Back to school.

Author : Sairam      Blog : Funny Side Of Life      Date : 1/5/2013 12:50:00 PM

'Yesterday was Parent Teacher Interaction day at my kid's school. Parents meet the teacher once every three months to know about the progress of their kids. That is four times a year.In my time and all, I got to meet my English teacher that many times only in my full school life.I know. I know. My less than perfect education still shows up.It was my turn to go with the kid. My wife had gone the previous six times. Gender equality is a loose concept in India. Like Safe (...)'

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The ultimate question of life

Author : Sairam      Blog : Funny Side Of Life      Date : 7/3/2012 5:36:00 AM

'The two fundamental questions that confront, assail and torment us in this post modern era are1)What is the meaning of life?2)Where do they keep low fat milk in supermarket?Lot has been said in the past and lot more will be said in future about the first question.So this post addresses the second question.But first a caveat.No one, and that includes me too, can give a definitive answer to the question. You can not find low fat milk by reading a blog post. You can sit at home and rea(...)'

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A theme party

Author : Sairam      Blog : Funny Side Of Life      Date : 4/26/2012 4:49:00 AM

'The other day I threw a small party - just for the guys I hung out with in my M.Sc Physics class.The first visitor was early. Very early."Look! I have found a way to solve the Bangalore traffic problem. It's an Eureka moment." He said with excitement as he came in."You should stop thinking while you take bath. Here! wear some clothes." I chided Archimedes.He did and promptly forgot the cute idea he had come up with."Jee! How could I forget it? Let me think." He said and Poof! h(...)'

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My new daily prayer

Author : Sairam      Blog : Funny Side Of Life      Date : 4/22/2012 6:51:00 AM

'Chuck Lorre has helped me realize few things. So here is my new daily prayer.Prose is the new poemBlog is the new literatureGoogle is the new publisher'Share' is the new NobelFacebook is the new mediaWall is the new Page 3You and I are the new celebretiesStatus update is the new 'exposing'Like is the new 15 minute fameSo Help me, God!Make everyone like and share this.Amen/Inshah Allah/Om Shanti Om/Whatever'

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Himalayan realization

Author : Sairam      Blog : Funny Side Of Life      Date : 2/22/2012 5:59:00 PM

'The problem with being a physically late blooming precocious child is that you hit middle age crisis before pimples break out. I was hardly 27 when I decided to chuck it all up and spend a month touring Italy. I was feeling like I had hit the dead end. I needed to meet new people,get inspired. Outside doctor's waiting room, traveling offers the best chance to meet new people. Inside they are all sick anyway. So I chose to travel to Italy. But after buying lonely plane(...)'

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Agneepath - Movie review. Not really!

Author : Sairam      Blog : Funny Side Of Life      Date : 2/6/2012 12:07:00 AM

'Twentytwo years back I had a near death experience. My friend asked, "Do you want to go to agneepath?"Back then my hindi vocabulary consisted of just three words - kintu, parantu and pitamah. I didn't know the meaning of the last word. But I knew that was the most used hindi word - that is after kintu and parantu. But I was sorely tempted. The alternative involved spending time with rigid bodies, point masses and Newton's laws - all fictional entities. I had been prep(...)'

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Happy 2012

Author : Sairam      Blog : Funny Side Of Life      Date : 1/11/2012 4:34:00 AM

'I know it is little late for this stuff. But I believe in better late than later.This is an assorted post. I have put it all in one place - my predictions, my wishlist, my resolutions for 2012. So, my predictions for 2012...2012 is going to be horrible.No doubt about that.To start with, it is a leap year. That is going to be one extra day of farmer suicides, murders, rapes and more importantly traffic jams and T.V serials. But this year is not only going to be longer, it is goi(...)'

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Stand Up comedy show on New year's eve

Author : Sairam      Blog : Funny Side Of Life      Date : 1/4/2012 1:31:00 PM

'I had been thinking of getting up on stage and try my hand at stand up comedy for some time now.There was an opportunity on New year's eve at my apartment. And I went for it.Some jokes got good laugh. Some didn't. But all things considered, it went well. Thinking of repeating it. Here is the video of the same. '

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Mere paas Ma(id) hai

Author : Sairam      Blog : Funny Side Of Life      Date : 12/20/2011 4:05:00 AM

'Right from the day I could remember, my father had worked and lived in a different city. Then he kinda moved to a different world. Yeah, I know. Life is a box of chocolates - if you are diabetic. So, it had been we kids and our mother always. Initially we lived with our mother. And now she lives with us - one son ata time. She isn't the dominating type. But she has idiosyncrasies that can annoy people. Somebody has to tell her that if one is seventy years ol(...)'

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Rahul Dravid speech at Bradman Oration. Well, sort of...

Author : Sairam      Blog : Funny Side Of Life      Date : 12/16/2011 5:39:00 AM

'Couple of days back Rahul Dravid supposedly gave an outstanding speech at Bradman Oration.Immediately the internet was abuzz with lot of questions about that speech. Here below are some of the questions and my answers to them.1. Did Rahul prepare the speech himself?Of course not. He is a cricketer. That means he knows only one thing - how to pose for ads.2. How do you know that he did not prepare for the speech?Because, he had asked me to prepare the speech for him.3. So, was that s(...)'

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Save the world. Let me do my bit..

Author : Sairam      Blog : Funny Side Of Life      Date : 12/15/2011 10:23:00 AM

'I am not feeling good today. Maybe I got up on the wrong side of the bed.And then I see this news item - World leaders meet in Geneva to discuss Global warming.They are flying from all over the world. To discuss about Global warming. At the foot of Alps!The newspaper carries a photo of the smiling leaders with Alps in the background. I don't know why, but the photo reminds me of another photo from college days. I and my classmates stand wet, half naked and happy on a beach(...)'

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Story of Time Baba and Lime Thatha

Author : Sairam      Blog : Funny Side Of Life      Date : 11/22/2011 4:48:00 AM

'Seekers of spirituality will do well to know that the path to self realization not only goes through the Buddhist monasteries and Zen gardens but also the clock of Time Baba. -Dalai LamaAll have time for what they do.None has time for what they want to do.-Time Baba, Life GagaTime Baba, Life Gaga movement may be dead now. But back in seventies every desk had a Time Baba calender and every day a celebrity joined its fold. Now all that is left of the movement that spread like wil(...)'

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KBC 5: episode of my choice

Author : Sairam      Blog : Funny Side Of Life      Date : 11/15/2011 8:58:00 AM

'I am not a great fan of KBC5. I know it is sweeping the nation with Sushil Kumar being first five crore rupees winner. But I am underwhelmed everytime I see it on T.V. Below is transcript of something I would like to see on KBC5. Maybe that will explain my apathy towards real KBC5.*******************Amitabh: Let's move to fastest finger first question. contestants! Here comes the question on your screen.From Funny Side Of Life(The contestants are busy punching in the (...)'

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Shut that kid up. Please.

Author : Sairam      Blog : Funny Side Of Life      Date : 11/7/2011 5:41:00 AM

'Have you been on a plane travel where a kid shrieks through the whole journey and generally makes life miserable for everyone else?That kid would be mine.Maybe, You feel that I ought to be spending time bringing up my kid right. And you wouldn't be terribly wrong. My personal belief about parenting is this. To be a good parent all you need to know about kids are where does the stuff go in and where does it come out. (Hint: It is the same as in adult species) Of course, I have spent (...)'

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Hairline fracture of reality

Author : Sairam      Blog : Funny Side Of Life      Date : 11/2/2011 6:01:00 PM

'The menfolk of my household, The Rajamanis of Ramnad District, may not be the best example of male species. We do not bleed blue when Dhoni and Co gets walloped in Lords. Nor do we sit twiddling our thumbs in front of TV when Allonso goes  round and round on those stupid tracks. But Boy! when it comes to haircare, we are the machoest of the machoest. Our motto is simple - If the hair is black and isn't balding then we don't bother. The high priests of fashion may not really agr(...)'

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Happy Halloween or Whatever

Author : Sairam      Blog : Funny Side Of Life      Date : 10/29/2011 12:10:00 PM

'When Harrison Ford proposed to Calista Flockhart, news papers said he was having a middle age crisis. I am sure he paid the reporters to write that. He was sixty six already! I am sure middle age crisis is not something like a half life period. But you should be happy if you are fifty and having a middle age crisis. This blog turned fifty posts old in the beginning of October and Bham! - it hit the middle age roadblock. And guess what, it has been just around for five months! So Oct(...)'

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Marshmallow Test and Delayed Gratification

Author : Sairam      Blog : Funny Side Of Life      Date : 10/14/2011 10:59:00 AM

'Have you heard of Marshmallow test? It involves putting a marshmallow and a kid in a room and telling the marshmallow that if you don't get eaten in fifteen minutes he will be fed two of you. It measures how listless the kids are.Wait! I think I got it wrong. Yes, here is how the real test goes...It involves putting a marshmallow and a kid in a room and telling the kid that if you don't eat the marshmallow in fifteen minutes you will get two of it. Apparently, it tests the(...)'

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iSad over iCon's death

Author : Sairam      Blog : Funny Side Of Life      Date : 10/9/2011 10:18:00 AM

'I am not a member of iPhone fan club. I never will be. But I know there are  people who derive their sense of self worth from the iPhone model they own. Just like there are teenage college boys who are obsessed with the size of their gadget. This world is made of all kinds of people. Let's not hold that against an work of art and its creator. (To be clear, I am talking just about iPhone and Steve jobs here.)Technology is a child of truth. Beauty had always been in scarse supply(...)'

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Gandhi - Movie, Man, Symbol

Author : Sairam      Blog : Funny Side Of Life      Date : 10/2/2011 4:35:00 AM

'It's another Ganthi jayanthi day. Few quotes, some pictures of Gandhi will float around for next couple of days. What is your first reaction when you see one of them? Do you search for the like button? Do you feel bad that another holiday has come on the weekend? Do you remember the brilliance of Ben Kingsley? I feel a sense of inadequacy. I don't have answers to the moral problems I face. I love Gandhi. I really do! But is it okay to download Gandhi torrent? The real dvd sells at 4(...)'

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The survivor in me

Author : Sairam      Blog : Funny Side Of Life      Date : 9/28/2011 4:42:00 AM

'I am a survivor. I have always been. Right from my childhood when I had to fight for kaj(batting time) in the play ground. I had to fight stronger, meaner kids to get my batting time."You said I can bat for one over if I fielded beyond the boundary. You better bowl or else...""or else, what?""or else I will tell mom."Yeah..those stronger, meaner kids were my younger brothers.But my surviving skills reached its pinnacle in my battle with a worthy enemy - testosterone. I am talking ab(...)'

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