A Lion’s eye on the Bulls and Bears
“In India, companies may fall sick, but promoters rarely do!”
“Piss Poor” They used to use urine to tan animal skins, so families used to all pee in a pot & then once a day it was taken & Sold to the tannery…….if you had to do this to survive you were “Piss Poor” But worse than that were the really poor folk who couldn’t …
Interesting Origin of a Few English Phrases & Customs Read More »
At the outset let me disclose that this Post has been provoked by Vodaphone….Our Government giving a Clarification with retrospective effect ,effectively overturning the Supreme Court order that agreed with Vodaphone not being subject to Billion of Dollars of tax in India and Ratan Tata…..he expressed his frustration that India is headed towards becoming a Banana Republic …..but …
India is the Biggest Banana Republic !…Surely Vodaphone and Ratan Tata would agree ! Read More »
Copasetic….It’s an American Slang adjective that means “Everything’s ok” or “Completely satisfactory” …came across it while browsing through the official website of the ongoing Asian Games 2010 at Guangzhou in China…check out http://www.gz2010.cn/10/1120/23/6LVISNVR0078002T.html …Everything copasetic at Guangzhou Asian Games Town Copasetic does not feature in the English Oxford Dictionary….that gave me a hint that it could …
Everything copasetic at Guangzhou Asian Games Town Read More »
I Love Connecting…even if it appears as Trivia….over the Years it’s become an inherent and instant reflexive action when I read about or see a Person,Thing or Place Like….. what’s the Connection between the Crooner and even Actor,Tina Turner…she’ll turn 71 in November this year ( Oh ! I loved her ‘Private Dancer’ and ‘What’s Love …
Trivia….Connections…Tina Turner & Pierce Brosnan…Vapi & Wimbledon…Singapore & Sanskrit Read More »
It was the accepted practice in Babylon 4,000 years ago that for a month after the wedding, the bride’s father would supply his son-in-law with all the mead he could drink. Mead is a honey beer and because their calendar was lunar based, this period was called the honey month, which we know today as …
Wedding Season is on…So what’s the origin of the word ‘Honeymoon’? Read More »