It was only when
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Yesterday, after watching Radoi and Rat headbutting each other, I messaged Baada saying that it's too funny when people from the same team get involved in an accident, despite it being very painful for the players. A moment later, I realized that I had no right to laugh about these things after I got into major trouble following this accident with
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Last evening, while i was going with
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Check out this list of Kannda slang words used to describe women. Instructive.

However, I protest the fact that he's classified " petromax" as a rarely used word. Maybe a few buses need to be burnt. Or we should cut off the power supply to this guy's house, and force him to use a petromax.

I'm halfway through this excellent article. I highly recommend you to read if you're even remotely interested in social networks. Duncan Watts (prof of sociology at Columbia; now on sabbatical at Yahoo!),  whose book six degrees was instrumental in introducing me to the concept of social networks, tries to refute some of the ideas talked about by ( Read more... )

i get the feeling that using the word "please" in certain contexts makes things less polite. it sounds as if it is imposing something on someone, or forcing someone to do something. especially in the formal/corporate context.

suppose you write to someone saying "can you do this?" you are just asking if someone to do something. And "no" is a ( Read more... )

I seem to be facing a huge writer's block nowadays. In the last two weeks, more posts have been not written than written. What i mean is that there have been several times when I have started writing something and then abandoned it midway. It's way too frequent, and it's bugging.

The pattern is similar each time - I get an idea for a post when I'm ( Read more... )

Driving to the gym yesterday evening, I happened to switch on the radio. Radio city 91.1. A song had just ended and I was cursing myself that I'd have to listen to their woresht ads. And then
Welcome to colloquial claaass brought to you by Miss Lingo Leela. SSLC poss currently unemplaayed.

Ever since it started way back in 2001, the best thing about ( Read more... )

Hi All,

We have XYZ ABC celebrating his birthday on Sunday i.e. on 20th May.

Please join me in wishing him many many happy birthday in advance!!!!

Regards,

*Name blanked out to protect identity*

Human Resource
I've retained the fonts and colors from the mail that i had received. A couple of things you might want to notice, if you ( Read more... )

Liverpool FC is being bought over by a group called DIC (dubai international capital).

At least it's better than Democratic Indira Congress (Karunakaran)!!