CULTURAL QA04-2024-07 Allthe below QA are from QUORA DIGEST tome on 07-04-2024.
SelectedQuora answers by generally interesting are included. Still they need not be 100% correct answers. Two good jokes are included. Compiled and posted by R Gopalakrishnan, 80,on 07-4-2024 Q1 What'sthe funniest joke you know? Please I need to laugh. A1 Rob Dee,45years in Science Nov 16 A guy asks at a zoo if they've got any jobs. “Well”, saysthe owner “we're not doing too well and one of the gorillas died the other day.I'll pay you to dress up in a gorilla suit and take his place”. So the guy gets dressed in the gorilla suit and iswalking around inside the enclosure when a huge great silver back male gorillaapproaches him. He's absolutely terrified, scared for his life. He runs as fastas he can and jumps over the enclosure wall. Only to land in the Lion enclosure. “Oh my god” he screams, “help me I'm not a gorilla I'ma human being”, as a big lion moves towards him. “Shut up”,says the lion, “or you'll get us all fired” Q2 Whatis the funniest joke you've been told that you still think about to this day? A2 RonScott, Jan 9 This may belong to the blond joke section, but heregoes - A blonde is flying down the road in her little sportscar, convertible top down, music blaring, signing away, going way over thespeed limit. Before long, she sees the flying cherries of a cop inher rear view mirror, so she pulls off to the side of the road. The cop walksup to her door and leans in and says “Do you know you were going at least 40over the limit back there? Ineed to see your license please”. The blond starts rummaging through her wallet, andbefore long she is obviously flustered, and turns to the cop and says “I’msorry, what is it I’m looking for? Can you tell me what it looks like?” The cop takes a deep sigh and says “Umm, yourlicense?? it’s about the size of a credit card and has your picture on it???”. So the blond rummages again and finds a little compact mirror in her wallet.She looks closely at it and sure enough sees her picture, so she hands it tothe cop. The cop, who it turns out is also blond, takes a long hard look at it, then hands it back toher and says “I’m sorry, Ididn’t realize you were a cop, you can go.” Q3 Whatis your favorite Winston Churchill story? A3 DeltaP, FellowCommoner of Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge Jan 13 This is my favourite, and although I don’t know whether it is true,I could well believe it. Churchill died in January 1965. He was to be given a State Funeral (thelast in Britain until that of Queen Elizabeth II). Clearly there had been muchadvance planning, in which he was involved. He did not want General de Gaulleinvited, as he felt (rightly) that de Gaulle disliked the Anglo-Saxons greatly.However, to avoid a diplomatic incident, he agreed that he should be invited,on one condition. That was that the funeral train taking his coffin to Blenheim(a few miles from Oxford) should not leave from Paddington (the naturalstation). Instead it should leave from Waterloo Station, so that de Gaulle would have to walkunder the Victory Arch there. Q4 Whatare some great short stories with a twist ending? A4 SanjayAnand Mishra, Surviving Indian Society since last 31 years8y A boy was cycling with a basket of eggs on it. He hita stone and fell down along with the cycle. . . . The eggs also fell down and broke. A crowdgathered around the boy. . . . As usual free advice started flowing from theon lookers “Couldn’t you be more careful?” “What is this, you are cycling ,casually without attention?” . . . An old man approached the crowd , saw what hadhappened and said “Poor fellow this boy has to answer the Owner of the shop .Ok I will help him , as much as I can” ...... saying this handed over Rs10/- to the boy. Andalso said “These onlookers are good people, they will not only give advice,they will help you by giving money also, accept their help” . . . The onlookers observing the sayings of the oldman and his actions , gave money to the boy . . . The boy was very happy, since the moneycollected was more than the value of the eggs broken . . . One of the onlooker asked the boy “young man ifthat old man was not around , I do not know what difficulties you would havefaced with your owner” . . . The boy smiled and replied “Sir ,that old man is the ownerof the shop , where I work”. . Clever owner :) :) Q5 How would you justify Bhima torturingGandhari and Dritarastra after the Kurukshetra War for more than 15 years? A5 LakshmiTelidevara, Studying Vyasa Bharat again and again.8mo I won’t justify Bhima’s behaviour rather I feel pity for Dhritarashtra who was spending his last phase oflife living with Pandavas whom he never considered as his sons. Yes Bhima gotvalid reasons to hate Dhritarashtra but still I won’t support his behaviour for the simplereason that Dhritarashtra was a dependent on them whose responsibility theyhave taken after he lost all his sons in war. For Dhritarashtra that itself was a punishment,I meanto live under the shelter of Pandavas whom his son never allowed to live inpeace and didn’t leave any chance to grab their fortune and humiliate in theworst possible manner. Dhritarashtra supported his son in all his misdeeds andnever intended to control him properly. Did Dhritarashtra repent his deeds? Yes but hecouldn’t forego his affection towards his slained sons particularly towardsDuryodhana. Dhritarashtra’s repentence and reluctance forced him topunish himself by not eating sufficient food and sleeping on floor spread withKusha grass. He admitted this. Of wicked understanding as I am, now after the lapseof five and ten years, I am seeking to expiate my sins. Now at the fourthdivision of the day or sometimes at the eighth division, with the regularity ofa vow, I eat a little food for simply conquering my thirst. Gandhari knowsthis. All my attendants are under the impression that I eat as usual. Throughfear of Yudhishthira alone I concealed my acts, for if the eldest son of Panducame to know of my vow, he would feel great pain. Clad in deer-skin, I lie downon the Earth, spreading a small quantity of Kusa grass, and pass the time in silentrecitations Section 1III Ashramavasa parva Whether Dhritarashtra deserves sympathy or not can bedecided through the conversation between Arjuna and Bhima. When Dhritarashtra wanted to donate gifts to peoplein the name of his departed sons and Elders,Arjuna sensed Bhima’s disapprovaland explained why he should let Dhritarashtra have his way before leaving for forest. Arjuna’scompassion towards Dhritarashtra The diadem-decked Phalguna, understanding thethoughts of Bhimasena, slightly bending his face downwards, addressed thatforemost of men in these words, 'O Bhima, our royal father who is advancing inyears, has resolved to retire into the woods. He wishes to make gifts foradvancing the happiness of his slain kinsmen and well-wishers now in the otherworld. O thou of Kuru's race, he wishes to give away wealth that belongs tothee by conquest. Indeed, O mighty-armed one, it is for Bhishma and others thatthe old king is desirous of making those gifts. It behoves thee to grant thypermission. By good luck itis, O thou of mighty arms that Dhritarashtra today begs wealth of us, he whowas formerly begged by us. Behold the reverse brought about by Time. That kingwho was before the lord and protector of the whole Earth, now desires to gointo the woods, his kinsmen and associates all slain by foes. O chief of men,let not thy views deviate from granting the permission asked for. O mighty-armed one, refusal,besides bringing infamy, will be productive of demerit. Do thou learnyour duty in this matter from the king, thy eldest brother, who is lord of all.It becometh thee to give instead of refusing XI Ashramavasa parva But Bhima being Himself pointed out all the deedsdone by Dhritarashtra and he was not wrong at all. Dhritarashtra surely happenedto be the root cause of all the sufferings of Pandavas. Bhima’s sterndisapproval How hastthou been able to forget that anxiety of twelve long years, and our residencein deep incognito that was so painful to Draupadi? Where was Dhritarashtra'saffection for us then? Clad in a black deer-skin and divested of all thyornaments, with the princess of Panchala in thy company, didst thou not followthis king? Where were Bhishma and Drona then, and where was Somadatta? Thouhadst to live for thirteen years in the woods, supporting thyself on theproducts of the wilderness. Thyeldest father did not then look at thee with eyes of parental affection.Hast thou forgotten, O Partha, that it was this wretch of our race, of wickedunderstanding, that enquired of Vidura, when the match at dice was goingon,--'What has been won?' Hearing thus far, king Yudhishthira, the son ofKunti, endued with great intelligence, rebuked him and told him to besilent."' XI Ashramavasa parva Yudhishtirasilenced Bhima,Arjunaoffered his wealth to be utilised for Dhritarashtra’s donations. Was Bhima rightin torturing Dhritarashtra? Bhima was not able to forget what Dhritarashtra didwith them. His presence triggered him up to the extent of harassing the oldking by his verbal taunts. Not every one can forget the evil deeds of othersand Bhima was one among them. But to torture the old king by mentioning how hekilled his sons I consider inhuman and insensitive. In contrast other four brothers treated Dhritarashtrawith compassion. Arjuna and Yudhishtira addressed him as Father. Arjuna pleadedwith Bhima to accept Dhrutarashtra’s wish to donate lest he will get ill fameand demerit. Arjuna was right in mentioning thus because howeverbad Dhritarashtra was,he wasin a pathetic condition right then. He was old,weak,sad & desperate.Moreover he was their father in relation and stature. He wanted to spend his last days in penance andwished to donate for a last time. Dhritarashtra definitely deserved sympathy for allthese reasons. I don’t find anyjustification for Bhima’s harsh behaviour towards Dhritarashtra. My answer is based on story of Vyasabharat. My note- I cannot fully agree to Mrs LakshmiTelidevara.Dritharashtra tried to crush Bhima when Pandavas went to perform Namaskaramafter winning war as desired by Dritharashtra. He crushed while embracing, eventhe iron idol of Bhima while embracing. Dritharashtra had so much cruelty to Bhima. -- 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/1315617270.3934624.1712500801972%40mail.yahoo.com.
