CULTURAL QA 02-2024-17A
Q1 Can you tell some extremely interesting facts?
KR This is what is called G stupidity of knowhow dependent like
hydrogen. Long ago I gave the hotel California song but at that time he did
not catch anything then as his know how is so shallow dependent; and for
that matter, Winslow did not became popular when they performed the album
there changing the name; but the real truth is the song was a flop; { 1
this is one Winslow YT https://youtu.be/zM-sAdX7764 and 2
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/L3vUYqbr0wI?feature=share another in
Newjeresy} : and then they added,” Eagles members have denied “Hotel
California” is anything other than a metaphor, but that's never stopped
visitors to the Baja California town of Todos Santos from assuming its
Hotel California gave name to the song. Regardless, the hotel and Todos
Santos itself remain fascinating places to visit.” The song has been
described as being "all about American decadence and burnout, too much
money, corruption, drugs and arrogance; too little humility and heart." It
has also been interpreted as an allegory about hedonism, self-destruction,
and greed in the music industry of the late 1970s.
Q5 What was the oddest question you were ever asked by airport
security?
KR Joke apart, Pickles, vibuthi kumkumam, homa kunda silver coins are
all thrown away and confiscated and no one will allow to pick the pickle
and walk away in 2006.
KR IRS 17224
On Sat, 17 Feb 2024 at 06:56, 'gopala krishnan' via iyer123 <
[email protected]> wrote:
> CULTURAL QA 02-2024-17A
>
> All the below QA are from Quora DIGEST to me on 17-02-2024.
>
> Selected quora answers generally interesting are included .Still they need
> not be 100% correct answers.
>
> Compiled and posted by R. Gopala Krishnan, 80, former ITS 7024 on
> 17-02-2024.
>
> Q1 Can you tell some extremely interesting facts?
>
> A1 Alessandro13,13h
>
> Winslow, Arizona is an anonymous town in Navajo County, inhabited by
> approximately 9000 people, with an area of approximately 30 km²
>
> Between the end of the 60s and the beginning of the 70s it suffered from a
> tourist and economic collapse, due to the replacement of the famous Route
> 66, which crossed it, with the much more modern and functional Interstate
> 40, which instead bypassed it.
>
> It happens that in 1972, the Eagles, a band that later became famous for
> its masterpiece "Hotel California", released their debut album, which
> included the song "Take It Easy", written by Jackson Browne, which reads in
> the second verse:
>
> "Well, I'm standin' on a corner in Winslow Arizona, it's such a fun sight
> to see.
>
> It's a girl, my lord, in a flatbed Ford Slowin' down to take a look at me."
>
> The success of the song and the band caused interest in Winslow to return.
> The citizens, seizing the opportunity, founded the "Standin' on a corner
> foundation", inaugurated the "Standin' on a corner park" (in the photo),
> simply a mural and a bronze statue that reproduce the verse of the song.
>
> The town was literally reborn and today remains one of the most popular
> destinations included in the old Route 66 tour.
>
> The park's latest "upgrade" is the addition of a second statue, a tribute
> to Glenn Frey, guitarist of the recently deceased group.
>
> Q2 What are some interesting facts?
>
> A2 Tushar Ahir, Writer at Quora (product) (2016–present)5y
>
> Do you know this man? Mir Osman Ali Khan, Nizam of Hyderabad.
>
> During independence of India in 1947, when Lord Mountbatten offered all
> the 565 princely states the choice of either acceding to India or Pakistan,
> the
> Nizam of Hyderabad, Osman Ali Khan wanted to choose neither, and was
> adamant on remaining as an independent state ruled by own Government. He
> had a militant head Kasim Razvi.
>
> When Sardar Patel invited Kasim Razvi to work out on a feasible &
> practical solution, Razvi was ruthless & arrogant throughout his meeting
> with Sardar. He wanted nothing less than an independent nation for
> Hyderabad, and he even hinted at Patel that if Government of India tried
> to intervene in this matter, he would order his Razakars to “get rid of”
> all Hindus of Hyderabad.
>
> Source : How Sardar Patel prevented Hyderabad from becoming another
> Pakistan - Operation Polo - Guruprasad's Portal
>
> Then Patel went to Hyderabad and finally the answer of Sardar Patel to
> Osman Ali Khan and Kasim Razvi, Which changed the history and geography of
> India,
>
> “Do you want Hyderabad to be seen on the map of India or Do not want
> Hyderabad to be seen in the map?”
>
> Footnote : How Sardar Patel forced the Nizam to merge Hyderabad with the
> Indian Union
>
> Q3 What's the funniest joke you know? Please I need to laugh. No
> seriously I am on the verge of crying my soul out of my eyes.
>
> A3 Allan Grady, Sergeant Major, U.S. Army, Retired11h
>
> A bunch of old retired guys were sitting and talking over coffee this
> morning when Joe announced that he had a new girlfriend. Everyone was
> interested in her and one guy asked, “Is she a good cook.” Joe’s response,
> “No, she can’t even boil water.”
>
> The next man asked “Is she rich?” Joe answered “Definitely not.”
>
> He was asked if she was beautiful ? He responded “No, not really.”
>
> Someone else said, “Is she good in bed?” Joe simply answered “No!”
>
> Almost in unison everyone asked “Well, what is it that you see in her.” Joe
> smiled and said, “She can drive at night.”
>
> Q4 What are some good Irish jokes that won't offend anyone?
>
> A4 Robert Price,Lives in 'Murica (1962–present)20h
>
> A man was walking along in Dublin, when he looked on a tall building and
> saw a man about to jump.
>
> “Don’t do it man! Think of your family! What would this do to your
> family?”
>
> “I have no family! I’m alone in the world! I’m jumping!”
>
> “Well think of your friends. Remember all of your wonderful friends!”
>
> “I haven’t a friend in the world! No one likes me! Here I go!”
>
> “Well think of Saint Patrick! Remember what Saint Patrick said about
> times like these!”
>
> “Saint Patrick? Who’s Saint Patrick?”
>
> “Ah, jump ya bloody Protestant. JUMP!”
>
> Q5 What was the oddest question you were ever asked by airport
> security?
>
> A5 Vijaya Lakshmi, Have experience in life for 68 years.4y
>
> “Do you drink this or eat this?” asked the security personnel.
>
> It took some time for me to understand his American accent. By the time I
> was ready to answer, he shot another question.
>
> “Is it Indian alcohol?”
>
> For the first time on that trip I cursed myself for keeping that pickle
> bottle in my suitcase, instead of my husband’s.
>
> Husband, standing beside me was watching the fun.
>
> That was year 2006 and our first visit to USA. At immigration check, the
> officer somehow spotted this bottle in my suitcase in the scanner.
>
> He opened the suitcase and took out the mango pickle bottle which I had
> very carefully sealed with lot of cellotape.
>
> After examining it under a light, his first question was “Do you drink
> this or eat this?”
>
> Yes, the mango pieces were less and juice was more in that pickle. The
> mango pieces were barely visible in the bottle.
>
> His second question was “Is it Indian alcohol?”
>
> To this I managed to answer “No that is Indian pickle”
>
> He looked perplexed and examined it more carefully by rotating it in his
> hand. While rotating he could see the mango pieces.
>
> “So this is Indian pickle!” he said with a smile.
>
> My anxiety vanished. “Yes it is” I said.
>
> “Ok, you can take this” he said.
>
> I heaved a sigh of relief. Later that night my son and daughter in law
> enjoyed the pickle with curd rice while we narrated the incident at the
> immigration security check.
>
> I enjoyed the two humours told in this incident.
>
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