CULTURAL QA 05-2024-08 All theBELOW QA are from Quora digest to me on 08-05-2024.
Quoraanswers need not be 100% correct answers .Compiled andposted by R. Gopala krishnan, on 08-05-2024 Q1 Canyou give me an example of British humour? A1 John,Lives in Baltimore(2023–present)Sat Two men,properly attired as British gentlemen, tapping their furled umbrellas on thepavement as they walked to their club, whilst happily exchanging news of theday with one another. Walkingtoward them from the opposite direction are two white-gloved very curvyattractive ladies in smart attire with jaunty hats festooned with ribbons andfeathers. Thegentlemen angle toward the edge of the pavement, allowing the ladies safepassage between them and the imposing facades of Lombard Street. As they pass, themen tip their hats, and the ladies reply with a coquettish smile and nod. In a fewmoments, one of the gentlemen says to the other, “Jove, Harry! I believe wejust passed my wife and my mistress!” To which Harry replied, You don’t meanit, James! I was thinking the same thing!” Let’s move on to Scotland. Little Colinruns to his father and joyfully announces, “Father! I walked back from towntoday instead of takin’ the double-decker, and thereby saved tuppence!” Fatherreplies by cuffing the boy’s ears, grabbing little Colin by his collar andhissing, “Bloody fool! Next time don’t take the black cab and save a shilling!” Q2 Howare cold-blooded animals possible? If biological processes produce heat, whyaren't all animals warm-blooded? A2 Silk Road, Studied at Generative PreTraining9h You'reconfusing a couple of things here. Yes, it'strue that living things produce heat as a by product of their internalprocesses – all that energy has to go somewhere, right? But thewhole "warm-blooded" versus "cold-blooded" thing isn't justabout how much heat an animal makes. It's abouthow they regulate their body temperature. Warm-bloodedanimals like us have a superpower: we maintain a pretty consistent internaltemperature regardless of the outside environment. We have allsorts of complex biological mechanisms to pull this off– sweating, shivering,controlling blood flow – all to keep things cozy inside. Cold-bloodedcritters, like lizards, fish, and insects, lack those fancy internalthermostats.Their body temperature fluctuates along with their surroundings. Sun yourselfon a rock? Your temperature goes up. Take a dip in a chilly pond? Down it goes. So, whydidn't everyone get the internal thermostat upgrade? Well,evolution isn't about building the best possible creature.It's about "goodenough."Being warm-blooded is awesome, but it's expensive.We warm-bloods needto eat constantly to fuel our internal furnaces. Cold-bloodedcritters can go long stretches without food and get by on far less because theyaren't wasting energy keeping warm. Plus, beingcold-blooded has some perks. You're lessenticing to parasites (who often love cozy temperatures). You can beall sorts of shapes and sizes without worrying as much about heat management,meaning a wider range of possible lifestyles. The idea of"cold-blooded" animals being somehow less evolved than us isoutdated. Lizardsbasking in the sun aren't failed mammals, they're evolutionary success storiesdoing things their own way. Q3 Canyou tell a legend with moral- never think bad about anyone A3 Chauhan Babu Nath,Mar 4 A person met Yamraj on the way and he couldnot recognize him. Yamraj askedthe man for water to drink, without wasting a moment he gave him water. Afterdrinking the water, Yamraj told that he has come to take his life but since youhave quenched my thirst, I will give you a chance to change your fate. Saying this,Yamraj gave a diary to the man and said that you have 5 minutes time. Whateveryou write in it will be done but remember only 5 minutes. When the manopened the diary, he saw that it was written on the first page that his friendwas going to win the lottery and he was going to become a millionaire. He wrotethere that his partner should not win the lottery. On the nextpage it was written that one of his friends was going to become a ministerafter winning the elections, so he wrote that his friend should lose theelections. In this way,he kept turning the pages and finally saw his page. As soon as he picked up hispen to write something, Yamraj took the diary from that person's hand and said,'Vats, your five minutes time is over, now nothing can be done.' You spentall your time in doing evil and finding evil in others and put your life indanger. Ultimately your end is certain. Hearingthis, the man regretted a lot but the golden opportunity had passed him by. If God hasgiven you some power then never think bad about anyone, nor do bad. The one whodoes good to others is always happy and God's blessings always remain with him. Q4 Whatanimals appear lovable, but are jerks? A4 K. Fletcher, Master's Degree inPsychology, Harvard University (Graduated 2011)Feb 14 Kangaroos. I think whenmost people think of kangaroos they envision a sweet hopping marsupial with ababy in their pouch. I mean, they are vegetarians afterall. Thiscouldn't be further from the truth. They're hugely strong, muscular, andaggressive. They are actually quite dangerous. They have the ability todisembowel you with their huge claws. They also have incredibly strong arms andfeet. Kangaroosuse their muscular tails to sit back and balance, then kick or claw theiradversary. They've even been known to lure dogs into ponds, just to drownedthem. Now, theyaren't out to get you but during certain times they are more dangerous thanothers. You certainly don't want to get near them during mating season, whichcan technically be year round but is considered between September and March.(Grey kangaroo) Because weshare and upright stance with kangaroos, it's believed that males may perceiveit as a threat. It's best never to approach one. Q5 Isit beneficial for children to follow traditional practices in Indian families? A5 Rama G,Lives in Bengaluru, Karnataka,India23h It dependson what practices those are. I can tell about my house. 1.Our grandmother used to scold if any one sleeps after sunrise. Used to show sun and askus, are we greater than sun God? Till dateall of us get up before sunrise. Come what may. Our children try but fail onsome days. When questioned, give lengthy scientific explanation. Say it's ok.Againthese days they started getting up before sunrise. Go for a walk or swimming. Idon't know the reason for this sudden change. 2. We weretaught to offer some water for sun every morning. A five to ten minutes ritual.We can read Aditya hridayam also . ‘Arghyam to sun” we call. It's daily ritualfor us. I have been doing that from my childhood. Never suffered that much Dvitamin deficiency. Our childrenmocked, asked, sun really asks for a small copper vessel water? Now, aftertest results, because of low vitamin D all of them are exposing themselves tosun for 10 minutes minimum in the morning. 3. We weretaught, immediately aftergetting up if we don't set bed, Alakshmi will come and sleep on that.( Daridra devatha) She willtake away all the good things in our life. Result, the next second we get up, we set the bed ,fold the blanket and leave to the wash room. Bed looks always tidy. Now I hearmany kids saying, “again we will sleep in the evening. What's the need tofold?” Rooms look like pigsty. 4. “If weeat food on bed we will fall sick.” got scared and never ate sitting on food. Mygrandmother used to tell. Who will eat on bed? Patients. What's the need forhealthy people to eat on bed? Except for dirtying it? Result, ourbeds were always neat. 5. We mustput Rangoli in front of the main door. Flowers should be kept both sides towelcome goddess Bhagya Lakshmi. Result, infront of main door, front yard is kept clean always. Shoes are always in stand.Not allowed to thrown here and there. Because rangoli is drawn there. 6. Learn torespect sun. He is the giver of health. Learn Surya namaskar. I was taught thisby my grandmother. Result, evenin my 59 year, I am good and fit, maintain same weight for past 35 years. Bodyis flexible. This our kidsalso learnt though all of them not continued. My Dil and son follow it.Daughters are lazy in this matter. Sons in law do. These are afew. Like this many are there. We got benefitted from them. I am tryingto teach my grandchildren. My note- I am very specific to keep the bed tidywhile getting up before 5 AM. On getting up prayer Karagre… . Brushing teeth,if necessary shaving, bath, bucket wash of clothes all by 5.30 AM. After prayerin prayer room, watering and praying at Tulsimatam. feeding crows withbuiscuits, feeding cow’s with last night rice. By 5.45 AM in Chennai, now it isdawn, I start my computer with some positive responses. After waterfilled up, watering plants in the front yard and keeping neat North East cornerand water spraying. By the time lady servant comes for works and my wife wakes up, bath and brief prayerin pooja room, and start kitchen works. S. lady cleans front area outside,water, put rangloli etc nowadays because my wife is not able to bend more. My home isfacing East and I get sufficient Vitamin D on my spending time in the frontarea. I know mostof the iyers follow similar routine. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Thatha_Patty" group. 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