Health tip…
What sports activity is best for lowering blood pressure?
Playing soccer is better for lowering blood pressure than any other sport. All endurance sports are effective at lowering blood pressure.
(Me: Not cricket coz. it isn't endurance sport! These last couple of years 5-day cricket tests get over in 3 days and the visiting side team hardly needs to bat, yani ki no exercise, either…)
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Since oats are rich in fibre, eating them in the morning helps stabilize blood sugar levels through the day.
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Customer: Waiter, this soup tastes funny.
Waiter: Funny? Why aren't you laughing then?
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Weird world…
Hacker warns of zombies on Michigan TV channels…
Two local television stations say hackers broke into their Emergency Alert System with messages on Monday warning of zombies attack. Along with a crawl strip, an audio message said "Dead bodies are rising from their graves and attacking the living".
(Me: pretty spooky..)
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Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson go on a camping trip. In the middle of the night, Holmes wakes up and nudges his faithful friend.
"Watson, look up at the sky and tell me what you see."
"I see millions and millions of stars, Holmes," replies Watson.
"And what do u deduce from that?"
Watson ponders and says, "Well, astronomically, it tells me that there are millions of galaxies and billions of planets. Astrologically, I observe that Saturn is in Leo. Horologically, I deduce that the time is approximately a quarter past three. Meteorologically, I suspect a beautiful day tomorrow. Theologically, I can see that God is all powerful, and that we are an insignificant part of the universe. What does it tell you, Holmes?"
Holmes is silent for a moment. "Watson, you idiot!" he says, "Someone has stolen our tent!"
This India…
Quality of education in Maharashtra, the richest and most industralized state in India. Hear it from the horse's mouth, yani ki the CM Prithiviraj Chavan's
"A secondary school student can barely read a second grade test, an SSC pass teacher is hired to teach even higher secondary levels when there are ample number of PhD degree holders waiting to get such jobs Salaries of teachers today are quite good (Me: Not just good, but VERY VERY GOOD what with one Pay Commission after another doling out largesses from taxpayers' money to third-rate or illiterate teachers). But then a PARTICULAR UNQUALIFIED PERSON EMPLOYED IN A SCHOOL WILL HAPPILY DOLE OUT HALF HIS/HER SALARY AS KICKBACK TO THE PERSON OFFERING HIM/HER THAT JOB FOR THE REST OF HIS LIFE. No wonder rural and poorer parents are seeking admissions to English medium private schools by the hundreds and that adds to the premium on such quality education."
As is well known, educational institutions in the state are largely CONTROLLED BY POLITICIANS BOTH IN THE GOVERNMENT AND THE OPPOSION.
(Source: HT, Mumbai edition, 14/2/13)
(Me: Education in the country is a sham and shame. Unlike in the past, a job in a government school is the most lucrative: besides the excellent salaries, retired teachers get handsome pension, too, for life for self and spouse – the pension amount keeps galloping in tandem with inflation)
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Tongue in cheek
"Boring is the right thought at the wrong time" – Jack Gadner.
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Deft definition
Cutensil: A kitchen implement or other utensil with a cute design!
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Tweet of the day: Don't worry if you don't have a valentine on Valentine's Day. Most people don't have AIDS on AIDS Day – Loveguru..
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Top 5 best ways to say 'I love you', according to Communications Analytics Company…
1) You're my soul mate and the love of my life.
2) You are the love of my life.
3) Life is incomplete without you
4) You are my one and only
5) You take my breath away
What men prefer to say: you are the love of my life!
What women like to say: you're my soul mate and the love of my life.
And a tip: "It's best to be direct but not to have to provide reasoning
Mindchow
Today is yesterday's effect and tomorrow's cause.
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Line Maro
Didn't I see you on the cover of Vogue?
(Me: it's a vague…)
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"Whip for her security chief, slaps for photographers, Mamata sure has strong-arm tactics" – Bachi Karkaria in TOI.
(Me: literally, lolz!).
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Weird world
73-year-old robs bank to return to jail..
After spending most of his adult life behind bars, 73-yer-old Walter Unbehaun decided to rob another bank, in the hope of getting caught. He felt more comfortable in prison and wanted to spend his final years there. On the day of his bank stickup, he wore no disguises, so law enforcement quickly tracked him down using surveillance camera photos of him.
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