Student: Would you punish me for something I didn't do?"
Teacher: "Of course not."
Student: "Good. Because I haven't done my homework."
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Tongue very much in cheek…
A Parliament is nothing less than a big meeting of more or less idle people" – Walter Bagehot
(Comment: You know, an idle mind is devil's workshop. And because they have nothing else to do, they have lots of lung power, too).
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Q: What's the difference between a bad golfer and a bad skydiver?
A: A bad golfer goes, WHACK! "Damn". A bad skydiver goes, "Damn". WHACK!
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From the world of science..
What can I do to cut my risk of heart disease?
To lower your risk of heart disease, get regular exercise. Eat a whole food-based diet. Avoid tobacco products. Maintain healthy weight. Control blood pressure, cholesterol and blood sugar.
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Research has shown antioxidant compounds in mango fruit to protect against, colon, breast, leukemia and prostate cancers.
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Kadi patta (curry leaves/karukappelai) is a rich source of vitamin A, calcium and folic acid and can prevent early development of cataract.
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Dutch firm to set up human colony on Mars in 2023…
A company from the Netherlands is planning to send four astronauts on a trip to Mars to set up a human colony in 2023. Though the company, Mars One, is optimistic about its plan, there are a couple of serious snags. Firstly, when on Mars their bodies will have to adapt to surface gravity that is 38 percent of that on Earth. But this would cause such a serious physiological change in their bone density, muscle strength and blood circulation that voyagers would no longer be able to survive when they get back on Earth.
(Me: hmmm. Throughout history, whatever thought impossible once, march of science overcame subsequently)
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Weird world…
Saudi man marries bride's friends at her insistence!
A woman in Saudi Arabia has reportedly told the man who wanted to marry her that she would accept his proposal only if he agrees to marry her two friends. The woman, who is a school teacher, wanted the man to marry her colleagues at the same time. According to the Saudi daily Al Youm, the would-be groom was shocked by her unexpected demand, but came under strong pressure from relatives and friends who eventually persuaded him to marry the three women.
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Man caught with 53 king cobras in car.
Handi: A Vietnamese motorist was arrested last week after the police found 53 live king cobras in his car. The meat of the king cobras is considered a delicacy by some in Vietnam, where hunting and trading the snakes is banned. The snakes are also sometimes preserved in traditional medicines.
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Frenchman escapes 'head-on' crock attack…
A French fisherman was bloodied but back on his fishing boat on Monday, hours after he escaped from the jaws of a young saltwater crocodile who attacked him while swimming along a remote stretch of Australia*s northern coast. Yoann Galeran, 29, was swimming from shore to a dingy on Sunday night when a crocodile between 2 to 2.5 metres clamped down on his head and neck and attempted to drown him in a maneuver known as a death roll. But he fought off the reptile.
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Thieves caught after posing for pictures in stolen cars.
London: Two thieves unwittingly left a trail of evidence for their own arrest by posing for pictures in cars they had stolen.
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Only in India…
UP has no funds for school exams.
Lucknow: UP chief minister's much tom-tommed free laptop sop for students appears to have drained the state's treasury to the point that it has left classrooms paperless. With exams looming, students of government primary and junior high schools across the state have been told to bring their answer sheets from home and teachers asked to write the questions on blackboards.
The government have no funds for marksheets, either.
Mindchow
My life is my message..
(Me: hmmm)
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Think it over…
"You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream" – C.S. Lewis.
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