you talk more.
My Mommy and Daddy are like that. They look gross when they kiss"

Emily - age 8

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"Love is what's in the room with you at Christmas if you stop opening
presents and listen."

Bobby - age 7

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"If you want to learn to love better, you should start with a friend who
you hate,"

Nikka - age 6

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"Love is when you tell a guy you like his shirt, then he wears it
everyday."

Noelle - age 7

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"Love is like a little old woman and a little old man who are still friends
even after they know each other so well."

Tommy - age 6
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"During my pi ano recital, I was on a stage and I was scared. I looked at
all the people watching me and saw my daddy waving and smiling.

He was the only one doing that. I wasn't scared anymore."

Cindy - age 8

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"My mommy loves me more than anybody .

You don't see anyone else kissing me to sleep at night."

Clare - age 6

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"Love is when Mommy gives Daddy the best piece of chicken."

Elaine-age 5

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"Love is when Mommy sees Daddy smelly and sweaty and still says he is
handsomer than Robert Redford."

Chris - age 7

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"Love is when your puppy licks your face even after you left him alone all
day."

Mary Ann - age 4

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"I know my older sister loves me because she gives me all her old clothes
and has to go out and buy new ones."

Lauren - age 4

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"When you love somebody, your eyelashes go up and down and little stars
come out of you."
Karen - age 7

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"Love is when Mommy sees Daddy on the toilet and she doesn't think it's
gross."

Mark - age 6

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"You really shouldn't say 'I love you' unless you mean it. But if you mean
it, you should say it a lot. People forget."

Jessica - age 8

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And the final one -- Author and lecturer Leo Buscaglia once talked

about a contest he was asked to judge.

The purpose of the contest was to find the most caring child.

The winner was a four year old child whose next door neighbor

was an elderly gentleman who had recently lost his wife.

Upon seeing the man cry, the little boy went into the old

gentleman's yard, climbed onto his lap, and just sat there.

When his Mother asked what he had said to the neighbor, the little boy said,

"Nothing, I just helped him cry"

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love is when that special someone sticks around with you until you realize that you love them back and if you don't they are still there waiting for the day you'll realize that no one else can love you in that way...

Today's fortune

2006-09-26T04:45:00.000-07:00

A friend asks only for your time not your money

Good one... :)

2006-09-25T08:10:00.000-07:00

A man and his dog were walking along a road. The man was enjoying the
scenery, when it suddenly occurred to him that he was dead.

He remembered dying, and that the dog walking beside him had been dead
for years. He wondered where the road was leading them.

After a while, they came to a high, white stone wall along one side of
the road. It looked like fine marble. At the top of a long hill, it was
broken by a tall arch that glowed in the sunlight.

When he was standing before it he saw a magnificent gate in the arch
that looked like mother-of-pearl, and the street that led to the gate
looked like pure gold. He and the dog walked toward the gate, and as he
got closer, he saw a man at a desk to one side.

When he was close enough, he called out, "Excuse me, where are we?"

"This is Heaven, sir," the man at the desk answered.

"Wow! Would you happen to have some water?" the dead man asked.

"Of course, sir. Come right in, and I'll have some ice water brought
right up."

The man gestured, and the gate began to open.

"Can my friend," gesturing toward his dog, "come in, too?" the traveler
asked.

"I'm sorry, sir, but we don't accept pets."

The man thought a moment and then turned back toward the road and
continued the way he had been going with his dog.

After another long walk, and at the top of another long hill, he came
to a dirt road leading through a farm gate that looked as if it had
never been closed. There was no fence.

As he approached the gate, he saw a man inside, leaning against a tree
and reading a book.

"Excuse me!" he called to the man. "Do you have any water?"

"Yeah, sure, there's a pump over there, come on in."

"How about my friend here?" the traveler gestured to the dog.

"There should be a bowl by the pump."

They went through the gate, and sure enough, there was an old-fashioned
hand pump with a bowl beside it.

The traveler filled the water bowl and took a long drink himself, then
he gave some to the dog.

When they were full, he and the dog walked back toward the man who was
standing by the tree.

"What do you call this place?" the traveler asked.

"This is Heaven," he answered.

"Well, that's confusing," the traveler said. "The man down the road
said that was Heaven, too."

"Oh, you mean the place with the gold street and pearly gates? Nope.
That's hell."

"Doesn't it make you mad, that they use your name like that?"

"No, we're just happy that they screen out the folks who would leave
their best friends behind."

Joke

2006-09-25T05:29:00.000-07:00

Mischievous Brothers

Two little boys, ages 8 and 10, are excessively mischievous.

They are always getting into trouble and their parents know all about
it. If any mischief occurs in their town,

the two boys are probably involved.

The boys' mother heard that a preacher in town had been successful in
disciplining children,

so she asked if he would speak with her boys. The preacher agreed, but
he asked to see them individually.

So the mother sent the 8 year old first, in the morning, with the older
boy to see the preacher in the afternoon.

The preacher, a huge man with a booming voice, sat the younger boy down
and asked him sternly, "Do you know where God is, son?"
The boy's mouth dropped open, but he made no response, sitting there
wide- eyed with his mouth hanging open.
So the preacher repeated the question in an even sterner tone, "Where is
God?!"

Again, the boy made no attempt to answer. The preacher raised his voice
even more and shook his finger in the boy's face and bellowed,

"Where is God?!"
The boy screamed and bolted from the room, ran directly home and dove
into his closet, slamming the door behind him.

When his older brother found him in the closet, he asked, "what
happened?"
The younger brother, gasping for breath, replied, "We are in BIG trouble
this time.

.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
..

GOD is missing, and they think we did it!

2006-09-22T16:42:00.000-07:00

Pokemon Parody

Pikachu and squirtle are talking and squirtle gets tired of saying its name alot and speaks english! FUNNY!

2006-09-22T16:36:00.000-07:00

The Real Pokemon Movie

Falling of the chair...5 stars for the effort these guys did...the ending is the best :-)

2006-09-22T15:11:00.000-07:00

Jetli Last Action Movie : Fearless in Theaters 9/22

Performance v/s Position

2006-09-22T08:14:00.000-07:00

A priest dies and is waiting in line at the Pearly Gates.

Ahead of him is a guy who's dressed in sunglasses, a loud shirt, leather jacket and jeans.

Saint Peter addresses him, "Who are you, so that I may know whether or not to admit you into the Kingdom of Heaven?"

The guy replies, "I'm Joe Cohen, taxi driver, from New York."

Saint Peter consults his list. He smiles and says to the taxi driver, "Take this silken robe and golden staff and enter the Kingdom of Heaven."

Now it's the priest's turn. He stands erect and booms out, "I am the Right Reverend Joseph Snow, pastor of Saint Mary's for the last forty-three years."

Saint Peter consults his list. He says to the priest, "Take this cotton robe and wooden staff and enter the Kingdom of Heaven."

"Just a minute," says the priest. "That man was a taxi driver. Why does he get a silken robe and golden staff?"

"Results," shrugged Saint Peter. "While you preached, people slept. When he drove, people prayed."

Moral of the story:

It's Performance, Not Position that Counts …



 ForwardSourceID:NT00009C52

Subject: How to kill a lion....IT companie's wise !!

2006-09-22T07:29:00.000-07:00

How to kill a lion By Companies...

Dont Miss the last 1... ;-)

Cognizant Method:

hire a lion... ask him to stay for late nights but give him no work to do.

give him gobi 65 to eat again and again.

hire 100 more lions but do not increase the space to sit

give them same gobi 65 to eat

hire 200 more....... and more .......

TCS method:

hire a lion

give him hell a lot of work and pay him government salary

lion dies of hunger and frustration

IBM's metbod:

hire a lion, give him a pink slip in an hour ...

he dies of unemployment...

Syntel Method:-

Hire a Cat ...

assure him that he will eventually become a Lion once he reaches onsite and

make sure that he never reaches onsite.

Cat dies in hope of becoming a Lion....

MBT method:

hire the lion, make him take 14 tests and tell him that if he doesn't score 60% he will lose the job.

lion dies of the strain?

i-Flex method:

hire a lion???.oops cow, tell him he is a lion, send him in African safari

for implementing flexcube in god forbidden territories, tell him if he comes

alive he will get band movement (promotion)

holy cow dies in fear of the real lion

COSL Method:

hire a lion .

tell him to merge with Goats (polaris) and reduce his allowance...

lion dies from fear that tommorrow he might become a goat....

Polaris Method :

hire ..sorry....purchase a lion(COSL) ..

change his timings...(instead of 9 AM ...change it to 8:30 AM )

cut down his allowance (coupons etc)

lion dies from fear of becoming CAT.....

Patni method:

hire a lion, give him a salary of a cat...

the lion dies before joining....

Accenture Method:

Hire a lion....

Send him to chennai

Ask him to stay on bench for a long time

Ask him to eat idli,Dosa and Vada

No hindi, kannada or no other languages speaking ppl other than TAMIL...

No good food, No water..and specially No Beautiful girls

And say him "Go Ahead be a Tiger".

Lion dies in confusion he is Tiger or lion......

HUAWEI Method:

Hire a Cat; give him a salary of a Lion...

Give him work of 3 Lions

Tell him to work late and even on weekends...

No time for food and family, automatically die

THE LAST BUT NOT THE LEAST

INFOSYS METHOD:

HIRE A LION.....

SEND HIM FOR TRAINING IN MYSORE AND MAKE HIM FEEL LIKE

...................................................KING OF THE JUNGLE! J

MAKE HIM TAKE GENERIC COMPREE EXAM

...........................................LION TURNS INTO CAT

MAKE HIM TAKE STREAM COMPREE EXAM

..................................................CAT TURNS INTO A MOUSE

SEND HIM INTO PRODUCTION WHICH HAS NOTHING TO DO WID HE LEARNED IN TRNG

..........................................MOUSE RUNS HERE AND THERE FOR HELP!!!

SEND HIM MAILS TELLING ABOUT MANDATORY CERTIFICATIONS

................................................MOUSE COMMITS SUICIDE...JJJ

Life's little instructions...

2006-09-21T12:10:00.000-07:00

Have a firm handshake.

Look people in the eye.

Sing in the shower.

Own a great stereo system.

If in a fight, hit first and hit hard.

Keep secrets.

Never give up on anybody. Miracles happen everyday.

Always accept an outstretched hand.

Be brave. Even if you're not, pretend to be. No one can tell the difference.

Whistle.

Avoid sarcastic remarks.

Choose your life's mate carefully. From this one decision will come per cent of all your happiness or misery.

Make it a habit to do nice things for people who will never find out.

Lend only those books you never care to see again.

Never deprive someone of hope; it might be all that they have.

When playing games with ! children, let them win.

Give people a second chance, but not a third.

Be romantic.

Become the most positive and enthusiastic person you know.

Loosen up. Relax. Except for rare life-and-death matters, nothing is as important as it first seems.

Don't allow the phone to interrupt important moments. It's there for your convenience, not the caller's.

Be a good loser.

Be a good winner.

Think twice before burdening a friend with a secret.

When someone hugs you, let them be the first to let go.

Be modest. A lot was accomplished before you were born.

Keep it simple.

Beware of the person who has nothing to lose.

Don't burn bridges. You'll be surprised how many times you have to cross the same river.

Live your life so that your epitaph could read, No Regrets

Be bold and courageous. When you look back on life, you'll regret the things you didn't do more than the one's you did.

Never waste an opportunity to tell someone you love them.

Remember no one makes it alone. Have a grateful heart and be quick to acknowledge those who helped you.

Take charge of your attitude. Don't let someone else choose it for you.

Visit friends and relatives when they are in hospital; you need only stay a few minutes.

Begin each day with some of your favorite music.

Once in a while, take the scenic route.

Send a lot of Valentine cards. Sign them, 'Someone who thinks you're terrific.'

Answer the phone with enthusiasm and energy in your voice.

Keep a note pad and pencil on your bed-side table. Million-dollar ideas sometimes strike at 3 a.m.

Show respect for everyone who works for a living, regardless of how trivial their job.

Send your loved ones flowers. Think of a reason later.

Make someone's day by paying the toll for the person in the car behind you.

Become someone's hero.

Marry only for love.

Count your blessings.

Compliment the meal when you're a guest in someone's home.

Wave at the children on a school bus.

Remember that 80 per cent of the success in any job is based on your ability to deal with people.

Don't expect life to be fair.

2006-09-20T12:22:00.000-07:00

Webmaster Improving your CTR - untick Online Advertiser Sign-Up

I requested some assistance on DP earlier this week in regards to the placement of adsense to improve CTR. An interesting tip that I hadn't thought of related to the text that appears in the bottom right hand corner of the Google Ads, namely Advertise on this site.

The purpose of that text link is that it allows advertisers to advertise specifically on your site, by bidding on keywords available that are suitable for the sites content. The catch here is that you make nothing from the advertiser clicking that, even though you are generating revenue for Google by having people sign up for their adsense program (maybe not in all cases as some who click would be existing users, but nonetheless...)

The problem with that text link is that it leaves the viewer in no doubt that they are looking at advertisements, which could decrease your potential CTR. I was advised that removing this text, would take this variable out of the equation and as such the CTR may increase. I've decided to give it a go and see what results I get.

If you want to remove the Advertise on this site text link, follow these steps:

1 Log in to your AdSense account.
2 Under the My Account tab, visit the Account Settings page.
3 Scroll down to the Onsite Advertiser Sign-up section (right at the bottom) and click 'edit.'
4 Untick the Include me in Onsite Advertiser Sign-Up check box next to Subscription:
5 Click Save changes.

It may take some time for the change to take effect on your site so be patient.

Posted by DAN

http://info.vilesilencer.com/forum/showthread.php?p=7271#post7271

2006-09-19T13:15:00.000-07:00

2006 NPC Junior Nationals Men's Backstage Posing 3 Preview

2006-09-19T13:11:00.000-07:00

Federer's Arsenal

He is the best :-)

Read to Have fun :)

2006-09-19T05:31:00.000-07:00

"U love someone

U marry someone else.

The one u marry becomes your wife or husband.

And the one u loved becomes the password of your mail id"

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There's only one perfect child in the world & every mother has it.
There's only one perfect wife in the world & every neighbour has it.

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Three dreams of a man:
To be as handsome as his mother thinks.
To be as rich as his child believes.
To have as many women as his wife suspects...

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Generation Next Motto: Na hum shaadi karenge, na apne bachchon ko karne denge.

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What's the diff between Dava &d Daru?
Dava is like girlfriend, that comes with expiry date and
Daru is like wife, Jitni purani hogi utna sir chad ke bolegi.

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Wife ko Begum kyon kehte hain?
Kyonki shaadi ke baad saare gum to husband ke hisse mein aate hain or wife Be-Gum ho jaati hai.

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The Japanese have produced a camera that has such a fast shutter speed it can take a picture of a woman with her mouth shut!

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2006-09-15T14:56:00.000-07:00

Pokemon 465: First Pokemon! Final Battle! (3/3)

2006-09-15T14:55:00.000-07:00

Pokemon 465: First Pokemon! Final Battle! (2/3)

2006-09-15T14:54:00.000-07:00

Pokemon 465: First Pokemon! Final Battle! (1/3)

2006-09-08T14:21:00.000-07:00

How The Lord Of The Rings should have ended

NO Girl friend ...............some research here...

2006-09-01T08:21:00.000-07:00

Why some men can never fall in love or

Never get girl friends.?

The oft repeated topic. It seems to be a mystery until you really start

thinking. One of my personal favorites. Why some men can never fall in

love or never get girl friends. Many of us just keep complaining without

thinking on what the inherent problem is. Thankfully I did it as a case

study and found out some important issues which might concur with a

majority of ppl who are rocking the same boat as mine.

1) You always sit in the last bench with the other class rogues and other "gaandhis"

(studious chaps) who feel that its possible to get marks sitting in last row. In case of

workplace no girls are there in your project and u have like minded people like you

as colleagues and wherein your entertainment oscillates between the bars and

cinema theaters.

2) U obviously can't groove and dance and dance around in a group in a disc by just

shaking your head or grooving your hip. Desi music directors are your favorites.

Gurukiran simply rocks and u can't wait for a gaana or a bangra number to crop up. Unf you are too adept at dancing dappankuthu or desi dance not the americanised

western hip hop dance.

3) U perceive discotheque to be a place where u will have a chance to unleash your

dancing potential("annamman dance") and occupy the center stage with 10 other fellow rogues immediately throwing out the babes from the vicinity of the dance floor. This automatically repels the women from you (they consider u as out of civilization, unf we are the only people who can really dance...)

4) Your intelligence level mostly can take in just jackie chan,arnold and stallone

flicks. It can take in just action films whose contents can be absorbed. You just can't

take major english romance films. Desi romance rocks. We invariably are the DDLJ

and hum aapke hai kaun typos. Sudeep,Rajini,Upendra,darshan,Kamal, Shahrukh, Mohanlal, Chiranjeevi rock. Tom cruise is a dud!!! And invariably sucks... (Obviously. Its because of jealousy...)

5) You obviously don't know how to make use of yahoo messenger and is used to

scold your online friends with the best choice of invectives, spread rumours about

other guyz, and ask them to book the latest movie tickets. You unfortunately dont

know how to flirt using yahoo messenger and are frequently at loss of topics when

you want to chat with some girl. Whereas u r deluged with strange topics to discuss

with your friend with whom you had lost touch for the past decade or so.

6) You can't eat spanish, chinese foods and fav. restaurant invariably happens to be

woodlands,MTR, kadamba or anandha bhavan types. Of coz we can't forget

aunty mess and adigas and mallige idly. we frankly are clueless as to

what are bella ciao,wang's kitchen and things like that unless we happen to go an a

treat organised by the other guyz...:)

7) You dont see a reason why u have to go tobarristas or qwiky's when the local

corner "goudrangadi tea" tastes like nectar and satisfies you more than a barristas.

Lime tea is the best tea to have been invented by an human and you are thankful to

Nair for providing it to you.

8) Most of the jokes you know are those which you can discuss only with your

other fellow comrades and which again takes the opportunity from telling a joke to

the girl and impressing her. Besides you seriously tell very good jokes which the

blondes can't comprehend or think it is vulgar. You have to tell some absolutely

"shuddha jokes"(terrible bores) to make them laugh which though you try hard u will

never be able to.

9) You seriously can't start a topic with a member of the opposite sex. i have seen

guyz chatting with girls purely with emoticons for more than a hour. You can never

do that. You will have to crack real dumb jokes to start the conversation or falsely

extol them. The most important drawback we have is that we can't talk about what

she had for breakfast. You seriously can't talk about that. We refer to those kinda

talks in kannada as kaalu haakodu.

Boy: what did you have for breakfast??

Girl: i had idli....

Boy: Is it??? Same pinch no back pinch i too had idli ..(he slyly pinches her)

and laughs..

Girl: Ouchhh(artificially)...it hurts..

Boy: ohh.. I am sorry and (tries to apologise..)..Then say "; i had sambhar for

idli.."

Girl: (excitedly)...sambharrrrrrrr............ i had chutney....and giggles...

I swear I can't tolerate any longer than this...this is not figment of imagination. I

have seen this...though I agree there may be exceptions...

10) U can't sing bryan adams, sting, george michael's song... When they talk about

linking park you cannot even imagine who they are and the closest link you can

associate with them is cubbon Park.

11) U seriously are clueless as to what rock music are

12) All thru college life u belong to this boyz gang and even in your gang nobody

has a girlfriend so there is absolutely an absence of the inspirational factor.

WITH ALL these attributes its difficult for guyz like us to fall in love or find a girl.

But it is not a sin after all. I guess we are not made for it. Let us accept that and be

proud of that. We are one among the few in the vanishing tribe and amen to it...

We have THE uniqueness that we remain single till we get married and having that

trait is really a virtue and who knows; we might be the elite clique in the future. So

all those of you who feel sad that they dont have Gf's chill!!! We are not made for it

and I swear for our characteristics a GF would not have added any value addition

and we are better off staying single till 28 or 30.

DISCLAIMER - Purely personal opinion

HRD Notice

2006-09-01T07:13:00.000-07:00

HUMOROUS HRD NOTICE OF A COMPANY TO ALL EMPLOYEES

Dear STAFF,
Please be advised that these are NEW rules and regulations implemented to raise the efficiency of our firm.

___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
TRANSPORTATION:
It is advised that you come to work driving a car according to your salary.
a) If we see you driving a Honda, we assume you are doing well financially and therefore you do not need a raise.
b) If you drive a 10 year old car or taking public transportation, we assume you must have lots of savings therefore you do not need a raise.
c) If you drive a Pickup, you are right where you need to be and therefore you do not need a raise.

ANNUAL LEAVE:
Each employee will receive 52 Annual Leave days a year (Wow! said 1 employee).
- They are called SUNDAYs.

LUNCH BREAK:
a) Skinny people get 30 minutes for lunch as they need to eat more so that they can look healthy.
b) Normal size people get 15 minutes for lunch to get a balanced meal to maintain their average figure.
c) Fat people get 5 minutes for lunch, because that's all the time needed to drink a Slim Fast and take a diet pill.

SICK DAYS:
We will no longer accept a doctor Medical Cert as proof of sickness.
- If you are able to go to the doctor, you are able to come to work.

TOILET USE:
Entirely too much time is being spent in the toilets.
a) There is now a strict 3-minute time limit in the cubicles.
b) At the end of three minutes, an alarm will sound, the toilet paper roll will retract, the door will open and a picture will be taken.
c) After your second offence, your picture will be posted on the company bulletin board under the "Chronic Offenders" category.
d) Subsequent pictures will be sold at public auctions to raise money to pay your salary.

SURGERY:
As long as you are an employee here, you need all your organs.
- You should not consider removing anything. We hired you intact.
- To have something removed constitutes a breach of employment.

INTERNET USAGE:
All personal Internet usage will be recorded and charges will be deducted from your bonus (if any) and if we decide not to give you any, charges
will be deducted from your salary.
- Important Note: Charges applicable as Rs.20 per minute as we have 4MB connection.

Just for information, 73% of staff will not be entitled to any salary for next 3 months as their Internet charges have exceeded their 3 months salary.
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Thank you for your loyalty to our company. We are here to provide a positive employment experience.
Therefore, all questions, comments, concerns, complaints, frustrations, irritations, aggravations, insinuations, allegations, accusations, contemplation, consternation and input should be directed elsewhere.

Best regards,
HRD

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Good Morning!!!

2006-08-31T13:29:00.000-07:00

Excellent Statement from INDIAN ARMY

An excellent statement in news

Forgiving or punishing

the terrorists

is left to God.

But,

fixing their appointment

with God

is our responsibility

- Indian Army

2006-08-29T13:43:00.000-07:00

Time Break down of modern web design

http://blog.alsacreations.com/images/camembert.png

Inspiring True Story - Lenghty One but a must read!!

2006-08-29T05:46:00.000-07:00

It was probably the April of 1974. Bangalore was getting warm and gulmohars were blooming at the IISc campus. I was the only girl in my postgraduate department and was staying at the ladies' hostel. Other girls were pursuing research in different departments of Science. I was looking forward to going abroad to complete a doctorate in computer science. I had been offered scholarships from Universities in the US. I had not thought of taking up a job in India.

One day, while on the way to my hostel from our lecture-hall complex, I saw an advertisement on the notice board. It was a standard job-requirement notice from the famous automobile company Telco (now Tata Motors). It stated that the company required young, bright engineers, hardworking and with an excellent academic background, etc.At the bottom was a small line: "Lady candidates
need not apply."

I read it and was very upset. For the first time in my life I was up against gender discrimination.Though I was not keen on taking up the job, I saw it as a challenge. I had done extremely well in
academics, better than most of my male peers.Little did I know then that in real life academic excellence is not enough to be successful. After reading the notice I went fuming to my room.
I decided to inform the topmost person in Telco's management about the injustice the company was perpetrating. I got a postcard and started to write, but there was a problem: I did not know who
headed Telco.
I thought it must be one of the Tatas. I knew JRD Tata was the head of the Tata Group; I had seen his pictures in newspapers (actually, Sumant Moolgaokar was the company's chairman then). I
took the card, addressed it to JRD and started writing. To this day I remember clearly what I wrote. "The great Tatas have always been pioneers. They are the people who started the basic infrastructure
industries in India, such as iron and steel, chemicals, textiles and locomotives. They have cared for higher education in India since 1900 and they were responsible for the establishment of the Indian Institute of Science. Fortunately, I study there. But I am surprised how a company such as Telco is discriminating on the basis of gender."

I posted the letter and forgot about it. Less than 10 days later, I received a telegram stating that I had to appear for an interview at Telco's Pune facility at the company's expense. I was taken aback by the telegram. My hostel mate told me I should use the opportunity to go to Pune free of cost and buy them the famous Pune saris for cheap! I collected Rs.30 each from everyone who wanted a sari. When I look back, I feel like laughing at the reasons for my going, but back then they seemed good enough to make the trip.

It was my first visit to Pune and I immediately fell in love with the city. To this day it remains dear to me. I feel as much at home in Pune as I do in Hubli, my hometown. The place changed my life in so many ways. As directed, I went to Telco's Pimpri office for the interview. There were six people on the panel and I realised then that this was serious business."This is the girl who wrote to JRD," I heard somebody whisper as soon as I entered the room. By then I knew for sure that I would not get the job. The realisation abolished all fear from my mind, so I was rather cool while the interview was being conducted.

Even before the interview started, I reckoned the panel was biased, so I told them, rather impolitely, "I hope this is only a technical interview." They were taken aback by my rudeness, and even today I am ashamed about my attitude. The panel asked me technical questions and I answered all of them. Then an elderly gentleman with an affectionate voice told me, "Do you know why we said lady
candidates need not apply? The reason is that we have never employed any ladies on the shop floor. This is not a co-ed college; this is a factory. When it comes to academics, you are a first ranker
throughout. We appreciate that, but people like you should work in research laboratories." I was a young girl from small-town Hubli. My world had been a limited place. I did not know the ways of large corporate houses and their difficulties, so I answered, "But you must start somewhere, otherwise no woman will ever be able to work in your factories."

Finally, after a long interview, I was told I had been successful. So this was what the future had in store for me. Never had I thought I would take up a job in Pune. I met a shy young man from
Karnataka there, we became good friends and we got married.

It was only after joining Telco that I realized who JRD was: the uncrowned king of Indian industry. Now I was scared, but I did not get to meet him till I was transferred to Bombay. One day I had to
show some reports to Mr. Moolgaokar, our chairman, who we all knew as SM. I was in his office on the first floor of Bombay House (the Tata headquarters) when, suddenly JRD walked in
That was the first time I saw "appro JRD". Appro means "our" in Gujarati. This was the affectionate term by which people at Bombay House called him.I was feeling very nervous, remembering my
postcard episode. SM introduced me nicely, "Jeh (that's what his close associates called him), this young woman is an engineer and that too a postgraduate.
She is the first woman to work on the Telco shop floor." JRD looked at me. I was praying he would not ask me any questions about my interview (or the postcard that preceded it).

Thankfully, he didn't. Instead, he remarked. "It is nice that girls are getting into engineering in our country. By the way, what is your name?" "When I joined Telco I was Sudha Kulkarni, Sir,"
I replied. "Now I am Sudha Murthy." He smiled and kindly smile and started a discussion with SM. As for me, I almost ran out of the room. After that I used to see JRD on and off. He was
the Tata Group chairman and I was merely an engineer. There was nothing that we had in common. I was in awe of him. One day I was waiting for Murthy, my husband, to pick me up after office hours. To my surprise I saw JRD standing next to me. I did not know how to react. Yet again I started worrying about that postcard. Looking back, I realise JRD had forgotten about it.

It must have been a small incident for him, but not so for me.

"Young lady, why are you here?" he asked. "Office time is over." I said, "Sir, I'm waiting for my husband to come and pick me up." JRD said, "It is getting dark and there's no one in the
corridor. I'll wait with you till your husband comes." I was quite used to waiting for Murthy, but having JRD waiting alongside made me extremely uncomfortable. I was nervous. Out of the corner of my eye I looked at him. He wore a simple white pant and shirt. He was old, yet his face was glowing. There wasn't any air of superiority about him. I was thinking, "Look at this person. He is a chairman,
a well-respected man in our country and he is waiting for the sake of an ordinary employee." Then I saw Murthy and I rushed out. JRD called and said, "Young lady, tell your husband never to
make his wife wait again." In 1982 I had to resign from my job at Telco. I was reluctant to go, but I really did not have a choice. I was coming down the steps of Bombay House after wrapping up my
final settlement when I saw JRD coming up. He was absorbed in thought. I wanted to say goodbye to him, so I stopped. He saw me and paused.Gently, he said, "So what are you doing, Mrs.
Kulkarni?" (That was the way he always addressed me.) "Sir, I am leaving Telco."
"Where are you going?" he asked. "Pune, Sir. My husband is starting a company called Infosys and I'm shifting to Pune."

"Oh! And what will you do when you are successful." "Sir, I don't know whether we will be successful." "Never start with diffidence," he advised me. "Always start with confidence. When you are
successful you must give back to society. Society gives us so much; we must reciprocate. I wish you all the best." Then JRD continued walking up the stairs. I stood there for what seemed like a millennium. That was the last time I saw him alive. Many years later I met Ratan Tata in the same Bombay House, occupying the chair JRD once did. I told him of my many sweet memories of working with Telco.
Later, he wrote to me, "It was nice hearing about Jeh from you. The sad part is that he's not alive to see you today."

I consider JRD a great man because, despite being an extremely busy person, he valued one postcard written by a young girl seeking justice. He must have received thousands of letters everyday. He
could have thrown mine away, but he didn't do that. He respected the intentions of that unknown girl, who had neither influence nor money, and gave her an opportunity in his company. He did not
merely give her a job; he changed her life and mindset forever.

Close to 50 per cent of the students in today's engineering colleges are girls. And there are women on the shop floor in many industry segments. I see these changes and I think of JRD.
If at all time stops and asks me what I want from life, I would say I wish JRD were alive today to see how the company we started has grown. He would have enjoyed it wholeheartedly.
My love and respect for the House of Tata remains undiminished by the passage of time. I always looked up to JRD. I saw him as a role model for his simplicity, his generosity, his kindness
and the care he took of his employees. Those blue eyes always reminded me of the sky; they had the same vastness and magnificence.

*(Sudha Murthy is a widely published writer and chairperson of the Infosys Foundation involved in a number of social development initiatives. Infosys chairman Narayan Murthy is her husband.) *

Article sourced from: Lasting Legacies (Tata Review- Special Commemorative Issue 2004), brought out by the house of Tatas to commemorate the 100th birth anniversary of JRD Tata on July 29, 2004

REALLY A TRULY GREAT INSPIRING STORY.

Good Joke

2006-08-25T06:07:00.000-07:00

>
> One day, three consultants, one from Wipro, one from Infosys and one
> from TCS, went out for a walk.
> They were old buddies from Engg College, and they were together for a
> college reunion...
>
> For no apparent reason, they went into this zoo and passed a monkey.
> Being in the same business and from the same college, there was a
> little bit of a peer competition going on between them - they couldn't

> resist testing themselves against each other.- especially the Infosys
> guy.
> He said to the others: "Why don't we prove who is the best among
> ourselves?
> " Why not, said the other two.
>
> The Infoscion said "Let's have a test. Whoever makes this monkey
> laugh, works for the best firm".
> By mutual agreement, the Infoscion took the first turn.
> Being a pure logical strategist, the Infoscion tried to make the
> monkey laugh by telling jokes. The monkey stayed still.
> As a more practical consultant, the Wipro guy tried to make funny
> gestures... no good, the monkey stayed put...
> Now, comes the TCS guy... being the practical guy he was always
> trained to be, he whispered something into the monkey's ear, and it
> burst out laughing at him.
>
> The other two were astonished.
>
> How did this TCS guy manage to beat them? No way were they going to
> accept defeat so easily.
> So the Wipro guy said "OK, let's take another test. Let's make this
> monkey cry!!" So there they went again, applying the same methods as
> before.
> The Infosys guy narrated sad stories, the Wipro guy made sad gestures,

> and they failed again...
> Then, the TCS guy whispered something into the monkey's ear and lo! It

> started crying, patting the TCS er's shoulder!
> The other two just could not believe their eyes!
>
> So the Infoscion said "OK, you've won twice. If you can win just this
> one, we will bow to you. Let's make this monkey run".
> And he barked at the monkey and ordered him to run. Of course, it
> stayed where it was.
> The Wipro guy, true to his type, pushed and prodded the monkey- still
> no go.
> So... here comes TCS guy, again, and whispers into the monkey's ear.
> The monkey just takes off! It runs and runs as fast as it can, as if
> it was scared to death!
>
> The other two surrendered. Said they: "OK, we give up. You're the best

> among us, and you work for the Best firm of the three. But please,
> please tell us your secret," they begged him.
>
> "Well", said the TCS
> "The first time I made it laugh, I told I work for TCS.
> The next time, I told the monkey how much I get paid...so it started
> crying.
> And then I told that I was here for recruitment!!!
>

Thought for the day

2006-08-25T05:57:00.000-07:00

Thought for the day

"You're not obligated to win. You're obligated to keep trying to do the best you can every day."

Poetic Resignation

2006-08-25T05:30:00.000-07:00

The different way of writing resignation ....

Poetic Resignation

The name is good, the brand is big ,

But the work I do is that of a pig

The work or the brand; what is my way?

I don't know if I should stay.

To work, they have set their own way

Nobody will care to hear what I say

My will be NULL, they wont change their way

I don't know if I should stay.

The project is in a critical stage

But to do good work, this is the age

This dilemma is killing me day by day

I don't know if I should stay.

The money is not good, the place is great

But the development is at a very small rate

Should I go for the work, or wait for pay

I don't know if I should stay!

The managers don't know what they talk

The team doesn't know where they walk

That's a bad situation, what say?

I don't know if I should stay.

I can go to any other place

But what if I get the same disgrace

I can't keep switching day by day

I don't know if I should stay.

The -ves are more, the +ves are less

Then why have this unnecessary mess

No more will I walk their way,

It's all done, I won't stay.

Thanks & Regards

Employee ..,

2006-08-18T11:42:00.000-07:00

CLASS EXPERIMENT

2006-08-17T12:54:00.000-07:00

Killer Humour

2006-08-16T14:10:00.000-07:00

Why Lizards nerver....

2006-08-14T11:30:00.000-07:00

Future Wives...( Smile Please )

Where is the money?

Show me ur Pockets...

I ll not give the money...... She spends all of my salary.....Booohoooo!!!

Give me way..... I am going for shopping.

Thanks Sweetheart...........bye :)

2006-08-11T13:04:00.000-07:00

Fuzzuk.... The Human SkateBoard

What women want....

2006-08-10T07:24:00.000-07:00

This is very interesting..........(to women) pls take time to ponder
......(to men) enjoy the story, then just switch off........

>Young King Arthur was ambushed and imprisoned by the monarch of a
>neighboring kingdom. The monarch could have killed him but was moved by
>Arthur's youth and ideals. So, the monarch offered him his freedom, as long
>as he could answer a very difficult question. Arthur would have a year to
>figure out the answer and, If after a year, he still had no answer, he
>would be put to death. The question was: What do women really want?
>Such a question would perplex even the most knowledgeable man,
>And to young Arthur, it seemed an impossible query.
>But, since it was better than death,
>He accepted the monarch's proposition to have an answer by year's end.
>He returned to his kingdom and began to poll everyone:
>The princess, the priests, the wise men, and even the court jester.
>He spoke with everyone, but no one could give him a satisfactory answer.
>Many people advised him to consult the old witch,
>For only she would have the answer.
>But the price would be high as the witch was famous through out the kingdom
>for the exorbitant prices she charged.
>The last day of the year arrived and Arthur had no choice but to talk to
>the witch.
>She agreed to answer the question, but he would have to agree to her price
>first.
>The old witch wanted to marry Sir Lancelot,
>The most noble of the Knights of the Round Table,
>And Arthur's closest friend!
>Young Arthur was horrified.
>She was hunch-backed and hideous, had only one tooth,
>Smelled like sewage, made obscene noises, etc.
>He had never encountered such a repugnant creature in all his life.
>He refused to force his friend to marry her and
>endure such a terrible burden,
>But Lancelot, having learnt of the proposal, spoke with Arthur.
>He said nothing was too big of a sacrifice compared to Arthur's life.
>And the preservation of the Round Table.
>Hence, a wedding was proclaimed and the witch answered.
>Arthur's question thus: "What a woman really wants?"
>She said, "Is to be in charge of her own life."
>Everyone in the kingdom instantly knew that the witch had uttered a great
>truth.
>And that Arthur's life would be spared.
>And so it was.
>The neighboring monarch granted Arthur his freedom.
>And Lancelot and the witch had a wonderful wedding.
>The honeymoon hour approached and,
>Lancelot, steeling himself for a horrific experience, entered the bedroom.
>But, what a sight awaited him.
>The most beautiful woman he had ever seen lay before him on the
>bed.
>The astounded Lancelot asked what had happened.
>The beauty replied that since he had been so kind to her when she appeared
>as a witch,
>She would henceforth be her horrible and deformed self only half the time.
>And the beautiful maiden the other half.
>"Which would you prefer? She asked him.
>"Beautiful during the day ... or at night?"
>Lancelot pondered the predicament.
>During the day he could have a beautiful woman to show off to his friends,
>But at night, in the privacy of his castle, an old witch!
>Or,
>Would he prefer having a hideous witch during the day?
>But by night a beautiful woman for him to enjoy wondrous, intimate moments
>with?
>
>
>
>
>
>(If you are a man reading this...) What would YOUR choice be?
>(If you are a woman reading thisï¿½) What would YOUR MAN'S choice be?
>What Lancelot chose, is given below:
>BUT... make YOUR choice before you scroll down below... OKAY?
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>Noble Lancelot, knowing the answer the witch gave Arthur to his question,
>He said that he would allow HER to make the choice herself.
>Upon hearing this, she announced that she would be beautiful all the time.
>Because, he had respected her enough to let her be in charge of her own
>life.
>Now... what is the moral to this story?
>
>
>
>
>
>The moral is...
>1) There is witch in every woman no matter how beautiful she is!
>2) If you don't let a woman have her own way, things are going to get ugly.
>
>So, always remember:
>IT'S EITHER "HER WAY" OR IT'S "NO WAY" !!!

2006-08-10T06:33:00.000-07:00

India Rising -one billion reasons to care

Thought for the day...

2006-08-10T04:18:00.000-07:00

A winner is not one who never fails, but one who never QUITS!

How to catch a lion

2006-08-09T04:13:00.000-07:00

Newton 's Method:

Let, the lion catch you. For every action there is an equal and opposite

reaction. Implies you caught lion.

Einstein Method:

Run in the direction opposite to that of the lion. Due to higher relative

velocity, the lion will also run faster and will get tired soon. Now you can

trap it easily.

Software Engineer Method:

Catch a cat and claim that your testing has proven that its a Lion. If anyone

comes back with issues tell that you will upgrade it to Lion.

Indian Police Method:

Catch any animal and interrogate it & torture it to accept that its a lion .

Rajnikanth Method :

Keep warning the lion that u may come and attack anytime. The lion will live in

fear and die soon in fear itself.

Jayalalitha Method:

Send Police commissioner Muthukaruppan around 2AM and kill it, while it's

sleeping !

Manirathnam Method (director):

Make sure the lion does not get sun light and put the lion in a dark room with a

single candle lighted. Keep murmuring something in its ears. The lion will be

highly irritated and commit suicide.

Karan Johar Method (director):

Send a lioness into the forest.

Our lion and lioness fall in love with each other.

Send another lioness in to the forest, followed by another lion.

First lion loves the first lioness and the second lion loves the 2nd lioness.

But 2nd lioness loves both lions.

Now send another lioness (third) into the forest.

You don't understand right... ok....read it after 15 yrs, then also u wont!

Yash Chopra method (director):

Take the lion to Australia or US.. and kill it in a good scenic location.

Govinda method:

Continuously dance before the lion for 5 or 6 days.

Menaka Gandhi method:

Save the lion from a danger and feed him with some vegetables continuously.

George bush method:

Link the lion with Osama bin laden and shoot him!!!

Ravi Shastri method:

Ask the lion to bowl at u. U bat for 200 balls and score 1 run Lion tired and

surrenders

all the best and be careful if ur trying out any. !!

BIG GOOF UP!!

2006-08-09T04:07:00.000-07:00

Check this out .... the goof up of the day

FYI

1- Go to Google.com

2- Type in the word "Failure"

3- Instead of clicking "Google Search," click "I'm Feeling Lucky."

4- :) Laugh uproariously

Thought for the day...

2006-08-09T03:34:00.000-07:00

Luck has a peculiar habit of favoring those who don’t depend on it!!

Old --- but still amazes me ;-)

2006-08-08T14:39:00.000-07:00

Try to read this, you'll be amazed.

cdnuolt blveiee taht I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd waht I was rdgnieg
THE PAOMNNEHAL PWEOR OF THE HMUAN MNID
Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in
waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoatnt tihng is taht
the frist and lsat ltteer be in the rghit pclae. The rset can be a taotl
mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit porbelm.

Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but
the wrod as a wlohe. Amzanig huh?

...............
But Alistair Potts has kindly pointed out that the shape of the word
in addition to the first and last letter is also important. In other
words, the letters that extend up or down should not be too far from the
original position. For example, "sflngnctiiiay" is harder to read than
"singifcintaly".

2006-08-08T13:35:00.000-07:00

George W Bush jogs with Army Staff Sergent Christian Bagge, at the White House. Sergent Christian Bagge, 23, lost both legs in a roadside bomb in Iraq a year ago...

An Awesome Reply - Read it fully (May Be A REPEAT---- BUT WORTH READING)

2006-08-08T05:06:00.000-07:00

Ladies are gonna love Indian men for thinking this way!!! Really worth the read...

It seems that an article was written to a well-founded magazine, by an English woman who requested a response from Indian men. She got what she asked for (and more)!!!

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This letter was written in response to an article:

Dear Editor:

I'm sorry but I would like to challenge some of your Indian male readers. I am a White female who is engaged to an Indian male, good-looking, educated and loving. I just don't understand a lot of Indian female's attitudes about our relationship.

My man decided he wanted me because the pickings amongst Indian women were slim to none. As he said they were either too fat, too loud, too mean, too
argumentative, too needy, too materialistic or carrying too much excess baggage. Before I became engaged, whenever I went out I was constantly approached by Indian men, willing to wine and dine me and give me the world If Indian women are so up in arms about us being with their men, why don't they look at themselves and make some changes.

I am tired of the dirty looks I get and snide remarks when we're out in public.

I would like to hear from some Indian men about why we white women are so appealing and coveted by them. Bryant Gumbel just left his wife of 26 years
for one of us. Charles Barkley, Scottie Pippen, the model Tyson Beckford, Montell Williams, Quincy Jones, James Earl Jones, Harry Belafonte, Sydney Poitier, Kofi Anan, Cuba Gooding Jr., Don Cornelius, Berry Gordy, BillyBlanks, Larry Fishburne, Wesley Snipes...I could go on and on. But, right now, I'm a little angry and that is why I wrote this so hurriedly.

Don't be mad with us White women because so many of your men want us. Get your acts together and learn from us and we may lead you to treat your men
better. If I'm wrong, Indian men, let me know.

Disgusted White Girl, Somewhere in VA.

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The Response:

Dear Editor:

I would like to respond to the letter written by A Disgusted White Girl.

Let me start by saying that I am a 28-year old Indian man. I graduated from one of the most prestigious universities in Atlanta, Georgia with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Business Management. I have a good job at a major corporation and have recently purchased a house. So, I consider myself to be among the ranks of successful Non-White men.

I will not use my precious time to slander white people. I just want to set the record straight of why Indian men date white women.

Back in the day, one of the biggest reasons why Indian men dated white women was because they were considered easy. The Indian girls in my neighborhood were raised traditionally.

Nowadays, in my opinion, a lot of Indian males date white women because they are docile and easy to control. A lot of Indian men, because of insecurities, fears, and overall weaknesses, have become intimidated by the strength of our Indian women. We are afraid that our woman will be more successful than us, make more money than us, drive nicer cars and own bigger houses. Because of this fear, many Indian men look for a more docile woman. Someone we can control. I have talked to numerous Indian men and they continuously comment on how easy it is to control and walk over their white women.

I just want to set the record straight. I want A Disgusted White Girl to know that not all successful Indian men date white women. Non-Whites like Ahmad Rashad, Denzel Washington, Michael Jordan, Morris Chestn! ut, Will Smith, Blair Underwood, Kenneth 'Babyface' Edmonds, Samuel L. Jackson, and
Chris Rock all married strong Non-White women. And, to flip the script, there are numerous white men, in and out of the spot light, who openly or secretly desire Non-White women over white women. Ted Danson, Robert DeNiro, and David Bowie to name a few. I just don't want the 'Disgusted White Girl' to be misinformed.

Stop thinking that because you are white that you are some type of goddess. Remember, when Non-White Egyptian Queens like Hatsepshut and Nitorcris were
ruling Dynasties and armies of men in Egypt, you were over in the caves of Europe eating raw meat and beating each other over the head with clubs. Read your history! It was the Non-White woman that taught you how to cook and season your food. It was the Non-White woman that taught you how to raise your children. It was Non-White women who were breastfeeding and raising your babies during slavery. It is the Non-White woman that had to endure watching their fathers, husbands, and children beaten, killed, and thrown in jail.

Indian women were born with two strikes against them: being Non-White and being a woman. And, through all this, Still They Rise!

It is because of the Indian women's strength, elegance, power, love and beauty that I could never date anyone except my Indian Queen. It is not just the outer beauty that captivates and draws me to them. It is not the fact that they come in all shapes, sizes, colours and shades that I love them. Their inner beauty is what I find most appealing about Indian women. Their strong spirit, loving and nurturing souls, their integrity, their ability to overcome great obstacles, their willingness to stand for what they believe in, and their determination to succeed and reach their highest potential while enduring great pain and suffering is why I have fallen in love with Indian women.

I honestly believe that your anger is geared more toward jealousy and envy than snotty looks. If this were not so, then why do you continuously go to tanning salons to darken your skin. If you are so proud to be white, then why don't you just be happy with your pale skin? Why do you continue to inject your lips, hips, with unnatural and dangerous substances so you can look fuller and more voluptuous? I think that your anger is really a result of you wanting to have what the Non-White woman has.

BOTTOM LINE: If I were looking for a docile woman, someone I can walk over and control, I would give you a call. But, unfortunately, I am looking for
a Virtuous Woman. Someone that can be a good wife and mother to my children. Someone who can be my best friend and understand my struggles. I
am looking for a soul mate and; unfortunately, you do not and CANNOT fit the bill.

No offense taken, none given.

Signed,

Indian Royalty.

Thought for the day...

2006-08-08T03:53:00.000-07:00

A successful marriage requires falling in love many times, always with the same person!!

Bush in Hell... ;-)

2006-08-07T09:29:00.000-07:00

Bush in Hell

One day in the future, George Bush has a heart attack and dies. He immediately goes to hell, where the devil is waiting for him.

"I don't know what to do," says the devil. "You are on my list, but I have no room for you. You definitely have to stay here, so I'll tell you what I'm going to do. I've got some folks here who weren't quite as bad as you. I'll let one of them go, but you have to take their place.

I'll even let YOU decide who leaves." Bush thought that sounded pretty good, so the devil opened the first room.

In it was Ronald Reagan and a large pool of water. He kept diving in and surfacing empty handed. Over and over and over. Such was his fate in hell. "No, George said. "I don't think so. I'm not a good swimmer and I don't think I could do that all day long."

The devil led him to the next room. In it was Richard Nixon with a sledge hammer and a room full of rocks. All he did was swing that hammer, time after time after time. "No, I've got this problem with my shoulder. I would be in constant agony if all I could do was break rocks all day," commented George.

The devil opened a third door. In it, Bush saw Bill Clinton, lying on the floor with his arms staked over his head, and his legs staked in a spread eagle pose. Bent over him was Monica Lewinsky, doing what she does best. Bush took this in disbelief and finally said, "Yea, I can handle this." The devil smiled and said "OK, Monica, you're free to go."

Thought for the day...

2006-08-07T04:23:00.000-07:00

To get out of a difficulty, one must usually go through it!!!

Faith...

2006-08-07T04:22:00.000-07:00

Read carefully to the end. It is so engrossing and WOW! What a brainer!

AN INTERESTING CONVERSATION.

An atheist professor of philosophy speaks to his class on the problem science has with God, The Almighty.

He asks one of his new students to stand and .....

Student : Absolutely, sir.

Prof: Is God good?
Student: Sure.

Prof: Is God all-powerful?
Student: Yes.

Prof: My brother died of cancer even though he prayed to God to heal him.
Most of us would attempt to help others who are ill. But God didn't. How
is God good then? Hmm?

( Prof: You can't answer, can you? Let's start again, young fellow. Is God good?
Student: Yes.

Prof: Is Satan good?
Student: No.

Prof : Where does Satan come from?
Student : From...God.. .

Prof: That's right. Tell me son, is there evil in this world?
Student : Yes.

Prof: Evil is everywhere, isn't it? And God did make everything. Correct?
Student: Yes.

Prof: So who created evil?
Student does not answer.

Prof: Is there sickness? Immorality? Hatred? Ugliness? All these terrible things exist in the world, don't they?
Student: Yes, sir.

Prof: So, who created them?
Student has no answer.

Prof: Science says you have 5 senses you use to identify and observe the world around you. Tell me, son...Have you ever seen God?
Student: No, sir.

Prof: Tell us if you have ever heard your God?
Student : No, sir.

Prof: Have you ever felt your God, tasted your God, smelt your God? Have you ever had any sensory perception of God for that matter?
Student: No, sir. I'm afraid I haven't.

Prof: Yet you still believe in Him?
Student : Yes.
Prof: According to empirical, testable, demonstrable protocol, science says your GOD doesn't exist. What do you say to that, son?
Student : Nothing. I only have my faith.

Prof: Yes. Faith. And that is the problem science has.
Student: Professor, is there such a thing as heat?
Prof: Yes.

Student: And is there such a thing as cold?
Prof: Yes.

Student : No sir. There isn't.
(The lecture theatre becomes very quiet with this turn of events.)

Student: Sir, you can have lots of heat, even more heat, superheat, mega
heat, white heat, a little heat or no heat. But we don't have anything
called cold. We can hit 458 degrees below zero which is no heat, but we
can't go any further after that. There is no such thing as cold. Cold is
only a word we use to describe the absence of heat. We cannot measure
cold.
Heat is energy. Cold is not the opposite of heat, sir, just the absence
of it.
(There is pin-drop silence in the lecture theatre.)

Student: What about darkness, Professor? Is there such a thing as
darkness?
Prof: Yes. What is night if there isn't darkness?

Student : You're wrong again, sir. Darkness is the absence of something.
You can have low light, normal light, bright light, flashing light....But if
you have no light constantly, you have nothing and it's called darkness, isn't
it? In reality, darkness isn't. If it were you would be able to make
darkness darker, wouldn't you?

Prof: So what is the point you are making, young man?
Student : Sir, my point is your philosophical premise is flawed.

Prof: Flawed? Can you explain how?
Student: Sir, you are working on the premise of duality. You argue there
is life and then there is death, a good God and a bad God. You are viewing
the concept of God as something finite, something we can measure. Sir, science
can't even explain a thought. It uses electricity and magnetism, but has
never seen, much less fully understood either one. To view death as the
opposite of life is to be ignorant of the fact that death cannot exist as
a substantive thing. Death is not the
opposite of life: just the absence of it. Now tell me, Professor. Do you
teach your students that they evolved from a monkey?

Prof: If you are referring to the natural evolutionary process, yes, of
course, I do.
Student: Have you ever observed evolution with your own eyes, sir?
(The Professor shakes his head with a smile, beginning to realize where
the argument is going.)

Student: Since no one has ever observed the process of evolution at work
and cannot even prove that this process is an on-going endeavor, are you
not teaching your opinion, sir? Are you not a scientist but a preacher?
(The class is in uproar.)

Student: Is there anyone in the class who has ever seen the Professor's
brain?
(The class breaks out into laughter.)

Student: Is there anyone here who has ever heard the Professor's brain,
felt it, touched or smelt it? No one appears to have done so. So, according to
the established rules of empirical, stable, demonstrable protocol, science
says that you have no brain, sir. With all due respect, sir, how do we
then trust your lectures, sir?
(The room is silent. The professor stares at the student, his face
unfathomable. )

Prof: I guess you'll have to take them on faith, son.

Student: That is it sir... The link between man & god is FAITH. That is
all that keeps things moving & alive.

WANT TO KNOW WHO THAT STUDENT WAS ..........
NB: I believe you have enjoyed the conversation. ..and if so...you'll.
Probably want your friends/colleagues to enjoy the same...won't you? So do
forward them to increase their knowledge... this is a true story, and the
student was none other than........ .

Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam, the present President of India

The way we treat people..jes beautiful

2006-08-07T04:19:00.000-07:00

Five (5) lessons to make you think about the way we treat people.

1 - First Important Lesson - Cleaning Lady.

During my second month of college, our professor
gave us a pop quiz. I was a conscientious student
and had breezed through the questions until I read
the last one:

"What is the first name of the woman who cleans the school?"
Surely this was some kind of joke. I had seen the
cleaning woman several times. She was tall,
dark-haired and in her 50s, but how would I know her name?

I handed in my paper, leaving the last question
blank. Just before class ended, one student asked if
the last question would count toward our quiz grade.

"Absolutely," said the professor. "In your careers,
you will meet many people. All are significant. They
deserve your attention and care, even if all you do
is smile and say "hello."

I've never forgotten that lesson. I also learned her
name was Dorothy.

2. - Second Important Lesson - Pickup in the Rain

One night, at 11:30 P.M., an older African American
woman was standing on the side of an Alabama highway
trying to endure a lashing rainstorm. Her car had
broken down and she desperately needed a ride.
Soaking wet, she decided to flag down the next car.
A young white man stopped to help her, generally
unheard of in those conflict-filled 1960s. The man
took her to safety, helped her get assistance and
put her into a taxicab.

She seemed to be in a big hurry, but wrote down his
address and thanked him. Seven days went by and a
knock came on the man's door. To his surprise, a
giant console color TV was delivered to his home. A
special note was attached..

It read:
"Thank you so much for assisting me on the highway
the other night. The rain drenched not only my
clothes, but also my spirits. Then you came along.
Because of you, I was able to make it to my dying
husband's bedside just before he passed away... God
bless you for helping me and unselfishly serving
others."

Sincerely,
Mrs. Nat King Cole.

3 - Third Important Lesson - Always remember those
who serve.

In the days when an ice cream sundae cost much less,
a 10-year-old boy entered a hotel coffee shop and
sat at a table. A waitress put a glass of water in
front of him.

"How much is an ice cream sundae?" he asked.

"Fifty cents," replied the waitress.

The little boy pulled his hand out of his pocket and
studied the coins in it.

"Well, how much is a plain dish of ice cream?" he inquired.

By now more people were waiting for a table and the
waitress was growing impatient.

"Thirty-five cents," she brusquely replied.

The little boy again counted his coins.

"I'll have the plain ice cream," he said.

The waitress brought the ice cream, put the bill on
the table and walked away. The boy finished the ice
cream, paid the cashier and left. When the waitress
came back, she began to cry as she wiped down the
table. There, placed neatly beside the empty dish,
were two nickels and five pennies..

You see, he couldn't have the sundae, because he had
to have enough left to leave her a tip.

4 - Fourth Important Lesson. - The obstacle in Our Path.

In ancient times, a King had a boulder placed on a
roadway. Then he hid himself and watched to see if
anyone would remove the huge rock. Some of the
king's wealthiest merchants and courtiers came by
and simply walked around it. Many loudly blamed the
King for not keeping the roads clear, but none did
anything about getting the stone out of the way.

Then a peasant came along carrying a load of
vegetables. Upon approaching the boulder, the
peasant laid down his burden and tried to move the
stone to the side of the road. After much pushing
and straining, he finally succeeded. After the
peasant picked up his load of vegetables, he noticed
a purse lying in the road where the boulder had
been. The purse contained many gold coins and a note
from the King indicating that the gold was for the
person who removed the boulder from the roadway. The
peasant learned what many of us never understand!

Every obstacle presents an opportunity to improve
our condition.

5 - Fifth Important Lesson - Giving When it Counts...

Many years ago, when I worked as a volunteer at a
hospital, I got to know a little girl named Liz who
was suffering from a rare & serious disease. Her only
chance of recovery appeared to be a blood
transfusion from her 5-year old brother, who had
miraculously survived the same disease and had
developed the antibodies needed to combat the
illness. The doctor explained the situation to her
little brother, and asked the little boy if he would
be willing to give his blood to his sister.

I saw him hesitate for only a moment before taking a
deep breath and saying, "Yes I'll do it if it will
save her." As the transfusion progressed, he lay in
bed next to his sister and smiled, as we all did,
seeing the color returning to her cheek. Then his
face grew pale and his smile faded.

He looked up at the doctor and asked with a
trembling voice, "Will I start to die right away".

Being young, the little boy had misunderstood the
doctor; he thought he was going to have to give his
sister all of his blood in order to save her.

Most importantly.................. "Work like you don't need the money, love like you've never been hurt, and dance like you do when nobody's watching."

Thought for the day...

2006-08-04T04:25:00.000-07:00

The tragedy of life is not that it ends so soon, but that we wait so long to begin it!!

Thought for the day...

2006-08-03T04:18:00.000-07:00

Reading enriches the mind, but sharing enhances it!!

A few famous failures...

2006-08-01T05:42:00.000-07:00

Here are a few of the famous failures...

Officials rejected a candidate for a news broadcasters post since his
voice was not fit for a news broadcaster.
He was also told that with his obnoxiously long name, He would never be
famous. He is

Amitabh Bachchan
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In 1962, four nervous young musicians played their first record audition
For the executives of the Decca Recording Company. The executives were
not impressed. While turning down this group of musicians, One executive
said, " We don't like! Their sound. Groups of guitars are on the way out."
The group was called

The Beatles
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In 1944, Emmeline Snively, director of the Blue Book Modeling Agency
Told modeling hopeful Norma Jean Baker, " You'd better learn secretarial
work or else get married ".

She went on and became

Marilyn Monroe
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In 1954, Jimmy Denny, manager of the Grand Ole Opry, Fired a singer
after one performance. He told him, " You ain't goin' nowhere son. You
ought to go back to drivin' a truck."
He went on to become

Elvis Presley.

-- - --------------------------------------------

A small boy--the fifth amongst seven siblings of a poor father, Was
selling newspapers in a small village to earn his living. He was not
exceptionally smart at school but was fascinated by Religion and
rockets.

The first rocket he built crashed. A missile that he built crashed
Multiple times And he was made a butt of ridicule.
He is the person to have scripted the Space Odyssey of India
Single-handedly. He is

Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam. President of India

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When Alexander Graham Bell invented the
telephone in 1876,
It did not ring off the hook with calls from potential backers. After
making a demonstration call, President Rutherford Hayes said, " That's
an amazing invention, but who would ever want to see one of them?"

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When Thomas Edison invented the light
bulb,

He tried over 2000 experiments before he got it to work. A young
reporter asked him how it felt to fail so many times. He said, " I never
failed once. I invented the light bulb. It just happened to be a
2000-step process."

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In the 1940s, another young inventor named Chester Carlson
Took his idea to 20 corporations,including some of the biggest in the country.

They all turned him down. In 1947, after 7 long years of rejections, He
finally got a tiny company in Rochester, NY, the Haloid Company, To
purchase the rights to his invention--an electrostatic Paper-copying
process.
Haloid became

Xerox Corporation.

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A little girl--the 20th of 22 children, Was born prematurely and her
survival was doubtful. When she was 4 years old, She contracted double
pneumonia and scarlet fever, Which left her with aparalyzed left leg.

At age 9, she removed the metal leg brace she had been dependent on
And began to Walk without it. By 13 she had developed a rhythmic walk,
Which doctors said was a miracle. That same year she decided to become a
runner. She entered a race and came in last. For the next few years
every
Race she entered, She came in last.

Everyone told her to quit, but she kept on running. One day she
Actually won a race. And then another. >From then on she won every race
she entered. Eventually this little girl--

Wilma Rudolph , went on to win three
Olympic gold medals.

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A schoolteacher scolded a boy for not paying attention to his
mathematics
And for not being able to solve simple problems. She told him that you
would not become anybody in life. The boy was

Albert Einstein
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History of middle fingure

2006-07-31T05:00:00.000-07:00

History of the Middle Finger!

Well, now......here's something I never knew before, and I feel
compelled to send it on to my more intelligent friends in the hope that
they, too, will feel edified.

Isn't history more fun when you know something about it?
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/'_-/)
,/_ /
/ /
/'_'/' '/'__'/','/'
/ '/ / / / / _('( ' ' _ \ ' /
\ _./'
\ \ \

Giving the Finger

Before the Battle of Agincourt in 1415, the French, anticipating victory
over the English, proposed to cut off the middle finger of all captured
English soldiers. Without the middle finger it would be impossible to
draw the renowned English longbow and therefore they would be incapable
of fighting in the future.

This famous weapon was made of the native English Yew tree, and the act
of drawing the longbow was known as "plucking the yew" (or "pluck yew").

Much to the bewilderment of the French, the English won a major upset
and began mocking the French by waving their middle fingers at the
defeated French, saying, "See, we can still pluck yew!"

"PLUCK YEW!"

Since 'pluck yew' is rather difficult to say, the difficult consonant
cluster at the beginning has gradually changed to a labiodental
fricative 'F', and thus the words often used in conjunction with the
one-finger-salute!

It is also because of the pheasant feathers on the arrows used with the
longbow that the symbolic gesture is known as "giving the bird."

And yew thought yew knew everything

2006-07-28T15:39:00.000-07:00

Self appraisal

A little boy went to a public telephone booth and proceeded to punch in seven digits. The shop-owner observed and listened to the conversation. The boy asked, "Ma'am, Can you give me the job of cutting your lawn? The woman replied, "I already have someone to cut my lawn."
"Lady, I will cut your lawn for half the price of the person who cuts your lawn now." replied boy. The woman responded that she was very satisfied with the person who was presently cutting her lawn. The little boy found more perseverance and offered, "Lady, I'll even sweep your curb and your sidewalk, so on Sunday you will have the prettiest lawn in all of Florida." Again the woman answered in the negative. With a smile on his face, the little boy replaced the receiver. The shop-owner, who was listening to all, walked over to the boy and said, "Son... I like your attitude; I like that positive spirit and would like to offer you a job." The little boy replied, "No thanks, I was just checking my performance with the job I already have. I am the one who is working for that lady, I was talking to!"

2006-07-28T15:19:00.000-07:00

Good Ads.

2006-07-28T15:14:00.000-07:00

Smoking room:Check out the ceiling.....

This is actually an award-winning Adverisement done for some Anti-Smoking group...

2006-07-27T12:04:00.000-07:00

If you find it very boring in the office, here are some tips:

1. Form a detective agency to find out who is quitting next.

2. Make blank calls to your Boss.

3. Send mails from lotus notes (outlook) to your internet mail (andimmediately get to the internet and see who reaches first, you or yourmail?) and read them there, and note down the time they take to reachthere. Then do vice versa............. !!

4. Rearrange the furniture, i.e. flick someone else's chair just toirritate him/her.

5. Count your fingers (and toes if you still get bored).

6. Watch other people changing their facial ex-pressions while workingand try changing your ex-pressions also.

7. Try to stretch status meetings as longer as possible, just by askingsilly doubts.

8. Make faces at strangers in office.

9. Have a two hour lunch; it's a big social occasion.

10. Learn to whistle.

11. Revise last week's newspaper.

12. Hold "How fast my computer boots" competitions.

13. Practice aiming the coffee cup into the dustbin.

14. Compile "How to waste your day"

15. Pick up phone and dial non-existing nos.

16. Have work breaks in between tea.

17. Count maximum no of applications your computer can open at time.

18. For Win NT/95 users....Move things to Recycle bin and restorethem..Then repeat this process.

19. Look at someone & try to imagine how(s) he might have looked when(s)he was 5 years old.

20. Read jokes and send jokes.

21. Make full use of the comfortable chair and table provided and take anap.

I guess these will help you ;-)

Dont misss it........ Ultimate Boss

2006-07-18T11:03:00.000-07:00

The Perfect Boss . . .

There were about 70 scientists working on a very hectic project. All of

them

were really frustrated due to the pressure of work and the demands of
their

boss but everyone was loyal to him and did not think of quitting the
job.

One day, one scientist came to his boss and told him - Sir, I have
promised

to my children that I will take them to the exhibition going on in our

township. So I want to leave the office at 5 30 pm.

His boss replied "OK, You're permitted to leave the office early today"

The Scientist started working. He continued his work after lunch. As
usual

he got involved to such an extent that he looked at his watch when he
felt

he was close to completion.The time was 8.30 PM. Suddenly he
remembered

the promise he had given to his children.

He looked for his boss,,He was not there. Having told him in the morning

itself, he closed everything and left for home.

Deep within himself, he was feeling guilty for having disappointed his

children.He reached home. Children were not there.His wife alone was

sitting

in the hall and reading magazines.

The situation was explosive, any talk would boomerang on him. His wife

asked

him "Would you like to have coffee or shall I straight away serve
dinner

you are hungry.

The man replied "If you would like to have coffee, i too will have but
what

about Children ??"

Wife replied "You don't know ?? Your manager came here at 5.15 PM and
has

taken the children to the exhibition "

What had really happened was ... The boss who granted him permission was

observing him working seriously at 5.00 PM. He thought to himself, this

person will not leave the work, but if he has promised his children they

should enjoy the visit to exhibition.

So he took the lead in taking them to exhibition

The boss does not have to do it everytime. But once it is done, loyalty
is

established.

That is why all the scientists at Thumba continued to work under their
boss

eventhough the stress was tremendous.

By the way , can you hazard a guess as to who the boss was..?

He was none other than Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam, President of India . . .

2006-07-12T11:48:00.000-07:00

Fun with animals Part 7

2006-07-12T11:40:00.000-07:00

Fun with animals Part 6

2006-07-12T11:36:00.000-07:00

Fun with animals Part 5

2006-07-12T11:25:00.000-07:00

Fun with animals Part 4

2006-07-12T11:21:00.000-07:00

Fun with animals Part 3

2006-07-12T11:16:00.000-07:00

Fun with animals Part 2

2006-07-12T11:12:00.000-07:00

Fun with animals Part 1

PROBABLY YOU HAVE READ THIS BEFORE

2006-07-06T02:17:00.000-07:00

This should be our motto.....Read this....

Japanese quality standards

Must read for every manufacturing people.

This speaks a lot about the Japanese quality standards and also cultural
misunderstandings.

They're still laughing about this at IBM. Apparently the computer giant
decided to have some parts manufactured in Japan as a trial project. In
the specifications, they set out that they will accept three defective
parts per 10,000 .

When the delivery came in there was an accompanying letter.
"We, Japanese people, had a hard time understanding North American
business practices. But the three defective parts per 10,000 have been
separately manufactured and have been included in the consignment. Hope
this pleases you."