raghuveer_v Posted February 7, 2003 Share Posted February 7, 2003 By the way, Erin, Is this the longest thread on TestMagic yet? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ttaann Posted February 7, 2003 Share Posted February 7, 2003 Hi raghuveer_v What is the time in your location, now? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raghuveer_v Posted February 7, 2003 Share Posted February 7, 2003 Okay here's another competition.... Try and be...THE MEMBER WITH THE LARGEST CONTRIBUTION TO THIS THREADby the time this thread becomes the longest in the world!!! :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raghuveer_v Posted February 7, 2003 Share Posted February 7, 2003 Originally posted by ttaann Hi raghuveer_v What is the time in your location, now? Now, its around 10 minutes past midnight. 00:10 HRS IST(indian standard time), 8th Feb 2003. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raghuveer_v Posted February 7, 2003 Share Posted February 7, 2003 Erin, it seems you have configured the board so that posts in this thread dont count towards individual member's posts. Smart move! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raghuveer_v Posted February 7, 2003 Share Posted February 7, 2003 By the way, ttaann, where are u from and what the time there now? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ttaann Posted February 7, 2003 Share Posted February 7, 2003 [/size]I have an idea, that is there should be a contest to find out the member who will guess correctly how many people will participate.[/size] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raghuveer_v Posted February 7, 2003 Share Posted February 7, 2003 To err is human, but to really foul things up requires a computer. ANONYMOUS, in "Capsules of Wisdom," Farmers' Almanac for 1978, 1977 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ttaann Posted February 7, 2003 Share Posted February 7, 2003 I'm in Hanoi 2:05 am Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raghuveer_v Posted February 7, 2003 Share Posted February 7, 2003 "There is no reliable map for unexplored territory,..." -BILL GATES, The Road Ahead. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ttaann Posted February 7, 2003 Share Posted February 7, 2003 Erin, it seems you have configured the board so that posts in this thread dont count towards individual member's posts. Smart move! Dear ERIN, you an admin can do this thing? Thank to this thread I know this. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raghuveer_v Posted February 7, 2003 Share Posted February 7, 2003 If you can distinguish between good advice and bad advice, then you don't need advice. VAN ROY'S SECOND LAW, in Arthur Bloch, comp., "Expertsmanship", Murphy's Law: Book Three, 1982 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ttaann Posted February 7, 2003 Share Posted February 7, 2003 Raghuveer, I've just found out this page, v. interesting: http://www.murphys-laws.com/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ttaann Posted February 7, 2003 Share Posted February 7, 2003 About Advice: :p "Advice is like snow -- the softer it falls, the longer it dwells upon, and the deeper in sinks into the mind." -Samuel Taylor Coleridge Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ttaann Posted February 7, 2003 Share Posted February 7, 2003 One More: "All of us, at certain moments of our lives, need to take advice and to receive help from other people." -Alexis Carrel, Reflections on Life Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ttaann Posted February 7, 2003 Share Posted February 7, 2003 And this: "No one wants advice -- only corroboration." -John Steinbeck, The Winter of Our Discontent Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raghuveer_v Posted February 7, 2003 Share Posted February 7, 2003 for a change,..... another pic of the gorgeous 'eyes'warya rai.. http://bombshellz.com/images/rai/rai09.jpg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raghuveer_v Posted February 7, 2003 Share Posted February 7, 2003 Growing old is mandatory; growing up is optional. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raghuveer_v Posted February 7, 2003 Share Posted February 7, 2003 I quote from someone's mail.... Here you will find the top 45 oxymorons. An oxymoron is a combination of two words that are completely opposite in meaning. One must have probably heard & used many of these before but didn't realizing that these words fall within this category. 45. Act naturally 44. Found missing 43. Resident alien 42. Advanced BASIC 41. Genuine imitation 40. Airline Food 39. Good grief 38. Same difference 37. Almost exactly 36. Government organization 35. Sanitary landfill 34. Alone together 33. Legally drunk 32. Silent scream 31. Living dead 30. Small crowd 29. Business ethics 28. Soft rock 27. Butt head 26. Military intelligence 25. Software documentation 24. New classic 23. Sweet sorrow 22. Child Proof 21. "Now, then ..." 20. Synthetic natural gas 19. Passive aggression 18. Taped live 17. Clearly misunderstood 16. Peace force 15. Extinct life 14. Temporary tax increase 13. Computer jock 12. Plastic glasses 11. Terribly pleased 10. Computer security 9. Political science 8. Tight slacks 7. Definite maybe 6. Pretty ugly 5. Twelve-ounce pound cake 4. Diet ice cream 3. Working vacation 2. Exact estimate ....And the number 1 oxymoron is.. 1. Microsoft Works Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raghuveer_v Posted February 7, 2003 Share Posted February 7, 2003 Every day more money is printed for Monopoly than the US Treasury. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Men can read smaller print than women can; women can hear better. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Coca-Cola was originally green. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The State with the highest percentage of people who walk to work: Alaska ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The percentage of Africa that is wilderness: 28% (now get this...) The percentage of North America that is wilderness: 38% ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The cost of raising a medium-size dog to the age of eleven: $6,400 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The average number of people airborne over the US any given hour: 61,000 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Intelligent people have more zinc and copper in their hair. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The world's youngest parents were 8 and 9 and lived in China in 1910. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The youngest pope was 11 years old. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The first novel ever written on a typewriter: Tom Sawyer. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Those San Francisco Cable cars are the only mobile National Monuments. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Each king in a deck of playing cards represents a great king from history: Spades - King David, Hearts - Charlemagne, Clubs - Alexander the Great , Diamonds - Julius Caesar ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 111,111,111 x 111,111,111 == 12,345,678,987,654,321 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ If a statue in the park of a person on a horse has both front legs in the air, the person died in battle. If the horse has one front leg in the air the person died as a result of wounds received in battle. If the horse has all four legs on the ground, the person died of natural causes. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Only two people signed the Declaration of Independence on July 4th, John Hancock and Charles Thomson. Most of the rest signed on August 2, but the last signature wasn't added until 5 years later. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Hershey's Kisses are called that because the machine that makes them looks like it's kissing the conveyor belt. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Q. What occurs more often in December than any other month? A. Conception. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Q. Most boat owners name their boats. What is the most popular boat name requested? A. Obsession ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Q. If you were to spell out numbers, how far would you have to go until you would find the letter "A"? A. One thousand ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Q. What do bulletproof vests, fire escapes, windshield wipers, and laser printers all have in common? A. All invented by women. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Q. What is the only food that doesn't spoil? A. Honey ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Q. There are more collect calls on this day than any other day of the year? A. Father's Day ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Q. What trivia fact about Mel Blanc (voice of Bugs Bunny) is the most ironic? A. He was allergic to carrots. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Q. What is an activity performed by 40% of all people at a party? A. Snoop in your medicine cabinet. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ In Shakespeare's time, mattresses were secured on bed frames by ropes. When you pulled on the ropes the mattress tightened, making the bed firmer to sleep on. Hence the phrase "goodnight, sleep tight." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ It was the accepted practice in Babylon 4,000 years ago that for a month after the wedding, the bride's father would supply his son-in-law with all the mead he could drink. Mead is a honey beer and because their calendar was lunar based, this period was called the honey month we know today as the honeymoon. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ In English pubs, ale is ordered by pints and quarts. So in old England, when customers got unruly, the bartender would yell at them mind their own pints and quarts and settle down. It's where we get the phrase "mind your P's and Q's" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~ Many years ago in England, pub frequenters had a whistle baked into the rim or handle of their ceramic cups. When they needed a refill, they used the whistle to get some service. "Wet your whistle" is the phrase inspired by this practice. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ In Scotland, a new game was invented. It was entitled Gentlemen Only Ladies Forbidden.... and thus the word GOLF entered into the English language. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raghuveer_v Posted February 7, 2003 Share Posted February 7, 2003 Indians might appreciate this better... Application Form for Politicians Application Form To Be Filled For Contesting Indian Elections ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Name of Candidate : _______________________ 2. Present Address (i) Name of Jail : _______________________ (ii) Cell Number : _______________________ 3. Political Party : _______________________ (List ONLY the Last Five parties in the Chronological (Order) 4. Sex: [ ] A - Male B - Female C - Mayawati 5. Nationality: [ ] A - Italian B - Indian 6. Reasons for leaving last party (circle one or more) A - Defected B - Expelled C - Bought out D - None of above E - All of above 7. Reasons for contesting elections (circle one or more) A - To make money B - To escape court trial C - To grossly misuse power D - To serve the public E - I have no clue (if you choose "D, attach Certificate of Sanity from a Recognized Government Psychiatrist) 8. How many years of public service experience do you possess? A - 1-2 yrs B - 2-6yrs C - 6-15yrs D - 15+yrs 9. Give details of any criminal cases pending against you (Use as many Additional Sheets as you want) 10. How many years have you spent in Jail? [ ] (Do not confuse with question 8) A - 1-2 years B - 2-6 years C - 6-15 years D - 15+years 11. Are you involved in any financial scams? [ ] A - Why not B - Of Course C - Definitely D - I deny it all E - I see a foreign hand. 12. What is your Annual Corruption Income? [ ] A - 100-500 Crores B - 500-1000 Crores C - Overflow... (Convert all your $ earning from Hawala etc to Rupees) 13. Do you have any developmental plans for India in mind? [ ] A - No B - No C - No D - No 14. Describe your achievements in space provided: [_________] Thumb Impression of candidate (Not that of the person who filled the form) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raghuveer_v Posted February 7, 2003 Share Posted February 7, 2003 BREAK A man dies and goes to hell. Upon his arrival the devil greets him and says, "There are three rooms here from which you may pick one to spend eternity in." So the guy looks in the first room, and it is filled with people standing on thier heads on a concrete floor. The second room has everyone standing on thier heads on a wooden floor. In the third room he finds a peculiar sight ... everyone is up to thier neck in crap, but thier all drinking coffee. He looks at the devil and says "I'll take this one." After ten minutes of drinking coffee in the third room, the P.A. system blurts out "Alright you guys, coffee break's over ... back on your heads." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raghuveer_v Posted February 7, 2003 Share Posted February 7, 2003 SHOWOFF A young businessman had just started his own firm. He'd rented beautiful office and had it furnished with antiques. Sitting there, he saw a man come into the outer office. Wishing to appear the hot shot, the businessman picked up the phone and started to pretend he had big deal working. He threw huge figures around and ade giant commitments. Finally he hung up and asked the visitor, "Can I help you?" The man said, "Yeah, I've come to activate your phone lines." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raghuveer_v Posted February 7, 2003 Share Posted February 7, 2003 TRAIN SEATS (No offense!) An American soldier, serving in World War II, had just returned from several weeks of intense action on the German front lines. He had finally been granted R&R and was on a train bound for London. The train was very crowded, so the soldier walked the length of the train, looking for an empty seat. The only unoccupied seat was directly adjacent to a well dressed middle aged lady and was being used by her little dog. The war weary soldier asked, "Please, ma'am, may I sit in that seat?" The English woman looked down her nose at the soldier, sniffed and said, "You Americans. You are such a rude class of people. Can't you see my little Fifi is using that seat?" The soldier walked away, determined to find a place to rest, but after another trip down to the end of the train, found himself again facing the woman with the dog. Again he asked, "Please, lady. May I sit there? I'm very tired." The English woman wrinkled her nose and snorted, "You Americans! Not only are you rude, you are also arrogant. Imagine!" The soldier didn't say anything else. He leaned over, picked up the little dog, tossed it out the window of the train and sat down in the empty seat. The woman shrieked and demanded that someone defend her and chastise the soldier. An English gentleman sitting across the aisle spoke up, "You know, sir, you Americans do seem to have a penchant for doing the wrong thing. You eat holding the fork in the wrong hand. You drive your autos on the wrong side of the road. And now, sir, you've thrown the wrong ***** out of the window." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raghuveer_v Posted February 7, 2003 Share Posted February 7, 2003 SHAMELESS Judge to defendant: Aren't you ashamed, coming here for the third time? Defendant: Well, you come every day. Are you ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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