Suksy's Pensieve

The Longest English Word: The question of determining the longest English word inevitably boils down to defining what is acceptable as a word, since prefixes/suffixes can be adjoined to words to make longer words and because medical/chemical terms can get arbitrarily long. Further, most contenders for the honor of being the longest word are likely to be very rare in actual usage - so rare, in fact that they could be considered nonce words. The most common candidates for the crown, in my opinion, are antidisestablishmentarianism (28 letters), floccinaucinihilipilification (29 letters) and pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanokoniosis (45 letters). The first is the only one of the three that was not specifically constructed for the purpose of being a very long word. It means opposition to the separation of church and state. The second, meaning the estimation of something as worthless, is the longest non-technical word in the OED. The latter, supposedly a lung disease, appears to be...

A Red Indian walks into a cafe with a shotgun in one hand and a bucket of buffalo manure in the other. He says to the waiter, "Me want coffee." The waiter says, "Sure chief, comin right up." He gets the Indian a tall mug of coffee, and the Indiandrinks it down inone gulp, picks up the bucket of manure, throws it into the air, blasts it with the shotgun, then just walks out. The next morning the Indian returns. He has his shotgun in one hand and a bucket of buffalo manure in the other. He walks up to the counter and says to the waiter, "Me want coffee." The waiter says, "Whoa, Tonto! We're still cleaning up your mess from yesterday. What the heck was all that about, anyway?" The Indian smiles and proudly says, "Me training for upper management position: Come in, drink coffee, shoot some crap, leave mess for others to clean up, disappear for rest of day."

A father put his three year old daughter to bed, told her a story and listened to her prayers which she ended by saying "God bless Mommy,God bless daddy, God bless grandma and good-bye grandpa. "The father asked, "Why did you say good-bye grandpa?"The little girl said, "I don't know daddy, it just seemed like the thing to do."The next day grandpa died. The father thought it was a strange coincidence.A few months later the father put the girl to bed and listened to her prayers, which went like this: "God bless Mommy, God Bless daddy and good-bye grandma."The next day the grandmother died. "Oh my god", thought the father, "this kid is in contact with the other side". Several weeks later when the girl was going to bed the dad heard her say, "God bless Mommy and good-bye daddy." He practically went into shock. He couldn't sleep all night and got up at the crack of dawn to go to his office. He was nervous as a cat...

An office manager was given the task of hiring an individual to fill a job opening. After sorting through a stack of resumes he found four people who were equally qualified. He decided to call the four in and ask them one question and their answer would determine who would get the job.The day came and as the four sat around the conference room table the interviewer asked "What is the fastest thing you know of?" pointing to the man on his right. The first man replied "A thought. It pops into your head. There's noforewarning that it's on the way, it's just there. A thought is the fastest thing I know of.""That's very good!" replied the interviewer. "And now you sir." He said to the second man."Hmm....let me see, a blink! It comes and goes and you don't know it ever happened. A blink is the fastest thing I know of.""Excellent!" said the interviewer "The blink of an eye. That's a very popular cliché fo...

The following is an actual question given on a University of Washington chemistry mid-term exam. The answer by one student was so "profound" that the professor shared it with colleagues, via the Internet, which is, of course, why we now have the pleasure of enjoying it as well. Here is the "Bonus Question" on the exam: Is Hell exothermic (gives off heat) or endothermic (absorbs heat)? Most of the students wrote proofs of their beliefs using Boyle's Law (gas cools when it expands and heats when it is compressed) or some variant. One student, however, wrote the following: First, we need to know how the mass of Hell is changing in time. So we need to know the rate at which souls are moving into Hell and the rate at which they are leaving. I think that we can safely assume that once a soul gets to Hell, it will not leave. Therefore, no souls are leaving. As for how many souls are entering Hell, let's look at the different Religions that exist in the world today....

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In continuance with my previous post about Agitation against Reservations, I started to contemplate seriously whether we need reservations – let alone increase the quota. In a few days, the quota would be 99:1, 99 being reserved and 1 for General if the present stance of the Govt. continues. IMHO, the people who are currently worth, be in the general sect or in the reserved sect, are getting ample opportunities and it is upto them to keep up to the expectations that their work demands from them! At a time where we claim to have equality b/n sexes, religions, classes and sects, is the Govt. justified in continuing to have Reservations? Sick policies, I tell you. Probably Arjun Singh has some selfish intentions. Whatever it may be, the Govt. should to pay heed to the voice of the youth, who definitely are going to take over the reins in the future. But as the saying goes, “ Yesterday is Dead, Tomorrow is Uncertain, Live Life Today! ” The Govt. is just not bothering about Tomorrow. In the...

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Hi, On noting the latest protests against reservations, I somehow am drawn to compare with the movie RDB... There too, there were protests and the protestors were caned! Though that was just a movie, this time, it is happening for real! Why do we need reservations? I don't agree with the Government on reservations. There are a lot of people who share my views on the same. Check the photos attached. Do you think the Govt. is doing a right thing by sticking to its stance on reservations while Delhi Doctors are being caned???

One more forwarded mail! My little boy came into the kitchen this evening while I was fixing supper and he handed me a piece of paper he'd been writing on. So, after wiping my hands on my apron, I read it, and this is what it said: > For mowing the grass, $5. > For making my own bed this week, $1. > For going to the store $.50. > For playing with baby brother while you went > shopping, $.25 > For taking out the trash, $1. > For getting a good report card, $5. > For raking the yard, $2. I looked at him standing there expectantly, and a thousand memories flashed through my mind.So, I picked up the paper, and turning it over, this is what I wrote: > For the nine months I carried you, growing inside me: No Charge. > For the nights I sat up with you, doctored you prayed for you...No Charge. > For the time and the tears, and the cost through the years.No Charge. > For the nights filled with dread, and the worries ahead.No Charge. > For ...

I am getting tired of searching for the Book of this controversial True Incident that has happened. The original English Version has been “BANNED” by the Govt. of India and When I googled for the same, found one with the price of GBP 16.95 for one… which came up to Rs. 1373 (with today’s exchange price of Rs. 81.86 / GBP) … WHOOPS!!! THAT’S DAMN COSTLY!!! No way could I find the original version of 506 pages in India. I, hence, have bought the Kannada Translation of this book… Translated into Kannada by Ravi Belegare. Just a thought here… If the translated book itself makes my blood boil, what would have happened if I had read the original English Version??? Whenever I even think of this book or any particular part of the book that gives me Goosebumps to this day… It has been almost 5 years since I first read the book and I am rereading the same for the third time today… Just thought of putting my thoughts abt this book onto my blog. Anyone of my readers*** (someone reads my blog???) i...

  Following are the candidates contesting in various constituencies of the city. If you and your family belong to the following constituencies do vote for these ambitious guys and encourage your family members as well.    Confirmed candidates contesting for Lok Paritran:    Santhanagopal in Mylapore Elanthirumaran in Chepauk  -========> WAS an COGNIZANT EMPLOYEE and PM FOR FIVE YEARS Ishrayel Mahesh in Thousan Lights Prashanth Sharma in Egmore Arvind Tiruvaiyar in TNagar Rajamani in Anna Nagar Hariharan in Saidapet Rabindra Ganesh in Park Town.  Do Vote for them. And yeah…pass on this message.   This might be news for few of us. 5 guys who are IIT passed outs have formed a new Political party and its called Lok Paritrana. The members are: Tanmay Rajpurohit -- National President Chandrashekhar -- National General Secretary, PRO Amit Beesen -- National Vice-President Ajit Ashwalayan Shukla -- Na...