CULTURAL QA 04-2024-09 Allthe below QA are from QUORA DIGEST tome on 09-04-2024.
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 09-4-2024 Q1 Can you tell a legend proving-“Don’t mess with old people!” A1 BethanyFletcher,11h The IRS decides to audit Grandpa, andsummons him to the IRS office. The IRS auditor was not surprised when Grandpashowed up with his attorney. The auditor said, “Well, sir, youhave an extravagant lifestyle and no full-time employment, which you explain bysaying that you win money gambling. I’m not sure the IRS finds thatbelievable.” “I’m a great gambler, and I can prove it,”says Grandpa. “How about a demonstration?” The auditor thinks for a moment andsays, “OK. Go ahead.” Grandpa says, “I’ll bet you athousand dollars that I can bite my own eye.” The auditor thinks a moment and says,“It’s a bet.” Grandpa removes his glass eye andbites it. The auditor’s jaw drops. Grandpa says, “Now, I’ll bet you twothousand dollars that I can bite my other eye.” The auditor can tell Grandpa isn’tblind, so he takes the bet. Grandpa removes his dentures andsinks them into his remaining eye. The astonished auditor now grasps that hehas gambled and lost three grand, with Grandpa's attorney as a witness. Hisunease begins to mount. “Want to go double or nothing?” Grandpa asks.“I’ll bet you six thousand dollars that I can stand on one side of your desk,and pee into that wastebasket on the other side, and never get a drop anywherein between.” The auditor, twice burned, iscautious now, but he looks carefully and decides there’s no way this old guycould possibly manage that stunt, so he agrees again. Grandpa stands beside thedesk and unzips his pants, but although he strains mightily, he can’t make thestream reach the wastebasket on the other side, so he pretty much urinates allover the auditor’s desk. The auditor leaps with joy, realizingthat he has just turned a major loss into a huge win. But Grandpa’s attorneymoans and puts his head in his hands. “Are you OK?” the auditor asks. “Not really,” says the attorney. “Thismorning, when Grandpa told me he’d been summoned for an audit, he bet me twenty-five thousanddollars that he could come in here and pee all over your desk and that you’d behappy about it.” Q2 How king Hashavardhana got back his lost kingdom? A2 ChauhanBabu Nath,20h Please read this short story once: King Harshavardhana lost the battle. The surviving neighbors were presentedbefore the king in handcuffs. The king of the neighboring country was happywith his victory and made a proposal to Harshvardhan... If you bring us the answer to onequestion, we will return your kingdom, otherwise be prepared for lifeimprisonment. The question is... what does a woman reallywant? You have one month's time for this.Harshvardhan accepted this proposal. He went from place to place and meteveryone from scholars, scholars and all the housewives to dancers,prostitutes, maids and queens, sadhvis and wanted to know what a woman reallyneeds? Some talked about gold, some about silver, some about diamonds andjewels, some about love, some about son-husband-father and family, some aboutkingship and retirement, but Harshvardhan was not satisfied. A month passed and Harshvardhan didnot get any satisfactory answer. Someone suggested that there lives amagician in a far away country, she has the answer to everything, maybe she hasthe answer to this question too.. Harshavardhanaalong with his friend Siddharaj went to the sorceress and repeated hisquestion. The witch looked at Harshvardhan'sfriend and said... I will tell you the correct answer but in return your friendwill have to marry me. The sorceress was an old woman andvery ugly, a rotten tooth was visible from her foul-smelling mouth when shethrew her wicked smile towards Harshvardhan. Harshavardhan refused so as not to put his friend in trouble, Siddharaj did not listen to a thing and agreed to marrythe sorceress for the sake of his friend's life. Then the magician told the answer. "Womenwant to become self-reliant in taking their own decisions." This answer gave some credit toHarshvardhan, the king of the neighboring kingdom also accepted it and hereturned his kingdom to Harshvardhan. Here Siddharaj got married to thesorceress, the sorceress told her husband on Madhuratri.. Since your heart is pure and you havemade a sacrifice for your friend, therefore, out of twenty-four hours, I willremain in the form of Roopasi for twelve hours and in my true form for theremaining twelve hours. Tell me, what do you like? Siddharaj said..Dear, this decisionhas to be taken by you only, I have accepted you as my wife, and I like everyaspect of you. Hearing this, the witch turned into abeauty and said... Since you have left the decision to me, I will always remainin this form, in fact this is my real form. I had assumed the form of an ugly oldwoman to remove the evil people of the world from around me. That is, the social system has madewomen dependent, but mentally no woman is dependent. That is why people who make theirwives the mistress of the house are often seen as happy. You may not make heryour mistress, but free up a part of her life. Let him take decisions relatedto that part himself. *Always be happy.**Whatever is receivedis enough.* Q3 What are some of the most mind-blowing facts? A3 Somebodiee,Fun6mo Dimples are inherited by a singlegene. "I Am" is the shortestcomplete sentence in the English language Though less common than earthquakes,the moon actually has moonquakes, too. Although it may soundcounterintuitive, your small intestine is actually the largest (internal) organin your body. Laughing for about 10 minutes canmake you burn between 20 and 40 Calories. Cats have an extra toe on their frontpaws. Samsung tests their phone's toughnesswith a butt-shaped robot. Not every animal has red blood. Initially sushi rice wasn'tconsidered good to eat Q4 What are some interesting facts which are not commonly known? A4 PeterSpering, Former Risk Analyst 2y Blockbusterisn’t dead. If you’re old enough to remember thedays of renting videos from the stores with the iconic blue logo, you’ll alsoprobably recall how that corporate giant fell to its knees when throttled bythe 2008 recession, as well as by the increasing competition from DVD-by-mailrental services like Netflix. Once the company that raked in $800million in late fees alone one year, they were forced to file for bankruptcy in2010, $1 billion in debt. Over 9,000 stores were shut and thecompany folded, resigned to the retail history books. However, one store actually weathered the stormand remains open to this day, in Bend, Oregon: As the last remaining Blockbuster, itdoes good trade on the back of nostalgia and novelty, and following adocumentary, even experienced a large spike in interest that saw the staff busy packing thousands oforders for Blockbuster T-shirts, hats and face masks. Q5 Should we dry washed vegetables and fruits on a newspaper? A5 GopalkrishnaVishwanath, An Indian vegetarian by habit, and upbringing14h Wenever do it. My wife spreads a towel and placesthe vegetables on it and lets the air dry them. Recently we bought some water absorbent dish drying mats and we place the washed vegetables on them. This is how it looks. Newspapers have dust on them.Theremay be lead in the ink used for printing newspapers. Why take a chance? Besides you later need to dispose ofthe wet newspaper.Each newspaper can be used just once. While a towel or absorbent mat can bereused. 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