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Monthly Archives: December 2005

Our visit to the gynecologist….

30-Dec-05

If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my Blog’s RSS Feed. Or my Comment’s RSS Feed. Your funny bone is definitely as big as your femur!The fun things in life even out after marriage. Perhaps it is the commitment. Some call it baggage.
Last evening…Rekha and I visited a gynecologist. It […]

What happens when the World gets quirkier?

28-Dec-05

Simple. You get to read Quirky News.
Postmen taught dog psychology
German postmen are being dog-trained. Not the throw-the-bone-and-ask-to-go-fetch kind…but the kind which will help them reduce the number of dog bites while on duty. After being taught how dogs think, postmen (and postwomen) have reported lesser dog bites. In India, it is not a must to […]

Gambling – a not so wise vice

27-Dec-05

One of the greatest gamblers of our time died on 26th Dec 2005. Kerry Packer – the Aussie cricket-lover, businessman and billionaire, who gambled with the way cricket was played, is no more.
Some 20-25 years ago when cricket was still played in whites, Kerry Packer intervened and changed the way cricket would be played.

Even BBC […]

Santa is a lucky old man

26-Dec-05

Sometimes I wonder if Santa is related to Santa (Bunta’s friend). But what if he is related…the old man in white would anyways visit only once a year.
I somehow like Santa’s idea of visiting all only once a year – keeps them yearning for more. The good thing is, Santa leaves before the presents are […]

Exploiting Taj Residency, Vishakhapatnam

23-Dec-05

Room service? Send up a larger room.
- Groucho Marx (Not Karl Marx’s brother)
I felt exactly like Groucho Marx. Not old and rickety but like Groucho’s, our room at Taj Residency was also small. OK…small for three people. The first time Anand, my room-mate, inserted the key to open the door…he broke the crystal show-piece on […]