Irony of a soldier

Some headlines simply annoy me for the wrong choice of words. There was one recently when the UK cops published their crime statistics and proudly announced Crime Stable - an annoying pairing of 2 words. How did they manage to stabilize crime? Hired more constables?
I see yet another familiar headline today "Dead UK Afghanistan marine is named by MoD" with nonsensical choice of words. Wasn't he named when he was born? Isin't ironical that he was named at birth by MoD (Mum or Dad)?

Presidents and Precedents

I think its fair to say that political correctness is a sign of good politics. Long long ago, Brits used to name their ships "HMS something" as HM could conveniently mean either Her Majesty or His Majesty. It may have been that they didn't want to waste point and ink, rather than being politically correct but the paint is they had thought of eventualities.
If I had to correct a system, I would first start with my house. So, how come the 57 year old Indian Republic has been so myopic? We had a President (Radhakrishnan) for whom we celebrate Teacher's day. We had a Gyani President (Zail Singh) for whom we crack sardarji jokes. Until recently, we had a genius scientist who had a great hairdo. It surprises me that all these greats never thought of one fundamental question "What if a woman occupies this house as President? Should this house then be renamed as Rashtrapatni Bhavan?"... something for Pratibha Patil to figure out.

QQ at his best

This incident happened at QuirkQuotient's house a while back, and I think its one of his all time best remarks.

Mrs. QQ had warmed up a few packets of frozen mini somasas for the 6 of us, and within a few minutes all samosas were duly consumed by us. The conversation following that

Mrs.QQ "Man. I must have eaten ten samosas"
QQ "So, are you saying thats odd?"
Mrs. QQ "You tell me. Is 10 an odd number?"
QQ "Well, it depends. If you made 60 samosas, then its even. If you made only 20 samosas and you ate 10, then its odd"

iPJ

Q. What do you call a guy sending SMS vai his iPhone?

A. A stereo-type

deTour on Tour de

Take a look at the official logo of Tour de France. The first thought that came to my mind is that somebody must have been in Burger King when they came up with this idea. The logo looks like an assembly of french fries and onion rings. Wonder who came up with this logo? It couldn't be a Brit - very evident from the quality of the official 2012 Olympics logo. Perhaps this is a practical joke by an American? If the same guy were to design the Olympics logo, it would have taken only 5 onion rings to creativity.
In any case, the logo is pretty creative. I don't intend to be anal but I do have some objections. The O in Tour is one of the wheels. The R is either the cyclist or an old man pushing a wheel chair. We will go with the former. But, look at the U. Is that the seat? Isin't a bit too pointy for the rider? On second thoughts, if Mr.R is French, chances are he will enjoy the U seat. Whatever makes U happy or R ....

Wet Humour

All those following Wimbledon know that there have been so many interrupted games due to constant downpours, unusual for this time of the year. Nadal's match was played over 5 days. Anyways, just heard this funny thing on TV
Whoever wins this year's Wimbledon will be known as the raining champion!!!!!