In fiction books read as a kid everybody had a ‘study` – a room full of books and a single rocking chair. From PG Wodehouse`s Bertie Wooster to Sir Arthur Conan Doyle`s Sherlock Holmes…they all had studies of their own. That`s why when Rekha announced that we had a spare room in our 3-bedroom house … Read more
Becoming one is impossible. Well, at least that`s what I thought till I came to know that a post titled How to: Behave like a Celebrity Blogger (dated 07, August 2007 and written by Adi Crazy) was inspired by me. Apparently, Adi Crazy had been leaving comments on Ouchmytoe.com but wasn`t getting responses… because I … Read more
Pranay Srinivasan (an old friend of mine – not old in terms years!) sent this forward. Since it made interesting reading, thought I should share it with the other Ouchmytoe readers. Believe me…I didn`t make this one up. The Mail Forward as Received The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will be … Read more
If you know the girl`s mobile number, getting into a conversation with her is easy. Just dial her number, tell her that you can calling in from the ICICI Bank`s credit card division and want to tell her about an interesting Gold card offer. If she buys your story she probably is dumb enough to … Read more
World`s funniest billboards – those that exist and those that don`t On August 31st, Ouchmytoe carried an article on why only women are used on billboards. During my research for the article, I came across a blog which listed out “Billboards we will never see” – perhaps, the best funny billboards collection on the internet. … Read more
Yesterday, I had a mail in my Gmail inbox which had an interesting subject: “Jammy, you stole my sleep”. My immediate reaction was, “Has the mail come from a girl or a boy?” I checked…and it had come from Viji – in all probability a south Indian (pretty!) girl. I started reading, thinking it was … Read more
I have always wondered why women are used to sell products, concepts & ideas. I mean, I am not against women making good money by smiling…but why should it always be women? Amongst my girl friends (78% of whom have at some point or the other been my fiancées) there are two camps – one … Read more
I wish I could give you my Gmail account`s username & password, ask you to login and check my SPAM folder. Some say that Sergey Brin wanted this folder in Gmail to be named “MAPS” but when he called up Larry Page and asked him to take it down, lest it is forgotten…Larry the Lazy … Read more