CULTURAL QA 04-2024-20A
Q1 How old are you and how do you feel about your age, aging, your
future?
KR G replied that He is 3 years old though biologically 80+; but
there is another kid whom I do not talk about here ehi is not even born.
Q2 What is a funny story that happened due to language barrier?
KR Spoke g said to the reporter,” I said something in Malayalam
as I used to write in my groups; and I do not know the crowd sprang on me
and started beating; and I do not know what wrong I said?”
Q3 What is one fact that you know is true but still blows your mind?
KR If any one did not make out from G ,” Ah, I see the
connection you're making. "Horn OK Please" is a phrase commonly seen on the
rear of trucks and other commercial vehicles in countries like India, and
"OK" does indeed stand for "On Kerosene." In this context, "On Kerosene"
refers to vehicles that are powered by kerosene, particularly older trucks
and buses that used kerosene as fuel. The phrase "Horn OK Please"
originated as a request for drivers of vehicles behind to honk their horns,
indicating that they are approaching or attempting to overtake the vehicle.
So, yes, there is a connection between "Horn OK Please" and kerosene, as it
was used on vehicles that ran on kerosene fuel. {revealing combustion so
let the follower warn the driver by honking
KR IRS 20424
On Sat, 20 Apr 2024 at 10:39, 'gopala krishnan' via Thatha_Patty <
[email protected]> wrote:
> *CULTURAL QA 04-2024-20A*
>
> *All the BELOW QA are from Quora digest to me on 20-04-2024.*
>
> * Quora answers need not be 100% correct answers *
>
> *.Compiled **and posted by R. Gopala krishnan, on 20-04-2024*
>
> *Q1 How old are you and how do you feel about your age, aging,
> your future?*
>
> *A1 Ken Saladin, Professor of biology, emeritus 1y*
>
> *Here’s a toast to guys like Nick Schön.*
>
> *Me, a couple weeks shy of 73 and feeling about the same as Nick describes
> himself.*
>
> *So many of my high-school graduation peers, and friends and colleagues
> younger than I by ten years or more, look so much older. I see on Facebook
> pictures of women I used to passionately yearn for when we were high-school
> classmates, and they look like my grandmother now. My inner age is still
> about 48. In calendar years, though, I would say that on the whole, my 60s
> were my best decade in overall health, productivity, and life satisfaction.*
>
> *My future? Well, I have lived enough. I will enjoy what’s left and the
> privileges of age, material comfort, and retirement, but I’m prepared to go
> without fear or regret whenever the time comes. I expect and hope for no
> conscious life after that; all that will remain of me is my reputation,
> other people’s memories, some legacies I’ve created for posterity, and a
> paltry few physical things that no one will want. Doesn’t bother me at all.
> I long ago achieved a somewhat Zenlike sense of nonattachment to things.*
>
> *When I’ve had a long, busy, productive day and I go to bed weary with
> endeavor, all I want is release from it all—solid sleep, not even caring
> about whether I have any nice dreams during the night or wake up the next
> morning to a new day’s agenda. That’s how I feel about my final sleep. All
> I want then is release and oblivion—no more worries; no more obligations
> and to-do lists; no more sense of past, present, and future; no new agenda
> waiting for me “on the other side.”*
>
> *Q2 What is a funny story that happened due to language barrier?*
>
> *A2 Trevor, Mortgage Associate at Concord Mortgage Group Ltd
> (2006–present)22h*
>
> *My sister married an Australian so a bunch of Australians flew up to
> attend the wedding.*
>
> *As a digression, both my parents grew up on farms and I always thought it
> would be fun to farm.*
>
> *At the wedding rehearsal, for some reason I started talking about farming
> with this Australian fellow.*
>
> *We had quite a lengthy conversation about Australian farming techniques.
> I was surprised to learn that they used helicopters! I reasoned that this
> must be the case because it is such a dry place, maybe they need lots of
> space for cattle to feed and in order to round them up they must need
> helicopters.*
>
> *Finally, at the very end of the conversation, something finally clicked
> and we were able to figure it out.*
>
> *I was talking the whole time about farming.*
>
> *He was talking about practices of firemen.*
>
> *Q3 What is one fact that you know is true but still blows your
> mind?*
>
> *A3 Shivani Kulkarni, Studied at Business Management39m*
>
> *Ok so this is interesting. One common sight we all see in India is “Horn
> Ok Please” written on back of many trucks. The reason behind this is
> interesting. During World War 2 there were shortages of diesel all over the
> world and not suprising it affected India too. So the people in our country
> started using “KEROSENE”. So the “OK” in Horn Ok Please is - “ON KEROSENE”.
> So it reads like “Horn Please, On Kerosene”. So that people behind can
> maintain a certain distance from the trucks. This fact still blows up my
> mind.*
>
> *Q4 What is the most amazing or shocking thing you know that most
> people don't?*
>
> *A4 Sanyukta, electro alien angel2y*
>
> *Pythagoras drowned a student to death because the student proved the
> existence of irrational numbers which contradicted Pythagoras and his
> cult's beliefs.*
>
> *Ancient Romans would put sandals on the hands of sleeping people then
> tickle their face so they would slap themselves.*
>
> *A guy died from asphyxiation eating a pear. The pear tree was put on
> trial, found guilty of murder, and destroyed.*
>
> * In ancient Egypt, servants were smeared with honey to attract flies away
> from the pharaoh.*
>
> *The shortest war occurred between Zanzibar and the British empire,
> lasting around 45 minutes.*
>
> *During the Cold War, there was an idea to drop XL condoms labelled Medium
> onto the Soviets to make them think we were anatomically superior and be
> more afraid of fighting us.*
>
> * Hitler, Stalin, Trotsky, Freud, and Tito were all living in the same
> area of Vienna in 1913.*
>
> *In 1895, the entire state of Ohio had only 2 cars. Both cars still
> managed to smash into each other.*
>
> *Q5 What's the best excuse for being late you've ever heard?*
>
> *A5 Gary Pennington,6h*
>
> *This was from a young lad who worked directly under my supervision. He
> turned up late for work everyday, usually it was about 15 minutes or so. I
> wasn’t really bothered to be honest, but orders from on high (HR) had me
> bringing him in for a brief verbal warning as it had gone on for a couple
> of months.*
>
> *I sat him down and we talked about the reasons behind his lateness
> everyday. The lad was honest and he had no problem in telling me the reason
> why he was late was because his Mum didn’t get him up on time in the
> morning.*
>
> *Yeah, really…*
>
> *After explaining the fact that it wasn’t up to his Mum to get him to work
> on time, our chat literally flew over his head. He continued to be late
> everyday after it.*
>
> *I decided to use a bit of ‘kidology’ to make it right. This lad’s Mum was
> his emergency contact, so I phoned her. After a chat explaining about his
> lateness everyday, his verbal warning and possible written warning
> incoming, she agreed to help me out. She went around the house and changed
> all her clocks to show the time to be 20 minutes later than the actual time
> it was.*
>
> *Consequently, the very next morning, he turned up 5 minutes early and he
> couldn’t understand why.*
>
> *After a week of this, HR was off his back and they thought the situation
> had been resolved. I had actually applied for a role elsewhere and had
> already accepted it, so was moving on anyway.*
>
> *It was up to my replacement to deal with the issue now but it reasonably
> patched a hole for me and kept this lad in work for a while longer.*
>
> *He no longer works there now. I can’t think why!*
>
>
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