Heights

Read:
* Height of traffic sense -Driver of a railway engine waving his hand out of the window before turning a bend.
* Height of jealousy : Pakistan making a film on Jinnah after seeing " Gandhi".
* Height of fair play : Boss giving raise to a clark who sleeps during office hours because his snoring prevented others from sleeping.
* Height of laziness: Putting sugar in tea and waiting for an earth quake to stir it.
* Height of Revenge : A grocer buying post cards from a post office situated in a far off area because the post master of his own area does not buy provisions from his shop.
* Height of Irony : Customers complimenting a restaurant owner for serving hot food for the first time as the restaurant was on fire.

Reservation

Sometime I read a nursey rhyme on reservation-which runs as follows:
" Baba black sheep
Have you any seats?
Yes sir, yes sir
Three rooms full
One for SC
One for ST
Rest for BC
None for the merit"

Names of three wise monkeys

Do you know the names of three wise monkeys-see no evil, hear no evil ,speak no evil ?
See no evil : Mizaru
Hear no evil : Mikazaru
Speeak no evil : Mazaru

washington thirumanam

Recently i had a chance to read "Washintonalil Thirumanam ",a book in Tamil written by Savi ( sa.viswanathan) about 30 years back. It is about a hindu marriage taking place in Washington .Even today the book is lively ,fast paced and full of humour. Youngsters to senior citizens will definitely enjoy reading this book.

New American President

Do you know -
1. Obama is US nations 44th president.
2. He is the fourth youngest president.
3. First African American.
4. 35 word oath of office has been uttered by every president since George Washinton.
5. Took the oath of the office on the same bible used by Abraham Lincoln in 1861

Wise sayings

some of thoughtful sayings read in news paper/magazines:
* When you think you have reached the end that's the time to start again.
* Small acts of recognition are important.
* The best preparation for tomorrow is to do today's work exceedingly well.
* Do not go where the path may lead,go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.
* More people die from worry than work becaue more people worry than work.

Thoughtful sign

Frequently you see " Free left turn" and "No free left turn" sign boards on the road. I used to wonder, what " No free left turn" signboards mean -whether we can take a left turn after paying to the police man as it is "no free turn"!!!!!

Cheating to the core

Sometime back I was travelling in a city bus. Being the peak time the bus was crowded. A fellow passenger,sitting behind me asked me to take care of the motor pump kept under my seat. I assured him that I will take care of that. Later on he reminded me two to three times. Finally he got down along with the pump and thanked me before getting down. After 2 to 3 stops the bus became less crowded and another person who was sitting at the back came towards me and asked about the pump kept under my seat. Then only I realised that the real owner was this person. I told him what happened. He realised his mistake of sitting at the back while keeping the pump in front,with out telling any body. How the other man had created an impression as if he is the real owner. I could only pity the man who has lost the pump.