"It is better to take what does not belong to you that to let it lie around neglected" – Mark Twain 3 cops to protect every VIP, but just 1 policeman for 761 citizens. 15,000 more on security duty than sanctioned. News courtesy: ToI, Mumbai edition, 8/2/13
(Me: This is what most do with unclaimed properties even without this gratuitous advice, na?)
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"Some think that the value of growth is overstated and that we would be better off if we pursued cultural nationalism or debt-driven egalitarianism" – P. Chidambaram
(Me: He has hit the nail on the heads of our culture vultures and assorted socialists and communists)
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"I can't make everyone happy. Not even God was able to do that, so I can't do it either" – Cristiano Ronaldo, footballer, on not being universally popular.
(Me: Does God do it ever?)
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"All speech, written or spoken, is a dead language, until it finds a willing and prepared hearer" – Robert Louis Stevenson.
(Me: Humour has it that classics are those that are seldom read!)
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Mindchow
Mistakes are the portals of great discoveries…
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Health tips
Skipping meals can lead to severe headache. Prefer eating small meals through the day instead.
(Me: never been an advocate of upvaas (fasting) – it does more bad than good, I believe..)
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Weird world…
German labour office tells teen to work in brothel…
A German teenager looking for a job was told to report for duty in a brother by the local labour office. The 19-year-old woman said she was horrified when she opened a job placement letter from the German Labour Office in Augsburg on Saturday informing her that it had lined up a waitressing job for her at the Colosseum brothel.
(Me: Some might argue there is dignity in labour, but there are social taboos, too….)
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Health tips…
What are the healthiest beans?
According to Canadian research, the healthiest beans are black beans, lima beans, navy beans, pinto beans and kidney beans.
(Me: Only kidney beans are available in our part of the globe. It is also true that all variants of beans cause flatulence/gas, too..)
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Man to wife: "They used to call Mars the red planet. But if our economy gets any worse, that's what they'll be calling Earth."
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A man was filling up application form for a job. He was not sure as to what to be filled in column 'Salary Expected'.
After much thought he wrote: Yes!
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News of the day…
1) Let cops guard women, not VIPs including judges, SC tells Delhi police.
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