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Think or sink!

இது எப்படி இருக்கு???

When I went around the neighborhood distributing sweets on the happy occasion of the arrival of my grandson Varun, I had mixed experiences.

In the first house the lady accepted the whole box meant for many families. I had to request her to take as many as she wanted but not the whole box.

In another house the door would not open. When I was about to leave a servant girl peeped out and said everyone was sleeping (at 11 A.M?)

In the third house I got frightened seeing the startled expression on the face that opened the door.

In the fourth house I was told to 'come back later' as they were eating lunch.

Of course I did not go again but reserved the sweets for them - in case they come asking what I had wanted. None came. So someone else got those sweets.

I just wondered how is that I never say "I am asleep"; "I am eating"; "Come back later" etc.

Then it struck me. I had none to convey those messages. I will have to go and open the door by myself . So I can never do to them what they were doing to me!

EVEN otherwise I could never do to them what they did to me!

I belong to the old school which believes that "naalu perukkuk koduththu vittu naam chaappida veNdum" ​


 
இது எப்படி இருக்கு???

In some houses and even wedding feasts the appalam would have turned into a cloth. We will have to tear it or use scissors to be able to eat it without choking.

So I make it a point to fry the appalam just before we sit to eat.

Imagine my chagrin when the appalam was smashed into one thousand pieces, mixed with the saambaar chaadham and eaten!

Another unholy attempt was when it was smashed, mixed with the payasam and eaten!

P.S.

True! Appalam /pappadaam can not be eaten WHOLE.

Yet we can follow the advice!!!

"oru pidich chORu....oru kadi appalam!
 
Amusing Language called English! :laugh:

A Misnomer is the wrong name given to a person or thing.

Misnomer abound in everyday speech and some of them are sure to surprise you!

1. Lead Pencils:
Lead pencils are made from Graphite and clay and not from lead!

2. Black boards can be green, red, black or blue.They are not necessarily black always.

3. Chalks sticks are made from gypsum and not from chalk.

4. Tin foil is actually thin aluminum foil and is not made of tin.

5. Tin cans are actually made of steel plated with tin.

6. We continue to 'dial' the telephone numbers even though the rotary phones are almost extinct now!

7. The golf clubs called 'woods' are actually made out of metals.

8. Guinea pigs are neither pigs nor do they come from Guinea.

9. Catgut is made from sheep intestine and has nothing to do with cats.

10. An Egg Cream is a chocolate favored syrup with seltzer and milk. It contains neither eggs nor cream!

11. The English Horn is neither English nor a horn.

12. Head Cheese is a meat product and a not a dairy product.

13. Horny toads and Horned frogs are actually lizards and not toads or frogs!

14. A velvet Ant is actually a wasp and not an ant.

15. Koala bear is not a real bear.

16. Jelly fish is not a real fish.

17. Peanut is in fact a legume and not a nut in the real botanical sense.

18. Coconut is fruit and not a real botanical nut.

19. Tear gas is a transparent crystalline substance. It is not a gas.

20. Arabic Numerals actually originated in India. We Indians also call them as Arabic Numerals!

21.The Norway Rat originated in North China and not in Norway.

22. Chinese Checkers did not originate in China and not even in Asia!

23. 'Dry cleaning' technique uses 'wet' liquid solvents other than water!

24. A Radiator loses more heat by conduction than by actual Radiation.

25. The Funny Bone is not a bone at all! It is the Ulnar nerve.
 
Faith vs Fate.

A beautiful woman was shocked to learn that according to her Jaatakam, she was destined to earn her livelihood through the oldest profession known to man! She did not have the good fortune of marrying a man - who would take care of all her needs.

Anyone would have crumbled to dust by such a dire prediction but not this woman! She was wise, brave and had faith. She thought of an infallible plan to defeat Fate.

She set her price so high that no ordinary man can dream of coming near her home. Destiny had to provide her with livelihood - since she had completed her part of the condition!

Only a king could afford to visit her. So the Fate made sure that King visited her and paid her well.

But the woman was more shrewd than any of us can imagine. She gave away her entire earnings to the poor and needy living nearby- retaining exactly what she will for one day's expenditure.

The king HAD to visit her the next day also, since she was bankrupt by the evening. This went on for several days. The poor and needy blessed her and worshiped her as Goddess Lakshmi.

The King was duly impressed by her beauty, brain, and boldness that he built a royal palace for her and made her his best companion for the rest of his life.

Had she been less smart, or had less faith she would have ruined her life and health as any common woman would have done!

Moral of the story?

Never lose Faith and never give up Hope!
 
Fate rewritten!

A man was destined to earn his livelihood as a milk vendor. It was not to his liking but he had no choice! He evolved his own method of getting even with the Goddess of Fortune.

He did not raise a finger or move a muscle to procure a cow or buffalo. So the Goddess of Fortune made a rich man present our hero with a cow. He milked the cow; sold the milk and the cow and donated all the money! He was penniless by the end of the day.

So the next day he received a cow from anther rich man who was prompted by the Goddess of fortune to present the man with a cow.

The same story was repeated. As days rolled by there were no more donors of cows left in the village. The Goddess of Fortune was at her wit's ends!

Finally she decided to rewrites the man's destiny as desired by him.

Moral:

Stubbornness and strength can make your dreams come true!
 
The right Attitude.

When I was a young girl, in any feast our family would attend, rice or sweets would get exhausted with the person next to me. The bearer/ server would have to walk the long path to the kitchen and bring more food. It would take some minutes and all the other dishes would also get delayed.

It happened invariably every time... in every 'pandhi!'.

One day I told my father, "I guess I don't have good luck with food. Always I am made to wait for it unnecessarily!"

My father - a man of few words - smiled at me and said, "I think you are very lucky with food. Instead of scraping all the left over food into your leaf, the man always brings you fresh hot food from the kitchen. Do you still think you are unlucky?"

I will remember my father's reply as long as I live!

Yes! I was grumbling about the wasted time in the 'pandhi' and forgot to thank God for the steaming hot, fresh food brought from inside the kitchen and served to me first!
 
இது எப்படி இருக்கு???

The servant working in my friend's house is always threatening to

quit. Whenever they try to bring a new servant, the woman never

comes to work for more than one day.

Apparently the old servant is threatening the new servant so that

she discontinues immediately.

On the one hand she says she wants to stop working for them.

On the other hand she makes sure that she will have to continue!

puzzling behavior isn't it???

The secret beneath the puzzle....

to hike her salary since the couple are

both sick and depend on their domestic help.
 
இது எப்படி இருக்கு???

The poor wife is now confined to her wheel chair.

Her legs are bent like bows. She cannot walk a single

step...despite being a small and a very light woman.

The walker, the walking stick are all useless.

Her husband chides her for not being able to walk.

She can only shed tears in response.

What was he doing until her legs became like bows and she

became completely handicapped???

His negligence was the cause and she is being blamed for it!
 
இது எப்படி இருக்கு???

The efficient wife managed to make a gas cylinder last for 50+

days. The husband was not impressed. He said in his brother's

house it lasted for 60 days. In his friend's house it lasted for 70

days. She was wasting the precious gas.

Then the wife had to go to help her sister during a surgery.

The man cooked whatever he wished to eat.

The cylinder got exhausted in less than a month

even before the refill arrived!!!

He was forced to eat out in Hotels till both she and the refill of the

cylinder arrived!!!
 
பூவும், தலையும்!

தலை இல்லத்தின் தலைவன்!
பூ பூச்சூடும் பூவை என்றால்,

கண்டிப்பும், கனிவும் நாணயத்தின்
இரு வேறு பக்கங்கள் ஆகும்.

கண்டிப்பு => தலை => தந்தை
கனிவு => பூ => தாய்.
 
(1). Be pleasant till 10 A.M. in the morning. :cool:

The rest of the day will take care of itself.


(2). Question:
Which way to heaven? :angel:

Answer:
Turn to Right and keep straight.


(3). Do not throw away your unclean water,
until you get clean water.:whoo:


(4). A well balanced sentence is the result of

words carefully weighed.:laser:


(5). Most people like to avoid taking the trouble
to think for themselves.:couch2:​
​

(6). It is better to light a candle than curse the darkness.:rant:

(7). Deeds show what we are!

Words only what we should be .:blabla:

(8). Ability that is not demonstrated,
remains unrecognized.:nerd:

(9). The 'Index finger', 'Aal kaati viral', 'tharjanee' are all the names of the same finger! It points out a person. It separates him from the rest of the crowd. It threatens. It gives ultimatums.The net result...?:nono:
It is branded unfit to take part in Japa Yagnam. :pray2:

Yes! There is a small hole through which this famous finger protrudes out of the bag used for doing Japam, while the other 'saadhu' fingers roll the beads of the japa maalai.

Nobody likes to be threatened by a friend or a foe! :evil:

The thumb may not register its opinions but the other three fingers invariably point to the person-who threatens with his index finger-and register their silent and yet unmistakable protest! :wacko:​
 
What does ONE do when he/ she runs out of username for the umpteenth avatar in the same place - after passing from Gods to animals through birds and beasts???

Elementary dear friends! Just select the name of the greatest seer or saint which he/she happened to come across suddenly and by sheer luck!

Wonder how many great souls/ seers/saints must be squirming or cringing - wherever they may be now! :tsk:
 
The bait has been laid!

"Get paid for allowing ads on the blogs".

I KNOW how much pain these ads can cause - more so

when you try read a serious post that requires all your attention.

Money may come and money may go!

Along which the ads may come and go.

But I still believe that money IS NOT EVERYTHING!

pizhaikkath theriyaatha peNmaNI???

Irunthu vittup pogirEn paravaayillai!
 
We attend he RAmanavami celebtration arranged in a local temple.

As usual the kids had their jumping castles, tattoo works, face painting, balloon figures to keep them engaged and busy.

The adults had their vegetarian snacks to keep them busy.

People like me who can neither jump nor are interested in eating waited for cultural program.

The opening Odissi dance number was what we call as PushpAnjali in Bharatha nAtyam.

It was followed by Siva PanchAkshara slokam "NAgEndhra hArAya" for which 5 girls danced.

ThOdAya mangalam a traditional dance number followed that. The varnam was set in TAMIL!

The tall girl in the middle danced well with a smiling face but found it difficult to keep up the pace when maNdi adavus (steps involving sitting and getting up) were used.

Later I found that she was an Amrican mom of two naughty kids.

Then two 70 mm teachers came on stage all decked to give their performance.

Writer 'SujAthA' was right when he said "The mamis who are 40+ should never be allowed to go on the stage to dance!"

I was reminded on my own dance performances and for the first time I wondered whether anyone in the audience would have felt the same way to see ME on the stage!

The Bollywood dance with umpteen girls filling the stage was colorful and engaging.

Vegetarian feast fre of cost followed.But we decided to go home and eat our simple supper.

P.S

Had I landed in USA decades ago (I know it is too far fetched )

I MIGHT have made quite a neat pile of UDS!!!
 
The five in one man!

Leonardo da Vinci was fondly called as the "Ten in one man". He had multiple talents and looked like the combination of ten talented man rolled into one!

I have seen a five in one man-the husband of my close friend. I and she could not have been more alike- in age, family background, number of siblings, educational qualification, career before wedding etc. We also entered similar homes and faced similar problems!

The main difference is that she has three sons while I have two. The other main difference is that she gave in and is happy to be the perfect house wife, dusting home and furniture, watering plants, catering to the super refined taste buds of her husband, sacrificing her own talents and hobbies and NOT feeling sorry for any of these!

Her husband is THE five-in-one-man. He makes sure that my friend does not miss her dominating father in law, manipulating mother in law, teasing sister in law and the complaining brother in law.

Of course he is her husband already! It is as if each of these above mentioned persons have imbibed in him a piece of themselves!

Some women do not allow this sort of reshuffling and
re-dealing of personal tastes and hobbies.They will go on resisting tyranny like a Joan of Arc!

But most others happily end up becoming the door mat, furniture, cook cum maid of the household and that too without any salary or perks!

P.S:

It was this man who was the hero of my write-up
about how "Nature abhors Vacuum" and how someone will fill in the places of all these missing persons!

You have to trust me!
 

It is better to sleep on what you intend to do :sleep:
than stay awake on what you have done! :(


The one thing that is most often opened my mistake is the mouth! :yell:

Studies serve for delight, ornament and ability. :couch2:


A wise son makes a glad father. :cool:
They never taste who always drink. :tea:
The never think who always talk. :gossip:


Rumor is a pipe blown in unison by
Surmises, jealousies and conjectures. :gossip:

Saint: A sinner revised and edited. :angel:
Earth has no sorrow that heaven can't heal. :clock:​


"Live now or never"
He said, " What is time?
Leave now for dogs and apes.
Man had for ever.":clock:
Robert Browning.


A slip of the foot you may soon recover.:crutch:
But a slip of the tongue you may never get over.:tape:​
 
Make-up Mathematics!

When people dye their hair, they look up to
twenty years younger than their real age.

They are happy to have defied the aging process! :happy:

But those twenty years lie, waiting to get back, in an ambush. :heh:

Once the hair-dyeing is stopped those twenty years pounce back and make the person look twenty years older than his /her real age!!!:doh:

Law of Conservation of Age??? :rolleyes:
 
இது எப்படி இருக்கு???

He was a multimillionaire.

People wanted to get a glimpse of him.

Magazines wanted to feature about him.

During one of the interviews a journalist wanted an autograph of the great man.

He smiled and confessed that he could neither read nor write.

The journalist exclaimed,

"If you have reached this eminence without being literate what would you have been with proper education?"

The great man replied in a cool tone.

"I would have been an incense boy in the local church"

The journalist could not make head or tail of this remark.

The great man told his story.

He had applied for the job of an incense boy but was turned down

since he could not sign his name.

He felt wretched and badly needed a smoke.

There was not a single tobcco shop within five mile radius

He opened a tobacco shop there.​

With his luck and hard work his business expanded into a huge

net work making him one of the richest men in the city.

Education is not necessary to succeed in life---

if your are "business - smart" by birth!!!
 



Ever wondered why God made our joints??? :confused:
It is not just for mobility but also for inflicting pain. :ballchain:

​

In youth absence of pleasure is pain.
In old age absence of pain is pleasure.​
 

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