Interesting tidbits.

1. Positive Attitude

A reporter was interviewing a 99 year old man.

Interviewer. I certainly hope I can return next year and see you reach 100.

Old man    . Why not young man You look healthy enough!

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2. Hear, hear!

If New Delhi is a symbol of development then Ladakh doesn't need it!

Air you can't breathe, water you can't touch and neighbours you can't trust is a heavy price to pay for 'development'!

- Sonam Wangchuk.

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3. Israel under attack

A couple of days back, Gen Bajwa said we need to send Pak Army to help Palestinians.

I told him distance from Pakistan to Israel is 4000 km, fuel and toll taxes will cost us $8 billion and we have only $6 billion reserve hence No Biryani.

He agreed and asked to continue fighting Israel on Twitter only.

- @TheZaiduLeaks

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4. His Grace The Most Rev. Padma Bhushan Philipose Mar Chrysostom Mar Thoma Valiya Metropolitan

The 20th Metropolitan of the Malankara Mar Thoma Syrian Church had taken to eternal rest on 05 May 2021. The funeral was held at Thiruvalla, Kerala on 06 May 2021.

Spiritual leader who led the Mar Thoma Sabha for nine years and the longest serving Bishop in India.

A legendary icon blessed with an outstanding personality and a humanitarian outlook was awarded the Padma Bhushan by the Government of India for the service to the society.

A highly regarded figure in the history of the Mar Thoma Sabha and a unifier of all with his insights laced with humour.

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5. A Poem

Give me women, wine and snuff

Until I cry out "hold, enough!"

You may do so sans objection

Till the day of resurrection:

For, blessed my beard, they aye shall be

My beloved Trinity.

- John Keats.

Please note that this poem, while absolutely hilarious, was actually written by a 19 or 20 year old John Keats while he was still in medical school. He didn't compose this poem - according to Henry Stephens, Keats "scribbled" this on the cover of his "Syllabus of Chemical Lectures".

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6. History repeats itself

Two women, who wore shorts in public for the first time, drew male attention and caused a car accident in Toronto. circa 1937.

big deal! eight decades later, we still bang our cars seeing such skimpily clad ones in India. 

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7. Cyclone 'Tauktae'

Pronounced 'Tau'Te' - name given by Myanmar - meaning 'gecko', a highly vocal lizard. Naming of cyclones is done by the WMO/UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific Panel on Tropical Cyclones. 13 countries, including India, Myanmar and Bangladesh name cyclones in the region. After giving excessive rains to Kerala, it took a north western trajectory to hit the coast of Gujarat. Parts of Karnataka and Maharashtra were also affected.

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8. From What'sApp

My Lords who keep cases undecided for 30 years are ordering to supply Oxygen to the entire country in four days. Those who couldn't prove whether Salman Khan was driving the car or not for 19 yrs are asking the entire system should be made robust in four days.

Tailpiece.

Got up late by about a quarter to 7, the chores and was ready by about 10. Rain played hide and seek during the early hours but we, finally, got a sunny day and could get all the wet clothes dry!

A lot many calls made and could catch up with a few friends.