Strange But True!!!

Abraham Lincoln was elected to Congress in 1846.
John F. Kennedy was elected to Congress in 1946.

Abraham Lincoln was elected President in 1860.
John F. Kennedy was elected President in 1960.

Both were particularly concerned with civil rights.
Both wives lost their children while living in the White House.

Both Presidents were shot on a Friday.
Both Presidents were shot in the head.

Now it gets really weird.

Lincoln 's secretary was named Kennedy.
Kennedy's Secretary was named Lincoln.

Both were assassinated by Southerners.
Both were succeeded by Southerners named Johnson.

Andrew Johnson, who succeeded Lincoln, was born in 1808.
Lyndon Johnson, who succeeded Kennedy, was born in 1908.

John Wilkes Booth, who assassinated Lincoln, was born in 1839.
Lee Harvey Oswald, who assassinated Kennedy, was born in 1939.

Both assassins were known by their three names.
Both names are composed of fifteen letters.

Now hang on to your seat

Lincoln was shot at the theater named 'Ford.'
Kennedy was shot in a car called ' Lincoln' made by 'Ford.'

Lincoln was shot in a theater and his assassin ran and hid in a warehouse. Kennedy was shot from a warehouse and his assassin ran and hid in a theater.

Booth and Oswald were assassinated before their trials.

And here's the kicker...

A week before Lincoln was shot, he was in Monroe, Maryland
A week before Kennedy was shot, he was with Marilyn Monroe.

Don't copy if you can't Paste

Imitation might at times lead oneself into trouble. Here is a short story that portrays this fact.

Not too long ago, a large seminar was held for ministers and reverends in training. Among the facilitators were many well-known motivational speakers. One such speaker boldly approached the pulpit and, gathering the entire crowd's attention, said, "The best years of my life were spent in the arms of a woman who wasn't my wife!"

The crowd was shocked! He followed up by saying, "That woman was my mother!" The crowd burst into laughter and he gave his speech, which was well received.

About a week later, one of the ministers who had attended the seminar decided to use that joke in his sermon. As he shyly approached the pulpit one sunny Sunday, he tried to rehearse the joke in his head. It was a bit foggy to him.

Getting to the microphone he said loudly, "The greatest years of my life were spent in the arms of a woman who was not my wife!"

His congregation sat shocked, murmuring.

After standing there for almost 10 seconds trying to recall the second half of the joke, the pastor finally blurted out "...and I can't remember who she was!"

Moral of the story: Don't copy if you can't paste.

Amazing Facts

• Money isn't made out of paper, it is made out of cotton.
• The 57 on a Heinz ketchup bottle represents the variety of pickles the Company once had.
• Your stomach produces a new layer of mucus every two weeks otherwise it will digest itself.
• The dot over the letter ' i' is called the title.
• A duck's quack doesn't echo, no one knows why.
• Forty percent of McDonald's profit comes from the sales of 'happy meals'.
• Every person has a unique tongue print.
• 315 entries in Websters 1996 dictionary were misspelled.
• On an average, 12 newborns will be given to wrong parents daily.
• Chocolate affects a dog's heart and nervous system. A few ounces will kill a small sized dog.
• Most lipsticks contain fish scales.
• Donald Duck comics were banned in Finland because he doesn't wear pants.
• Ketchup was sold in the 1830's as a medicine.
• Leonardo Da vinci could write with one hand and draw with the other at the same time.
• There are no clocks in the Las Vegas gambling casinos.
• There are no words in the dictionary that rhyme with orange, purple and silver.
• A tiny amount of liquor on a scorpion will make it go mad instantly and sting itself to death.
• By raising your legs slowly and lying on your back, you can't sink in quicksand.
• Chewing gum while peeling onions will keep you from crying.
• Guiness Book Of Records holds the record for being the book most often stolen from Public Libraries.
• Astronauts are not allowed to eat beans before they go into space because passing wind in a space suit damages them

Save Trees, Trees Save

Fanaa

Tere dil mein meri saanson ko panah mil jaaye, Tere ishq mein meri jaan fanaa ho jaye

Shalom!!

Wish U a Very Happy Christmas And New Year.... hiccc..... ooopps. The other day, I received an SMS from a friend of mine, it read in bold letters, FELIZ NAVIDAD. Puzzled and intrigued to find out what exactly it meant, I put in action my intellectual kidneys....oops, intellectual thinking... c'mon, give me a break, I ain't that tipsy.. and found out the answer... check this out.

MERRY CHRISTMAS & HAPPY NEW YEAR IN DIFFERENT LANGUAGES

Afrikaans : Gesdeende Kersfees
Afrikander : Een Plesierige Kerfees
Albanian : Gezur Krislinjden
Arabic : Idah Saidan Wa Sanah Jadidah
Argentine : Feliz Navidad
Armenian : Shenoraavor Nor Dari yev Pari Gaghand
Malaysia : Selamat Hari Natal
Bengali : Shuvo Naba Barsha
Brazilian : Boas Festas e Feliz Ano Novo
Bulgarian : T chestita Koleda
Chile : Feliz Navidad
Chinese (Cantonese) : Gun Tso Son Tan'Gung Haw Sun
Chinese (Mandarin) : Kung His Hsin Nien bing Chu Shen Tan
Choctaw: Yukpa, Nitak Hollo Chito
Columbia : Feliz Navidad y Prospero Año Nuevo
Czech : Prejeme Vam Vesele Vanoce a stastny Novy Rok
Danish : Glaedelig Jul
Dutch : Vrolijk Kerstfeest en een Gelukkig
Farsi : Cristmas-e-shoma mobarak bashad
Finnish : Hyvaa joulua
French : Joyeux Noel
German : Froehliche Weihnachten
Greek : Kala Christouyenna!
Hawaiian : Mele Kalikimaka
Hebrew : Mo'adim Lesimkha. Chena tova
Hungarian : Kellemes Karacsonyi unnepeket
Iraqi : Idah Saidan Wa Sanah Jadidah
Italian : Buone Feste Natalizie
Japanese : Meri Kurisumas
Latin : Natale hilare et Annum Faustum!
Malayalam (India) : Kristhumas Nava Valsarashamsakal
Navajo : Merry Keshmish
Peru : Feliz Navidad y un Venturoso Ano Nuevo
Philipines : Maligayan Pasko!
Polish : Wesolych Swiat Bozego Narodzenie
Portuguese : Feliz Natal
Pushto : Christmas Aao Ne-way Kaal mo Mobarak Sha
Russian: Pozdrevlyayu s prazdnikom Rozhdestva is Novim Godom
Singhalese : Subha nath thalak Vewa
Spanish : Feliz Navidad
Swedish : God jul and (Och) Ett Gott Nytt Ar
Tamil : Nathar Puthu Varuda Valthukal
Telugu: krismas mariiu noothana samvatsara subhakangschalu
Yugoslavian : Cestitamo Bozic

Daddy I have Rs. 500 now

Son: "Daddy, may I ask you a question"
Daddy: "Yeah sure, what it is?"
Son: "Dad, how much do you make an hour"
Daddy: "That's none of your business. Why do you ask such a thing?"
Son: "I just want to know. Please tell me, how much do you make an hour?"
Daddy: "I make Rs. 500 an hour" "Oh", the little boy replied, with his head down. Looking up, he said,"Dad, may I please borrow Rs.300?" The father was furious,"if the only reason you asked that is so you can borrow some money to buy a silly toy or other nonsense, then march yourself to your room and go to bed. Think why you are being so selfish. I work hard everyday for such this childish behavior"
The little boy quietly went to his room and shut the door. The man sat down and started to get even angrier about the little boy's questions. How dare he ask such questions only to get some money? After about an hour or so, the man had calmed down, and started to think: "Maybe there was something he really needed to buy with that Rs.300 and he really didn't ask for money very often!" The man went to the door of little boy's room and opened the door. "Are you asleep, son?" He asked. "No daddy, I'm awake," replied the boy.

"I've been thinking, maybe I was too hard on you earlier", said the man, "It's been a long day and I took out my aggravation on you. Here's the Rs.300 you asked for" The little boy sat straight up, smiling "oh thank you dad!" He yelled. Then, reaching under his pillow he pulled some crippled up notes. The man, seeing that the boy already had money, started to get angry again. The little boy slowly counted out his money, then looked up at his father. "Why do you want money if you already had some?" the father grumbled. "Because I didn't have enough, but now I do," the little boy replied. "Daddy I have Rs. 500 now. Can I buy an hour of your time? Please come home early tomorrow. I would like to have dinner with you"

MORAL OF THE STORY: It's just a short reminder to all of you working so hard in life. We should not let time slip through our fingers without having spent some time with those who really matter to us, those close to our hearts.

Interesting One Liners Quotes

• Regular naps prevent old age... especially if you take them while driving.
• Having one child makes you a parent; having two you are a referee.
• Marriage is a relationship in which one person is always right and the other is the husband!
• I believe we should all pay our tax with a smile. I tried - but they wanted cash.
• A child's greatest period of growth is the month after you've purchased new school uniforms.
• Don't feel bad. A lot of people have no talent.
• Don't marry the person you want to live with, marry the one you cannot live without,,, but whatever you do, you'll regret it later.
• You can't buy love . . . but you pay heavily for it.
• Bad officials are elected by good citizens who do not vote.
• Laziness is nothing more than the habit of resting before you get tired.
• My wife and I always compromise. I admit I'm wrong and she agrees with me.
• Those who can't laugh at themselves leave the job to others.
• You're getting old when you enjoy remembering things more than doing them.
• Real friends are the ones who survive transitions between address books.
• Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools talk because they have to say something.
• They call our language the mother tongue because the father seldom gets to speak!

Deja Vu!!!

Whoaa!!!

Remember the infamous Venky-Aamir incident, way back in the 1996 Edition of World Cup Q'Final, wherein the former after being whacked for a boundary was tantalized by Sohail, and the poor chap had to pay the price the very next delivery being castled by Prasad, sending him to the pavilion.

Fast-forward it fellas, and you would find something similar, I would deem it as the Nelsanth incident... Golly! Andrew Nel with his random acts of verbiage finally got a taste of the so-called breakbat dance { a new form of dance involving the rhythmic sequence of the pelvic region and the bat..... tee hee :-D} Check this one for sure folks...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RH5ZuBB5emE&mode=related&search=

Wow!!!

Being an avid car nut, I literally couldn't resist sharing these lovely pics with you..

If Bill Gates was born in Chennai Kuppam !!!... Enjoy...

Tidbits!!!

Mamma Mia,
Thought of posting something interesting before winding off...

How To Control High Blood Pressure Naturally

Stop Smoking:- Not only will this help keep your blood pressure in line, you'll also diminish your risk of cancer and cardiovascular diseases. Smoking is main risk factor for atherosclerosis.Smoking injures blood vessel walls and speeds up the process of hardening of the arteries. So even though it does not cause high blood pressure, smoking is bad for anyone, especially those with high blood pressure. If you smoke, quit. If you don't smoke, don't start. Once you quit, your risk of having a heart attack is reduced after the first year. So you have a lot to gain by quitting.

Weight Reduction:- Obese patients should lose weight. There's a direct link between being overweight and having high blood pressure. The more overweight you are, the greater the risk. Start by making small changes. Cut 200 to 300 calories from your diet each day — about the equivalent of saying "no" to two chocolate chip cookies.

Decrease salt intake:- High salt intake is linked to high blood pressure. You should consume no more than 2,000 milligrams of sodium per day (about one teaspoon of salt). The average American consumes twice that, often through canned soups, frozen dinners, soy sauce, pickles, olives and processed cheeses, which are loaded with sodium. Read food labels and select reduced-sodium products. Try to select food with low salt.

Add more fruits, vegetables and low-fat dairy products to your plate:- Eat one additional fruit or vegetable with every meal. Shrink the size of your daily meat intake to six ounces, and designate at least two dinners a week as meat-free. Fatty diets do not directly affect blood pressure. However, saturated fats and cholesterol in foods raise blood cholesterol, which increases the risk for heart disease. Foods high in fats also are high in calories, which must be reduced if you need to lose weight. Like smoking high cholestrol is also a major risk factor for atherosclerosis.

Limit alcohol consumption:- Drink no more than one 12-ounce beer, one 5-ounce glass of wine or one swallow (1.5 ounces) of 80-proof whiskey if you’re a woman. Men can double these amounts. Anything more elevates blood pressure. You can reduce your blood pressure by 5-10 mmHg by just restricting Alcohol intake.

Exercise:- First, get the green light from your physician. Then, slowly introduce aerobic exercise into your life, increasing the time and intensity at a pace that feels right, aiming for at least a 30-minute workout most days of the week. Young people should jog for 30 minutes three times per week and elderly patients should walk longer distances than usual.

Decrease Stress and Anxiety:- Yes stress and anxiety also play role in high blood presure. If you want your blood pressure with in normal limits, try yourself to get happy all times. Try extra curricular activities to make your mind stress free. Stress can make blood pressure go up for a while, and it has been thought to contribute to high blood pressure. But the long-term effects of stress are as yet unclear. Stress management techniques do not seem to prevent high blood pressure. However, such techniques may have other benefits, such as making you feel better or helping you to control over-eating.

Caffeine and Blood Pressure:- Caffeine in coffee as well as in other drinks, such as tea and sodas, only raises blood pressure temporarily. So you should be able to continue to have drinks that contain caffeine, unless you are sensitive to it or have heart disease and your doctor tells you not to have any.

Eat adequate amounts of potassium-rich foods:- Potassium, another mineral essential to good health, works in concert with sodium to regulate blood pressure. Studies have shown that people who consume more potassium have lower blood pressures than those who consume less. Rich sources of potassium include many fruits, such as cantaloupe, bananas, watermelon, oranges and orange juice, as well as potatoes, spinach, and zucchini. (Important note: if taking medication for high blood pressure, such as diuretics, consult a doctor before using salt substitutes that contain high amounts of potassium.

Golly!!!

The world's biggest pit is located in Russia. The giant hole is actually a diamond mine in Eastern Siberia near the town Mirna. It is 525 meters deep and 1.25 km in the diameter.

Facts are facts. That’s a big freakin pit!

The following truck loader is one of the biggest in the world - length 13.36 meters, width 7.78 meters and height 6.65 meters.



This gaint machine appears just a small point in the next image…




The suction above the hole resulted in several helicopter crashes, so all flight above the hole is prohibited now.

Set II from the Art Gallery of Antz

Most Dangerous Road in the World

Bolivia’s Yungas Road is officially the most hazardous on earth. And all this while, I thought India had the most dangerous roads on Earth! Have a glimpse of it dudes. The next time you come across such roads, think twice before you let some steam off.

Test Catch

Habibi,

As the wonderful Ashes series is now underway, here’s a fun cricket game where you have to have lightening reactions to catch the batsman’s best cover drives. Gets very hard in later levels.

N'joy :- http://www.gamenet.com/testcatch

Once in a life time opportunity!!!

Voila!!!
The finest pieces of crap.... ooops, art for sale. From the gallery of Antz {that's me of course, gosh, no flattering fellas}, for all the art lovers, treat yourself with some of these exquisite piece of art or whatever you wish to call it. For bookings, pls contact the curator/artist at his very own office. Better late than never..

Amazing art!!

Here is the second set of Julian Bever's artistic talent....







the image below has been taken from a wrong angle….

Whoa!!!! Fantabulous

Voila!!!

Julian Beever is an English artist who’s famous for his art on the pavement of England, France, Germany, USA, Australia and Belgium. It’s particularity? Beever gives to his drawing an anamorphose, his images are drawn completly diforms which give a 3D image when viewing on the righ angle … see for yourself it’s amazing !!!

Football maniacs

Hi folks,

To all the football maniacs lingering around, try this awesome game. I guess this one will keep you pinned to your seats. Pretty ease one. Take shots at goal from corners by positioning yourself in the rest place for either a high or low volley, bicycle kick or diving header. Try to make all ten of the corners into great goals. Here's the link http://www.bundesligagame.com/index.php?ispref=eddie&modul=viral&lan=en

Voila!!!!

Hi folks,
When the going gets tough, the tough get going.