Saturday, August 11, 2007

Battle at Kruger - Wildlife!



Well this is a viral video posted on Youtube which shows the dramatic depiction of life on the African Savannah!
Its Youtube's one of the popular videos..
to back that...see the records below
Views till date : 11,320,672
Comments : 12754
Favorited : 50065
It was also the subject of an article in the June 25, 2007 issue of Time Magazine

It was originally filmed in September 2004 by videographer David Budzinski and photographer Jason Schlosberg at a watering hole in Kruger National Park, South Africa. The video depicts an unfolding confrontation between a herd of Cape Buffalo, a small pride of lions, and a pair of crocodiles.

Saturday, July 28, 2007

WalkScore!!



Odds are if you are reading this, you PROBABLY should check the Walk Score of your current location and get walking. I mean seriously, Apparently my current walkscore is not that good,its under 25%.

This is an interesting mashup - Walk Score uses a patent-pending algorithm to calculate the walkability of an address based on: The distance to walkable locations near an address, calculating a score for each of these locations, combining these scores into one easy to read Walk Score. More details below on how the calculate an areas walkability…

From Walk Score

Walkable Neighborhoods

Picture a walkable neighborhood. You lose weight each time you walk to the grocery store. You stroll home from last call without waiting for a cab. You spend less money on your car—or you don’t own a car. When you shop, you support your local economy. You talk to your neighbors.
What makes a neighborhood walkable?

Walkable communities tend to have the following characteristics:

* A center: Walkable neighborhoods have a discernable center, whether it’s a shopping district, a main street, or a public space.
* Density: The neighborhood is compact, rather than spread out, which brings people closer to stores and jobs and makes public transportation more cost effective.
* Mixed income, mixed use: Housing is provided for everyone who works in the neighborhood: young and old, singles and families, rich and poor. Businesses and residences are located near each other.
* Parks and public space: There are plenty of public places to gather and play.
* Accessibility: The neighborhood is accessible to everyone and has wheelchair access, plenty of benches with shade, sidewalks on all streets, etc.
* Well connected, speed controlled streets: Streets form a connected grid that improves traffic by providing many routes to any destination. Streets are narrow to control speed, and shaded by trees to protect pedestrians.
* Pedestrian-centric design: Buildings are placed close to the street to cater to foot traffic, with parking lots relegated to the back.
* Close schools and workplaces: Schools and workplaces are close enough that most residents can walk from their homes.

Google News cushion..Enlightening, Embarassing



The Google News Cushion is a standard couch pillow that's been printed with the top Google News stories of the year. It's a microcosm, in plush, pillow form, of the collective human experience on planet Earth. For instance, what news did we search most in 2003?

Kobe Bryant, Brittany Spears, Shakira, and 50 Cent. 2005 found itself riddled with trifles like "tsunami" and Hurricane Katrina, but it's promising to know that even in the face of such tragedies, Man still found time to search for Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie Britney Spears again...Needless to say, the pillow becomes a greatest hits list for everything that truly matters in the world.

2003 will run you a steep $250, with other years costing a slightly more reasonable $120. Each pillow is signed for authenticity that it's expensive.

A Dime costs $1.9M

A dime(10 Cents) 1894 S was bought for $1.9 million...here's the story

John Feigenbaum didn't sleep at all during his redeye flight across the country. He's not a nervous flier -- he was carrying a dime worth $1.9 million.

Feigenbaum, 38, of Virginia Beach, Virginia, is a rare coin dealer, and the dime he was carrying from San Jose to New York is a 1894-S dime, one of only nine known to exist.

He picked up the dime on Monday from the seller's vault in Oakland. He delivered it to the buyer's vault the following day, in midtown Manhattan.

Feigenbaum said he and the seller's agent will split a 6 percent commission on the deal.

Feigenbaum said he put the dime, which is encased in a 3-inch-square block of plastic, in his jeans pocket. Accompanied by a security guard, he drove to the airport.

Shortly after boarding the plane, Feigenbaum transferred the dime from his pants pocket to his briefcase.

"I was worried that the dime might fall out of my pocket while I was sitting down," he said.

All across the country, Feigenbaum kept reaching into his briefcase to feel for the dime, one of only 24 minted in 1894 in San Francisco, as far as collectors know.

People..treasure your dimes...who knows after 103 years the dime that u treasured could fetch your great great grandchildren few millions...!

Tuesday, July 24, 2007

Sell it the Apple Way!

You know whats the best strategy to sell something...prefix/suffix apple to the product that you sell and put it up for sale on ebay/amazon...then just sit back and see the wonders...
to understand what i was saying...look at this...



this 6 foot neon rainbow apple Computer logo is on sale on ebay for $4500, this is sold by a apple dealer who's trying to relocate to some other place..and the bid starts from $4450...happy bidding folks!!

Saturday, July 7, 2007

Silly Monkey!!

We all know the fact that monkeys are naughty/cranky most of the times..and this ape proves that they are silly even...he he he ;-)

Friday, July 6, 2007

A loo costs just about $19 Million .. in Space

In space, a loo costs a lot.

NASA has agreed to pay $19 million for a Russian-built toilet system for the international space station. The figure may sound astronomical for a toilet in space, but NASA officials said it was cheaper than building their own.

"It's akin to building a municipal treatment center on Earth," NASA spokeswoman Lynnette Madison said Thursday, explaining the cost of the new toilet system.

Also, astronauts are familiar with how it works since it's similar to one already in use at the space station. The new system will be able to transfer urine to a device that can produce drinking water.

The new system is scheduled to be delivered to the U.S. side of the space station in 2008. It will offer more privacy than the old toilet system, which will definitely be needed: The space station crew is expected to grow from three to six people by 2009.

The system will be installed on the American side, and the current toilet system on the Russian side will remain in place.

The space station toilet physically resembles those used on Earth, except it has leg restraints and thigh bars to keep astronauts and cosmonauts in place. Fans suck waste into the commode. Crew members also have individual urine funnels which are attached to hoses, and the urine is deposited into a wastewater tank.

Crew members using the current toilet system on the Russian side must transfer tanks of their urine to a cargo ship, which burns up in Earth's atmosphere once undocked from the station.

The $19 million toilet system was part of a larger contract valued at $46 million that NASA signed this week with RSC Energia, a Russian aerospace company. The extra equipment includes software updates for the station's inventory management system, a spare air pump and engineering support for a mechanism which allows space shuttles to dock with the space station.

Top 10 time wasting activities!

So what are employees doing to waste time on the company dime? Check out the survey's top 10 time-wasting activities:
See who's topped the list...[Internet :-)]


1. Surfing the Internet -- 44.7 percent
2. Socializing with co-workers -- 23.4 percent
3. Conducting personal business -- 6.8 percent
4. Spacing out -- 3.9 percent
5. Running errands off-premise -- 3.1 percent
6. Making personal phone calls -- 2.3 percent
7. Applying for other jobs -- 1.3 percent
8. Planning personal events -- 1.0 percent
9. Arriving late/leaving early -- 1.0 percent
10. Other -- 12.5 percent

Sunday, July 1, 2007

Train-Coaster!!

A traffice ticket could cost you $3000!!!



Virginia is for lovers, or so the state slogan has declared since 1969. Starting today, Virginia also will be the home of the $3,000 traffic ticket. In an effort to raise money for road projects, the state will start hitting residents who commit serious traffic offenses with huge civil penalties


Beginning Sunday, Virginia is adding new civil charges to traffic fines. They range from $750 to $3,000 and will be added to existing fines and court costs. The civil penalty for going 20 mph over the speed limit will be $1,050, plus $61 in court costs and a fine that is typically about $200.

Monday, June 25, 2007

Facts

Mighty Onion Facts:

  • Facts about onions. Chefs started using them 5,000 years ago to spice up their cooking.
  • Eaten ram onions are good for unblocking stuffed nose.
  • Onions are low in calories and a good source of vitamin C, calcium, potassium and fiber.
  • They get their distinctive smell by soaking up sulphur from the soil.
  • Cooking destroys the eye watering agent.
  • They help reduce cholesterol if eaten after a fatty meal.
  • They help circulation.
A nuclear powered aircraft carrier can run for up to 18 years.
It's against the law in Chicago to eat in a place that is on fire.
There are 2,598,960 possible hands in a five-card poker game.
Hydroxydesoxycorticosterone and hydroxydeoxycorticosterones are the largest anagrams.
Lightning strikes about 6,000 times per minute on this planet.
An old law in Bellingham, Wash., made it illegal for a woman to take more than 3 steps backwards while dancing.
The word "Checkmate" in chess comes from the Persian phrase "Shah Mat," which means "the king is dead".
Clans of long ago that wanted to get rid of their unwanted people without killing them use to burn their houses down - hence the expression "to get fired." (Now IT firms do..! ;-))
Skepticisms is the longest word that alternates hands when typing!
The 57 on Heinz ketchup bottle represents the number of varieties of pickles the company once had.
American Airlines saved $40,000 in 1987 by eliminating one olive from each salad served in first class.
There are no clocks in Las Vegas gambling casinos. (i guess these are not reqd at all)

Old & Young

Do you wanna know the ages of few nations...:-D..Here you goo...

OLDEST COUNTRIES
San Marino (301 AD)
France (486 AD)
Bulgaria (632 AD)
Denmark (950 AD)
Portugal (1143 AD)
Andorra (1278 AD)
Switzerland (1291 AD)

YOUNGEST COUNTRIES
Montenegro (July, 2006)
Serbia (July, 2006)
East Timor (2002)
Palau (1994)
Czech Republic (1993)
Eritrea (1993)
Slovakia (1993)
Bosnia/Hertzegovina (1992)

Population Density!

Can you believe the fact that there are countries with 16,000 people per sq km and on the contrary there are 2/3 people per sq km... dont believe me..check these facts...
Interestingly i dont find China/India (the top 2 highly populated countries are not in the top 10)

COUNTRIES (Highest Density)
(people per square km)
Monaco 16,205
Singapore 6,386
Malta 1,261
Maldives 1,164
Bahrain 1,035
Bangledesh 1,002
Vatican City 920
Barbados 648
Nauru 621
Mauritius 603

COUNTRIES (Lowest Density)
(people per square km)
Mongolia 2
Namibia 2
Australia 3
Botswana 3
Iceland 3
Suriname 3
Libya 3
Mauritania 3
Canada 3
Guyana 4

LifeSavers!

A teacher was doing a study testing the senses of first graders, using a bowl of Lifesavers.
The children began to say:
"Red.............cherry,"
"Yellow.........lemon,"
"Green..........lime,"
"Orange.......orange,"
Finally the teacher gave them all honey Lifesavers.
After eating them none of the children could identify the taste.
"Well," he said, "I'll give you all a clue; It's what your mother may sometimes call your father."
One little girl looked up in horror, spit her Lifesaver out and yelled:
"Oh My God!!!! They're assholes!

Ffew cartoons i like the most!!




Sunday, June 24, 2007

Most Shocking Concert Movements

source : www.aol.com

DATE:
March 1, 1969

WHAT WENT DOWN: Jim Morrison was one of the most unpredictable performers in rock 'n' roll. But during a '69 concert in Miami, he took his "freedom of expression" to new risqué levels. "You didn't come here for music, did you?" the visibly intoxicated Doors frontman asked his audience after several minutes of nonsensical rambling. "You want to see my c***, don't you? That's what you came for." Morrison shockingly obliged and was arrested for indecent exposure and public profanity. Outrageous stuff back then, but nowadays, that would just be an typical Akon show.


DATE: September 13, 1969

WHAT WENT DOWN: Not all things with wings can fly -- a fact that Alice Cooper learned during his performance at the 1969 Toronto Rock & Roll Festival. During the show, a fan threw a live chicken onto the stage. Cooper responded by throwing the fowl into the air, expecting it to soar above the crowd. Instead, the chicken landed in the audience and was immediately ripped to shreds by the rabid crowd. The incident became front-page news nationwide, with tabloids incorrectly reporting that the "shock rocker" had ripped the chicken's head off and drank its blood.


DATE: January 20, 1982

WHAT WENT DOWN: Back in the day, Black Sabbath frontman Ozzy Osbourne got off on throwing pig intestines and cow livers into the audience during performances. One night, a fan gave the Ozzman a taste of his own medicine and threw a live bat on the stage. Thinking it was a rubber toy, the self-proclaimed Prince of Darkness grabbed the animal and bit its head off. Ozzy had to be rushed to the hospital for rabies shots after the gig, but his legend as the ultimate rock 'n' roll wild man loomed larger than ever.



DATE: July, 21 1989

WHAT WENT DOWN: Today it's cool for Britney Spears to flub her lip-sync shows in Vegas, but when Milli Vanilli got caught faking the funk, it spelled the beginning of their end. The dreadlocked duo was performing their biggest hit, 'Girl You Know It's True,' at a show in Bristol, CT when the vocal track started to skip. Though the crowd didn't seem to mind, the group was crucified by critics who began questioning their talent. A year later, the pressure of public scrutiny led the group's manager revealed that Rob and Fab didn't actually sing on their award-winning records. Fans called for blood after the announcement and the band was eventually forced to return their 1990 Best New Artist Grammy.

DATE: July 2, 1991

WHAT WENT DOWN: Axl Rose is a man who takes matters into his own hands. That didn't bode well for a camera-happy fan at Guns N' Roses' 1991 St. Louis show. After noticing the camera, Axl stopped singing to ask security to remove the shutterbug. When the guards didn't respond quickly enough, Axl jumped into the audience to handle the situation himself. After exchanging blows with the fan, Axl stormed offstage, sparking an arena-wide riot for which he was later arrested (the charges were eventually dismissed).



DATE: August 13, 1990

WHAT WENT DOWN: Soul legend Curtis Mayfield was lucky to be alive after his 1990 performance in Flatbush, Brooklyn. The R&B innovator was playing an outdoor concert when stage-lighting equipment fell on him, permanently paralyzing him from the neck down. Mayfield heroically struggled through the tragedy and succeeding in writing, singing on and directing the recording of his final album, 'New World Order,' in 1997.

DATE: August 8, 1992

WHAT WENT DOWN: Few rockers know the dangers of being in the wrong place at the wrong time better than Metallica's James Hetfield. During the band's performance of 'Fade to Black' at a Montreal gig, James misinterpreted a stage cue and wound up standing in the middle of a pyrotechnic explosion. Though he suffered second-degree burns to his arms and legs, James eventually continued the tour -- Hetfield stuck to vocals while a roadie took over his guitar-shredding duties



DATE: August 28, 1992

WHAT WENT DOWN: When L7 got pushed, the all-girl grunge band pushed back. The crowd at England's 1992 Reading Festival learned this the hard way. During the band's set, guitarist Donita Sparks got fed up with all the crap fans were hurling onto the stage and retaliated by removing her bloody tampon and throwing it into the crowd. Some (un)lucky fan walked away with one of the most unsanitary souvenirs in alt-rock history.

DATE: July 18, 1993

WHAT WENT DOWN: Actions spoke louder than words when Rage Against the Machine hit the stage in Philly during Lollapalooza '93. Instead of playing music, the four band members stood on stage naked with duct tape over their mouths and the letters "PMRC" painted on their chests in a protest against censorship. For 15 minutes, the only sounds heard during the demonstration were guitar feedback and jeers from pissed-off fans who actually wanted to see the band play something.

DATE: July 25, 1999

WHAT WENT DOWN: The 200,000 attendees of Woodstock '99 in Rome, NY, had more than brown acid to worry about. After suffering three days of scarce water, overpriced food and overflowing toilets in '90-degree heat, several crowd members released their frustration in a wave of destruction and violence that included fires, lootings and several rapes during the Red Hot Chili Peppers' event-ending set. So much for peace and love.

DATE: April 30, 2000

WHAT WENT DOWN: A packed house of 3000 fans came to hear Fiona Apple tickle the ivories at New York's Roseland ballroom. Instead, they witnessed music's most infamous on-stage meltdown. Poor sound quality and rattled nerves were the sparks that ignited Fiona's tirade, in which she wailed, "You know, I just wanted to do real well in New York ... But f---! I can't hear myself!" This was followed by a crying fit, yelling at journalists to not pan the show and a hasty exit from the stage after only a few songs.

DATE: July 30, 2001

WHAT WENT DOWN: Security guard Joshua Keasler will never forget the night he went, uh, head-to-head with Marilyn Manson. During his 2001 Ozzfest performance in Detroit, Manson rubbed his crotch on the guard's head, which led to the rocker being sued for sexual assault and inflicting emotional distress. Manson was sued by a different security for the same offense one year earlier after a Minneapolis gig. Since then, he's learned to keep his crotch to himself ... we hope


DATE: December 29, 2002

WHAT WENT DOWN: What's more pitiful than getting arrested for throwing an Orangina bottle at your wife? Being so waste that you forget the words to all your songs in front of thousands of fans. That's what happened when former Creed frontman Scott Stapp hit the bottle too hard before hitting the stage at a Chicago concert. Though Stapp remarked that his performance was a "symbolic, personal gesture" that had nothing to do with alcohol, guitarist Mark Tremonti remembers the singer "staggering, slurring his words" and holding a half-drunk bottle of Jack Daniels 15 minutes before taking the stage. The gig was so bad that the band was later sued by four fans, though the charges were dismissed



DATE: February 1, 2004

WHAT WENT DOWN: Football fans nearly choked on their hot wings during Janet Jackson and Justin Timberlake's Super Bowl XX halftime show. The pair was at the end of their 'Rock Your Body' duet when Justin ripped off a part of Janet's costume, exposing her bare breast to millions of viewers. CBS was flooded with 200,000 complaints of indecent exposure following the "wardrobe malfunction." Janet suffered severe media scrutiny after Nipplegate, and was even banned from appearing on the Grammys later in the month. JT received less flack for his involvement, and apologized for the fiasco on the live Grammy telecast.

DATE: June 18, 2004

WHAT WENT DOWN: Musicians are often pelted with roses and underwear during their shows, but David Bowie was struck by an object of adoration that almost cost him his sight. Twenty minutes into a performance in Norway , the stick of a lollipop that was thrown at the singer became wedged between his left eyeball and eyelid. A panicked member of his entourage rushed the stage to Bowie remove remove the sweet projectile and finish the show.

DATE: July 30, 2005

WHAT WENT DOWN: Fergie brought new meaning to the term Black Eyed Pee. During a concert in San Diego, CA, the singer had a not-so- glamorous moment when she wet her pants on stage, mid song, in front of a packed club. Fergs told Scotland's Daily Record, "I had a few drinks before going on stage, but I didn't think to go to the bathroom. We were jumping around and my bladder just started you know ..." Um, Fergie, you should probably focus less on the abs, and devote more time to those Kegel exercises.

WHAT WENT DOWN: He may wear girlie jeans and eyeliner, but Fall Out Boy's Pete Wentz is no sissy. During a gig in Albuquerque, NM, a security guard hired by the venue got into an argument with one of FOB's personal security members, and the two went to blows. Pete reacted by dropping his mic mid-song, jumping into the crowd and defending his friend ... with his fists. No charges were filed, but Pete got punchy again at a June 12 performance in Chicago after being heckled by an audience member. Anger-management classes can't be far behind.



DATE: June 3, 2007

WHAT WENT DOWN: When Akon invites you up on stage, just say no. At a concert in Poughkeepsie, NY, a fan threw an item at the stage, barely missing the R&B singer. Akon asked security to escort the 15-year-old offender onto the stage -- just so he could pick him up and throw him back into the crowd. The incident occurred only two months after Akon landed in hot water for humping a 14-year-old girl on stage during a concert in Trinidad. Maybe his fans should just stick to watching his videos instead.


DATE: June 16, 2007

WHAT WENT DOWN: Anarchy is (unfortunately) alive and well in Greece. Athens' Ejekt festival came to an abrupt and violent end when 30 masked men armed with CS-gas, iron bars and baseball bats stormed the stadium during the Beastie Boys' set. Cars were set ablaze and a member of electronic group Underworld, who were set to close out the event, was injured in the melee.

Expectations!!

A butcher watching over his shop is really surprised when he sees a dog coming inside the shop. He shoos him away. But later, the dog is back again. So, he goes over to the dog and notices it has a note in its mouth. He takes the note and it reads, "Can I have 12 sausages and a leg of lamb, please". The dog has money in its mouth, as well.

So he takes the money and puts the sausages and lamb in a bag, placing it in the dog's mouth. The butcher is so impressed, and since it's about closing time, he decides to shut the shop and follow the dog. So off he goes. The dog is walking down the street, when it comes to a level crossing; the dog puts down the bag, jumps up and presses the button. Then it waits patiently, bag in mouth, for the lights to turn.

They do, and it walks across the road, with the butcher following him all the way. The dog then comes to a bus stop, and starts looking at the timetable. The butcher is in awe as the dog stops a bus by pulling its left leg up and gets in it. The butcher follows the dog into the bus. The dog then shows a ticket, which is tied to its belt to the bus conductor. The butcher is nearly fainting at this sight, so are the other passengers in the bus. The dog then sits near the driver's seat looking outside waiting for the bus stop to come. As soon as the stop is in sight, the dog stands and wags its tail to inform the conductor. Then, without waiting for the bus to stop completely, it jumps out of the bus and runs to a house very close to the stop.

It opens the big Iron Gate and rushes inside towards the door. As it approaches the wooden door, the dog suddenly changes its mind and heads towards the garden. It goes to the window, and beats its head against it several times, walks back, jumps off, and waits at the door. The butcher watches as a big guy opens the door, and starts abusing the dog, kicking him and punching him, and swearing at him.

The butcher surprised with this, runs up, and stops the guy. "What in heaven's name are you doing? The dog is a genius. He could be on TV, for the life of me!" to which the guy responds: "You call this clever? This is the second time this week that this stupid dog's forgotten his key."

Moral of the Story: You may continue to exceed onlookers' expectations but shall always fall short of the boss' expectations.

Excerpts from Seinfield!

  • A bookstore is one of the only pieces of evidence we have that people are still thinking.
  • It's amazing that the amount of news that happens in the world every day always just exactly fits the newspaper.
  • There is no such thing as "fun for the whole family."
  • Where lipstick is concerned, the important thing is not color, but to accept God's final word on where your lips end.
  • There's very little advice in men's magazines, because men think, I know what I'm doing. Just show me somebody naked.
  • I had a dream last night that a hamburger was eating ME!
  • Men want the same thing from women what they want from their underwear... a little support, comfort, and freedom.

Buzz Words!

Do you want to impress or confuse clients or vice versa?... Use techno vocabulary... It can be called the "Buzzword" writing method. It is simple.

There are three columns of words involved, as follows:

0. Balanced 0. Management 0. contingency
1. total 1. Organization 1. Hardware (or software)
2. integrated 2. reciprocal 2. projection
3. compatible 3. monitored 3. time-frame
4. synchronized 4. digital 4. concept
5. optimal 5. modular 5. programming
6. responsive 6. transitional 6. mobility
7. functional 7. Incremental 7. capability
8. parallel 8. third-generation 8. flexibility
9. systemized 9. policy 9. options

Just select any three-digit number; then use the corresponding Buzzwords from the above grid, e.g., 257: "integrated modular capability". Don't worry if it doesn't make sense to you; it won't mean anything to anyone else either, but they'll think you're just smarter than they are
so they won't say anything!! ;)

You can propose "systemized reciprocal options" (929) to achieve "optimal transitional flexibility" (568), so that we can think of an "integrated monitored projection"... and your boss will probably promote you or your customer will be blown away with your technological superiority!!!

How does Arrow/Mouse Pointer work...??


How does the small arrow on your computer monitor work when we move the mouse? Haven't you ever wondered how it works?

Now, through the miracle of high technology, we can see how it is done. With the aid of a screen-magnifying lens, the mechanism becomes apparent. Click on the link below and you will find out.

The image may take a minute or two to download and when it appears, slowly move your mouse over the light-gray circle, and you will see how the magic works. http://www.1-click.jp

Love / Marriage

Love is holding hands in the street.
Marriage is holding arguments in the street.

Love is cuddling on a sofa.
Marriage is one of them sleeping on a sofa.

Love is talking about having children.
Marriage is talking about getting away from children.

Love is going to bed early.
Marriage is going to sleep early.

Love is losing your appetite.
Marriage is losing your figure.

Love is sweet nothing in the ear.
Marriage is sweet nothing in the bank.

TV has no place in love.
Marriage is a fight for remote control.

Love is 1 drink and 2 straws.
Marriage is "Don't you think you've had enough!".

Conclusion: "Love is blind , Marriage is an eye opener!"

Irish for Beer

One day an Englishman, a Scotsman, and an Irishman walked into a pub together. They each bought a pint of Guinness. Just as they were about to enjoy their creamy beverage, three flies landed in each of their pints, and were stuck in the thick head.

The Englishman pushed his beer away in disgust.

The Scotsman fished the fly out of his beer, and continued drinking it, as if nothing had happened.

The Irishman, too, picked the fly out of his drink, held it out over the beer, and started yelling, "SPIT IT OUT, SPIT IT OUT YOU B*****D!!!!"

This is How 'IT' Works..!

Must read!

The pastor entered his donkey in a race and it won. The pastor was so pleased with the donkey that he entered in another race and it won it also.

The local paper read:
PASTOR'S ASS OUT FRONT.

The Bishop was so upset with this kind of publicity that he ordered the pastor not to enter the donkey in any more races.

The next day the local paper headline read:
BISHOP SCRATCHES THE PASTOR'S ASS.

This was too much for the Bishop, so he ordered the pastor to get rid of the donkey. The pastor decided to give it to a nun in a nearby convent.

The local paper, hearing of the news,posted the following headline:
NUN HAS THE BEST ASS IN TOWN.

The Bishop fainted.
He informed the nun that she would have to get rid of the donkey so she sold it to a farmer for $10.

The next day the headlines read:
NUN SELLS ASS FOR $10.

This was too much for the Bishop, so he ordered the nun to buy back the donkey and lead it to the high plains where it could run free.

The next day the headlines read:
NUN ANNOUNCES HER ASS IS WILD AND FREE.

Alas .. the Bishop was buried the next day.

MORAL OF THE STORY???
Being concerned about public opinion can bring you much grief and misery and even shorten your life.

So, be yourself and enjoy life. Stop worrying about everyone else's ass and you'll live longer.

Friday, June 22, 2007

"New atm dirve through"


A new sign in the Bank Lobby reads:
"Please note that this Bank is installing new Drive-through ATM
machines
enabling customers to withdraw cash without leaving their vehicles.
Customers using this new facility are requested to use the procedures
outlined below when accessing their accounts.
After months of careful research, MALE & FEMALE Procedures have been
developed. Please follow the Appropriate steps for your gender."


MALE PROCEDURE:
1. Drive up to the cash machine.
2. Put down your car window.
3. Insert card into machine and enter PIN.
4. Enter amount of cash required and withdraw.
5. Retrieve card, cash and receipt.
6. Put window up.
7. Drive off.


FEMALE PROCEDURE:
Unfortunately, most of this part is the Truth.!!!!
1. Drive up to cash machine.
2. Reverse and back up the required amount to align car window with the machine.
3. Set parking brake, put the window down.
4. Find handbag, remove all contents on to passenger seat to locate card.
5. Tell person on your mobile phone you will call them back and hang up.
6. Attempt to insert card into machine.
7. Open car door to allow easier access to machine due to its excessive distance from the car.
8. Insert card.
9. Re-insert card the right way.
10. Dig through handbag to find diary with your PIN written on the inside back page.
11. Enter PIN.
12. Press cancel and re-enter correct PIN.
13. Enter amount of cash required.
14. Check makeup in rear view mirror.
15. Retrieve cash and receipt.
16. Empty handbag again to locate wallet and place cash inside.
17. Write debit amount in check register and place receipt in back of checkbook.
18. Re-check makeup.
19. Drive forward 2 feet.
20. Reverse back to cash machine.!
21. Retrieve card.
22. Re-empty hand bag, locate card holder, and place card into the slot provided!
23. Give dirty look to irate male driver waiting behind you.
24. Restart stalled engine and pull off.
25. Redial person on your mobile phone.
26. Drive for 2 to 3 miles.
27. Release Parking Brake.

Tuesday, June 19, 2007

Juneteenth

Juneteenth, also known as Freedom Day or Emancipation Day, annual holiday celebrated on June 19 in the United States to commemorate the ending of slavery. For more than a century, Juneteenth was observed mainly in Texas and parts of Arkansas, Louisiana, and Oklahoma. In recent decades, communities across the nation have adopted the holiday
June 19 marks the day in 1865 when word reached African Americans in Texas that slavery in the United States had been abolished. More than two years earlier, on New Year’s Day, 1863, President Abraham Lincoln had issued the Emancipation Proclamation. Delivered during the American Civil War, this proclamation ordered the freeing of all slaves in states that were rebelling against Union forces. The proclamation had little effect in Texas, where there were few Union troops to enforce the order.
News of the proclamation officially reached Texas on June 19, 1865, when a Union general backed by nearly 2,000 troops arrived in the city of Galveston. The general, Gordon Granger, publicly announced that slavery in the United States had ended. Reactions among newly freed slaves ranged from shock and disbelief to jubilant celebration. That day has been known ever since as Juneteenth, a name probably derived from the slang combination of the words June and nineteenth.
Juneteenth celebrations began in Texas the following year. Within a few years they had spread to other states and became an annual tradition. Celebrations often opened with praying and religious ceremonies and included a reading of the Emancipation Proclamation. A wide range of festivities entertained participants, from music and dancing to contests of physical strength and intellect. Food was central to the celebrations, and barbecued meats were especially popular.

Wednesday, May 16, 2007

10 Videos that made YouTube Famous!!



"Lazy Sunday," featuring Saturday Night Live's Andy Samberg and Chris Parnell, is YouTube's first greatest hit, and it's an example of the sort of content--short-form comedy--that is ideal for the YouTube format. "Lazy Sunday" was posted the day after it aired and quickly became one of the most-viewed videos on the site. NBC's lawyers freaked and asked YouTube to remove the video after 5 million viewings, but it has been reposted and removed numerous times since. Its popularity led NBC to make the video available through Apple's iTunes and has driven the availability of online "snippet" content culled from broadcast television.




Created and posted in March by Philip de Vellis, a democratic operative with connections to the Barack Obama campaign, the Hillary "mash-up" contains clips of Ms. Clinton's speeches inserted into a famous 1984 ad for Apple Computer. De Vellis lost his job at Blue State Digital, a design firm working on Democratic campaigns, after his identity was revealed on HuffingtonPost.com. Simple and direct, it remains the best example of YouTube's potential as a venue for political warfare, skillfully playing on Clinton's reputation as a purveyor of canned sentiment.




Warning: Do not watch this video more than two times in one day. Excess viewing may result in humming the addictive chorus until epilepsy sets in. As music videos go, it is a perfect storm of YouTube popularity--an endlessly catchy tune, a simple yet original execution (how many times did they have to rehearse that eight-treadmilled routine until they got it right in one long take?) and a proud trumpeting of a low-budget ethos.



This spot on the list could just as easily have been given to music videos from artists like My Chemical Romance, Fallout Boy or the easily excited Fergie. The popularity of teenybop-pop, pop-punk and hip-pop on YouTube is an unfortunate side-effect of the site's democratic, populist ethos. And the frequency with which this category of poptastic videos makes it into the "Most Viewed" category is a testament to the apocalyptic horrors that await us should we ever give 13-year-old girls the right to vote.



This is perhaps the best example of YouTube's strength as a talent showcase. With the understated simplicity of its title (simply, "Guitar"), the no-frills presentation of its subject and its jaw-dropping impressiveness, it is perhaps the purest example of a YouTube video. "Guitar" earns its perpetual place on YouTube's "Most Viewed" list by virtue of its unstoppable rock dominance. This kid shreds. And it is at the center of a whole sub-genre of YouTube videos: the webcam guitar solo.



Far and away the most-viewed video on YouTube, "Evolution of Dance" is one of the more interesting of a related YouTube sub-genre: regular people videotaped on stage. The site has blossomed as a forum for strange, impressive or hilarious acts--whether it's college students reenacting "Super Mario Brothers" or "inspirational comedian" Judson Laipply running through every popular dance craze of the past 50 years--to gain exposure beyond the original, usually small, audience.



Call it "Doofus in a Room with a Webcam"--these videos are often interchangeable, distinguishable by the fact that they are usually desperate attempts for YouTube notoriety. They can be cute, like two girls in a bedroom singing along to the Pixies, or grating, like the Smosh guys singing along to the Pokemon theme song. In the competition for YouTube fame, they are like the kid in the plastic costume at the Halloween party--examples of the bare-minimum effort required to enter.



A 16-year-old home-schooled American teenager named Bree narrates her story into a webcam, leading viewers on a voyage of life, love, the occult, abduction and self-obsession. Except she's really an actress, and the series is a hoax--scripted content passing itself off as a webcam confessional. When the ruse was exposed, it was an international news event, and millions of consumers heard the word "YouTube" for the first time. In the time since, Bree and friends have continued to post further webisodes that are, collectively, somehow more boring than the Law and Order: Criminal Intent episode they inspired.




Stephen Colbert's feisty performance at the 2006 White House Correspondents' Association Dinner generated a lot of heat among the Beltway punditry, but it generated even more heat on YouTube, where it was heavily downloaded in the weeks following the event. At the demand of cable network C-SPAN, which initially broadcast the dinner, it has since been removed from YouTube's servers. Google Video now holds the exclusive right to show the video. Clips from Comedy Central's The Colbert Report and The Daily Show were among the most popular clips on YouTube during its formative months and helped build the site's popularity; now the two shows can generally only be seen on Comedy Central's Web site.



The weepy guitar ballad. The long-haired guy with the velour jacket. The location inside a mall. There are so many reasons to hate this saccharine video, with music by the misnamed Sick Puppies--which makes the fact that it is strangely affecting that much more frustrating. Along with cutesy clips like "Hahaha" (an infectious laughing baby) and countless silly animal clips, it's consistently ranked among YouTube's most-viewed videos.

Tuesday, May 15, 2007

Worlds Biggest Whiners...!!


French workers are the world's biggest whiners, according to a study published Monday which said the Irish complain least about their lot.

Britons come second to their Gallic cousins in the moaning stakes, followed by Sweden, the United States and Australia. Japanese workers have the lowest morale, but don't complain so much.
The lowest levels of whining were found in the Netherlands, Thailand and Ireland, according to the study by the FDS research group.
It is interesting to note that after France, Britain and Sweden, the world's biggest workplace whiners are Americans, despite their having by far the highest levels of income," said FDS chief Charlotte Cornish.
"Compare them to Thai workers: while real levels of income are more than eight times higher in the States, more workers in the US feel their pay is a problem than in Thailand," she added.
The study, entitled "What Workers Want, A Worldwide Study of Attitudes to Work and Work-Life Balance", draws on data from 14,000 employees in 23 countries.
They were notably asked about their satisfaction with issues including pay levels and their work-life balance, as well as average working hours.
In terms of worker morale, Dutch workers are the happiest, followed by their Thai and Irish counterparts. The lowest morale of all is found in Japan, followed by Germany, said the study.
The study's authors noted that rightwing French President-elect Nicolas Sarkozy shouldn't expect things to become happier anytime soon, as he prepares to shake up notoriously strike-prone France.
"The UK and US, with their marked competitive individualism and unequal wealth distribution, both appear towards the top of the world's list of whingiest workers," said Cornish.
"The French come out on top -- it seems unlikely that Nicolas Sarkozy's election and the likely shift to more Anglo-Saxon economic practices will make the workers in France any more happy with their lot," she added.

Monday, May 14, 2007

The most expensive car number-plate(tag) in the WORLD!!


Emirati Talal Khouri holds up the most expensive car number-plate in the world after purchasing the plate for 25.2 million dirhams (6.86 million US dollars, 5.07 million euros) at a special car number-plate auction at the Emirates palace hotel in Abu Dhabi.

Wednesday, May 9, 2007

Biggest Summer Movie Box Officer Ever!!

#25: 'The Hulk'
Release date: June 20, 2003
Opening weekend box office: $62,128,420
Total box office: $132,175,874

#24: 'Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace'
Release date: May 19, 1999
Opening weekend box office: $64,810,970
Total box office: $431,088,295

#23: 'Rush Hour 2'
Release date: Aug. 3, 2001
Opening weekend box office: $67,408,222
Total box office: $226,164,286

#22: 'The Mummy Returns'
Release date: May 4, 2001
Opening weekend box office: $68,139,035
Total box office: $202,019,785

#21: 'Planet of the Apes'
Release date: July 27, 2001
Opening weekend box office: $68,532,960
Total box office: $180,011,740

#20: 'Finding Nemo'
Release date: May 30, 2003
Opening weekend box office: $70,251,710
Total box office: $339,714,978

#19: 'Mission: Impossible II'
Release date: May 24, 2000
Opening weekend box office: $70,816,215 (4-day take)
Total box office: $215,409,889

#18: 'Austin Powers in Goldmember'
Release date: July 26, 2002
Opening weekend box office: $73,071,188
Total box office: $213,117,789

#17: 'Pearl Harbor'
Release date: May 25, 2001
Opening weekend box office: $75,177,654 (4-day take)
Total box office: $198,542,554

#16: 'War of the Worlds'
Release date: June 29, 2005
Opening weekend box office: $77,061,953 (4-day take)
Total box office: $234,280,354

#15: 'The Da Vinci Code'
Release date: May 19, 2006
Opening weekend box office: $77,073,388
Total box office: $217,536,138

#14: 'Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones'
Release date: May 16, 2002
Opening weekend box office: $80,027,814
Total box office: $310,676,740

#13: 'X2: X-Men United'
Release date: May 2, 2003
Opening weekend box office: $85,558,731
Total box office: $214,949,694

#12: 'Bruce Almighty'
Release date: May 23, 2003
Opening weekend box office: $85,734,045 (4-day take)
Total box office: $242,704,995

#11: 'The Day After Tomorrow'
Release date: May 28, 2004
Opening weekend box office: $85,807,341 (4-day take)
Total box office: $186,740,799

#10: 'The Lost World: Jurassic Park'
Release date: May 23, 1997
Opening weekend box office: $90,161,880 (4-day take)
Total box office: $229,086,679

#9: 'The Matrix Reloaded'
Release date: May 15, 2003
Opening weekend box office: $91,774,413
Total box office: $281,519,061

#8: 'Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban'
Release date: June 4, 2004
Opening weekend box office: $93,687,367
Total box office: $249,538,952

#7: 'Shrek 2'
Release date: May 19, 2004
Opening weekend box office: $108,037,878
Total box office: $436,721,703

#6: 'Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith'
Release date: May 19, 2005
Opening weekend box office: $108,435,841
Total box office: $380,270,577

#5: 'Spider-Man'
Release date: May 3, 2002
Opening weekend box office: $114,844,116
Total box office: $403,706,375

#4: 'Spider-Man 2'
Release date: June 30, 2004
Opening weekend box office: $115,817,364 (4-day take)
Total box office: $373,377,893

#3: 'X-Men: The Last Stand'
Release date: May 26, 2006
Opening weekend box office: $122,861,157 (4-day take)
Total box office: $234,362,462

#2: 'Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest'
Release date: July 7, 2006
Opening weekend box office: $135,634,554
Total box office: $423,315,812

#1: 'Spider-Man 3'
Release date: May 4, 2007
Opening weekend box office: $151,116,516
Total box office: ??

Tuesday, May 8, 2007

Watch the COKE fountain!!



i was pretty amazed when i had a look at this ad while i was quivering over the internet and thought of having in my personal blog!!

Amazing MS-Paint!


I never use MS-paint as it kind of sucks and i thought it was a kiddie thing but I was to be proven wrong when i stumbled onto this master piece i could never imagine how someone can do this by using MS-paint,the guy must be one heck of a creative head!!

Monday, May 7, 2007

What do you MEAN I'm not going to die?


A British man who went on a wild spending spree after doctors said he only had a short time to live wants compensation because the diagnosis was wrong and he is now healthy -- but broke.

John Brandrick, 62, was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer two years ago and told that he would probably die within a year.
He quit his job, sold or gave away nearly all his possessions, stopped paying his mortgage and spent his savings dining out and going on holiday.
Brandrick was left with little more than the black suit, white shirt and red tie that he had planned to be buried in when it emerged a year later that his suspected "tumor" was no more than a non-life threatening inflammation of the pancreas.
"When they tell you you've got a limited time and everything, you do enjoy life," Brandrick, from Cornwall in the west of England, told Sky television.
"I'm really pleased that I've got a second chance in life... but if you haven't got no money after all this, which is my fault -- I spent it all -- they should pay something back."
If he can't get compensation, he is considering selling his house or suing the hospital that diagnosed him. The hospital has said that while it sympathizes with Brandrick, a review of his case showed no different diagnosis would have been made.

Tuesday, May 1, 2007

Interesting facts about teens & Technology..What dyu think??

94%: The number of youth ages 12-17 who have Internet Access who say they use the Internet for school research.
Source: Pew Internet & American Life Project
Where does that leave our libraries and the hard back encyclopedia? How can we make the Internet more user friendly, on-line librarians to assist you?
64%: The number of online teens who say the Internet takes away from family time.
Source: Pew Internet & American Life Project
How can families include technology in their family time? Can the Internet be utilized to spark family times, instead of take away from it?
55%: The number of parents who say it is essential for their children to learn online skills in order to be successful. 40% think mastery of such skills is important.
Source: Pew Internet & American Life Project
Shouldn't this number be higher?
500 Billion: The number of text messages sent and received worldwide in 2005. By 2010, it's projected to be more than 2.3 trillion.
Source: Verizon Wireless
That is a lot of overworked thumbs! LOL!
96 Million: The number of myspace.com registered users.
8 Million: The number of facebook.com members.
30 Million: The number of friendster.com members

Any thoughts?

4 basic types of email fwd's

I find these kinda mails very annoying and frustrating too...hope you guys also felt the same at one point or the other....:-)

Chain Letter Type 1:

Make a wish!!!

Really, go on and make one!!!

Oh please, they'll never go out with you!!!

wish something else!!!

Not that, you pervert!!

Is your finger getting tired yet?

STOP, DAMMIT!!!!
Wasn't that fun? Hope you made a great wish. Now, to make you feel guilty, here's what I'll do. First of all, if you don't send this to a certain number of people in the next 5 seconds, you will be raped by a mad goat and then thrown off a high building into a pile of manure. It's true! Because, you know, THIS letter isn't like all of those fake ones, THIS one is TRUE!!

Really!!! Here's how it goes.

Send this to 1 person: One person will be pissed off at you for sending them a stupid chain letter.

Send this to 2-5 people: 2-5 people will be pissed off at you for sending them a stupid chain letter.

5-10 people: 5-10 people will be pissed off at you for sending them a stupid chain letter.

10-20 people: 10-20 people will be pissed off at you for sending them a stupid chain letter.

20 to 674, 951 1/2 people: 20 to 674, 951 1/2 people will be pissed off at you for sending them a stupid chain letter.

Thanks!!!! Good Luck!!!

Chain Letter Type 2

Hello, and thank you for reading this letter. You see, there is a starving little boy in Baklaliviatatlaglooshen who has no arms, no legs, no parents, and no willie. This little boy's life could be saved, because for every time you pass this on, a dollar will be donated to the Little Starving Legless Armless Willieless Boy from Baklaliviatatlaglooshen Fund. Remember, we have no way of counting letters sent and this is all bullshit. So go on, reach out. Send this to 5 people in the next 47 seconds. Oh, and a reminder- if you accidentally send this to 4 or 6 people, you will die instantly. Thanks again!!

Chain Letter Type 3

Hi there!! This chain letter has been in existence since 1897. This is absolutely incredible becuase there was no email then and probably not as many bitchy little 8 year olds writing chain letters. So this is how it works. Pass this on to 1-5067 people in the next 7 minutes or something horrible will happen to you like:
Queer Horror Story #1

Miranda Pinsley was walking home from school on Saturday. She had recently recieved this letter and ignored it. She then tripped in a crack in the sidewalk, fell into the sewer, was gushed down a drainpipe in a flood of shit, and went flying out over a waterfall. Not only did she smell nasty, she died.This Could Happen To You!!!

Queer Horror Story #2

Dexter Bip, a 13 year old boy, got a chain letter in his mail and ignored it. Later that day, he was hit by a car and so was his boyfriend (hey, some people swing that way). They both died and went to hell. They continued to suffer in hell where they were both cursed to eat adorable kittens every day for eternity. This Could Happen To You!!!

Remember, you could end up like Pinsley and Bip did. Just send this letter to all of your loser friends, and everything will be Ok.

Chain Letter Type 4:

As if you care, here is a poem that I wrote. Send it to every one of your friends.
Friends
A friend is someone who is always at your side,
A friend is someone who likes you even though you smell like shit,
A friend is someone who likes you even though you're disgustingly ugly,
A friend is someone who cleans up for you after you've soiled yourself,
A friend is someone who stays with you all night while you cry about your loser life,
A friend is someone who pretends they like you when they really think you should be raped by a mad goat and then thrown to vicious dogs,
A friend is someone who scrubs your toilet and vacuums and then gets the check and leaves and doesn't speak much English, no sorry that's the cleaning lady,
A friend is not someone who sends you shitty chain letters because he wants his wish of his crush sucking his schlong him to come true.
Now pass this on! If you don't, Satan will screw you in your sleep!!
There. Now that we've covered and dumped on the four main types of chain letters, onto the ironic part. In order for this to get any popularity, send it on!!! If you don't think it was funny at all, don't bother, but otherwise forward this sucker to everyone you know!! If you don't, I don't care, but why not show this around? Take two minutes and forward it. Thanks!

Remember, the moral of the story is, if you get a chain letter, ignore it. If it's a joke or something, send it, sure, but if it's gonna make people feel guilty (i.e. the willieless boy from Baklaliviatatlaglooshen) or nervous (i.e. Miranda Pinsley who ended up in a waterfall of shit) just delete it. Do yourself a favor, and everyone else in the world, and say "#$@!%#^! CHAIN LETTERS!!"

Meet the Mr.fastest....Bugatti Veyron



Meet the Bugatti Veyron - the fastest production car on the planet, only for a mere $1.67M.

Stats:
Class: Supercar
Top Speed: 253 mph (faster than Forumla1 cars)
Acceleration: 0 mph to 60 mph in 2.5 seconds
Horsepower: 1001
Cylinder: 16
Radiators: 10
Production: 300 Cars in 2006

Interesting facts:
While driving at top speed the tires will only last 50 minutes and the fuel only 12 minutes.
In order to hit it’s top speed, a second key must be inserted to modify the car so it can reach it’s top speed.
At top speed, the Veyron’s engine draws in as much air per minute as an adult male does in four days.

Click Hereto see a video of the Bugatti Veyron’s…
…awesomeness.

Did you know tat a pizza is worth $1000!! chk it out!!


If you have a thousand US dollars, you live in New York city, and you feel that you have nothing good to do with that money... then go to Nino's Bellisima!
This restaurant is run by an Albanian chef named Nino Selimaj, who owns five more restaurants in New York. In this specific restaurant, he recently added a new dish to its menu: A 30 cm. wide pizza topped with several types of caviar and lobster. This eccentricity is sold at $1,000 USD. According to Selimaj, one of these pizzas has already been sold, probably to a customer that didn't mind wasting such amount of money. Of course, in the opinion of its creator, the pizza is "delicious".
No matter how hard a person tries to convince me, I don't think that any pizza in the world should be priced to $1,000 USD. It's just ridiculous. In any case, I don't expect to be one of the swindled customers to purchase such pizza, but I wish this fellow good luck with his new creation.
I'd love to hear from someone who tries this dish...

Monday, April 16, 2007

Interesting Semi Final @ WC'07

South Africa squeaked past Sri Lanka (with one wicket in hand). Sri Lanka blasted past New Zealand. New Zealand defeated South Africa in the match (winning by 5 wickets). So, who is the better team? That is still unknown. But, unlike South Africa, Sri Lanka and New Zealand are already definite for the semi-finals at this stage. Bangladesh has caused the Proteans to be in this flux now. The remaining matches of Sri Lanka and New Zealand are of no consequence to them.

West Indies and Bangladesh have theoretical chances of getting to the semi-finals. But, the likeliest one to get through would have to be either South Africa or England. The pitches seem to be helping the faster bowlers in this phase, more than the initial set of matches. That might be see an upset happening in the last 3 matches (semi-finals and finals). The semis will see the Kiwis and Sri Lankans face each other, most likely. Sri Lankans would be fancying their chances against the Kiwis yet again. Their bowling is having a steady look and even without Malinga, their highest wicket-taker in this tournament, Sri Lanka managed to defeat the Kiwis in the Super 8s.

Hence, it would be a good time for them to give chances to Malinga Bandara so that he can be used against the Australian superpower. The best way, it seems, to defeat the Aussies is to have a spin-based attack (like what the Sri Lankans had in the 1996 World Cup) - have Murali, Bandara, Jayasuriya, Dilshan bowl atleast 35 off the stipulated 50 overs. This way, the total that they would eventually score would be reduced considerably. This looks the only route to defeat the Aussies at their current form.

The Kiwis have not managed to get rid of the Sri Lankans so far. If they face them again in the semis, they are not likely to be the favorites. So, they need to get on top of the league (by beating the Aussies possibly) to meet the 4th placed team (South Africa probably). Their bowling is good with Shane Bond, Franklin, Vettori and Patel. Mcmillan has given them a backup option with his tight bowling in the match against the Proteans. Batting is suspect against top-quality spin bowling, though.

The Proteans are more suspect than the Kiwis against spin and this is good enough for them not to proceed all the way in this World Cup. They will come up short against whoever they face in the semis. The way Kallis has had to give up his style of batting, to adopt a more aggressive stance, is proof enough of the fact that the thinking of the Proteans think-tank is not logical enough.

The English might feel that if they win their last 4 matches, they will win the World Cup. But, they might not see how they plan to do it. Their batting has shone in spurts - their win against Bangladesh was by luck, really. If only there were few more runs, England would have had to plan for their return. They havent won against the bigger teams and dont look like capable to win also.

That leaves Australia. What do they have to do? Ensure that the laws of averages dont strike now (they have been winning matches for a very long period in the World Cup now without a defeat). Hussey and Symonds still havent had a decent play in the middle. Mitchell Johnson, Stuart Clark havent had much to do all tournament. Will they be required? Australia would hope not.