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Hi Readers,
The past few days have been very quite and
sad days in the history of Mangalore city, with cerfew continuing for
the 3rd day running. Let's all pray for a quick end to this violence.
If you would like to know the latest about what is going on in
Mangalore, you can visit my blog which is being updated every few hours
at http://nithinkamath.info
If you are looking for more
jokes and funny stuff, visit http://laughingmachine.net/ - 'Because Laughter
is the Best Medicine', a website belonging to a friend of mine.
Regards,
Nithin Kamath, Editor
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It was last Wednesday night, and I
was sitting in my room watching television when the phone rang.
"Hello?"
A girl's voice came over the line. "Can I speak to Anand, please?"
I live by myself, and my name definitely is not Anand. It was probably
a wrong number and I was bored.
"I'm sorry, he's not in right now. Can I take a message?"
"Do you know what time he'll be back?" she responded.
"I think he said he'd be home around 10:00."
Silence on the other end... a confused silence.
"Is this Ravi?"
My name isn't Ravi, either. This was definitely a wrong number.
"Yes, it is. Do you want to leave a message for Anand?"
"Well... he said he would be home tonight and asked me to call him..."
she said in a slightly irritated voice.
I replied, "Well, he went out with Kareena about an hour ago, and said
that he would be back at 10:00."
A shocked voice now: "Who's Kareena?!"
"The girl he went out with."
"I know that! I mean... who is she?"
"I don't know her last name. Look, do you want me to leave a message
for Anand?"
"Yes... please do. Tell him to call me when he gets home."
She was sounding pretty irate at this point, and I could hear her
temper flaring. "I sure will. Is this Kajol?"
She exploded this time. "Who's Kajol?"
Apparently she wasn't.
"Well... he's going out with Kajol at 10:00. I thought you were her.
Sorry... it was an honest mistake."
"Anand's the one that's made the mistake! Tell him that Rakhee called
him and the she's very upset and that I would like him to call me as
soon as he gets home."
I smiled and said, "Okay, I will... but Sakshi isn't going to like
this..."
*Click*
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| Patent for a
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 A slow
witted man walked into a patent office. He walked up to the patent
officer and said, "Hey, I've got a new idea for a mouse trap." "Here's
the box. Here's the hole. Here's the cheese. Here's the blade."
" The mouse sticks his head in the hole to get the cheese, the blade
drops on his neck and kills him."
The patent officer looks at the diagram. He understands that the man is
a little slow, so he wants to be kind. He explains to the man that he
does not think the design is ready to be patented yet. He tells the
man, "Please, work on it some more. Perhaps I will be able to patent it
another time."
The slow witted man says thank you and leaves the office.
One week later the slow witted man shows up again. He says, "This is
the box, this is the hole, this is the cheese and this is the wire. The
mouse sticks his head in the hole to get the cheese, the wire wraps
around his neck and kills him."
The patent officer, still trying to be kind, makes the same excuse as
before. The slow witted man leaves.
One week later, the slow witted man returns again. He approaches the
same patent officer and says, "Here's the box. Here's the hole and
here's the saw blade."
The patent officer notices the design and the fact that there is no
cheese. He asks the slow witted man, "Where's the cheese"?
"Ah-ha," says the slow witted man. "That's the point. The mouse sticks
his head in the hole and says, "Where did you put the cheese."
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