A tour bus driver is driving with a bus full of seniors, when a little old lady comes up and offers him a handful of peanuts, which he gratefully munches.
After about 15 minutes, she hands him another handful of peanuts. She repeats this gesture about five more times. The sixth time, he asks her why they don't eat the peanuts themselves.
"We can't because we've no teeth," she replied. The puzzled driver asked, "Then why do you buy them?"
The old lady replied, "We just love the chocolate around them."
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Tongue very much in cheek..
"Never underestimate the power of stupid people in large groups" – George Carlin.
(Me: Though numerically inferior and heavily outnumbered, they are so vocal and so consistent in their chant raising a huge mountain out of a molehile, they can torpedo any and every scheme or plan a Government or good-meaning people want to undertake in the larger interests of the people. Examples are the very many NGOs, busybodies either publicity hungry or with vested interests).
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Medha Parker's hunger strike (fast or the good old, satyagraha) enters 9th day. Aruna Roy, another of such a worthy, appeals to Sonia for help. Hmmm. she is supporting a minority of slumdwellers that oppose a slum-rehabilitation scheme in the city.
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My shoelaces keep falling out, why can't they just get along?
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"Giving money and power to government is like giving whiskey and car keys to teenage boys!" – PJ O'Rourkey
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Line Maro…
You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe,deserve your love and affection.
(Me: of course, it is universal – loving oneself is what everyone does..)
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Health tips…
Troubled with mouth ulcers? Add a teaspoon of honey to a glass of water and garble.
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To preserve oil oil's health benefits, store it in dark-coloured bottles away from light and heat.
(Me: Not many people in India buy it anyway owing to its exorbitant cost. The manufacturers, naturally, take consumers for a ride charging a ransom-like sum when something is evenly healthy..)
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Quote of the day…
"Even the worst policemen on the street is a bulwark against vandalism. Please try to have some degree of faith on the institution of governance" – Bengal Guv and Chancellor, M.K. Narayanan.
(Me: Absolutely, the majority is wary of taking on the Law).
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Weird world…
Couple turns house into bunny museum…
A California couple are so mad about rabbits that they have more than 28,000 collectibles. Their obsession is such that their Pasadena house doubles as a bunny museum.
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The country's apex court on capital sentence…
"There is a paradox that people, who themselves had not shown any mercy while killing people, are pleading for mercy and pulled up activists for raising the human rights of criminals who had not shown any respect for law or lives. The court also justified death penalty in the country, particularly in view of the growing number of very serious crimes"
Courtesy: Mumbai Mirror 13/4/13
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Pun fun…
Rocky: Mel, do you know why the king visited the dentist?
Mel: No.
Rocky: Because he wanted to have his teeth crowned!
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News item…
1 in 3 aged over 50 battles loneliness: study
(Me: When your kids are in distant lands counting cash and you are spouseless, the best alternative is to seek shelter in large, well-maintained oldage homes as those in Coimbatore, S. India…)
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Deft definition…
Flexivore: A person who combines a mostly meat diet with the occasional vegetarian meal.
