There was always an Oscar in Martin Scorsese. However, for 6 times now, he had left the red carpet like a mutated Star Wars character bar bar jinx. Isin't ironic that he has finally arrived with The Departed?
Tuesday 27 February 2007
Thursday 22 February 2007
Phony Weddings
I read an article "Whacky Weddings" yesterday in easyJet's inflight magazine. It talked about an increasing trend to say I do in unusual places. People have tied the knot in a tractor, bungy jumping, skydiving, scuba diving amongst other things. That made me assign a new low to South Indian weddings on the boring index.
There was one couple who met via SMS and decided to get married in a real phone booth. The article did knot elaborate on their wedding but they probably exchanged ring tones to formalize the wedding. The priest finally would have said "If any of you assembled here think that these two should not be united in holy matrimony, ring the phone booth now or forever hold your mute button. You may now send the **kiss** emoticon to the bride". I hope this couple stop publicizing the phone connection with the wedding. Else, their kids will be EricsSON, SONy or some such variant. They will be told Biblical stories such as Samsung and Delilah. They will be buried in a phone shaped casket and finally turn into bhooths. Maniacs!
No thank you! South Indian weddings are better.
There was one couple who met via SMS and decided to get married in a real phone booth. The article did knot elaborate on their wedding but they probably exchanged ring tones to formalize the wedding. The priest finally would have said "If any of you assembled here think that these two should not be united in holy matrimony, ring the phone booth now or forever hold your mute button. You may now send the **kiss** emoticon to the bride". I hope this couple stop publicizing the phone connection with the wedding. Else, their kids will be EricsSON, SONy or some such variant. They will be told Biblical stories such as Samsung and Delilah. They will be buried in a phone shaped casket and finally turn into bhooths. Maniacs!
No thank you! South Indian weddings are better.
Friday 9 February 2007
Ate Zero
When I read news without substance, I empathize with people who read my blog ... just for a fleeting moment, though. This particular article, is a classic exmaple. The title is Cuba's Castro able to eat again, which leads to a more profound question When can Castro's Cuba eat again? There is an old joke among the Peurto Ricans "Why doesn't Cuba have a swimming team? Because, if a Cuban can swim, he will be Florida" which is simply a lighter version of my profound remark.
Back to the article, it lacks substance because it states the obvious - "The problem is that at first he was not eating food, but now he is eating food and that has helped him significantly". It's like Alan Greenspan saying "Oh finally I know why I was not able to get cash out of ATMs. I was using my credit card". Really, Castro? That was your problem? You forgot that eating is good for you? I offer alternate explanations to his self imposed satyagraha
a) His mouth piece (read Chavez) is in Venezuela
b) He is 80 (Ate Zero). Senile people take their age literally...so, I have heard
c) He untucked his tummy and realized he was hungry, but too ashamed to admit it
Enough said...I need to get over my obsession with the three C's (Cuba, Chavez and Communism)
Back to the article, it lacks substance because it states the obvious - "The problem is that at first he was not eating food, but now he is eating food and that has helped him significantly". It's like Alan Greenspan saying "Oh finally I know why I was not able to get cash out of ATMs. I was using my credit card". Really, Castro? That was your problem? You forgot that eating is good for you? I offer alternate explanations to his self imposed satyagraha
a) His mouth piece (read Chavez) is in Venezuela
b) He is 80 (Ate Zero). Senile people take their age literally...so, I have heard
c) He untucked his tummy and realized he was hungry, but too ashamed to admit it
Enough said...I need to get over my obsession with the three C's (Cuba, Chavez and Communism)
Monday 5 February 2007
Offshore development
A PJ that I couldn't resist
Sharma "Apparently, some software company in the US was not able to get visas for their developers. So, they exploited a loophole and hired a ship, parked it off the coast, loaded the ship with developers and got the work done"
GoGo "Oatha. they must all be C programmers"
Sharma "Apparently, some software company in the US was not able to get visas for their developers. So, they exploited a loophole and hired a ship, parked it off the coast, loaded the ship with developers and got the work done"
GoGo "Oatha. they must all be C programmers"
Sunday 4 February 2007
Eats (Samosas) Shoots and Leaves
Any of you read the book, "Eats Shoots and Leaves", about the importance of punctuation?
A panda walks into a café. He orders a sandwich, eats it, then draws a gun and fires two shots in the air.
"Why?" asks the confused waiter, as the panda makes towards the exit. The panda produces a badly punctuated wildlife manual and tosses it over his shoulder.
"I'm a panda," he says at the door. "Look it up."
The waiter turns to the relevant entry and, sure enough, finds an explanation.
"Panda. Large black-and-white bear-like mammal, native to China. Eats, shoots and leaves."
So punctuation really does matter, even if it is only occasionally a matter of life and death.
Something funnier than this happened over the last weekend. My friend received a call from his wife and was asked to do grocery shopping on the way back home. Being a technophile, he asked her to SMS the shopping list to his blackberry. The SMS read something like ... rava idli mix coriander 3 bunches samosas....
He asked us "What does she mean by 3 bunches of samosas? Do samosas grow on trees?" to which another friend replied "Call her and tell her samosas are not in season"!!!
A panda walks into a café. He orders a sandwich, eats it, then draws a gun and fires two shots in the air.
"Why?" asks the confused waiter, as the panda makes towards the exit. The panda produces a badly punctuated wildlife manual and tosses it over his shoulder.
"I'm a panda," he says at the door. "Look it up."
The waiter turns to the relevant entry and, sure enough, finds an explanation.
"Panda. Large black-and-white bear-like mammal, native to China. Eats, shoots and leaves."
So punctuation really does matter, even if it is only occasionally a matter of life and death.
Something funnier than this happened over the last weekend. My friend received a call from his wife and was asked to do grocery shopping on the way back home. Being a technophile, he asked her to SMS the shopping list to his blackberry. The SMS read something like ... rava idli mix coriander 3 bunches samosas....
He asked us "What does she mean by 3 bunches of samosas? Do samosas grow on trees?" to which another friend replied "Call her and tell her samosas are not in season"!!!
Thursday 1 February 2007
A mobile what?
I was talking to a customer this morning who happens to be a gadget freak. Apparently, his dad bought a car which has a slot for a sim card and you can buy a phone plan along with the car. No bluetooth, car kit, etc. Now, thats a new meaning for a mobile phone!
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