CULTURAL QA 05-2026-20 Q1 What happens to a beehive if the honey is not harvested?
KR Honey bees don’t eat honey all the time. Typically, they’ll stick with feeding on nectar and pollen during the warmer months when food is abundant. To bees, honey is more of a long-term storage item or a source of emergency food, only to be used in certain circumstances. The coldest months of the year can be hard on the honey bees. Food is scarce in the landscape, with most sources of nectar going dormant or dying in the cold. Plus, there’s the cold weather itself for the bees to contend with. The typical honeybee hive houses tens of thousands of bees, and can even surpass 100,000 bees at the peak of the warm season. When the hive gets on the larger side, it can become overcrowded, prompting the bees to prepare to swarm. A swarm happens when the queen bee leaves the hive with 40 to 60% of the adult bees and intends on starting a new hive. The bees clump together in a ball, often around a tree branch. That said, swarming doesn’t usually happen all of a sudden — it’s generally planned in advance. Sometimes, the bees will eat from the original hive’s honey stores to fuel their move. Finally, honeybees might use their honey stores during an emergency situation. For example, if their regular food sources become unavailable because of drought or other extreme weather. First, it’s important to remember that not all bees eat honey, only the ones that produce honey. There are over 20,000 kinds of bees in the world, and most don’t make or eat honey. It’s mostly honeybees that make honey, plus a few other varieties of bees, like tropical stingless bees from Australia. Worker bees: Female worker bees make up the vast majority of the hive’s numbers and are also the biggest honey consumers. Worker bees do everything from foraging nectar to guarding and maintaining the hive to caring for the queen and the colony’s young. They’re also responsible for keeping the queen warm in the winter cluster. Drone bees: These are male bees whose only purpose is to mate with the queen. They don’t contribute to the colony's work. Instead, they stick around the hive eating honey. Drone bees are only kept around seasonally to repopulate the hive. The queen bee is exclusively fed royal jelly.Royal jelly is a milky glandular secretion made by worker bees, and it’s highly nutritious. It’s also fed to baby bee larvae during their first few days of life. Once a larva is chosen to become queen, she will also be fed royal jelly throughout her life. If honey is not harvested by beekeepers, bees will continue to store excess nectar and produce honey until the hive reaches its maximum capacity. In the wild, bees may construct multiple honeycombs within their hive to accommodate the surplus honey. Q3 What will Brahmins do if the reservation cap is removed and introduced reservation even in the private sector? KR Reservation in India The age-old caste system of India is responsible for the origination of the reservation system in the country. In simple terms, it is about facilitating access to seats in the government jobs, educational institutions, and even legislatures to certain sections of the population. These sections have faced historical injustice due to their caste identity. As a quota based affirmative action, the reservation can also be seen as positive discrimination. In India, it is governed by government policies backed by the Indian Constitution. Historical Background William Hunter and Jyotirao Phule in 1882 originally conceived the idea of caste-based reservation system. The reservation system that exists today, in its true sense, was introduced in 1933 when British Prime-Minister Ramsay Macdonald presented the ‘Communal Award’. The award made provision for separate electorates for Muslims, Sikhs, Indian Christians, Anglo-Indians, Europeans and the Dalits. After long negotiations, Gandhi and Ambedkar signed the ‘Poona Pact’, where it was decided that there would be a single Hindu electorate with certain reservations in it. After independence, initially reservations were provided only for SCs and STs. OBCs were included in the ambit of reservation in 1991 on the recommendations of the Mandal Commission. Mandal Commission In exercise of the powers conferred by Article 340 of the Constitution, the President appointed a backward class commission in December 1978 under the chairmanship of B. P. Mandal. The commission was formed to determine the criteria for defining India’s “socially and educationally backward classes” and to recommend steps to be taken for the advancement of those classes. The Mandal Commission concluded that India’s population consisted of approximately 52 percent OBCs, therefore 27% government jobs should be reserved for them. The commission has developed eleven indicators of social, educational, and economic backwardness. Apart from identifying backward classes among Hindus, the Commission has also identified backward classes among non-Hindus (e.g., Muslims, Sikhs, Christians, and Buddhists. It has generated an all-India other backward classes (OBC) list of 3,743 castes and a more underprivileged “depressed backward classes” list of 2,108 castes. In the Indra Sawhney Case of 1992, the Supreme Court while upholding the 27 percent quota for backward classes,struck down the government notification reserving 10% government jobs for economically backward classes among the higher castes. Supreme Court in the same case also upheld the principle that the combined reservation beneficiaries should not exceed 50 percent of India’s population. The concept of ‘creamy layer’ also gained currency through this judgment and provision that reservation for backward classes should be confined to initial appointments only and not extend to promotions. Recently, the Constitutional (103rd Amendment) Act of 2019 has provided 10% reservation in government jobs and educational institutions for the “economically backward” in the unreserved category. The Act amends Articles 15 and 16 of the Constitution by adding clauses empowering the government to provide reservation on the basis of economic backwardness. This 10% economic reservation is over and above the 50% reservation cap. Constitutional Provisions Governing Reservation in India Part XVI deals with reservation of SC and ST in Central and State legislatures. Article 15(4) and 16(4) of the Constitution enabled the State and Central Governments to reserve seats in government services for the members of the SC and ST. The Constitution was amended by the Constitution (77th Amendment) Act, 1995 and a new clause (4A) was inserted in Article 16 to enable the government to provide reservation in promotion. Later, clause (4A) was modified by the Constitution (85th Amendment) Act, 2001 to provide consequential seniority to SC and ST candidates promoted by giving reservation. Constitutional 81st Amendment Act, 2000 inserted Article 16 (4 B) which enables the state to fill the unfilled vacancies of a year which are reserved for SCs/STs in the succeeding year, thereby nullifying the ceiling of fifty percent reservation on total number of vacancies of that year. Article 330 and 332 provides for specific representation through reservation of seats for SCs and STs in the Parliament and in the State Legislative Assemblies respectively. Article 243D provides reservation of seats for SCs and STs in every Panchayat. Article 243T provides reservation of seats for SCs and STs in every Municipality. Article 335 of the constitution says that the claims of SCs and STs shall be taken into consideration constituently with the maintenance of efficacy of the administration. Judicial Scrutiny of Reservation The State of Madras v. Smt. Champakam Dorairajan (1951) case was the first major verdict of the Supreme Court on the issue of Reservation.The case led to the First amendment in the constitution. The Supreme Court in the case pointed out that while in the case of employment under the State, Article 16(4) provides for reservations in favour of backward class of citizens, no such provision was made in Article 15. Pursuant to the Supreme Court’s order in the case the Parliament amended Article 15 by inserting Clause (4). In Indra Sawhney v. Union of India (1992) case the court examined the scope and extent of Article 16(4). The Court has said that the creamy layer of OBCs should be excluded from the list of beneficiaries of reservation, there should not be reservation in promotions; and total reserved quota should not exceed 50%. The Parliament responded by enacting 77th Constitutional Amendment Act which introduced Article 16(4A). The article confers power on the state to reserve seats in favour of SC and ST in promotions in Public Services if the communities are not adequately represented in public employment. The Supreme Court in M. Nagaraj v. Union Of India 2006 case while upholding the constitutional validity of Art 16(4A) held that any such reservation policy in order to be constitutionally valid shall satisfy the following three constitutional requirements: The SC and ST community should be socially and educationally backward. The SC and ST communities are not adequately represented in Public employment. Such reservation policy shall not affect the overall efficiency in the administration. In Jarnail Singh vs Lachhmi Narain Gupta case of 2018, Supreme Court holds that reservation in promotions does not require the state to collect quantifiable data on the backwardness of the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes. The Court held that creamy layer exclusion extends to SC/STs and, hence the State cannot grant reservations in promotion to SC/ST individuals who belong to the creamy layer of their community. In May 2019 the Supreme Court upheld the Karnataka law that allows reservations in promotions for SCs and STs with consequential seniority. Why reservation needed? To correct the historical injustice faced by backward castes in the country. To provide a level playing field for backward section as they can not compete with those who have had the access of resources and means for centuries. To ensure adequate representation of backward classes in the services under the State. For advancement of backward classes. To ensure equality as basis of meritocracy i.e all people must be brought to the same level before judging them on the basis of merit. Argument Against Reservation Reservation in state services led to divisions and enmity among government employees, vitiating the atmosphere at workplace. Eradication, not perpetuation of caste was the objective of the reservation policy but Caste Based Reservation only perpetuate the notion of caste in society. Reservation was introduced to ensure that the historically underprivileged communities were given equal access to resources but irrespective of the economic progress they continue to remain socially disadvantaged. Reservation destroys self-respect, so much so that competition is no longer on to determine the best but the most backward. Reservations are the biggest enemy of meritocracy which is the foundation of many progressive countries. It has became a tool to meet narrow political ends through invoking class loyalties and primordial identities. The dominant and elite class within the backward castes has appropriated the benefits of reservation and the most marginalised within the backward castes have remained marginalised. Reservation has become the mechanism of exclusion rather than inclusion as many upper caste poors are also facing discrimination and injustice which breeds frustration in the society. Reasons Behind Increasing Demands of Reservation Reservation is increasingly seen as a remedy for the adverse effects of ill-thought out development policies. In developed states like Haryana, Gujarat and Maharashtra, in spite of their economies being relatively better, three things have been worrying the people: Acute agrarian distress, Stagnation in employment growth and Distortions in the development trajectory. In this backdrop, for governments, it is easier to talk of reservation than to make a course correction. Increasing reservation demands among upper castes also arising from the fear of losing privilege and the inability to cope with change Upper castes have begun to feel disadvantaged especially in context of government jobs as they don’t get similar advantages like backward classes. Suggestion The reservation benefits should flow to the vast majority of underprivileged children from deprived castes; not to a few privileged children with a caste tag. High ranks officials families, high income professionals and others above a certain income should not get the reservation benefits especially in government jobs. Fair and practical ways to help needy person from each community through reservation is possible and necessary. The process of reservation should filter the truly economically deprived individuals and bring them all to justice Revolutionary changes in the education system at the grass-roots level is need of the hour. There is also need for awareness generation because while the unreserved segments, keep on opposing the provision, the neediest sections from within the reserved segments are hardly aware about how to get benefited from the provision or even whether there are such provisions exists. The radical solutions like excluding the entire creamy layer among all castes from reservation and developing their capabilities instead of offering them reservation for admission to higher education or jobs on a platter. Way Forward Reservation is fair, as far as it provides appropriate positive discrimination for the benefit of the downtrodden and economically backward Sections of the society. But when it tends to harm the society and ensures privileges to some at the cost of others for narrow political ends, it should be done away with, as soon as possible. The communities excluded from reservations harbour animosity and prejudice against the castes included in the reservation category. When more people aspire for backwardness rather than of forwardness, the country itself stagnates. Meritocracy should not be polluted by injecting relaxation of entry barriers, rather than it should be encouraged by offering financial aid to the underprivileged. A strong political will is indispensable to find an equilibrium between justice to the backwards, equity for the forwards and efficiency for the entire system. The Constitution of India states in article 15(4): "Nothing in [article 15] or in clause (2) of article 29 shall prevent the State from making any special provision for the advancement of any socially, and educationally backward classes of citizens of or for the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes." Article 46 of the Constitution states that "The State shall promote with special care the educational and economic interests of the weaker sections of the people, and, in particular, of the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes, and shall protect them from social injustice and all forms of exploitation." The Supreme Court of India ruled in 1992 that reservations could not exceed 50 percent, anything above which it judged would violate equal access as guaranteed by the Constitution. It thus put a cap on reservations. However, the recent amendment of the constitution exceeds 50% and also there are state laws that exceed this 50 percent limit and these are under litigation in the Supreme Court. For example, in the State of Tamil Nadu, the caste-based reservation stands at 69 percent and applies to about 89 percent of the population. On 7 November 2022, Supreme Court of India by a 3:2 verdict in Janhit Abhiyan vs Union Of India Writ Petition (Civil) No(S). 55 OF 2019, upheld the validity of the 103rd constitutional amendment carried out to provide legal sanction carve out 10% reservation for the economically weaker sections from unreserved classes for admission in educational institutions and government jobs and held that the 50% cap on quota is not inviolable and affirmative action on economic basis may go a long way in eradicating caste-based reservation. This constitutional amendment pushed the total reservation to 59.50% in central institutions. SO, BRAHMIN CANNOT LOSE BY RESERVATION LOCALLY AS THEY WILL STILL HAVE TO ENTER UNDER THE RESTRICTED CLAUSES; ABROAD OPPORTUNITIES ARE OT WITHDRAWN TOTALLY. EVEN IN PRIVATE THERE WILL BE OPPORTUNITIES. WHO KNOWS? THERE COULD BE BRAHMIN BUSINESSMEN. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Q4 What is a brain teaser that is very short and extremely hard for adults? KR IS THAT SO? HOW ABOUT READERS’ DIGEST TEASERS? 1. I speak without a mouth and hear without ears. I have no body, but I come alive with wind. What am I? 2. You measure my life in hours and I serve you by expiring. I’m quick when I’m thin and slow when I’m fat. The wind is my enemy. 3. I have cities, but no houses. I have mountains, but no trees. I have water, but no fish. What am I? 4. What is seen in the middle of March and April that can’t be seen at the beginning or end of either month? 5. You see a boat filled with people. It has not sunk, but when you look again you don’t see a single person on the boat. Why? 6. What word in the English language does the following: The first two letters signify a male, the first three letters signify a female, the first four letters signify a great, while the entire word signifies a great woman. What is the word? 7. What English word has three consecutive double letters? 8. A woman shoots her husband, then holds him underwater for five minutes. Next, she hangs him. Right after, they enjoy a lovely dinner. Explain. 9. I come from a mine and get surrounded by wood always. Everyone uses me. What am I? 10. A girl has as many brothers as sisters, but each brother has only half as many brothers as sisters. How many brothers and sisters are there in the family? 11. What disappears as soon as you say its name? 12. How can the number four be half of five? 13. I have keys, but no locks and space, and no rooms. You can enter, but you can’t go outside. What am I? 14. What gets wet while drying? 15. How many letters are in the alphabet? 16. A is the brother of B. B is the brother of C. C is the father of D. So how is D related to A? 17. What are the next three letters in this combination? OTTFFSS 18. This belongs to you, but everyone else uses it. 19. First, think of the color of the clouds. Next, think of the color of snow. Now, think of the color of a bright full moon. Now answer quickly: What do cows drink? 20. How is seven different from the rest of the numbers between one and ten? 21. First you eat me, then you get eaten. What am I? 22. What comes once in a minute, twice in a moment, but never in a thousand years? 23. Which word in the dictionary is always spelled incorrectly? 24. What can you hold in your right hand, but never in your left hand? 25. How can you physically stand behind your father while he is standing behind you? 26. What is able to go up a chimney when down but unable to go down a chimney when up? 27. Three different doctors said that Paul is their brother, yet Paul claims he has no brothers. Who is lying? ----------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Answer: An echo. 2. Answer: A candle. 3. Answer: A map. 4. Answer: The letter R. 5Answer: All the people were married. 6. Answer: Heroine. 7. Answer: Bookkeeper. 8. Answer: She took a picture of him and developed it in her darkroom. 9. Answer: Pencil lead. 10. Answer: Four sisters and three brothers. 11. Answer: Silence. 12. Answer: IV, the Roman numeral for four, which is “half” (two letters) of the word five. 13. Answer: A keyboard. 14. Answer: A towel. 15. Answer: There are 11 letters in “the alphabet.” 16. Answer: A is D’s uncle. 17. Answer: E N T. (Each letter represents the first letter in the written numbers: One, Two, Three, Four, Five, etc.) 18. Answer: Your name. 19. Answer: Water. 20. Answer: Seven has two syllables, and the other numbers have only one syllable. 21. Answer: A fishhook. 23 Answer: The letter M. 24 Answer: Incorrectly. 25 Answer: Your left hand. 26 Answer: You are standing back-to-back with your father. 27Answer: An umbrella. Answer: No one is lying because the three doctors are Paul’s sisters. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ K Rajaram IRS 21526 On Wed, 20 May 2026 at 20:49, 'gopala krishnan' via Thatha_Patty < [email protected]> wrote: > *Dear friends,* > > *I have posted the copy to the groups especially for the answer to QA 3 > and my note about my official details * > *Gopalakrishnan* > > > > > *CULTURAL QA 05-2026-20* > > *Q1 What happens to a beehive if the honey is not harvested?* > > A1 Jhony, May 6 > > *The bees will eat the honey they have collected.* > > Well, actually *it's a bit more complicated than that.* > > Bees collect nectar from flowers and make honey from it. *Honey is what > they eat, along with pollen, and bees need to store enough honey to feed > themselves during the honey-gathering season, as well as during the winter > months when the colony cannot go out to f*orage. So, when a beekeeper > harvests honey from a hive, they are stealing the food the bees have > worked hard to collect. > > At first, that might sound cruel. However, fortunately for us, *a healthy > bee colony can collect more honey than it can consume on its own*. > > *A wise beekeeper will know how much honey the colony needs to survive and > will only collect the excess for themselves.* > > Furthermore, *most of the honey harvesting takes place in midsummer *so > the bees have enough time to rebuild their honey stores. > > But there's another reason to collect honey from the hive besides having > something tasty to put on your toast. > > If the bees collect enough honey to completely fill the hive, two things > can happen. > > First, the bees may decide their space is too small and swarm, leaving > the hive in search of a larger home. > > The second thing that can happen is that the bees *don't leave the hive > but begin storing honey in the comb they usually use to raise young bees*. > This is also bad, as the colony won't be able to raise new bees. *The > bees and the colony will become very weak and may collapse as the existing > bees age and die*. > > Both situations are also bad for the beekeeper. A full hive of bees can > represent an investment of several hundred dollars. > > *Therefore, don't feel bad about taking honey as long as you don't become > too greedy*. *Always leave enough for your bees.* > > *Q2 Does Valmiki Ramayana mention Rama had multiple wives?* > > Bhanu Kiran, Admires the stories of Ramayana May 1 > > *The misconception arises due to a dialogue from Manthara.* > > Rama's wives will get delighted. Your daughters-in-law will be unhappy > because of Bharata's waning position. > > *Source: Valmiki Ramayana Ajodhya Kanda Sarga 8* > > *The term 'Rama's wives' doesn't imply that Rama had multiple wives*. > > Manthara was suggesting a potential future scenario where, as a king, Rama > might marry additional women. During that time, it was customary for > kings to have more than one wife. > > *King Dasharatha says to Rama that he along with his wife must observe > fast. Nowhere has he used the word ‘wives’ which indicates that Rama was > married **only to Sita and no one else.* > > "That is why, with self-control, you along with your wife should observe > fast for this night from now onwards, and sleep on a couch made of Kusha > grass." > > Source: Valmiki Ramayana Ayodhya Kanda Sarga 4 > > Later Ayodhya Kanda has a verse saying Rama worshipped Lord Vishnu along > with his wife Sita. *Nowhere plural word for wife is used.* > > After Vasistha left, Rama took bath and meditated on Lord Narayana with > undistracted mind along with his wide-eyed wife, Seetha. > > Source: Valmiki Ramayana Ayodhya Kanda Sarga 6 > > *Q3 What will Brahmins do if the reservation cap is removed and > introduced reservation even in the private sector?* > > A3 Poorvisha Ravi, Assistant Director at Tamil Nadu Forensic > Sciences Department (2026–present) May 4 > > *I'm a Brahmin. Let me tell you about my family.* > > My father *did medicine* and joined the Army. > > My second aunt and her husband (uncle), both worked in the *Parliament*. > Yes they missed some seniority rankings because of affirmative action, but > they lived well and retired well. > > My third aunt was *with SBI and her husband (uncle) worked with BHEL.* > > My oldest cousin is in the *private sector (telecom)* and has done > wonderfully for himself - even though because of reservation policy, he > didn't get his desired college. He owns a nice large flat in Bengaluru in a > gated community and their family is comfortable with just his single income. > > The second cousin *long ago immigrated to the USA* for his education and > has settled there. His family is also a single income one but they're > comfortable. Bought a home. > > The third cousin *did Mass Communication* and worked in media for a while > but later got married and *immigrated to the USA* as well. > > My older nephew just got admitted into an *integrated PhD program in > Biophysics.* > > The fourth cousin is a *Chartered Accountant. His wife is also CA. They > live in a posh locality in Delhi in* their own home. I don't want to > expand on its net worth. > > My older brother did his *PhD and Post Doc, is married to a Bulgarian > German lady and is settled in Germany.* > > The fifth cousin *worked in telecom, got married, moved to the USA* and > found a suitable job some years later. Now they own a nice home in > California and live comfortably. > > The last one, *I, cleared TNPSC for Forensic Sciences Subordinate > Services* despite the reservation policy (I was my batch topper) and was > placed 7th in seniority. Later, someone filed a case for the rearrangement > of seniority as per merit (the petitioner was a Muslim, not a Brahmin) and > the case was ruled in favour so I was placed third in my batch (the first > two were carry-over vacancies of SC/ST from previous year). *Today I'm > probably the youngest Assistant Director in the services in the state* if > not the country. I also own a 3BHK apartment in Chennai. > > As you can see, we've thrived even with the reservation policy in place. > That's > not to say that the policy in its current form is absolutely cool - it's > obviously not and needs a serious overhaul. > > It's that *people who work hard will find a way to thrive. *If the > country doesn't reward that work, they will simply emigrate to greener > pastures - just how four of us seven have already done. > > *My note**- I have a special reason to add this QA.* > > I had a high rank in BSc. Physics and graduated in 1964 from *Kerala > University*. I was studying with Travancore Devaswam board Scholarship > and on passing immediately joined in their High school near Kothamangalam > as a *High School Assistant . * > > I had long back applied while studying in 2nd year BSc, just like that > for a clerical post in P and T Department in Tamil Nadu on seeing an > advertisement in Hindu paper. I was selected in September 1964 to *clerical > post*. Being *Central Government job with pension*, I was advised by > elders to join the Telecom department… Within a year I applied for *Junior > Engineer* post on seeing newspaper advertisement in Hindu and got > selected for *Tamil Nadu Circle in 1966* and after training in Telecom > Training Centre at Trivandrum, joined in 1967 end. > > * In 1974 itself I passed TES class II examination in the first attempt.* > Since promotion was due to seniority I got selected as Assistant Engineer > in 1979. In addition to my normal duties as Assistant Engineer I was > *Enquiry > officer(Vigilance)* while working in Tamilnadu circle > > I joined as senior lecturer in Trivandrum Telecom training centre in > 1991.I continued there till my promotion in 1996. > > I got promoted to TES Class 1 as Divisional Engineer(Technical > maintenance and installation in Calicut) in Kerala Circle in 1996 and *retired > as Assistant General Manager, Kerala Circle in 2004 end*. > > I was also *Guest lecturer on new Technologies* in Training centre at > Trivandrum till my retirement *with additional Honororium. * > > Availing opportunities without looking in to the position selected, > irrespective > of qualification was the principle I followed in my career. > > *Q4 What is a brain teaser that is very short and extremely hard > for adults?* > > A4 Riki Smah, Studied at John Marshall High School (Graduated > 2020)7y > > This is an old riddle my 5th grade math teacher gave us way back in the > day, but it still gets people whenever I share it. > > Here goes. > > Two fathers and two sons get together one Saturday morning and head out to > a lake nearby to spend the entire day together. They do all the things a > normal reunion entails: they have a picnic, they play kickball, and they > end their reunion with fishing. And guess what? They’re each able to catch > a fish of their own! The day goes by splendidly, and by dusk they were all > home. > > Upon arriving, they count the number of fish they caught back in the pond. > Three fish. They caught three fish in total. > > How is this possible? > > *EDIT: I forgot to put in some crucial ground rules.* > > > > No fish was lost. They all each caught a fish, and they brought the same > amount of fish home. > > There’s no “complex” way they could have caught the fish. For example, > two people didn’t mysteriously catch the same fish. ← Fun fact. > > This was the theory I proposed to my 5th Grade math teacher, who just > laughed it off. > > ANSWER IS BELOW. > > There was a grandfather, a father, and a son. > > *My note- Change the background colour who cannot read the answer above.* > > *Q5 What is the funniest clean joke you have ever heard?* > > A5 Robert Farnsworth, Apr 29 > > A man died. His wife died a few years later. > > When she arrived in heaven *she asked St. Peter to let her husband know > she arrived so they could be together again.* > > “What has his name?” asked St. Peter. > > “Joe,” She replied, “Joseph Smith.” > > “Hmm,” said St. Peter, “we have a thousand Joseph Smiths up here. Let’s > narrow it down a bit. Tell me, what were his last words?” > > She thought for a moment, and then said, *“Julie, if you waste any of my > hard earned money, I’ll turn over in my grave!”* > > “Oh,” said St. Peter, “we don’t need to go any farther. We all know him, we > call him *‘Whirling Joe’ up here.”* > > A5-2 Amelia (Amè), 2y > > A businessman was interviewing job applicants for the position of manager > of a large division. He quickly devised a test for choosing the most > suitable candidate. > > He simply asked each applicant this question*, "What is two plus two?"* > > The first interviewee was a journalist. > > His answer was, "Twenty-two". > > The second was a social worker. > > She said, "*I don't know the answer* but I'm very glad that we had the > opportunity to discuss it." > > The third applicant was an engineer. > > He pulled out a slide rule and came up with an answer "somewhere between > *3.999 > and 4.001."* > > Next came an attorney. > > He stated that *"in the case of Jenkins vs. the Department of the > Treasury, two plus two was proven to be four."* > > Finally, the businessman interviewed an accountant. > > When he asked him what two plus two was, the accountant got up from his > chair, went over to the door, closed it, came back and sat down. > > Leaning across the desk, he said in a low voice, "*How much do you want > it to be?"* > > *He got the job.* > > *All the above QA are compiled from Quora Digest. 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