CULTURAL QA 12-2023-28A All the below QA are from Quora DIGEST to me on 28-12-2023.
Selected quora answers generallyinteresting are included .Still they need not be 100%correct answers. Compiled and posted by R.Gopala Krishnan, 80, former ITS on 28-12-2023. Q1 What is the funniest joke you've beentold that you still think about to this day? A1 Francis Mulhearn, Former I already havea fraking credential Nov 13 A Jewish son tellshis father he is moving out. The son returns a year later and tells his fatherthat he has converted to Christianity. The father isupset and calls his friend who is also Jewish. “You won’t believe this, my sonDavid moved out for a year and came back and told me he converted toChristianity.” His friend says, “youwon’t believe this...my son Benjamin moved away for a year and when he cameback HE converted to Christianity too”! Both upset, they call their rabbi and explain what happened. The rabbisays, “you won’t believe this, my son Joshua moved away and when HE cameback he told me he converted to Christianity too”! The rabbi suggests theycall God and tell him. The rabbi tellsGod that all three men had sons who moved away and converted to Christianityand don’t know what to do. God saysto them, “you won’t believe this... Q2 What does 1.9 creatinine levelindicate? A2 DocTube, By doctors, for patients UpdatedTue Creatinine is a wasteproduct that is produced by the muscles and is normally filtered out of theblood by the kidneys and excreted in urine. Elevated levels of creatinine in the blood can bea sign of kidney dysfunction or impaired kidney function. The normal range for creatinine levels can varyslightly. However, in general, anormal creatinine level for adults is usually between 0.6 and 1.2 mg/dL. A level of 1.9 mg/dL would be considered higher thanthe normal range. In many cases,kidney disease can cause a decrease in the kidneys' ability to filtercreatinine from the blood, leading to higher levels in the bloodstream. Dehydration can also lead to a temporary increase in creatinine levelsbecause the kidneys may conserve water and reduce urine output, leadingto higher concentrations of creatinine in the blood. In addition to these, somemedications can affect kidney function and lead to elevated creatinine levels. My note- I haveadded this QA for the meaning of creatinine. As age increase without any reasoncreatinine can be slightly high Q3 What are five things senior citizensshould not do at the age of 65 and over? A3 D. Compton, Recording Engineer,Arranger, Composer. Dec 3 ***Stop worrying about your children’s lives and finances. Stop spending yourretirement money on your children. Focus on yourremaining years and your relationship. Do not refinanceyour home or borrow money. Enjoy spendingyour children’s inheritance, you earned it. My note- Theanswer is by a westerner. Any Indian parents cannot remain withoutworrying about children’s lives and finances. A widowed/ divorsee daughter, not studied son withlow finance are always worry for parents. Q4 What shocked you today? A4 Saurabh Sargar, Student at Smbt MedicalCollege, Nashik, Maharashtra1y Yesterday I wentto eyeglasses store to collect my spec's, But, As soon as Ientered the store, I saw the store - keeper of the store was busy checking eyesight of a old grandpa Now, he seemedlike a old aged person who wore a white dhoti and white kurta with a Gandhitopi on top ,most probably a farmer from remote village, who had just came tovisit his daughter's house in diwali holidays and wanted to have specs due tovision problem, But little did Iknow, What reality was to unfold, So as thestorekeeper was busy ,he asked me to wait for about 10 min until he got free.. Store keeper tograndpa — Baba tumhala screen var kai distay te sanga( in marathi). [ Grandpa please tell me what can you see on the screen?] Grandpa — *Spelled in perfect pronunciation* T,O,Z Store keeper —Next line ? Grandpa — *Againdoing perfect pronunciation* L,Pee,Ee,De( L,P,E,D) Store keeper —Next Line? Grandpa — Againspelling ( P,E,F,D) Store keeper —Excellent!!.. *Now at this pointboth store keeper and me were wondering how come this old man, is able to spellevery single line in English that too with perfect pronunciation* Store keeper —Okay sir, Your number is ready, it will take about 2 days to make your specs,you can collect it from shop by Thursday Grandpa — Actually Its urgent I want it by tomorrow.. Store keeper— Sirit will atleast take 2 days,to make it ready. By this time hewas answering all the questions of the store keeper in perfect English, I wascurious to know by this time.. Who is thisperson, he doesn't even look half of what he is speaking, that too in perfectEnglish!? Now what he saidnext really humbled me, He joined hishands in namste position and with slight expression of embarresment on his facebent his head down slightly & he began, Grandpa — I mreally sorry sir, I cannot make specs here then, I cannot sustain anymore without glasses, I need it bytomorrow since I have to leave for my home town tomorrow,I reallyapologise for the trouble you had to go through.. I was literally inawe of grandpa by this time, he must have been about 60–65 yr old and the storekeeper must have been about 23 & 24 yr old, yet he had the courtesyto apologise,that too by joining his hands andbending his head, I’m sure nobody of my age despite being younger to him wouldhave done that, not even me! But he did!, And now I reallywanted to know who this person was? Further conversionwent like, Store keeper — Its completely fine sir, Not a problem. Store keeper — ifyou don't mind can I ask you a question sir? Grandpa — Yessure!. Store keeper —What do you do sir? I mean what is your profession? Grandpa — * with aslight smile on his face* Betaactually I m a doctor, a physician and currently me and my wife rani work inremote areas of Gadchiroli to treat patients and infants.. Store keeper —Wow, that's great sir, Inever thought you would be a doctor! Grandpa — *smiling*Beta always remember always stay true to your culture and never forget whereyou came from. Many people judge me by my clothes, my appearance ,my accent. butwhat I have understood in all these years is that your true identity, cannot bedefined by the Clothes you wore or ,language you speak ,as they change and canoften decieve you.. but your knowledge is the only thing that will stay withyou till you die…And nobody can take that away from you.. By saying that he simply left the store witha bright smile.. But the question still bugged me, that who was he ?! Later I got to know that he was none other than, Dr Abhay Bang,A Padma Shree awarde, He is MD fromNagpur medical college ,M.PH from John Hopkins University USA, And currentlyworking for the upliftment of militant occupied areas of Gadchiroli ,He has been treating and rescuing newborns andworking on grass root level to bring down infant mortality rate for couple ofyears now. That day I saw a manwith real class and grace, No fancy suits, No fake accent or showoff,Yet earnedeverybody's respect present there.. My note- We find nowadays similar persons in south. One of them is MrJayakumar, former Chief secretary, Kerala who stated IAS is just a position. Once laid downhe is ordinary citizen. Q5 What are some mind-blowing facts thatsound unreal but are actually true? A5 Tiny Nair, Cardiologist at PRSHospital, Trivandrum Updated 3y Curiosity killsthe rat. Toxoplasma gondi isan intracellular parasite that resides in cat gut; getsout in cat poo. But unlike what you think, it is a super-intelligent, highlymanipulative parasite. The rats getinfected by ingesting cat poo, and then theparasite goes to the rat brain. Then it starts to show its real colour. It homes in on tothe ‘amygdala’ of the rat brain, a part of brain that is responsible forbehaviour; and guess what, highjacks it. The ‘brain-highjacked’ manipulated rat now loses the ‘fear-of-cat’instinct, ingrained in its system for generations. It starts to feel friendly at the smell of thecat and almost goes up to say ‘hi, good morning, how do you do?’. And now the catdecides whether to have the rat for lunch or dinner; but that's it. The manipulativeparasites come home to the cat gut, from where its journey began. The knowledge ofthis cunning, behaviour changing parasite stops becoming funny and gets you worried once Itell you that about 40 to 50% of world population has a positive antibody titreto Toxoplasma. In simple English half of the mankind are infected by it. News making COVIDwith 15 million cases is still in single digit percentage. Despitecontradictory arguments, there is no conclusive proof that human behaviour oremotional response can change with Toxoplasma infection, but we just don’t knowfor sure. A google searchabout ‘subtle human behavioural change by Toxoplasma’ would give you aninsight. But moreimportantly, let's learn how to prevent a Toxoplasma infection. Sources of Toxoplasma are - Undercooked meat(usually pork). Unwashed vegetables. Unclean drinking water. Contaminated blood or organ transfusion. Unpasteurised goat milk. Cat's ‘litterbox’. ***But wait beforeyou hold the poor cat responsible for your wife’s‘lately-getting-angry-with-you-attitude’ for no apparent reasons. Those without a pet cat also frequently reportsuch bizarre fluctuation in spouse behaviour. My note- If a person cannot enjoy the satire and ask what satire in it? There are such persons… I recollect anincident above a decade back. We had been to Cherthala, my dobrother’s home and my sister in law was telling about kaivisham removed to xxx in Tiruvizha temple near Cherthalai . This temple is famous forremoving Kaivisham. My wife felt she should attend and remove kaivisham if any due to someincidents while in Trivandrum. While making arrangements my co brother told me-Athimbar, Only Kaivishamwill go, not hereditary behaviour. I could not control my laugh. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Thatha_Patty" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/thatha_patty/339772160.2739801.1703777088961%40mail.yahoo.com.
