So, India has crashed out of the T-20 world cup tournament. When Dhoni was asked in a post match interview if Sehwag’s absence contribute to the failure, he said, “Not as much as Jadeja’s presence…and the fact that we gambled on sending in Yuvi way down the order…and the fact that we gambled on chasing…and…To which the media asked, “Did any of your gambles pay off?” To which Mahi said, “Sure they did. With odds 4-1 in favour of India winning, I made a pile of cash.”
A new study has found that listening to ‘chilling’ music or music that ‘sends shivers down your spine’ activates the same pleasure centres in the brain as does cocaine. Reacting to this data, the music companies were reported to have complained, “Great, now they’re going to ban us too?”
A study has found that, like humans, sperm whales have baby sitters, too. So how does this work? “Hey, I need a babysitter.” “Okay, it’s going to cost you ten squid an hour.” And do the whale babysitters exhibited the same behavior as human baby sitters – talking incessantly on the phone, raiding the fridge and making out with their boyfriends?
Shiney Ahuja had been accused of rape by his eighteen year old maid. In a statement to the police, the Ahuja said, “There’s been a misunderstanding. When I said to her, kapde utaro, I meant take off the clothes from the clothesline.”
To which the maid reacted by saying, “I’ll never be able to completely explain, how you feel after something like that…worthless, violated, confused….n o t h i n g will ever be able to compensate for the degradation I feel…but, the huge out-of-court settlement will help tremendously.”
Sorry, I know that’s insensitive but I feel the whole thing sounds…fishy. She’s been alone with him for forty-five days and he attacks now? I’ll wait for the maid’s rape kit. If it does indeed confirm rape, I’ll gladly apologize.
The time is 1.00 p.m. and I just got the Mid-day. According to Mid-Day, Shiney Ahuja had apparently confessed to the crime. I apologize for the insensitive joke above. Being a woman, I know how heinous rape is. The problem is that treatment meted out to alleged perps under the rape and anti dowry laws is so ridiculous that one does feel for the man. The treatment seems to be arrest first, enquire later. It is just so easy to frame a guy! I personally know of two instances where this has happened. Hence, my earlier scepticism.
When tall, suave, handsome Kaustav Kapoor walks into her office, ditzy private investigator Kasthuri (aka Katie) Kumar has anything but detection on her mind. He is, after all, a scion of Bollywood’s first family—perhaps he has a role for her? Perhaps she will, at last, get to sashay down the red carpet in a designer gown, with flash bulbs following her every move?
But Kapoor’s intentions are much more prosaic: he wishes Katie to trace the heroine of his new blockbuster (and, if Katie’s read the glossies correctly, his life) who is mysteriously AWOL. Despite her misgivings, Katie finds herself unable to refuse the task entrusted to her, and thereon follows a bewildering hunt for the film star across a trail of corpses.
And if that isn’t excitement enough, she has to contend with the maddening and mysterious, but, oh-so-hot, Tejas Deshpande.
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Sad loss but as you said the cash pile grows!
A quote from a professor comes to mind – “When rape becomes inevitable, enjoy it”
That might be the most degrading thing ever said but somehow this quote is etched in my memory and surfaces whenever I hear of rape. Am I sick? No I’m not 🙂
As a side note, how does this daily thing work for you. It is mostly quips on current affairs. You can choose to ignore and not disclose considering me competition 😛 But I am interested to know 🙂
@Sangfroid, you make it sound like it’s nothing! It’s not all that easy to come up with quips all the time. Sometimes the obviously funny thing jumps to mind. The challenge is to find something funny to say even when you’re feeling creatively challenged or generally unfunny:-)
🙂 I, in no way, meant to belittle it. Of course, finding humor in the daily course is a hard thing to do.
I was wondering how writing these down helps you unclog the mind and let the creative juices flowing ?
The match was damn disappointing! And that is exactly what my friends and I were discussing today about the match- that yuvraj should have been sent on the field instead of Jadeja. And it sucks royally when you come SO close to winning and then lose the game. Thats like the worst way to lose!
To think that shiney ahuja has a two year old daughter.
I wonder how such people live with themselves- when you have a wife and daughter and you take advantage of a teenage girl. Totally sick it is!
@Medha, I agree. It was such a huge disappointment. As for Shiney Ahuja, let’s wait a bit and give him the benefit of the doubt. I still find the whole thing bizarre.