Facts!!!! Facts!!!!

• The queen of England does not have the right to vote in any British election.
• The Queen termite can live up to 50 years and have 30,000 children every day.
• The raised reflective dots in the middle of highways are called Botts
• The reason most mosquito bites itch is because mosquitoes inject saliva into the persons skin before they suck your blood. They take it out once they are done, but if they are forced to fly away, they don't get a chance to draw the saliva out. And it is their saliva that causes the itch.
• The red capes used to taunt bulls in bullfights is the same shade of red as the bull's blood. That way you can't tell it is covered with the bull's blood by the end of the fight. Fight spectators like bullfighting, but not blood.`
• The red kangaroo of Australia can jump 27 feet in one bound.
• The red spot on the 7up cans comes from it's inventor. He was an albino (albinos have red eyes).
• The regular garden variety caterpillar has 248 muscles in its head.
• The Ribbon worm will start eating itself to avoid starvation
• The ridges on the sides of coins are called reeding or milling.
• The right lung is slightly larger than the left
• The right side of a boat was called the starboard side due to the fact that the astronavigators used to stand out on the plank (which was on the right side) to get an unobstructed view of the stars. The left side was called the port side because that was the side that you put in on at the port.
• The river Danube empties into the Black Sea.
• The rumble that is created when a Harley's engine runs has been patented by the company
• The Sahara Desert expands at a rate of about 1 km each month.
• The Sahara desert is larger as Europe and large then the combined areas of next largest 9 deserts.
• The sailfish can swim faster than a horse can gallop.
• The saluki is the oldest known breed of domesticated dog. Carvings of animals resembling the saluki have been found in excavations of the Sumerian Empire. They are believed to have originated from between 6,000 and 7,000 B.C.
• The salute of uniform bodies (eg. army, police) originated from knights who lifted their visors to show their face to a royalty.
• The San Diego Zoo in California has the largest collection of animals in the world.
• The saying 'once in a blue moon ' refers to the occurrence of two full moons during one calendar month. The last two occurred in January & March 1999. The next one isn't until the end of 2001.
• The search engine "Lycos" is named for Lycosidae, the Latin name for the wolf spider family. Unlike other spiders that sit passively in their web, wolf spiders are hunters, actively stalking their prey.
• The sentence "The quick brown fox jumps over a lazy dog." uses every letter of the alphabet!

Via: Sumi

Snapshots III

The self-proclaimed Saravanampatti Express a.k.a, Antz, came a cropper once again. As there goes a saying, Big Talk, Little Punch..teehee.. sounds true to me...


Confusion all Around: "Now you two umpires, stop scratching your heads and obey me, or else, your fate lies in the hands of the two bouncers/batsmen in the background..

And he wasn't wrong, this batsman aka Karthick nearly smashed my digicam. The reason, he was peeved by the journalists around passing comments, and he vented his anger upon me, chasing me all over the ground....

Chilling out after that minor scuffle above..

Snapshots II

Official Scorer of the Tournament, Riyaz

Gearing up for action...

That's one of our sponsors, Peakdayblues.com. Hit the billboard, and get 10 runs extra.

From the very picture, it was quite evident of the fact how hot and sultry it was..

We came, We saw, We conquered

It's show time guys. Fasten your seatbelts and get ready for some real pulsating action.

Whew!!!! What a day it was, the scorching hot sun staring audaciously down at the hapless players. With the swerltering desert heat, you could virtually feel the heat waves all around your body similar to the sting of a jellyfish. But nothing deterred the great Titans of the game. If there was any shield or ozone blanket that protected them from the torrid conditions, it must have been the shield of raw passion and love for the game that surged them like true warriors ahead.....The FRMiaans at their best..





Sans audio and keeping in mind the poor quality of the videos, you can land punches at will. The lucky one to act as the punching bag will be announced shortly in the module. Stay tuned and learn some boxing lessons..

Snapshots

Russell & Johnson, ready for a long day ahead...



It's 6 AM in the morning, and I am already out of gas. Presenting you, the Twin Towers...

Team Northampton ready to fire, with Captain Abhilash debriefing his comrades. Not know what he is threatening his teammates for. Upon eavesdropping, this is what I found out. "Six adichaa, aaluku oru kadalamutai."

Players started pouring in slowly...

It was a rare sight to find all the bigwigs of the game under one roof, a real treat for all the shutterbugs..

Stand-in scorer, Arun Kumar

Players verifying the pitch before the start of the match....

That's a six.... naa.. that's a four... baaah, neither. That's a blonde girl that just happened to pass by.. teehee...

Cool FRM Summer Cricket Cup

Date: May 19, 2007
Venue: Pebble Gardens, KG Campus
Event: Cool FRM Summer Cricket Cup

Hai folks. For those of you all who missed the action on Saturday, presenting you some of the glorious moments of the tournament. But before proceeding any further, a quintillion thanks to all the players to bring in that lively, electrifying presence and their ground-breaking performances, sending shock waves and minor tremors across the neighboring parts of Saravanampatti. Kudos to all of you once again to make this a successful event, and of course, not to forget our sponsorers, too. If the current Indian team is still struggling with their performances, it's high time they learn a thing or two what the real definition of stamina and enduringness is.......... from us, of course.. chuckles..

It all started well on Saturday morning, no sign of any showers, pebble-laden pitch. The first ones to hit the ground for pitch inspection were Johnson and Antz, say, at around 6 AM. We were taken by surprise to find some curious onlookers and spectators eagerly awaiting to catch a glimpse of their cricket heroes. Sources indicate that a majority of the spectators flew all the way from Siberia and other parts of the world to watch this tournament. Such is the craziness of the game, whew!!!

Luckily, I had brought my camera along. Here is a panoramic view of Pebble Gardens.. and not to forget the spectators, too...




Do bear with me fellas.... time to wind up for the shift. More action to follow.

NICE INSPIRING STORY

The business executive was deep in debt and could see no way out. Creditors were closing in on him. Suppliers were demanding payment. He sat on the park bench, head in hands, wondering if anything could save his company from bankruptcy.

Suddenly an old man appeared before him. "I can see that something is troubling you," he said.

After listening to the executive's woes, the old man said, "I believe I can help you." He asked the man his name, wrote out a check, and pushed it into his hand saying, "Take this money. Meet me here exactly one year from today, and you can pay me back at that time."

Then he turned and disappeared as quickly as he had come. The business executive saw in his hand a check for $500,000, signed by John D. Rockefeller, then one of the richest men in the world!

"I can erase my money worries in an instant!" he realized. But instead, the executive decided to put the uncashed check in his safe. Just knowing it was there might give him the strength to work out a way to save his business, he thought.

With renewed optimism, he negotiated better deals and extended terms of payment. He closed several big sales. Within a few months, he was out of debt and making money once again.

Exactly one year later, he returned to the park with the uncashed check. At the agreed-upon time, the old man appeared. But just as the executive was about to hand back the check and share his success story, a nurse came running up and grabbed the old man.

"I'm so glad I caught him!" she cried. "I hope he hasn't been bothering you. He's always escaping from the rest home and telling people he's John D. Rockefeller. "

And she led the old man away by the arm.

The astonished executive just stood there, stunned. All year long he'd been wheeling and dealing, buying and selling, convinced he had half a million dollars behind him.

Suddenly, he realised that it wasn't the money, real or imagined, that had turned his life around. It was his newfound self-confidence that gave him the power to achieve anything he went after.

Via: Sinoj