There is another joke also sir local. A dirty harry prayed to GOD, today whatever money you give me I shall offer you 50%; and in the outerwall he found Rs 1000; he took it; and came before GOD that and said, "You are really great; you not only answered my prayer ; but also did not believe me; so you took already Rs 1000 and sent me Rs 1000. KR
On Mon, 15 Apr 2024 at 08:33, 'gopala krishnan' via Thatha_Patty < [email protected]> wrote: > Excellent addition Mr Sekar. Thank you for promoting my postings > Gopalakrishnan > > On Monday, 15 April, 2024 at 05:15:19 pm IST, Narayanaswamy Sekar < > [email protected]> wrote: > > > > Thanks Sri G K. > > Q 2 reminded me of this joke, a fairly old one. > > A very rich merchant was on a voyage by sea when a powerful hurricane > tossed the ship around. The captain seemed helpless and asked people to > pray. > > This merchant promised God that if he were to survive he will sell his > palatial bungalow and donate the entire sale proceeds to charity. > > They survived and reached ashore and this fellow was in two minds, > thinking whether he committed a mistake by promising too much too soon but > finally settled on an idea which he thought > Will enable him to keep his promise > And also > Not give too much away. > > He advertised that he will sell his cat for 5 million dollars > BUT > Will give as a bonus his bungalow for 1000 dollars. > > Since the bungalow was worth that much he sold both, > Kept 5 million dollars with himself > And as promised donated 1000 dollars. > > There are various but devious ways to circumvent anything. > > N Sekar > > > Yahoo Mail: Search, Organize, Conquer > <https://mail.onelink.me/107872968?pid=NativePlacement&c=Global_Acquisition_YMktg_315_EmailSignatureGrowth_YahooMail:Search,Organize,Conquer&af_sub1=Acquisition&af_sub2=Global_YMktg&af_sub3=&af_sub4=100000945&af_sub5=OrganizeConquer__Static_> > > On Mon, Apr 15, 2024 at 5:00 PM, Narayanaswamy Sekar > <[email protected]> wrote: > > ---------- Forwarded message --------- > From: *'gopala krishnan' via Thatha_Patty* <[email protected]> > Date: Sun, Apr 14, 2024, 9:31 PM > Subject: CULTURAL QA 04-2024-14 > To: Patty Thatha <[email protected]>, Kerala Iyer < > [email protected]>, Iyer <[email protected]> > > > *CULTURAL QA 04-2024-14* > > *All the BELOW QA are from Quora digest to me on 14-04-2024.* > > * Quora answers need not be 100% correct answers * > > *.Compiled* *and posted by R. Gopala krishnan, on 14-04-2024* > > *Q1 What happened to Ekalvya after he cut off his thumb in Guru > Dakshina?* > > *A1 Rama G, Lives in Bengaluru, Karnataka, India Updated > Thu* > > *This is what I heard from my teachers when I was in high school.* > > *Ekalvya is a Nishada king. Tribal rules are different. Not follow dharmas > of other societies. Strength is their asset. They have their own rules.* > > *Drona want someone who is best in strength, follower of dharma, who has > Vichakshna as his student and saviour of Hasthina.* > > *That is the reason he didn't find even his own child Aswathama as > suitable to learn the best archery from him. Which father keeps away their > own children for others sake?* > > *Eligibility doesn't mean only expertice. It needs patience, calm nature, > Dharma vichakshna.* > > *Aswathama, Ekalvya these people are very short tempered.* > > *Ekalavya punishes a dog for barking and disturbing him when he was > practicing. He is right according to his tribal rules. Not for Hasthina.* > > > > *Purpose of teaching should be seen as an issue between right and wrong. > Guru works for the side of right. Love and mercy are more powerful than > hatred and cruelty.* > > *He stopped Ekalvya not killed him. He can do that also if he want to > misuse his position. A person with a missing limb can not become king of > Hasthina pura.Just like Dhritarashtra . So he ensured that.* > > *Even after all this, he blesses Ekalavya with best skills, so he > practices without thumb and excels. I heard till date those skills are > practiced in archery. Not using Thumb. I am not an expert in archery. So, > this is just what I read.* > > *Finally as expected Ekalavya makes friends with Jarasandha and killed by > Lord Krishna.* > > *Arjun thinks twice even before Kurukshetra war. Doesn't want to fight. > Then by Krishna’s ‘Gitopadesam’ he fights war. Ekalavya’s mindset, manners > are different.* > > *Being a Brahman guru, Drona did ‘Himsa’ by asking ekalavya his thumb as > Guru dakshina. May be for good reasons. His loyalty towards Hasthina pura > kingdom. He is Raja guru. Still, has to face consequences of his karma.* > > > > *So, died in war by a lie.* > > * “Aswathama hathaha kunjaraha” said by Dharmaraya.* > > *Bharatham is full of this kind of rules, principles, dharma, adharma, > conflicts between them, doubts, clarification, you can't measure them with > present day scales.* > > *Those characters are not black and white, they have different shades > also.* > > *People obviously pick up points according to their taste, their view > point. People see whatever they like to see, hear whatever they like to > hear.* > > *I take ekalavya as my idol for his lakshya sadhana. Will power. Even Guru > is not ready to teach him, he learnt on his own how to excel in his chosen > field.* > > *Humans take birth for some reasons, die again for some reasons.* > > *Those reasons may appear logical to some . Illogical to some.* > > *Picking up good things from any epics help us. Especially from those > which happened thousands of years back instead of dissecting and post > mortem.* > > > > *If you have plenty of time to waste or your goal is to prove who is wrong > or right, all the best.* > > *Q2 What's the funniest joke you've heard recently?* > > *A2 Robert Farnsworth,Apr 4* > > *“Hey mom! Can I buy a car? There is this advertisement in the paper for a > new Porsche, only $25.00!”* > > * “Oh, I am sure it is a misprint,” said mom, “no one would put that kind > of price on a car like that.”* > > * “Can we go and see?” said the boy.* > > *So they went to the address.* > > *Sure enough, there was a brand new Porsche, in excellent condition, with > only a few hundred miles on it.* > > *A woman saw them looking at and came out.* > > *The boy said “It is a beautiful car. It was advertised at $25.00. How > much is it really??”* > > * “It’s $25; unless that is too much for you, I’ll lower the price.”* > > *The boy forked over the $25 and they signed the papers.* > > *Before they left with the car the boy’s mother said “I just have to ask. > Why are you selling this valuable auto for only $25?”* > > * “Well,” said the lady, “My husband left the other day and ran away with > his secretary. He wired me from Hawaii saying ‘Sell my car, send me the > money.’ So that is what I am doing.”* > > *Q3 Do you know any funny jokes involving animals?* > > *A3 Marek Čtrnáct,10mo* > > *The animals in the forest decide to build a public toilet in order to > have a cleaner forest.* > > *For a week or so, everything is fine. But then, one day, a hole appears > in the door.* > > *The wolf, whose cousin is a police dog, takes the role of the > investigator.* > > * “Does anyone know what happened here?” he asks.* > > * “Yes, I know something,”says the rabbit. “You see, the bear went to use > the toilet, but there was no toilet paper. I was just outside, so the bear > grabbed me, wiped his butt with me, and threw me out so hard that I flew > through the door.”* > > > > *“The bear, yes…” says the wolf. The bear is big, strong, and cranky, and > the wolf has no desire to tangle with him. “Fine,” he says, “we’ll just > repair the door. I don’t think this will repeat.”* > > *Another week passes, and this time, the door is lying on the ground. So > the wolf investigates again.* > > * “Does anyone know what happened here?” he asks.* > > * “Yes, I know something,” says the fox. “The bear was on the toilet, and > there was no toilet paper, so he grabbed me, wiped his butt with me, and > throw me against the door with such force that the door hinges broke.* > > *All the animals take a while to think about it. Such brutality! Such > strength! No, they don’t want to tangle with the bear. So they, again, > repair the door and say nothing.* > > *And then, a week after that, they see that the whole building is > completely demolished. The walls are reduced to rubble. The toilet itself > is broken into shards.* > > * “OK,” says the wolf, “this is too much. Even if it is the bear again, we > can’t let this slide, but, just to keep the protocol… does anyone know what > happened here?”* > > * “Yes, I know something,” says the hedgehog…* > > *Q4 Do all trees produce oxygen for humans to breathe, even when > they do not have leaves? If so, what percentage of oxygen comes from trees?* > > *A4 Ken Saladin,Former professor of histology (microscopic > anatomy)Updated Apr 8* > > *I can’t tell you specific numbers, but I know (if my readings are > correct) that oceanic phytoplankton produces more of the world’s oxygen > than any other source, and on land, grasslands produce more than forests. * > > *Even urban lawns produce a significant amount of oxygen in growing season**, > but they have a net oxygen consumption by decay in the nongrowing part of > the year. A 5,000 sq.ft. lawn (a little over 0.1 acre) produces enough > oxygen to meet the needs of nerly 35 people per day, whereas the same area > of forest produces enough for 8 to 18 people.[1]* > > *With few exceptions, trees do not produce oxygen when they have no leaves**. > One exception is the palo verde tree of the American Southwest, which has > chlorophyll throughout (hence its green branches) and photosynthesizes > everywhere, with or without leaves.* > > *Palo verde* > > *It must be remembered that even photosynthetic plants don’t just produce > oxygen, they also consume it**. In the winter, leafless deciduous trees > only consume it, and some forests consume about as much oxygen as they > produce because of the decay of vegetation and other matter of the forest > floor. A tropical rainforest is not a net producer of oxygen.* > > *Q5 Why is it a bad idea to run from a bear?* > > *A5 Mats Andersson, Businessman at Language Industry > (1991–present)Apr 5* > > *Bears don’t classify much. They divide the world into a few simple > categories. It has worked for them for millions of years. Those categories > are:* > > * Things to mate with. Things to eat. Things that might be a > threat. Rocks.* > > *Many animals will have category 3 labelled “Things to run away from”, but > that’s not what bears do. They walk up to it and whack it; problem solved.* > > *When you chance upon a bear, it will immediately discard option 1. You > are provisionally in class 4, but it’s watching for evidence to the > contrary.* > > > > *Bears don’t normally eat humans**. We’re far too big to be bear prey. > But if we run away, we might suddenly trigger pattern recognition for > option 2. Walking towards it is, of course, worse, because we get upgraded > to option 3 pretty quickly, the bear will solve the problem, and then we’ll > be investigated for whether our remains maybe classify as option 2.* > > *What you want to do is to display behaviour that makes it think you have > filed it under option 4**. That’s when you keep looking at it, but slowly > and confidently walk away. Since you’re not afraid, you can’t be food; > since you’re not advancing towards it, you can’t be a threat.* > > *Mind you, it’s not certain that you will suddenly be classified as food. > But you really don’t want to take chances with a bear.* > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Thatha_Patty" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/thatha_patty/1995884788.5489386.1713110478607%40mail.yahoo.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/thatha_patty/1995884788.5489386.1713110478607%40mail.yahoo.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Thatha_Patty" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/thatha_patty/CABC81ZfmrG-3KHoYP0T2Oz2WN%2B3azFTHCoG%2BtWY9KNMALiLc%3Dg%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/thatha_patty/CABC81ZfmrG-3KHoYP0T2Oz2WN%2B3azFTHCoG%2BtWY9KNMALiLc%3Dg%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Thatha_Patty" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/thatha_patty/276722791.5763071.1713188021508%40mail.yahoo.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/thatha_patty/276722791.5763071.1713188021508%40mail.yahoo.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Thatha_Patty" group. 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