CULTURALQA 03-2024-23 Allthe below QA are from QUORA DIGEST tome on 23-03-2024.
SelectedQuora answers by scholars generally interesting are included. Still they need not be 100%correct answers. Good jokes are also included. Compiled and posted by R Gopalakrishnan, 80, on 23-3-2024 Q1 What are some of the greatest examples ofpresence of mind? A1 AklankJain, Been there, done that6y Pick the pen by butt! Raged a senior during one of a ragging sessions in college. All of the juniors inthat room were petrified and confused. They looked towards the pen that was onthe floor and wondered how to pick it up from their butts? One by one everyone had to try to do that, gettingtheir butts down to the floor somehow trying to catch the pen from the butt. Itmade for a hilarious sight, everyone wanted to laugh, but they would not dareunder the glaring eyes of the seniors. Rather everyone was scared as one by one their numberwas coming close. People tried and they failed miserably, earning a lot ofexpletives from the seniors. But when it seemed that no one would be able to dothat, my friend’s turncame up. He went to the pen, bent down and picked the pen by its butt. For a second there was an awkward silence in theroom. Everyone was thinking what just happened, but the senior who gave thischallenge was smiling. He said “I said, pick the pen by butt. You don’t haveto use yours to do that.” Watching myfriend using his presence of mind at that intense situation. Saved us all. Q2 What is the joke about a wheel chair drunkard? A2 DavideFiore,5h Peter loves to drink at the local bar, but his wifedisapproves of this One night, he's at the bar and he gets extremelydrunk.He tries to stand up, but immediately falls to the floor.He tries this afew more times, but each time he falls to the floor. People offered to help him, but he said no each time. He finally ended up dragging himself home and sneakinginto bed, thinking his wife would never catch him. The next morning, Peter's wife says, "Pete, you worthlessidiot, no good drunkard! You were at the bar last night drinking again!" Peter was confused. "How did you find out?" "The barcalled. You left your wheelchair there." Q3 What are some of the greatest examples ofpresence of mind? A3 AbhinavAvadhani, A two decade experience with life, still learning.7y This story is about my grandfather’s brother. He isconsidered to be the wittiest in our family. He was once a teacher in one of the Delhi TamilEducation Association Schools (DTEA) and used to teach Math. DTEA, being aTamil school in Delhi, the medium of instruction till the 5th standard is Tamiland almost every kid and the teaching staff would be Tamilians. This instance is about when officials from theEducation Ministry had come to the school for inspection. My grandpa’s brother(let’s refer to him as Mr. PV) was teaching some subject in his class when theschool officials discovered that one of the teachers for the other class wasabsent. So they asked Mr.PV to cover for that class too. The ministry official, accompanied byMr. PV, entered the classroom and the official thought that it would be a goodidea to test the kids on a simple problem on Simple Interest. Since Mr. PV had taught SimpleInterest to his kids, he assumed that the kids of this section would also havelearnt and agreed with the official. The official went ahead and wrote a problem on theblackboard and asked the students to start working on it. Apart from a couple or morestudents, the class just sat there staring at the blackboard. This wasembarrassing to the school’s principal and the mathematics department. Sensingthat the students were clueless and maybe they haven’t yet been taught, Mr. PVstepped in. Mr. PV to theofficial: “Sir, it looks like the kids haven’t understood what you want them todo”. Official: “Why? It’s just a simple problem in SimpleInterest”. Mr. PV: As you are aware that school’s medium ofinstruction till the 5th standard is Tamil, they sometimes have a littletrouble understanding the English language. Maybe, they are a bit nervous too. Can I explain the problem to thekids in Tamil?” Official: “Oh. Sure. Go ahead!” Mr. PV to the kids: “What Mr. Verma from the ministrywants you to do is…” (he then continues in Tamil) “…you idiots! just multiply the three numbers in theproblem and divide the result by 100. Fools! you’ll have it from me whenall this ends..” (then in English) “…please let us know your answer in twominutes and write neatly” After two minutesthe kids shouted out the answer. The official looked pleased and the principalbreathed a sigh of relief. Q4 What're ten most common facts of socialpsychology? A4 ChauhanBabu nath,Mar 14 1.Control how you respond to things sent to destroy your peace, 2. Your child will follow your example, not youradvice. This is how life shapes up in society, 3. 80% people remain quiet even when they really wantto say something in order to avoid an argument with someone they care about, 4. Healed people will automatically stop trying ifthey feel unwanted . They won’t fix or beg . They simply walk away, 5.Associate yourself with people of good quality, for it’s better to be alonethan in bad company, 6. Most of us are not a product of our circumstances,we’re a product of our own decisions, 7. No one knows our story like we ourselves do . Don’t let anyone define us .Let’s create our own identity, tell our own story & be proud of our growth. 8. Sometimes we’ve to suffer in life- not because wewere bad - but because we didn’t realize where & when to stop being good. 9. Haters are just a part of the game in socialcircles. Use haters as fuel to keep surprising yourself. 10 It’s funny how you can do nice things for peopleall the time & they never notice. But once you make one mistake, it’s neverforgotten. Q5 What are somegood Catholic priest jokes? A5 EdwardA. Vazquez,8h A 7-year-old boy walks up to two Catholic priests—oneFranciscan, and the other Jesuit. He asks them “Fathers, how much must I pray beforeGod convince my parents to buy me a Playstation 5?” The Franciscan priest replies “my son, what is a `Playstation 5`?” And the Jesuit priest replies “my son, what is `praying`?” -- 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/547593517.342409.1711172630145%40mail.yahoo.com.
