Friday, September 30, 2005

Is it not racial discrimination?


Is the worlds greatest democracy still plagued by racial discrimination. If you don't understand what I am saying, then have a close look at the picture and have a close look at the words encircled. If you still don't understand, why is it depicted as a black man is looting from a grocery store whereas the white couple are just politely taking groceries. I don't know whether this article is an authentic one, I just got it as a mail forward from a friend of mine. If it is true, then stop talking about Indians being biased racially.

Wednesday, September 28, 2005

Why men are from Mars and women are from Venus.

Here's a prime example of "Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus"
offered
by an English professor from the University of Phoenix:

The professor told his class one day: "Today we will experiment with a new form called the tandem story. The process is simple. Each person will
pair off with the person sitting to his or her immediate right. As homework tonight, one of you will write the first paragraph of a short story.
You will e-mail your partner that paragraph and send another copy to me. The
partner will read the first paragraph and then add another paragraph to the
story and send it back, also sending another copy to me. The first person will then add a third paragraph, and so on back-and-forth. Remember to re-read what has been written each time in order to keep the story
coherent. There is to be absolutely NO talking outside of the e-mails and
anything you wish to say must be written in the e-mail. The story is over when both agree a conclusion has been reached."

The following was actually turned in by two of his English students: Rebecca
and Gary.


THE STORY:

(first paragraph by Rebecca)

At first, Laurie couldn't decide which kind of tea she wanted. The chamomile, which used to be her favorite for lazy evenings at home, now
reminded her too much of Carl, who once said, in happier times, that he
liked chamomile. But she felt she must now, at all costs, keep her mind off
Carl. His possessiveness was suffocating, and if she thought about him too
much her asthma started acting up again. So chamomile was out of the
question.

(second paragraph by Gary)

Meanwhile, Advance Sergeant Carl Harris, leader of the attack squadron now
in orbit over Skylon 4, had more important things to think about than the
neuroses of an air-headed asthmatic bimbo named Laurie with whom he
had spent one sweaty night over a year ago. " A.S. Harris to Geostation 17," he
said into his transgalactic communicator. "Polar orbit established. No sign of resistance so far..." But before he could sign off a bluish particle beam flashed out of nowhere and blasted a hole through his ship's cargo bay. The jolt from the direct hit sent him flying out of his seat and across the cockpit.

(Rebecca)

He bumped his head and died almost immediately, but not before he felt one
last pang of regret for psychically brutalizing the one woman who had ever
had feelings for him. Soon afterwards, Earth stopped its pointless hostilities towards the peaceful farmers of Skylon 4. "Congress Passes Law Permanently Abolishing War and Space Travel," Laurie read in her newspaper one morning. The news simultaneously excited her and bored her. She stared out the window, dreaming of her youth, when the days had passed unhurriedly and carefree, with no newspaper to read, no television to distract her
from her sense of innocent wonder at all the beautiful things around her. "Why
must one lose one's innocence to become a woman?" she pondered wistfully.

(Gary)

Little did she know, but she had less than 10 seconds to live. Thousands of miles above the city, the Anu'udrian mothership launched the first of its
lithium fusion missiles. The dim-witted wimpy peaceniks who pushed
the Unilateral Aerospace disarmament Treaty through the congress had left Earth a defenseless target for the hostile alien empires who were determined to destroy the human race. Within two hours after the passage of the treaty the Anu'udrian ships were on course for Earth, carrying enough firepower to pulverize the entire planet. With no one to stop them, they swiftly
initiated their diabolical plan. The lithium fusion missile entered the atmosphere unimpeded. The President, in his top-secret mobile submarine headquarters on the ocean floor off the coast of Guam, felt the
inconceivably massive explosion, which vaporized poor, stupid Laurie.

(Rebecca)

This is absurd. I refuse to continue this mockery of literature. My writing partner is a violent, chauvinistic semi-literate adolescent.

(Gary)

Yeah? Well, my writing partner is a self-centered tedious neurotic whose
attempts at writing are the literary equivalent of Valium. "Oh, shall I have
chamomile tea? Or shall I have some other sort of F--KING TEA??? Oh no, what am I to do? I'm such an air headed bimbo who reads too many Danielle
Steele novels!"

(Rebecca)

Asshole.

(Gary)

Bitch

(Rebecca)

F__K YOU - YOU NEANDERTHAL!

(Gary)

Go drink some tea - whore.

(TEACHER)

*A+ - I really liked this one.*

Some tips to increase your productivity at work.

Nice tips if you are seriously interested in increasing your productivity. Don't bother if you are like me.

# Close all the messanger applications. [i.e. MSN, Yahoo, ICQ]

# Close your email client application [i.e. Outlook]

# Close your office room door and hang a notice "Do not disturb"

# Have some cool music playing in very low volume.

# Ask your assistant or the answering machine to pickup the phone.

# Just try to follow the rules atleast for 3 hours continuously and take a break.

Warning: I never follow these rules. So i cannot expect any of you to do the same.

The only thing missing in our lives is life itself.

A group of working adults got together to visit their University lecturer.

The lecturer was happy to see them. Conversation soon turned into complaints about stress in work and life.

The Lecturer just smiled and went to the kitchen to get an assortment of cups - some porcelain, some in plastic, some in glass, some plain looking and some looked rather expensive and exquisite.

The Lecturer offered his former students the cups to get drinks for themselves.

When all the students had a cup in hand with water, the Lecturer spoke:
"If you noticed, all the nice looking, expensive cups were taken up, leaving behind the plain and cheap ones. While it is normal that you only want the best for yourselves, that is the source of your problems and stress. What all you wanted was water, not the cup, but we unconsciously went for the better cups."

"Just like in life, if Life is Water, then the jobs, money and position in society are the cups. They are just tools to hold/maintain Life, but the quality of Life doesn't change."


"Concentrating on the cups, we won't have time to enjoy & taste the water in it."


P.S : This contents of this post was found in http://www.bloglines.com/public/AshithRaj.

What is a Wiki?

Seems like I am the last one to know everything. I have been pondering for a long time about this Wiki stuff. While the word looked kinda cool, I always wondered what it meant. I found a brief but elegant description on http://www.bloglines.com/public/AshithRaj. Read on to know more.

Wiki is a collaborative Web site comprised of the perpetual collective
work of many authors. Similar to a blog in structure and logic, a wiki allows
anyone to edit, delete, or modify content that has been placed on the
Web site using a browser interface, including the work of previous authors.

In contrast, a blog, typically authored by an individual, does not allow
visitors to change the original posted material, only add comments to
the original content. Now since you are reading my blog, you would have know that you cannot edit this post. The term wiki refers to either the Web site or the
software used to create the site.

Wiki wiki means "quick" in Hawaiian. The first wiki was created by Ward
Cunnigham in 1995, currently working with Microsoft

Coach Greg Chappels email to BCCI

This thing seems to have dragged on and on now. I really think that the patch up between Sourav Ganguly and Greg Chappel as suggested by BCCI will lead to more speculations and more ift between the players in the Indian team. While I am not an analyst or a staunch cricket supporter (but I believe Sachin tendulkar to be a cricket God), I really do like to see India do well in all the sports that it takes part in and this controversy and the later patch up is only going to see the decline of the Indian Cricket. Unless, some of the players are really strong and leave the of the field matters in their closets when they get on to the cricket field.

Anyway, to add more spice to the drama the email sent by coach Greg Chappel was leaked to the media. If you are still interested in this real life drama then here is the content of the email. I wonder who leaked the mail to the media?

The full text of Greg Chappell's e-mail to the BCCI. This was first
> shown by India TV and published by DNA in Mumbai.
>
> Due to comments made by Mr Sourav Ganguly during the press conference
> following his innings in the recently completed Test match in Bulawayo and
> the subsequent media speculation I would like to make my position clear on
> two points.
>
> 1. At no stage did I ask Mr Ganguly to step down from the captaincy of
> the Indian team and;
>
>
> 2. At no stage have I threatened to resign my position as Indian team
> coach.
>
> Mr Ganguly came to me following the recently completed tri-series of
> one-day matches here in Zimbabwe and asked me to tell him honestly where
> he stood as a player in my view. I told him that I thought he was
> struggling as a player and that it was affecting his ability to lead the
> team effectively and that the pressure of captaincy was affecting his
> ability to play to his potential. I also told him that his state of mind
> was fragile and it showed in the way that he made decisions on and off the
> field in relation to the team, especially team selection. A number of
> times during the tri-series the tour selectors had chosen a team and
> announced it to the group only for Sourav to change his mind on the
> morning of the game and want to change the team.
>
> On at least one occasion he did change the team and on the morning of
> the final I had to talk him out of making another last-minute change that
> I believe would have destroyed team morale and damaged the mental state of
> the individuals concerned. I also told Sourav that his nervous state was
> affecting the team in other ways as he was prone to panic during pressure
> situations in games and that his nervous demeanour was putting undue
> pressure on the rest of the team. His nervous pacing of the rooms during
> our batting in the final plus his desire to change the batting order
> during our innings in the final had also contributed to nervousness in the
> players waiting to go in to bat. His reluctance to bat first in games I
> suggested was also giving wrong signals to the team and the opposition and
> his nervousness at the crease facing bowlers like Shane Bond from NZ was
> also affecting morale in the dressing room.
>
> On the basis of this and other observations and comments from players in
> the squad about the unsettling effect Sourav was having on the group I
> suggested to Sourav that he should consider stepping down from the
> captaincy at the end of the tour in the interests of the team and in his
> own best interests if he wanted to prolong his playing career.
> I told him of my own experiences toward the end of my career and cited
> other players such as Border, Taylor and Steve Waugh, all of whom
> struggled with batting form toward the end of their tenure as Australian
> captain.
>
> We discussed other issues in relation to captaincy and the time and effort
> it took that was eating into his mental reserves and making it difficult
> to prepare properly for batting in games. He commented that he had enjoyed
> being free of those responsibilities in the time that he was in Sri Lanka
> following his ban from international cricket and that he would consider my
> suggestion.
>
> I also raised the matter of selection for the first Test with Sourav and
> asked him where he thought he should bat. He said 'number 5'. I told him
> that he might like to consider opening in the Test as the middle order was
> going to be a tight battle with Kaif and Yuvraj demanding selection.
> Sourav asked me if I was serious. I said it was something to be
> considered, but it had to be his decision.
>
> The following day Sourav batted in the match against Zimbabwe 'A'
> team in the game in Mutare. I am not sure of the exact timing of events
> because I was in the nets with other players when Sourav went in to bat,
> but the new ball had either just been taken or was imminent when I saw
> Sourav walking from the field holding his right arm. I assumed he had been
> hit and made my way to the players' area where Sourav was receiving
> treatment from the team physiotherapist, John Gloster.
>
> When I enquired as to what had happened Sourav said he had felt a click
> in his elbow as he played a ball through the leg side and that he
> thought he should have it investigated. Sourav had complained of pain to
> his elbow at various stages of the one-day series, but he had resisted
> having any comprehensive investigation done and, from my observation, had
> been spasmodic in his treatment habits, often not using ice-packs for the
> arm that had been prepared for him by John Gloster. I suggested, as had
> John Gloster, that we get some further tests done immediately. Sourav
> rejected these suggestions and said he would be 'fine'. When I queried
> what he meant by 'fine' he said he would be fit for the Test match. I then
> queried why then was it necessary to be off the field now. He said that he
> was just taking 'precautions'.
>
> Rather than make a scene with other players and officials in the
> vicinity I decided to leave the matter and observe what Sourav would do
> from that point on. After the loss of Kaif, Yuvraj and Karthik to the new
> ball, Sourav returned to the crease with the ball now around 20 overs old.
> He struggled for runs against a modest attack and eventually threw his
> wicket away trying to hit one of the spinners over the leg side.
>
> The next day I enquired with a number of the players as to what they had
> thought of Sourav's retirement. The universal response was that it was
> 'just Sourav' as they recounted a list of times when Sourav had suffered
> from mystery injuries that usually disappeared as quickly as they had
> come. This disturbed me because it confirmed for me that he was in a
> fragile state of mind and it was affecting the mental state of other
> members of the squad.
>
> When we arrived in Bulawayo I decided I needed to ask Sourav if he had
> over-played the injury to avoid the danger period of the new ball as it
> had appeared to me and others within the touring party that he had
> protected himself at the expense of others. He denied the suggestion and
> asked why he would do that against such a modest attack. I said that he
> was the only one who could answer that question.
>
> I was so concerned about the affect that Sourav's actions were having on
> the team that I decided I could not wait until selection meeting that
> evening to inform him that I had serious doubts about picking him for the
> first Test.
>
> I explained that, in my view, I felt we had to pick Kaif and Yuvraj
> following their good form in the one-day series and that Sehwag,
> Gambhir, Laxman and Dravid had to play. He said that his record was better
> than Kaif and Yuvraj and that they had not proved themselves in Test
> cricket. I countered with the argument that they had to be given a chance
> to prove themselves on a consistent basis or we would never know. I also
> said that their form demanded that they be selected now.
>
> Sourav asked me whether I thought he should be captain of the team. I said
> that I had serious doubts that he was in the right frame of mind to do it.
> He asked me if I thought he should step down. I said that it was not my
> decision to make, that only he could make that decision, but if he did
> make that decision he had to do it in the right manner or it would have
> even more detrimental effects than if he didn't stand down. I said that
> now was not the time to make the decision but that we should discuss it at
> the selection meeting to be held later in the day.
>
> Sourav then said that if I didn't want him to be captain that he would
> inform Rahul Dravid that was going to stand down. I reiterated that it was
> not my decision to make but he should give it due consideration under the
> circumstances but not to do it hastily. At that point Sourav went to Rahul
> and the two of them conferred briefly and then Sourav left the field and
> entered the dressing room. At that stage I joined the start of the
> training session.
>
> A short time later Mr Chowdhary came on to the field and informed me that
> Sourav had told him that I did not want him as captain and that Sourav
> wanted to leave Zimbabwe immediately if he wasn't playing. I then joined
> Mr Chowdhary and Rahul Dravid in the dressing room where we agreed that
> this was not the outcome that any of us wanted and that the ramifications
> would not be in the best interests of the team.
>
> We then spent some time with Sourav and eventually convinced him that he
> should stay on as captain for the two Tests and then consider his
> future. In my view it was not an ideal solution but it was better than the
> alternative of him leaving on a bad note. I believe he has earned the
> right to leave in a fitting manner. We all agreed that this was a matter
> that should stay between us and should not, under any
> circumstances, be discussed with the media.
>
> The matter remained quiet until the press conference after the game when a
> journalist asked Sourav if he had been asked to step down before the Test.
> Sourav replied that he had but he did not want to elaborate and make an
> issue of it. I was then called to the press conference where I was asked
> if I knew anything of Sourav being asked to step down before the game. I
> replied that a number of issues had been raised regarding selection but as
> they were selection matters I did not wish to make any further comment.
>
> Apart from a brief interview on ESPN before which I emphasized that I did
> not wish to discuss the issue because it was a selection matter I have
> resisted all other media approaches on the matter.
>
> Since then various reports have surfaced that I had threatened to
> resign. I do not know where that rumour has come from because I have
> spoken to no one in regard to this because I have no intention of
> resigning. I assume that some sections of the media, being starved of
> information, have made up their own stories.
>
> At the completion of the Test match I was approached by VVS Laxman with a
> complaint that Sourav had approached him on the eve of the Test saying
> that I had told Sourav that I did not want Laxman in the team for Test
> matches. I denied that I had made such a remark to Sourav, or anybody else
> for that matter, as, on the contrary, I saw Laxman as an integral part of
> the team. He asked how Sourav could have said what he did. I said that the
> only way we could go to the bottom of the matter was to speak to Sourav
> and have him repeat the allegation in front of me.
>
> I arranged for a meeting with the two of them that afternoon. The
> meeting took place just after 6pm in my room at the Rainbow Hotel in
> Bulawayo. I told Sourav that Laxman had come to me complaining that Sourav
> had made some comments to Laxman prior to the Test. I asked Sourav if he
> would care to repeat the comment in my presence. Sourav then rambled on
> about how I had told him that I did not see a place for Laxman in one-day
> cricket, something that I had discussed with Sourav and the selection
> panel and about which I had spoken to Laxman at the end of the Sri Lankan
> tour.
>
> Sourav mentioned nothing about the alleged conversation regarding Laxman
> and Test cricket even when I pushed him on it later in the discussion. As
> we had to leave for a team function we ended the conversation without
> Sourav adequately explaining his comments to Laxman.
>
> Again, this is not an isolated incident because I have had other players
> come to me regarding comments that Sourav had made to them that purports
> to be comments from me to Sourav about the particular player. In each case
> the comments that Sourav has passed on to the individual are
> figments of Sourav's imagination. One can only assume that he does it to
> unnerve the individual who, in each case, has been a middle order
> batsman.
>
> Sourav has missed the point of my discussions with him on this matter. It
> has less to do with his form than it does with his attitude toward the
> team. Everything he does is designed to maximise his chance of success and
> is usually detrimental to someone else's chances.
>
> Despite meeting with him in Mumbai after his appointment as captain and
> speaking with him about these matters and his reluctance to do the
> preparation and training that is expected of everyone else in the squad he
> continues to set a bad example.
>
> Greg King's training reports continue to show Sourav as the person who
> does the least fitness and training work based on the criterion that has
> been developed by the support staff to monitor the work load of all the
> players.
>
> We have also developed parameters of batting, bowling, fielding and
> captaincy that we believe embodies the 'Commitment to Excellence'
> theme that I espoused at my interview and Sourav falls well below the
> acceptable level in all areas. I will be pleased to present this
> documentation when I meet with the special committee in Mumbai later this
> month.
>
> I can assure you sir that all my actions in this matter, and all others
> since my appointment, have been with the aim of improving the team
> performance toward developing a team that will represent India with
> distinctions in Test match and one-day cricket.
>
> As I said to you during our meeting in Colombo, I have serious
> reservations about the attitude of some players and about Sourav and his
> ability to take this team to a new high, and none of the things he has
> done since his reappointment has caused me to change my view. In fact, it
> has only served to confirm that it is time for him to move on and let
> someone else build their team toward the 2007 World Cup.
>
> This team has been made to be fearful and distrusting by the rumour
> mongering and deceit that is Sourav's modus operandi of divide and rule.
> Certain players have been treated with favour, all of them bowlers, while
> others have been shunted up and down the order or left out of the team to
> suit Sourav's whims.
>
> John Wright obviously allowed this to go on to the detriment of the
> team. I am not prepared to sit back and allow this to continue or we will
> get the same results we have been seeing for some time now.
>
> It is time that all players were treated with fairness and equity and that
> good behaviours and attitudes are rewarded at the selection table rather
> than punished.
>
> I can assure you of my very best intentions.
>
> Yours sincerely,
>
> Greg Chappell MBE

Geometry- Find x.

Tuesday, September 27, 2005

Uses of the Windows blue screen


This is somehting for the Mac users, who know no blue screen.

Calvin - Telephone Operator






Hope it is true

BCCI at last has decided to remove saurav ganguly from the indian team. They took the decision in a meeting they had yesterday in kolkata,as reported.
BCCI president Mahendra kumar said that the board has taken the decision due to pressure from the india coach and selectors with reference to his consistent

bad form and behavioral aspects with the team mates and the coach. He also added that Ganguly was the greatest captain India ever had but his removal was inevitable.

As a good will gesture, Ganguly was asked his last wish before him stepping down from the team. Ganguly has requested the board that he would like to step down as a winning captain and not on a loosing note. He also mentioned that he would like to win a tournament before stepping down. He said he aleays wanted to win a world cup but winning in a one day final tournament is his still unfulfilled dream of life. In order to help Ganguly fulfil his career dream BCCI has decided to schedule a tournment with the consent of ICC president Ehsaan Mani.
The tournament details are as follows:


Date: 6th October to 18th October

Venue: Harare

Teams: India, Zimbabwe, Kenya,Bangladesh


The match schedules will be published later.


Rules(as requested by Ganguly)


1) Heath Streak, Masakadza and Blignaut are not supposed to represent either of Zimbabwe

2) To be on the safer side one of the umpires will be an Indian( preferrable Jayaprakash)

3) Sachin will be playing this tournament irrespective of his injuries so as to help his captain lift a winning trophy

4) Prize money will be a wooffing 10 million dollars so that Ganguly can financially sustain his life after cricket (it's rumoured that he is also loosing all his endorsements including sona chandi chawanprash)

5) For the toss, Ganguly is insisting umpires to use the coin which was used in the movie Sholay. (and obviously he will be calling the toss)

The name of the cup is ......



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"Aakhri Khwahish - 2005"

Thursday, September 22, 2005

New word in Oxford dictionary

Oxford addes a new word to dictionary :

Word : Ganguly.

Example Sentence:

His attendance in office is� 'ganguly' .

It means he comes and goes immediately ....

Food as Medicine


HEADACHE?
EAT FISH!
Eat plenty of fish -- fish oil helps prevent headaches.
So does ginger, which reduces inflammation and pain.

HAY FEVER?
EAT YOGURT!

Eat lots of yogurt before pollen season.
Also-eat honey from your area (local region) daily.

TO PREVENT STROKE
DRINK TEA!

Prevent build-up of fatty deposits on artery walls with regular doses of tea.
(actually, tea suppresses my appetite and keeps the pounds from invading....Green tea is great for our immune system)!

INSOMNIA (CAN'T SLEEP?)
HONEY!

Use honey as a tranquilizer and sedative.

ASTHMA?
EAT ONIONS!!!!

Eating onions helps ease constriction of bronchial tubes.
(when I was young, my mother would make onion packs to place on our chest, helped the respiratory ailments and actually made us breathe better).

ARTHRITIS?
EAT FISH, TOO!!

Salmon, tuna, mackerel and sardines actually prevent arthritis.
(fish has omega oils, good for our immune system)

UPSET STOMACH?
BANANAS - GINGER!!!!!

Bananas will settle an upset stomach.
Ginger will cure morning sickness and nausea.

BLADDER INFECTION?
DRINK CRANBERRY JUICE!!!!

High-acid cranberry juice controls harmful bacteria.

BONE PROBLEMS?
EAT PINEAPPLE!!!

Bone fractures and osteoporosis can be prevented by the manganese in pineapple.

PREMENSTRUAL SYNDROME?
EAT CORNFLAKES!!!!

Women can ward off the effects of PMS with cornflakes, which help reduce depression, anxiety and fatigue.

MEMORY PROBLEMS?
EAT OYSTERS!

Oysters help improve your mental functioning by supplying much-needed zinc.

COLDS?
EAT GARLIC!

Clear up that stuffy head with garlic.
(remember, garlic lowers cholesterol, too.)

COUGHING?
USE RED PEPPERS!!

A substance similar to that found in the cough syrups is found in hot red pepper. Use red (cayenne) pepper with caution-it can irritate your tummy.

BREAST CANCER?
EAT Wheat, bran and cabbage

Helps to maintain estrogens at healthy levels.

LUNG CANCER?
EAT DARK GREEN AND ORANGE AND VEGGIES!!!

A good antidote is beta carotene, a form of Vitamin A found in dark green and orange vegetables.

ULCERS?
EAT CABBAGE ALSO!!!

Cabbage contains chemicals that help heal both gastric and duodenal ulcers.

DIARRHEA?
EAT APPLES!

Grate an apple with its skin, let it turn brown and eat it to cure this condition.
(Bananas are good for this ailment)

CLOGGED ARTERIES?
EAT AVOCADO!

Mono unsaturated fat in avocados lowers cholesterol.

HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE?
EAT CELERY AND OLIVE OIL!!!

Olive oil has been shown to lower blood pressure.
Celery contains a chemical that lowers pressure too.

BLOOD SUGAR IMBALANCE?
EAT BROCCOLI AND PEANUTS!!!

The chromium in broccoli and peanuts helps regulate insulin and blood sugar.

Kiwifruit:
but mighty. This is a good source of potassium, magnesium, Vitamin E &fibre. It's Vitamin C content is twice that of an orange.

Apple:
An apple a day keeps the doctor away? Although an apple has a low Vitamin C content, it has antioxidants &flavonoids which enhances the activity of Vitamin C thereby helping to lower the risks of colon cancer, heart attack & stroke.

Strawberry:
Protective fruit. Strawberries have the highest total antioxidant power among major fruits &protects the body from cancer causing, blood vessels clogging free radicals. (Actually, any berry is good for you..they're high in anti-oxidants and they actually keep us young.........blueberries are the best and very versatile in the health field........they get rid of all the free-radicals that invade our bodies)

Orange:
Sweetest medicine. Taking 2 - 4 oranges a day may help keep colds away, lower cholesterol, prevent & dissolve kidney stones as well as lessen the risk of colon cancer.

Watermelon:
Coolest Thirst Quencher. Composed of 92% water, it is also packed with a giant dose of glutathione which helps boost our immune system. They are also a key source of lycopene - the cancer fighting oxidant. Other nutrients
found in watermelon are Vitamin C &Potassium.
(watermelon also has natural substances [natural SPF sources] that keep our skin healthy, protecting our skin from those darn suv rays)

Guava &Papaya:
Top awards for Vitamin C. They are the clear winners for their high Vitamin C content. Guava is also rich in fiber which helps prevent constipation.

Papaya
is rich in carotene, this is good for your eyes. (also good for gas and indigestion)

Tomatoes are very good as a preventative measure for men, keeps those prostrate problems from invading their bodies.

Size does not matter

Mom: Beti, tujhe ladka pasand aaya.


Beti: Haan, magar thoda mota hai.


Mom: Dekh beti, TV chahe 14 inch ka ho ya 29 inch ka, Remote 6 inch ka
hi hota hai.

How to sell a dead donkey

Can you sell a dead donkey? (the determination required to be an
achiever)

A city boy, Kenny, moved to the country and bought a donkey from an old
farmer for $100.00.


The farmer agreed to deliver the donkey the next day. The next day the
farmer drove up and said, "Sorry son, but I have some bad news, the
donkey died last night."


Kenny replied: "Well then, just give me my money back." The farmer said:
"Can't do that. I went and spent it already."


Kenny said: "OK then, just unload the donkey." The farmer asked: "What
ya gonna do with him?"


Kenny: "I'm going to raffle him off." ( Note: To raffle is to sell a
thing by lottery - draw lot - to a group of people each paying the same
amount for a ticket)





Farmer: "You can't raffle off a dead donkey!"


Kenny: "Sure I can. Watch me. I just won't tell anybody he's dead."





A month later the farmer met up with Kenny and asked, "What happened
with that dead donkey?" Kenny: "I raffled him off. I sold 500 tickets
at two
dollars a piece and made a profit of $898.00."



Farmer: "Didn't anyone complain?"
Kenny: "Just the guy who won. So I gave him back his two dollars."


Kenny grew up and eventually became the chairman of Enron.

Tuesday, September 20, 2005

Creativity on the beach


Had nothing much to post today. Had this cool pic on my machine and thought about posting it.

Why Mugabe decided to dissolve ZCU

LATEST NEWS FLASH.....


According to news agencies, the whole Zimbabwean team is going to resign at the end of the current series. No international cricket will be played by or in Zimbabwe after the current test series is over. The Zimbabwe Cricket Union (ZCU) will also be dissolved. Zimbabwean cricket captain Tatenda Taibu and senior member Heath Streak were unable for comment when contacted by Reuters. President of Zimbabwe, Robert Mugabe described the decision to dissolve ZCU as "a sad day for Zimbabwe cricket". When asked about the reason for the action, President Mugabe said "It is a great loss for the country of Zimbabwe . Not only the cricket team, but the entire nation is demoralized. We could have easily continued playing cricket after losing to any country in the world, but the shock of watching India 's captain Sourav Ganguly make a hundred against us was too much to bear . That is all I have to say."


.. a very sad day indeed.

Monday, September 19, 2005

R K Laxman Classics






Who is your 80s Heartthrob?

Click on the above link to find out who is the 80s heartthrob you like. Well it is a link for the girls to check out, as most of the questions are quite related to girls. Guys can give it a try too.

Well I found that my heartthrob would have been Bill Gates. Not a very flattering result huh? But then I have already said that the questions were girlish and I am every bit a man in thinking.

Tuesday, September 13, 2005

How drinking can help you cross the road.

These two drunks stumble out of a pub in Ireland at about 4:00 in the

morning. They stagger to the nearest lamppost and lean against it when

along comes a policeman. The first drunk pipes up, "Excuse me, ossifer,

but I wonder could you tell me if the last bus to Dublin has left yet."

To which the policeman replies "Of course it has. It's 4:00 in the

morning."

The second drunk then weighs in and says, "Sorry, sir, but I wonder if

the last bus to Galway has left yet." The officer again replies "Of

course it has. It's 4:00 in the morning."

The first drunk then starts up again and asks, "Could you tell me

please, ossifer, has the last bus to Cork gone yet."

The policeman is really irritated now so he shouts, "It's 4am, all the

buses have gone!" And with that the first drunk turns to his

friend and says, "Ok, Mick, we can cross the road now."