Really bad one... read at your own risk !

After getting a lot of positive feedback about my Bad Joke saga (one vaguely positive comment !), I've decided to honour the readers to more of the classy, subtle humour which will be a hallmark of this blog.

Enjoy !

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A recently arrived Sardar in the US , wanting to earn some money, decides to become a 'handy-man' and starts looking for some work in an upmarket colony nearby.

He goes to the front door of the nearest houseand asks the owner, another Indian, if he had any odd jobs for him to do.

"Well, you can paint my porch," the owner says. The Sardar responds, "How about $50?"
The owner says "Fine - there's a can of brown paint and brushes in the garage."

The owner's wife, inside the house, overhearing the conversation says to her husband, "Does he realise that the porch goes all around the house? That's a whole day's job"
The man replies, "He should; he was standing on it. Do you think he's dumb?" "No, I don't think so. I guess I'm just influenced by those stupid Surd email jokes we keep receiving."

A short time later, the Sardar comes to the door and asks for the $ 50."

You've finished already?" the husband asks."Yes," he replies, "and there was paint left over, so I gave it two coats." Impressed, the man reaches into his pocket for the money and hands it to him.

And by the way," the Turbanator adds, "it's not a Porch, it's a BMW !"
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One of the weirdest feelings...


having a fish nibble at your fingers. Try it sometime.
Just tried it in office today.

My advice would be to try it with a piranha to get the fuzziest feeling.

One of the brave gals

As I mentioned in my last post, I really admire the women who stand up to the sickos indulging in eve-teasing, heres one of them sharing her experience...

Hemangini from Chennai

Happy Womens Day....

First off, let me wish all the ladies a Very Happy Womens Day.

Now, considering the huge amount of blog-space used over the past few days on harassment, to commemorate Women’s Day (The Blank Noise Project), I’ve decided to add my thoughts to the same.

About the men who “check-out” women, as a guy I think it would definitely be pretty hypocritical to abuse them, as I myself have definitely done the same pretty regularly. Now, coming to the types, who go beyond mere looking, guess there cannot be really two different opinions about what they deserve. In my opinion, public lynching seems a mild punishment.

Honestly speaking, even I was really shocked about the extent of these happenings, in spite of having a couple of sisters and traveling with them pretty regularly. I have noticed times when people were staring weirdly, but most times just glaring at them or stepping in between is enough to ensure that they get the message that the girl is not alone. Of course, this would not help much if a girl is actually traveling alone, as most of us are not really the sorts who step in to prevent this happening to strange women. There have been very few cases where I myself have stepped in, only if the woman seems really bothered and the freak looks like he’s planning on more than just looking. Even in these cases, I’ve never abused or spoken to these people, but ensured that they stay clear.

As a lot of bloggers have already mentioned, the Blank Noise Project won’t really eradicate this. I would even go so far as to say that even the impact will be minimal, but what the heck, it’s a start.

Some of the stories of girls using knives and their voices really makes me look-up to them Especially considering that they’ve grown up with this (really sickening) disease, further conditioned by society not to make a fuss, but still have the guts to stand up and fight back. Kudos to them and may their tribe increase…

A very worthy cause..

Anti Eveteasing Blog

The Blank Noise Project

" Street harassment is an offence. It has been granted normalcy due to its daily recurrence. Street harassment also known as eve teasing needs to be addressed on the streets. The project in its current phase seeks to build testimonies of street harassment in the public space and making them public. The project also seeks to recognize eve teasing as a crime, something that may be normal, but is unacceptable"

Got info on this from Gaurav and also Amit Verma (Indiauncut)

This is got to be one of the topics which has got much lesser attention then it really deserves. I'm not just commenting as a man, but also a brother and friend.

Will definitely be contributing my two-bits on the 7th of March.