I keep finding interesting things (some funny, some odd, some opinion pieces, and some all of the above) on the internet. And I usually put them up on my twitter (of the twitter is a lonely man fame- see below!), but I thought I shall put some of those gems here.
So to begin with- Shashi Tharoor tweets telling someone that he is flying "cattle class with the holy cows" and suddenly the Congress and the BJP decide that he is calling honest people, who cannot afford business class, "cattle." And decide that he must not be allowed to get away with it. The Indian Media starts the hoopla as usual, and things get weirder and weirder by the minute. Watch a video of a panel discussion on Times Now with Jug Suraiya, Amit Varma, and Congress spokesperson Tom Vadakkan. Please note the "Kane West" and the bit about how "twitter is a lonely man, needs counseling, bla bla."
Lets move from Tweeeter (as Arnab calls it) to Facebook.
This wonderful set of messages on Facebook shows why your parents should never be on Facebook! And this is the story of the guy who went to a rob a house and decided to update his facebook status DURING the robbery using a computer in the house he was robbing. Addicted much?
And finally, I LOVE this site. The site is called STFU, Marrieds. And in the description it says- "Married couples on Facebook with their inane status updates and wall posts are the bane of my internet existence." The site is a collection of FB wall exchanges, status updates, comments between extremely annoying married people. You have to see it!
I came across this excellent Dan Brown Plot Generator. Very amusing and a good way to kill time and ridicule Dan Brown! And a very amusing absurd article in the Telegraph, here, on how Britons get injured by Biscuits on their tea and coffee breaks. It even ranks biscuits in order of their "danger" levels!
Moving on, watch Baba Ramdev, who openly talks about how he can cure the "disease" of homosexuality, do Yogic Jogging in Bokaro, India. The middle of the video when the Jogging commences is HILARIOUS as are the shots of the public. I absolutely love Baba Ramdev. There is some news of him being on the reality TV show Big Boss. How fun! (link via Amit Varma)
Another awesome video here, although not hilarious like Baba Ramdev's jogging. The Black Eyed Peas perform at Oprah's Season 24 Opening. And I usually don't like the Black Eyed Peas much, neither do I particularly like Oprah, but the flashmob in this video is AWESOME! It totally energizes you. I have always been a fan of the so called- "power of the people." Protests, Rallies, Carnivals, Pride Parades, Other Parades, Political causes, and flashmobs like these- really really cheer me up!
Finally moving to some serious things, here is a set of advertisements by WWF with regards to preservation of the environment and the fauna it is home to. My favorite one is shown below. Why don't we see these ads everywhere?
Lastly, I found this very touching piece about life, change, the future, children, knowledge and such- all woven with the thread of Calvin and Hobbes. The picture is so simple and heartwarming, although it makes me sad.
p.s. Kanye West and Taylor Smith can both die.
p.p.s. The title of the post, of course, is from here. Can't wait to watch it. Missed it the last time :(
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