Nothing is so worth KR On Mon, 25 Mar 2024 at 09:09, 'gopala krishnan' via Thatha_Patty < [email protected]> wrote:
> *CULTURAL QA 03-2024-25A* > > *All the below QA are from QUORA DIGEST to me on 25-03-2024. * > > *Selected Quora answers by scholars generally interesting are included. > Still they need not be 100% correct answers.Two jokes are included.* > > * Compiled and posted by R Gopalakrishnan, 80, on 25-3-2024 * > > *Q1 What are some of the greatest examples of presence of mind?* > > *A1 Yamini Manoharan, Studied at College of Engineering Guindy, > Tamil Nadu, India6y* > > *I read this joke in a weekly magazine.* > > *A Junior Software Engineer, a Team Leader, and a Manager were in hell and > let's call them JSE, TL, and M respectively.* > > *In the hell as per their Karma accounts, each were to be flogged with a > whip 100 times.* > > *But they were also granted 2 Wishes to decimate their punishment.* > > *TL* > > *Wish 1: Reduce the blows to 50.* > > *Wish 2: Tie 2 beds of thickness 5 inches around me.* > > *Yet the beatings were so harsh that he is injured severely.* > > *Manager* > > > > *Wish 1 : Reduce the blows to 25.* > > *Wish 2 : Tie 4 beds of thickness 5 inches around me.* > > *Yet again the blows were so harsh that he is also injured severely.* > > *Here comes the JSE.* > > *Wish 1 : Increase the blows to 200.* > > * ( M and TL speak to themselves that JSE even in hell proves his > absurdity and what a blunder they committed in hiring him).* > > *Wish 2 : Tie the manager to my front and the TL to my back !* > *JSE rocked !* > > *Q2 What are some of the greatest examples of presence of mind?* > > *A2 Rakshita Nagayach, I know something about everything9y* > > *This happened to a friend of mine last summer. She was riding back from > her coaching to hostel at 8.30 pm in Bhopal on her scooty. Her hostel is in > a hilly area outside the city so there were no street lights on the road. > On the way she lost balance of her scooter when she ran it over a few > stones. As she was going at about 40 kmph speed, she got thrown on the road > due to the jerk. Face first. Her jaw was hurt so bad it started bleeding > immediately, and profusely. Still she managed not to panic and took out her > phone from her pocket and called a friend of hers. But the hostel was a > couple kilometers away so she knew she'll have to at least stay conscious. > Moreover the road is not a very busy one so vehicles run at pretty good > speeds on it.* > > *So she turned the torch light of her phone and started waving it on so > that no speedy vehicle would run over her, and if lucky, stop and take her > to the hospital. * > > *And that is what happened. A guy on a bike stopped the instant he saw her > and took her to the hospital. She also saved herself from coming under 2 > cars as she kept on waving her phone.* > > *And with this she was declared the smartest in the group!* > > *Q3 What is the interesting Bear and Rabbit story?* > > *A3 Rebecca C.10h* > > *Mr. Bear and Mr. Rabbit live in the same forest, but they don't like each > other. * > > *Mr. Bear and Mr. Rabbit live in the same forest, but they don't like each > other.* > > *One day, they come across a golden frog who offers them three wishes > each.* > > *Mr. Bear wishes that all the other bears in the forest were female. Mr. > Rabbit wishes for a crash helmet.* > > *Mr. Bear's second wish is that all the bears in the neighboring forests > were female as well. Mr. Rabbit wishes for a motorcycle.* > > *Mr. Bear's final wish is that all the other bears in the world were > female, leaving him the only male bear in the world.* > > *Mr. Rabbit revs the engine of his motorcycle and says, "I wish that Mr. > Bear changed to female!" and rides off* > > *Q4 What is the most ignorant thing someone has said to you?* > > *A4 It happened almost four years back.* > > *I went to my relative’s home, who was living near our home, then, to > distribute ladoos, along with my mother after getting my class 10th results > . I had scored 92% and we all were quite happy with it until we visited > their house.* > > *Like in almost every indian households, my relatives were more interested > in knowing my marks than me. So,the lady living there, for the sake of > simplicity,let's call her ‘O’ was following the live updates of the results > through various news channels in her TV.* > > *She came running to us, forgetting her knee pain, when she saw us . And > the following conversation took place* > > *O - Bhame, how much did you score ? (Bhama is my pet name,by the way)* > > *Me, quite humbly-92.2%* > > *O- What? What? I didn't hear you properly. Did you get 99.9%?* > > *We were baffled hearing that. I was confused whether she was pulling my > leg* > > *Me- Umm,no…* > > *O- How much did you get then?* > > *Me-92.2%* > > *O,with her face twisted with disgust- Ayye,is this the mark you got? Why > did you go to the school then? Didn't you study anything?* > > *Me- Umm,actually…* > > *O- Such bad marks you got. Aren't you ashamed of yourself? You should > score at least 99% out of 100. What the purpose of studying, otherwise?* > > *I found her words , especially her facial expressions,quite demotivating > at that time. My mother tried to make her understand that nobody scores > 99.9% and all. But she was adamant and didn't budge from her opinion.* > > *Two years later, I went to the same person’s home to give laddus after > knowing my 12th results, this time,with my brother. Only her husband was at > home in that time* > > *Let's call him K* > > *K- Aah, how much did you get ?* > > *Me-90%* > > *K- What? 90%? Bad. Very bad* > > *My brother- It's 90. Not 19* > > *K- Yes. I heard it right. So, you didn't study properly and went to write > the exam, right? Where will you get admission with this marks?* > > *Me- Ummm…* > > *K- What are you going to do after this? Are you writing those entrance > exams?* > > *I was preparing for entrance exams at that time, but was keeping it a > secret, on my mother's insistence in order to keep prying eyes away* > > *Me- I'm looking into it* > > *K- Merely Looking is not enough. You should work hard like my son ( His > son is a dentist. A Quite humble and pleasant person, to be honest). Aah, > anyway,you won't be able to crack them too with this marks* > > *My brother ,in an innocent tone- How much should we get then?* > > *K- Definitely not 90. Children near our place got 95,97 and 90 > percentages and gave us ladoos yesterday* > > *Me- But wasn't the result announced today morning?* > > *K ,stammering- Aah it was 10th results. State board ahhm..* > > *Anyway, I don't think you will get admission anywhere with this marks. > Can sit quietly in the house .* > > *He took the entire box of ladoos in his hands and was about to wave us > goodbye when my brother spoke up* > > * ‘ Please take one laddoo for yourself. We have to give to other people > too.’* > > *Quite embarassed , he took one ladoo and returned the box.* > > *Both K and O continued to taunt us whenever they saw asking whether I > hadn't got admission anywhere ,during the time I was waiting for the > entrance exams results and college allotment.* > > *Needless to say, they never spoke to us after they heard that I got > admission in a government aided college for engineering* > > *Q5 What was the greediest thing you’ve seen your in-laws do?* > > *A5 Tumtumtree,13h* > > *My father in law cashed in my husband's life insurance, took all the > money in his trust, tried to take our house, and as the executor of the > estate he charged me for the funeral where his friend screamed obscenities > at me through my entire speech and they gave my husband military honors but > gave the flag to his father. * > > *He charged me for all the food and drink at the after party where I left > immediately after entering because that same friend threatened to shoot me. > Oh and he charged me for all his time. Including the time spent attending > his sons funeral. Before you say “how” , he took it out of the proceeds > from the sale of the house. Which he is allowed to do as executor.* > > *Our son was 3 months old when my husband died, and I thought my father in > law and I had a good relationship. I made him lunch every day (my husband > worked for him), cooked all the holiday meals, filled his fridge with > healthy food after surgeries… I was a good daughter in law. I'll never > understand it. My son and I now live with my parents, since I can't afford > to support him and pay rent/a mortgage on my own. * > > *It's disgusting greed. Oh, and my father in law is also incredibly > wealthy and in poor health and probably won't live the next 5 years.* > > -- > 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/1727776264.767462.1711375770259%40mail.yahoo.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/thatha_patty/1727776264.767462.1711375770259%40mail.yahoo.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- 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/CAL5XZor1J2b3z6bRCaYpGOfW1Ag7wrsFJgosPdtxwMLoiU%2BW%2BA%40mail.gmail.com.
