CULTURAL QA 04-2024-01A Allthe below QA are from QUORA DIGEST tome on 01-04-2024.
SelectedQuora answers by generally interesting are included. Still they need not be 100% correct answers. One joke is included. Compiled and posted by R Gopalakrishnan, 80, on 01-4-2024 Q1 Whatis the most intelligent one liner you have come across? A1 CharlesKent, Dec 5 Many years ago I was a retail manager in a motorcycleshop. The proprietor was a with me behind the counter one day when young ladcame in and asked for a pair of Champion spark plugs for his Yamaha XT175. “Noproblem” my boss replied, looked up the type in the spark plug booklet, pulleda couple down from the shelf and placed them on the counter, “that will be £15please”. The lad looked at the plugs, looked at my boss and exclaimed, “£15?they’re only £12 a pair in Halfords but they’re out of stock!”. Without missinga beat my boss replied, “really? Ours are only £9 a pair when we’re out of stock”. Q2 Whatis the funniest military-based joke you know? A2 MartinDennett,Comedian7mo A US Air Force C-141 was scheduled to leave Thule AirBase, Greenland at midnight. During the pilot’s preflight check, he discoversthat the latrine holdingtank is still full from the last flight. So a message is sent to the base, and an airman whowas off duty is called out to take care of it. The young man finally gets to the airbase and makeshis way to the aircraft, only to find that the latrine pump truck has been left outdoors and isfrozen solid, so he must find another one in the hangar, which takes even moretime. He returns to the aircraft and is less thanenthusiastic about what he has to do. Nevertheless, he goes aboutthe pumping job deliberately and carefully (and slowly) so as to not riskcriticism later. As he’s leaving the plane, the pilot stops him andsays, “Son, your attitude and performance has caused this flight to be late,and I’m going to personally see to it that you are not only reprimanded butalso punished.” Shivering in the cold, his task finished, he takes adeep breath, stands up tall and says, “Sir, with all due respect, I’m not your son; I’m anAirman in the United States Air Force. I’ve been in Thule, Greenland for 11months without any leave, and reindeer are beginning to look pretty good to me.I have one stripe; it’stwo-thirty in the morning, the temperature is 40 degrees below zero and my jobhere is to pump shit from your aircraft. Now just exactly what form ofpunishment did you have in mind?” Q3 Whatare some tricks used by advertisers that most people never notice? A3 DBernard.Joyfully Retired 8mo Back in the 1970s, I worked at a department store andsaw a trick used in pricing. Let’ssay a skirt cost $10 wholesale and normally sold for $19.99. The store wouldbuy the skirt, sell it for $29.99 for a week, then mark it down to $19.99 andadvertise it as being on sale. Legally, as long as they sold some skirtsat the inflated price, they could claim the lower price was a discounted one,even though it wasn’t really. Also, when you see “lowest price of the season” - itdoesn’t mean what you think. Inclothing, a season is about 3 weeks, not 3 months. Q4 Whatare some cool facts about Vikings? A4 Ian O'Grady,Studied TV and Film Production 6mo During battle, if a Viking was wounded in thestomach, women from the village would brew a potent pot of onion soup and feed it to thewounded warrior. They would then wait a moment, and if they could smell the onionbroth from the wound, it meant that his stomach was sliced and he wouldn’tsurvive the injury. Q5 Do you know a joke with dry British humor? A5 AndrasLu,Oct 28 An American visits a Rolls Royce dealer and looks ata convertible. He asks the salesman: “What is the maximum speed that the car can go?” The salesman answers: “It can go at 160 mph.” “That is not impressive, my Cadillac can go at 200mph. How much horse power does it have?” “It has 571 horsepower.” “But my Cadillac has 668 horsepower. I though RollsRoyce is so proud to be special”. The American showed a contemptuous grin. “Andwhat do you do if it starts raining?” The salesman answers: “You see that black button inthe middle?” “Yes. Does itclose the roof?” “If you press that button then it stopsraining.” Q6 Whatis the interesting legend about a geezerstarted a medical clinic? A6 RebeccaC.,1y An old geezer, who had been a retired farmer for along time became very bored and decided to open a medical clinic. He put a sign up outside that said: "Get your treatment for$500 - if not cured get back $1,000." Doctor "Young," who was positive that thisold geezer didn't know beans about medicine, thought this would be a greatopportunity to get $1,000. He went to Dr. Geezer's clinic and this is whathappened. Dr. Young: "Dr. Geezer, I have lost all taste inmy mouth. Can you please help me? Dr. Geezer: "Nurse, please bring medicine frombox 22 and put 3 drops in Dr. Young's mouth." Dr. Young:"Aaagh! This is Gasoline!" Dr. Geezer: "Congratulations! You've got yourtaste back. That will be $500." Dr. Young gets annoyed and goes back after a coupleof days figuring to recover his money. Dr Young: "I have lost my memory, I cannot rememberanything." Dr. Geezer: "Nurse, please bring medicine frombox 22 and put 3 drops in the patient's mouth." Doctor Young: "Oh no you don't, that's Gasoline!" Dr. Geezer:"Congratulations! You've got your memory back. That will be $500." Dr. Young (after having lost $1000) leaves angrilyand comes back after several more days. Dr. Young: "My eyesight has become weak I canhardly see!" Dr. Geezer:"Well, I don't have any medicine for that so. Here's your $1000back." Dr. Young: "But this is only $500..." Dr. Geezer:"Congratulations! You got your vision back! That will be $500." Moral of the story: Just because you're"Young" doesn't mean that you can outsmart an old "Geezer " Q7 What is the most embarrassing moment ofyour life? A7 VijayaLakshmi, Have experience in life for 68 years.6y Year 2006. US visa interview. Our son and DIL prepared us for this visa interviewweeks before the interview. Since it was a tourist visa, my son told that they mayask about the places we intended to visit. They were in Berkeley( California) that time. So my son emailed names of all the places one couldvisit there. They included Golden gate bridge, GrandCanyon,Yosemite National Park, Santa Cruz,Joshua Tree National Park etc etc. We knew about Golden gate bridge and Grand Canyon butother names were new to us. So like good students we started ‘mugging up’ thenames. I never mugged up like that even in my school days :) Husband had coined some words to remember the names. Like for ‘Yosemite National Park’ ‘Yashomati mayya’ Interview day arrived. We both were called inside. The US person startedasking questions to each of us. He turned toward my husband asked “Who is there inUSA” “Our son” “what is hedoing there?” “He is doinghis Ph.D.” The officer turned towards me to ask a question. I quickly recalled all the names I have mugged up. I was literally standing like a goodstudent ready to answer a question in a viva. “In which school he studied” he asked. “But why doeshe want the name of the school?” I wondered. “Somalwarschool” I said obediently. The officer had a confused expression on his face. “Where is thisschool?” “In Nagpur” “Where isNagpur?” “InMaharashtra” “Maharashtra?But that is in India!” Then itsuddenly struck me. Americans refer to ‘University’ as ‘school’ The officer actually asked “In which school hestudies” but because of his Americanized English I understood it as “In whichschool he studied”. I felt really embarrassed. “He completedhis high school studies in Maharashtra. Now he is doing Ph.D. in University ofCalifornia Berkeley” “Oh good.Convey my regards(or some other word, I don’t remember) to him” he saidsmiling. No more questions. We got ten year multiple EntryVisa. -- 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/515690458.2365054.1711978532067%40mail.yahoo.com.
