Psenti Post -Part Un

Change. The very word scares me to some extent. What would life be after that? Will it be for good? Will I miss all the fun? There is this feeling of insecurity that comes naturally with any change, atleast for few days before and after the change.

Well, I am writing all this because Love Elephant will be leaving Bangalore for good next weekend. That means the last of the "Dinghian" company for me in the house is gone!

I met LE in Pilani, some 7 years ago, in the Hostel Mess. I first mistook him to be a parent of some student, considering the fact that he really looked like one and was wearing a Lungi. I still remember those days quite vividly; the day he blew condoms after a Beg-Borrow-steal event, the way he used to hunt for Pondy material in hostel rooms, the day we wrestled for taking possession of an empty ice-cream cup, the typical style in which he used to Ghot or ogled at the fairer sex...I still remember the day when he was shit scared about getting caught by warden, in an incident involving the "Little Pondy TT star" and a "white female". He did extremely well in academics, cracking courses at will and eventually becoming the topper in our discipline.

LE is famous for his wit and thought provoking statements, especially when he is "high". He is not a "non-stop-talk" kind of guy (unlike Woodworm of 'yesteryears'. Woodworm has become a lot more silent these days.), but he is famous for making some interesting punch remarks. His adventures during Goa trip and in Bangalore, after getting high are well known in "dinghy" circles! A good swimming partner, he was the chief motivation for me to join swimming ("What the hell?").I would miss those days when his Guitar gently wept...

There are a zillion of incidents involving LE which would evoke laughter.It would be another couple of years before we meet again. I am sure by then, LE would have scaled the Gates of Glory in his usual style. Good Luck Big Poppa, will miss you...

Now Playing : "Sacred Love" - Sting

Cargo Cult Science

Read this article by Feynman, very interesting! This reminds me of a story that i read somewhere long back. A scientist was doing some research on the behaviour of Frogs under various circumstances. He placed the Frog on a table, kept a match stick in front of it and said "Jump!". The frog jumped over the match stick and the scientist was happy. He then amputated one leg of the frog and said "Jump". The poor frog managed to jump. He then cut another leg and said "Jump". The frog still managed to jump with 2 legs. The scientist was delighted, he then cut one more leg and said "Jump". The frog pulled all its energy and jumped over the match stick, with just one leg. Finally, the scientist amputated the last remaining leg and said "Jump". The frog did not move. He kept shouting "Jump" but the frog never moved! So concluded his thesis with the following result: "A frog turns deaf when you amputate its legs".

Now playing: 'Miss Sarajevo" - U2

My Experiment, with Truth

Most of us would have encountered bad lab apparatus and materials while performing the so called "Practicals" in School/College. One of the blokes in Wisconsin got really pissed off with his lab results and he wrote this paper, check it out, absolutely hilarious!

Sketchup!

If you think it is some flavor of the normal ketchup, you are wrong! Yet another Google acquired product, powered by Indian Intellect, check it out here.

What's in a Name?

I happened to watch a show on Nameology (well, wikipedia doesn't have an entry on this topic!) in one of the popular tamil satellite channels. This piece of conversation that happened between a Nameology expert(who has a long list of Masters and Bachelors degrees in various fields) and his patient (rather, a victim ?) in that show was pretty interesting and thought provoking:

Nameology Expert: "What's your name?"
Patient: "Thamizhselvan"
NE: "What is your problem?"
P: "I dont have kids, Sir"
NE: "What is your wife name?"
P: "Shanti"
NE: "Well, the problem is not with your wife, it is with you"
P: "?"
NE: "Your wife's name has no problem. But when people call you as Thamizhselvan, it generates lot of heat in your body, and that affects the harmone activity in your body, which in turn affects the reproductive mechanism in your body. So your name needs to be changed, Meet me in my office, i will suggest you a good name, after which i am sure you will have many kids"
P: "Thanks a lot Sir"

What crap !

Compensatory On?

Tomorrow(Saturday) is a official working day, as the office was closed last Thursday due to some unavoidable circumstances. This would cause a lot of trouble to lot of poor souls who turned up for work last Thursday due to some deadline and still need to come again tomorrow. This would also cause pain to lot of people who had slogged hard to get a train ticket for travel on Apr 22,in the extremely busy Bangalore - Chennai sector.Also, working on a day when no people in US turn up for work, wouldnt make much sense. I have a suggestion for all those people who made the decision of announcing this Saturday as a working day. Instead of announcing a "full day" as a working day, why cant they add one extra hour work on regular working day, for some 8 days, so as to compensate for a lost day?

Good Bye.
Hello World.

Capital punishment for rape

Received this in an email from one of my friends:

If death sentence is given to rape, then the person who rapes would as well murder the victim as the punishment is same and the chances of the rape being reported is much lesser when the victim is dead...

Encounter with Captain

When i woke up last Sunday morning, something told me that the day is going to be very special. I was in Chennai and i was feeling a bit low as that day marked the end of a long weekend. As i skimmed through the Newspapers, i came to know that Captain Vijaykanth would be making a visit to our neighbourhood! I was so glad that atleast one "Politician" would be visiting my relatively calm neighbourhood for election campaigning. I went out for some shopping in the morning and on my way back home, i was surprised to find around 20-30 policemen on the street. There was an announcement that "Karuppu MGR" (Black MGR) aka Captain will be around in 5 mins. I decided to stay and listen to Captain's "Misan and Visan"(Mission and Vision, for those ignorant ones) for the nason(Nation, guess you can make it now). He came there in a White tempo traveller with a typical "Biriyani packet" crowd of about 20 people. He started with his views on "Pudget", "Depicit" and Global Economy. After realizing that his speech was not fetching enough "claps", he did what he was best at: throwing Statistics! He started giving vital statistics such as the number of Ministers who dont pay taxes, Number of districts with No electricity, Number of suitcases that were exchanged between the ruling party and its alliances, TamilNadu's position when compared to other states on parameters like Industrialization, poverty, per capita income etc. The 20+ crowd loved it and started clapping for every number uttered by him! Finally, he begged for vote and he even accepted that he was begging. The entire speech lasted for about 30 minutes and after that he and his battalion proceeded for their next destination. Overall, it was a dream come true for me, to watch Captain Live :)

Now Playing: "Return to innocence" by Enigma

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Never knew too much of help can be trouble sometimes, until this day...Guess i have to move on and keep going..