Grreattt Timepass !!!

Bumper Stickers on Trucks

2008-09-09T00:53:00.000-07:00

1. So many pedestrians. So little time!
2. Why Are You Staring At My Bumper!? You Pervert!
3. Practice Safe Sex, Go Screw Yourself
4. If you don't like my attitude, stop looking at my Stickers!
5. I may be slow but I'm ahead of you!
6. I have good Brakes, Do you have GOOD Insurance?
7. Horn Broken! Watch for Finger
8. And your cry-baby whiny assed opinion would be?
9. Are you as close to Jesus as you are to my bumper?
10. Arsonists of the world, ignite!
11. I married my husband for his looks. Not the ones he's been giving lately though!
12. I Swerve to Hit People at Random!

theory, facts and a few laws

2008-08-29T03:28:00.001-07:00

1. The Other Side Law:

If my side of the road has a traffic jam, then I can start driving on the wrong side of the road, and all incoming cars will be rerouted via Mysore / Hosur.

2. The No Queue Rule:

If there is a queue of many people, no one will notice me sneaking into the front as long as I am looking the other way.

3. The Mind Over Matter Law:

If a red light is not working, four cars from different directions can easily pass through one another.

4. The Auto Axiom:

If I indicate which way I am going to turn my vehicle, it is an information security leak and my IT company may fire me!

5. The In Spit Of Thing:

The more I lean out of my car or bus, and the harder I spit, the stronger the roads become.

6. The Cinema Hall Fact:

If I get a call on my mobile phone, the film automatically goes into pause mode.

7. The Brotherhood Law:

If I want to win an argument, I need only to repeatedly suggest that the other person has illicit relations with his sister.

8. The Pot Hole Theory:

The BMP will ensure that the Pot Holes automatically become bigger to accomodate the small cars and bikes that need to rest in them.

9. The Heart Of Things:

If I open enough buttons on my shirt, the pretty girl at the bus stop can see through my mal-deformed chest into the depths of my soul.

10. The Name Game:

It is very important for the driver behind me to memorize the nicknames of my children.

11. Parking Up The Wrong Tree:

When I double-park my car, the road automatically widens so that the traffic is not affected.

12. The Chill Bill Move:

When I park and block someone else's car I am giving him a chance to pause, relax, chill and take a few moments off from his rushed day.

13. The Ogling Stare:

If you don't ogle and drool at every hot Chic that passes by, you're gay.

14. The Bus Law:

If I stop my bus at the correct place near the bus stop, the city will explode and blow into 6 million pieces.

15. The VIP Rule:

There are only 3 important persons in this city -I, Me and Myself and Bangalore does not have any traffic jams when I am travelling!

study : being in company of fat people can make you fat

2008-08-05T00:00:00.000-07:00

o you have a big belly? Well, one of the key reasons behind the extra flab could be your friends, says new research, which found that spending time with fat people can increase a person's chances of becoming obese.

According to the study, which was conducted by University of Warwick researchers, people are influenced by the weight of those around them without being aware of it, leading to a 'spiral of obesity'.

The study suggests that people are powerfully but subconsciously influenced by the weight of those around them. Without being aware of it, the researchers believe, human beings keep up with the weight of the people in their company.

The study has been presented at a National Bureau of Economic Research conference in Cambridge Massachusetts in a paper entitled Imitative Obesity and Relative Utility at the NBER Summer Institute on Health Economics.

Using data on 27,000 Europeans from 29 countries, the researchers find that nearly half of European women feel overweight. Less than a third of males feel overweight.

The authors suggest that whether for reasons of job promotions or finding a mate it is someone's weight relative to others that matters. They show that overweight perceptions and dieting decisions are influenced by people's comparisons with others of the same age and gender.

Highly educated Europeans hold themselves to a particularly tough standard, the research shows. For any given level of Body Mass Index (BMI), somebody with a university degree feels much fatter than someone with low educational qualifications.

Overall, the researchers believe that a person's "utility" (an economic term roughly meaning satisfaction levels) depends on
their own weight relative to the weight of those around them. They suggest that it is easier to be fat in a society that is fat.

However, the authors also found a significant gender split.

Females were much more prone, for any given BMI value, to feel overweight. For European women, weight dissatisfaction and overweight perceptions depended crucially upon not just their own absolute BMI, but also upon their BMI relative to other women of exactly the same age in their country. Conversely, being overweight tended not to be a significant issue for men if many of those around them were as overweight as they were.

Professor Andrew Oswald at the University of Warwick, one of the researchers, said "Consumption of calories has gone up but that does not tell us why people are eating more. Some have argued that obesity has been produced by cheaper food, but if fatness is a response to greater purchasing power, why do we routinely observe that rich people are thinner than poor people?"

He said: "A lot of research into obesity, which has emphasised sedentary lifestyles or human biology or fast-food, has missed the key point. Rising obesity needs to be thought of as a sociological phenomenon not a physiological one. People are influenced by relative comparisons, and norms have changed and are still changing."

source : ANI

study : consume spice for a spicy sex life

2008-07-26T22:25:00.000-07:00

Want to make your bedroom life more adventurous? Well, in that case, turn to Thai green curry, which has been found to give a person's libido that much needed boost.

The conclusion is based on a new research, which found that the 'magical' meal is full of aphrodisiacs.

The curry includes cardamom, ginseng, garlic, ginger, basil, lemon grass and asparagus -- all considered by different cultures to get you feeling sexy.

The top 10 list of takeaway meals based on the number of aphrodisiac ingredients per meal was compiled by takeaway company Just-Eat.

Hot and spicy pizza topped with tomatoes, onions, garlic, basil, olives, meatballs and chillis grabbed the second position,
according to research for takeaway website Just-Eat.co.uk.

Chicken Korma comes in at No. 3, thanks to its potent blend of coconut, garlic, chilli, ginger and almonds -- all said to improve sex drive in females.

Seafood Laksa is fourth because of its coconut milk, ginger, garlic, basil and onions.

"Thai green curry has long been known in the East to boost sex drive," The Sun quoted Just-Eat's Ash Ali, as saying. "The British public instead only tend to know more expensive aphrodisiacs such as oysters and caviar," Ali added.

Other foods sure to steam up more than just the kitchen are meatballs and pasta, king prawns with ginger, sushi and even
chicken tikka masala, say the experts.

As per this research the top ten aphrodisiacs are:

1. Thai green curry
2. Hot and spicy pizza
3. Chicken Korma
4. Seafood Laksa
5. Mole Poblano
6. Sushi
7. Chicken Tikka Masala
8. Spicy Balinese Curry
9. Spicy Meatballs and Pasta
10. King Prawns with Ginger & Spring Onions

source: ANI

talli hone ke baad ...

2008-07-16T23:32:00.000-07:00

Common lines after people get drunk :

tu to mera bhai hai...bhai !!!
you know i am not drunk...
gaadi mai chalaunga...
tu bura matt maan bhai...
mai teri dil se izzat karta hoon..
abbe, bol daal aaj usko...aar ya paar....
aaj saali chad nahi rahi hai, kya baat hai??
tu kya samajh raha hai mujhe chad gayi hai...
ye matt samajh ki peeke bol raha hoon...
yaar, tuney mera dil tod diya...
tu bolnaa bhai, kya chahiye... jaan chahiye?.....hazir hai
Abbe, mere ko aaj tak nahi chadhi...shart laga saala aaj tu..
chal teri baat karaata hoon usse, phone number de uska...
saale, teri bhabhi hai wo…bhabi ki nazar se dekh usko…
yaar, tu samjha kar..... wo tere layak nahi hai…
chal bhai, tu kah raha hai to tere liye chodh diya usko.... aaj se wo teri
tujhe kya lagta hai mujhe chadh gayi hai... abhi ek full aur khatam kar sakta hoon…
saale, mujhe matt sikha...... iss maamle mei baap hoon tera
yaar, aaj uski bahut yaad aa rahi hai
saala, aaj se daru band

amazing ... world's most expensive saree

2008-07-02T10:26:00.000-07:00

How often have you come across a Rs. 40 lakh ($100,000) silk saree?

Chennai Silks, a textile unit has come up with one of its kind and it is seeking an unmistakable entry into the Guinness Book of World Records for being the most unique and expensive saree.

The exceptionally stunning saree is meticulously woven with 12 precious stones and metals to depict 11 of Raja Ravi Verma's popular paintings. Explicitly projected is 'Lady Musicians', one of the painter's very famous works that displays women belonging to diverse cultural backgrounds.Besides, the border of the saree pictures 10 other paintings of the artist that pays tribute to 20th century artist.

The best part of the saree being that the women in the paintings are intricately hand-woven and beautified with jewels of gold, diamond, platinum, silver, ruby, emerald, yellow sapphire, sapphire, cat's eye, topaz, pearl and corals.

Already in the Limca Book of Records, this 40 lakh saree will be the first silk saree that required the use of 7,440 jacquard hooks and 66,794 cards during the weaving process. Moreover, a group of consummate workers took nearly 4,680 hours.

mtv roadies ... shambhavi

2008-06-27T00:05:00.000-07:00

DJ of 'Rang De Basanti' stuck in IT field

2008-06-22T05:37:00.000-07:00

DJ : wohi duniya de jhamele ..... seat aur PC dhoondo.....project paao..... te PM ki ishaaron pe nachte jaao....
tim lak lak te tim lak lak
u know gulabbo...... mennu iss company mei join huye 2 saal ho gaye..... fir bhi i am here only.
Offshore Develpment Centre ke darwajje ke is taraf... hum PM ko nachaate hai.....
to darwajje ki dooji taraf.....PM hum ko nachataa hai...
tim lak lak te tim lak lak

Sue : mai kuchh samjhi nahi

DJ : mennu bas itthe.....bench pe hi rehna hai.....
idhar......bench vaale log mennu jante hain .......bench pe DJ di koi aukaat hai...
baaki developers kehte hain .....DJ mein badi baat hai....project karega DJ
par andar....project mei achhe achhe DJ pis gaye....java code copy-paste karte karte...........

facts : popcorn trivia

2008-06-20T02:22:00.000-07:00

1. Popcorn's scientific name is zea mays everta, and it is the only type of corn that will pop.

2. People have been enjoying popcorn for thousands of years. In 1948, popped kernels around 5,000 years old were discovered in caves in New Mexico.

3. It is believed that the Wampanoag Native American tribe brought popcorn to the colonists for the first Thanksgiving in Plymouth, Massachusetts.

4. Traditionally, Native American tribes flavored popcorn with dried herbs and spices, possibly even chili. They also made popcorn into soup and beer and made popcorn headdresses and corsages.

5. Some Native American tribes believed that a spirit lived inside each kernel of popcorn. The spirits wouldn't usually bother humans, but if their home was heated, they would jump around, getting angrier and angrier, until eventually they would burst out with a pop.

6. Christopher Columbus allegedly introduced popcorn to the Europeans in the late 15th century.

7. The first commercial popcorn machine was invented by Charles Cretors in Chicago in 1885. The business he founded still manufactures popcorn machines and other specialty equipment.

8. American vendors began selling popcorn at carnivals in the late 19th century. When they began to sell outside movie theaters, theater owners were initially annoyed, fearing that popcorn would distract their patrons from the movies. It took a few years for them to realize that popcorn could be a way to increase revenues, and popcorn has been served in movie theaters since 1912.

9. Nowadays, many movie theaters make a greater profit from popcorn than they do from ticket sales, since for every dollar spent on popcorn, around ninety cents is pure profit. Popcorn also makes moviegoers thirsty and more likely to buy expensive sodas.

10. What makes popcorn pop? Each kernel contains a small amount of moisture. As the kernel is heated, this water turns to steam. Popcorn differs from other grains in that the kernel's shell is not water-permeable, so the steam cannot escape and pressure builds up until the kernel finally explodes, turning inside out.

11. On average, a kernel will pop when it reaches a temperature of 347 degress Fahrenheit (175 degrees Celsius).

12. Unpopped kernels are called "old maids" or "spinsters."

13. There are two possible explanations for old maids. The first is that they didn't contain sufficient moisture to create an explosion; the second is that their outer coating (the hull) was damaged, so that steam escaped gradually, rather than with a pop. Good popcorn should produce less than 2 percent old maids.

14. Ideally, the moisture content of popcorn should be around 13.5 percent, as this results in the fewest old maids.

15. Popcorn is naturally high in fiber; low in calories; and sodium-, sugar-, and fat-free, although oil is often added during preparation and butter, sugar, and salt are all popular toppings.

16. Americans consume 17 billion quarts of popped popcorn each year. That's enough to fill the Empire State Building 18 times!

17. Nebraska produces more popcorn than any other state in the country -- around 250 million pounds per year. That's about a quarter of all the popcorn produced annually in the United States.

18. There are at least five contenders claiming to be the "Popcorn Capital of the World" due to the importance of popcorn to their local economies, and only one of them is in Nebraska. They are Van Buren, Indiana; Marion, Ohio; Ridgway, Illinois; Schaller, Iowa; and North Loup, Nebraska.

19. Popped popcorn comes in two basic shapes: snowflake and mushroom. Movie theaters prefer snowflake because it's bigger. Confections such as caramel corn use mushroom because it won't crumble.

20. According to the Guinness Book of World Records, the world's largest popcorn ball measured 12 feet in diameter and required 2,000 pounds of corn, 40,000 pounds of sugar, 280 gallons of corn syrup, and 400 gallons of water to create.

concept car ... BMW GINA Light Visionary Model

2008-06-18T06:09:00.000-07:00

Click here for the original article.

BMW just unveiled its latest design philosophy — via a radical concept car — that will sure to raise some eyebrows in the automotive industry. Touted as the "game changer" for the "development of tomorrow's mobility," the new concept centers around the GINA principle, for Geometry and Functions In "N" Adaptions. What this means is the ability for BMW to think outside the box and innovate maximum ideas with mininum amount of the usual constraints associated with car design.

The first translation of the GINA philosophy into physical being is demonstrated in the Light Visionary Model concept. The only specs that may be familiar are the car's realistic 8-cylinder powertrain package residing in a roadster built from an aluminum space-frame chassis with two double tailpies and 20-in. alloy wheels at the corners. Other than that, it is the Visionary's exterior body that will catch all of us by surprise. It is skinned by four large pieces of flexible material that can stretch and contract based on a number of substructures that can move about on the chassis with electro and electrohydraulic controls.

There are four main pieces of skin that make up the Visionary's body: The largest component starts at the front of the car and extends all the way to the base of the windscreen, then down and across the two doors, ending at the rear edge. The next two fabric-like skins begin at the front lower rocker panels, then run across the rear wheel arches to the back. The last piece of skin makes up the rear deck. The roadster's scissor-type doors open with its outer skin wrinkled in a very clearly defined pattern, but they are stretched back into a silky-smooth surface when the doors close.

The fabric that covers the Visionary's body is constructed from a waterproof and temperature-resistant mesh netting on the outer layer, supported by a flexible metal- wire structure underneath to maintain the skin's tension and smoothness. Around a few areas where curvatures of the skin are called for, carbon struts are added to allow for higher flexibility while keeping the rounded contours.

The Light Visionary Model is striking not only because of its fabric outer skin, but also its utility in form following function. Because of the flexible skin, the headlights can be hidden or exposed when necessary. The side markers to signal lane changes are not visible on the outside until they are turned on during use — their light shines though the translucent (but not transparent) cover. Airflow around the car can be managed actively as the skin can be closed, opened or stretched based on need; the rocker-panel shape can be adjusted for better aerodynamics. And because the rear deck is covered by one single piece of fabric, the spoiler can be completely hidden when it is not in use.

Chris Bangle, Head of BMW Group Design, says, "Personal customer requirements will broaden the context of our products and change the core values that define our industry along the way." That's why BMW is focused on breaking new ground and finding innovative design solutions. And by the looks of the GINA Light Visionary Model, BMW is in the forefront of ingenious automotive design.

vinod kambli with his gorgeous wife andrea

2008-06-15T11:17:00.000-07:00

survey : women prefer shopping to sex

2008-06-13T05:57:00.000-07:00

A fascinating survey has revealed that most young women think about shopping nearly as often as men think about sex.

A survey involving 778 women, aged between 19 and 45, showed that seventy-four per cent of them think about shopping every minute.

Previous studies have claimed to support the widely-held belief that young men think about sex every 52 seconds, while the subject crosses some women's minds only once a day.

In the latest survey by the online fashion magazine Cosmopolitan, two out of five women described themselves as shoe and bag 'addicts', while the thoughts of more than one in ten focused on accessories or make-up. On average, those surveyed spent at least 30 per cent of their annual income on clothes.

"People think about things which bring them pleasurable feelings. The pleasure is usually in the anticipating and planning," psychologist Jane Prince of the University of Glamorgan was quoted as saying by The Mail of Britain.

"But so many women displaying this level of preoccupation, thinking about something once a minute, would indicate widespread addictive behaviour," she stressed.

Perhaps the most troubling aspect of the poll for men was that half of the women surveyed said they preferred going to the market to spending time with their partner, and nearly as many acknowledged that they kept their shopping escapades secret from their partner to hide their level of spending.

source : rediff.com

mtv roadies ... anmol

2008-06-11T01:16:00.000-07:00

study : fighting breast cancer

2008-06-09T00:39:00.000-07:00

London: The speed at which women's breasts wobble when they run could be key to understanding breast pain and could also have significant implications for new bra designs, according to a leading expert.

Sports scientist Dr Joanna Scurr at the University of Portsmouth said that chest tissue is more likely to be damaged by the speed the breast moves rather than the amount of movement.

"It’s not the degree of movement which is important but how fast it moves,” The Sun quoted Dr Scurr, as saying.

Dr Scurr studied more than 100 women running on a treadmill with sensors attached to their bosoms.

The distance travelled by the breasts was measured, following which the speed at which they moved up and down, in and out and from side to side was calculated.

"We discovered that the speed at which the breasts move changes during the running cycle,” she said.

"And we found that the subjects’ experienced the greatest degree of pain and discomfort during the points at which the breast was in the process of accelerating or decelerating.

"Little is understood about the causes of breast pain but studying how and why the breast moves is fundamental and speed could be a huge factor.

"This research could have implications for millions of women who suffer from exercise-related breast pain and could have significant implications for bra design,” she added.

The study is being carried out at Britain’s first Research Group for Breast Health based at the University of Portsmouth.

Dr Scurr said: "Breast health is an under-researched area and we hope to broaden our understanding."

Source: ANI

project management fundas

2008-06-06T00:36:00.000-07:00

1. "We will do it" means you will have to do it all by yourself
2. "You have done a great job" means more work to be assigned to you
3. "We are working on it" means we have not yet started working on the same
4. "Tomorrow first thing in the morning" means its not getting done, at least not
tomorrow!
5. "After discussion we will decide, I am very open to views" means they have already
decided and they will tell you what has to be done
6. "There was a slight miscommunication" means they had actually lied
7. "Lets call a meeting and discuss" means they have no time now and will get back to you later
8. "We are on the right track but there needs to be a slight extension of the deadline"
means the project is screwed up and we cannot deliver on time.
9. "We had slight difference of opinion" means we actually had a fight
10. "Make a list of the task and let’s see how I can help you" means you will have to find a way for yourself without any help from anybody
11. "You should have told me earlier" means even if you told them earlier that would have hardly made any difference!
12. "We need to find out the real reason" means they will tell you where your fault lies
13. "Well...family is important, your leave is always granted; just ensure that the work is
not affected" means that you are taking a leave at your own risk
14. "We are a team" means you are the only one to be blamed
15. "That’s actually a good question" means they do not have any clue about it
16. "All the best" means you are in trouble and even God can't save you
17. "Lets stop blaming each other" means they want to inform you where you have gone wrong
18. "Lets take it offline" means discussing it right now could cause them some embarrassment

study : men prefer being solo over a bad marriage

2008-06-04T07:20:00.000-07:00

By Belinda Goldsmith Mon Jun 2, 1:26 AM ET

SYDNEY (Reuters Life!) - Bachelor Carl Weisman got fed up of being classified as a playboy, a loser or a commitment-phobe so he set out to find out exactly why he and a growing number of eligible men were steering clear of marriage.

Weisman, 49, conducted a survey of 1,533 heterosexual men to research a book aiming to give women an insight into why some smart, successful men opted to stay single -- and help lifelong bachelors understand why they are still the solo man at parties.

He concluded that most men were not afraid of marriage -- but they were afraid of a bad marriage.

"Men are 10 times more scared of marrying the wrong person than of never getting married at all," Weisman told Reuters in a telephone interview.

"This is the first generation of people who have grown up with bad divorces. People assume there is something wrong if you don't marry but these are men who have made a different choice and not given in to social pressures."

The release of his book "So Why Have You Never Been Married? - Ten Insights into Why He Hasn't Wed," comes amid a growing trend for more people to stay single, with less social or religious pressures on men -- and women -- to tie the knot.

Weisman said U.S. figures showed that in 1980 about 6 percent of men aged in their early 40s had never married but this number had now risen to 17 percent.

AFRAID TO MAKE MISTAKES

Weisman said his online survey found there are three groups of bachelors -- about 8 percent who never want to marry, 62 percent want to marry but of which half won't settle for anything less than perfection, and about 30 percent who are on the fence.

Four out of 10 bachelors did not want children compared to three out of 10 wanting to be a father. The rest were undecided.

But while 72 percent of respondents said they were not afraid of marriage, about half of them said the situation that scared them most was marrying the wrong person.

"It's so important to these men to get it right. My best advice to single women after bachelors is to be patient. If you're in a hurry to get married you'll be frustrated," he said.

Weisman also found that financial issues, both positive and negative, played a large part in men's fear of commitment.

"Those with little money said they would have nothing to offer a partner, with some suffering self-esteem issues and withdrawing from the dating pool," said Weisman, an engineer-turned-author with two books now published.

"While those who are financially sound were terrified what a bad divorce could do to them."

Weisman said his research blew away any idea that single men were unhappy.

"A compelling issue was how many of them had found contentment in a never-married life," he said. "They had created lives full of careers, friends and ambitions. It was not like they walk around all day worried about not being married."

For him, researching the book made him also look at himself -- and he ended up living with a girlfriend for the first time.

"Now we're looking at getting married. As I researched the book I found I was looking at men 10 years older than me and it was like looking into the future. If I didn't change, nothing would," he said.

(Editing by Miral Fahmy)

source: http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080602/lf_nm_life/books_bachelors_dc

Harley-Davidson Bikes

2008-06-02T06:36:00.001-07:00