Tongue in cheek quotable quotes…
"There are no uninteresting things, only uninterested people: - G.K. Chesterton
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"The internet is 95% porn and spam" – Margaret Atwood
(Me: hmmmm. It's all perception: what you consider porn/spam, another may find perfectly normal)
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"Too busy counting the money I made for them" – Lalit Modi, former IPL chairman, on being asked if the BCCI still cares for him.
(Me: absolutely; you may detest him for his irreverential guts or ego, but he did invent the multi-billion IPL cricket in India.)
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Defect definition…
Secret shopper…
A person hired by a retainer to monitor the store's employees or operations by posing as a shopper.
(Me: All malls, without exception, hire such secret shoppers)
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From the science world…
Rib implant can cure deafness..
Scotland-based physicians have conducted pioneering surgery to cure hereditary deafness with a piece of rib. Briab H, 29, was fitted with an implant called a Bonebride – consisting of a piece of rib and a bone conduction implant – and given a new ear by NHS Lothian surgeons in Edinburgh.
Deep brain stimulation may reduce binge eating...
Deep brain stimulation in a precise region of the brain appears to reduce calorific intake and prompt weight loss in obese animal models, according to a study.
(Me: Sounds good – it's any day better than the fancy priced weight-reduction concoctions of dubious value)
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Basil leaves (tulsi) are excellent for the body's nature immune system and are rich in iron and Vitamin C.
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Blackberry tells pals when owner watches porn...
London: Blackberry users, who secretly watch porn on their new Smartphone, Z10, could be in for a nasty shock as a new built-in feature tells all their friends about the habit. The 'Show what I'm listening to' feature has been designed for users, who are fond of sharing music videos or funny YouTube Clips. But contacts of some people were alerted while they were secretly viewing porn on their Z10.
(Me: Be forewarned, if you own the Z10 handset...)
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Make right noise for right partner…
Deep make voices and high-pitched female voices are perceived as more attractive because listeners gauge the speaker's body size from the frequency of their voice, according to a new research...
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What are some tips for buying healthy cereal?
Choose a cereal that's high in fiber. Look for 10% or more fiber. You cereal should contain 50% or more wholegrain. Go easy on the sugar. Choose a cereal with 15% or less sugar content. Watch for salt. Select a brand with less than 400 mg of salt.
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Did you know that apparently, the average person makes 1,140 phone calls per year? An average person also is known to spend about two years on the phone in his/her lifetime.
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Man to wife: "The word 'job' comes from the Latin world 'jobus', which means 'Is it 5 o'clock yet?'"
(Me: Meaning, don't blame anyone who is a 'clock-watcher'!!)
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Mindchow
Great art picks up where nature ends.
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News of the day...
Israel airport security allowed to read tourists' email...
Israeli security officials at Ben Gurion airport are legally allowed to demand access to tourists' email accounts and deny them entry if they refused, a top legal official said. It was done in exceptional cases where 'relevant suspicious signs' were evident.
(Freedom/liberty of an individual is no means absolute as motley self-righteous Rights' Groups might want you to believe; it is the paramount concern of every government to ensure citizen's safety and security which is far more important than the freedom of a few)
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Only in the US…
Grocery store owner turns botched robbery into ad
Redding: A Northern California grocery store owner is trying to profit from a suspected thief's botched burglary attempt that was caught on video and went viral. Footage shows the man breaking the Redding store's window last month and tripping twice as he ran away. Now the store owner Kent P. has turned it into a television commercial for his business. A local newspaper reports that the ad for the store's pastrami features footage of the suspect throwing something at the store's window. The sound of shattering glass can be heard before pastrami appears on camera, followed by the voice-over: "So good, some people will do just about anything to get more."
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Broadband bill charges man extra Pounds sterling 10 for being dead.
London: A broadband bill has gone viral after a UK man was charged an extra Pounds sterling 10 – for being dead.
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Cartoon quip... "Chit-chor is being remade in Bengali"
(Me: a reference to the fraudulent chit fund scheme that has been rocking the West Bengal government. To the uninitiated, chit (pronounced "chith") in Hindi means heart, and chor is a thief, so chit-chor is a heart-stealer or lover...)
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