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Thought for the day: Cheese - milk's leap toward immortality.-- Clifton Fadiman They’re hilarious. The latest caption contest has a pic of SRK and Saurav together. Have a look. I burst out laughing at many of them. Also, tell me how my two captions are, too!! ------ Happy April Fool's Day. So, what are you doing today to fool people? What did people do to fool you? I just put up a post on BUF, on how I was fooled some years back. --- Was trying to find out about the funniest April 01 pranks from the media in the recent past. Here are some really fun ones. The Case of the Interfering Br*ssieres: In 1982 the Daily Mail reported that a local manufacturer had sold 10,000 "rogue br*s" that were causing a unique and unprecedented problem, not to the wearers but to the public at large. Apparently the support wire in these br*s had been made out of a kind of copper originally designed for use in fire alarms. When this copper came into contact with nylon and body heat, it prod...

Another of those days

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Thought for the day: Blessed is he who expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed! (Quip: One of my mottos. That is, of course, without losing your optimism level) It’s been quite some time since I recounted some of my ‘interesting’ telephone calls at work. So, here’s one of them: (Phone rings. I pick up): Supplier: Hello, Sir. Me: Hello,Sir (Feeling more buoyant than I usually do towards evening time) Supplier: How are you? Me: Fine, fine. Supplier: Did you get my quote for the dining tables and benches? Me: Yes, I did. Supplier: What do you think? Me: (Slightly irritated now): What is there to think? Supplier: You see, Sir. We quoted the table with four legs since it is eight feet long. Me: Ok. So?(Irritated note visible in my voice now). Supplier: So, would you like it with six feet? You see, the price of the two legs would have to be added. So, would we stand a chance? (Me, wondering: Is that 'stand' a pun?) Me: It’s up to you....

One of Those Days

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(Quip for the above pic: She's referring to his art of swinging on trees, of course.*most innocent smile*) Thought for the day: We the willing, following the unknowing are doing the impossible. We have done so much for so long with so little that we are now able to do anything with nothing. Oops…this seems like one of THOSE days, when callers are out to get,nee, bug me. Why else would there be five calls already, in 45 minutes, all of the idiotic kind. Like, the most recent one: My cellphone flashes(I’ve kept it on silent mode since 3 months now): Me: Hello Him: (Breathing heavily) (I thought he’d just climbed up a set of stairs, or down them?) Me: Hello(Slightly Irritated) Him: Yaaaas?Who you? Me: You called, not me. Him: (Disconnects) Thankfully, today’s Thursday, so many people have a half-day, so, it’ll probably go on only till afternoon. (We work full day, with Fri-Sat off). ---- At last: Mehak sent me the true story of the evolution of the topiwaala Resham-iya. Here it is : ...