Lil gal & Gigantic man

Dave's humurous one-liners for a lil girl when she meets a gigantic man....


1) Lil gal : Huvz the weather up there?

2) When in an argument with the Gigantic man, lil gal says 'Get Down Here ! I need to have a face to face conversation !'

Modern prayer !

To: toalmighty@anywhereintheworld
CC: My colleagues in the project
Subject: NNTO: Hi.Pls make this first migration successful. You know the trouble we hav gone thro with this prj. Thanks in advance ! Cheers,Suma

It worked for me ! Despite some exceptions, we did not have to back out the migration changes !

Birthday wishes...

To my mom....

& To my friend who introduced me to inkscape..

Amusing Fridays

A few one liners on the Friday T-shirts that I noticed today...

I don't suffer from insanity. I enjoy every minute of it !

I have only one nerve left and you are getting on it !

Beware ! Here comes trouble !

Keep staring at me ! I may do a trick !

Out of My Mind ! Be back in 5 minutes !

The art of snoring...zzzzzzzz

I had taken a day off so that I can spend a long weekend with my parents in Mysore. The moment I stepped into the house, I received a call on my cell phone - call from my work place! It was not one of the admiring looks that I saw on my parents' face as I was answering the call.Then on, I decided to take zero official calls and only personal calls on my cell phone, that too, strictly on priority basis. To make things better, I put the cellphone in vibrate only mode so that even on receiving calls, the ringtone would not disturb my parents.

Since the call on Thursday night, my cell phone had been really quiet throughout the day of Friday , with all these precautionary measures.Everybody was happy with this abnormal quietness, though, I would secretly keep checking my cell phone, if it had got discharged or had stopped working:-)

On Friday night, I was enjoying a movie, dad was walking towards his room and suddenly came back to me.He had my cell phone in his hand.He handed it over to me and said "It was snoring !!"

It took me a moment to realise that I had received a message and so the cellphone had vibrated instead of beeping, due to my precautionary settings !!!! :-)

Fire extinguisher

After a long and hectic day at work, Shijit (already mad at me for making him wait for more than 15 mins) and I (in a ligher mood trying to make him forget the wait) walked towards the car, on our way back home. As we stepped inside the black beauty,

Shijit: I have a new album today !
Me: WOW ! New Album ! Of which trip?
Shijit: Dumbhead ! I am talking about a music album on the CD and not a photo album. I burnt it recently, in fact, last night !
Me: No wonder I still smell smoke inside the car :-)

Man and Machine

Dave was at his desk, eating his usual brunch-box of baby carrots, box of grapes, box of cut zucchini, a banana. My eyes were stuck on the new entry there -a box with something green inside. He noticed that it had caught my attention, opened the box for me.

Dave: Doctor asked me to eat green leafy vegetables. So, I have added Spinach to my list !

The box had fresh Spinach leaves and I saw him go "munch" at one of the raw ones !!! I was horrified by what I just saw !

Me: Dave, cave man were eating things this way. We are in an advanced era and now we have recipes to turn these raw leaves and vegetables into something yummy.

Dave: But in the grocery store that I picked these leaves from, there were no 'instructions on method of use' like boil for 10 minutes or cook 3 leaves with 2tsp of salt or so, printed on any of these items. However since the doctor insisted that I should eat these, I am eating them raw, as I didn't find those instructions !

My first vector diagram....:-)

Thanks Shashi !

Store with Patience :-)

On a busy Friday morning, walking down the aisle, towards a meeting room to talk about the plans for the rest of the year, I said, "Paul, Do you know any store where I can find a lot of patience ? "

Paul said " Yes, Just across the road, you'll find lots of them"

Well, right across the office was Mayo hospital with patients ! :-)

Here's my favourite from Pravsworld, for a few years now...

After reading the previous post...

Paul read out aloud, the phrase "Technologically challenged guy" in my previous post and asked without any delay, "Is he a PM? "

An episode with Self timer...

An episode on May 31st , 2007- Memorial day
Place: Sedona, by the side of a stream
People at the scene: KB, Samba, Jack & Me

Action !


Jack taking pictures of the remaining 3 beside a stream, suddenly feels that he too should be part of the picture.



Jack: I want to be in the picture with the rest of you. How do set the self timer in the camera?

Samba (to the remaining 3 of us) : Technologically challenged guy !

Me: Get the camera here and I'll tell you

Jack: No. Let me figure this out myself.


(He set smthg and click! )




(snap was taken without self timer -incorrect setting! Jack, after couple of minutes figures out how to set it)



Jack: Ok ! I found it !


Samba: Jack, it's already set ! the 10 sec count down has started ! Rush !


Jack : But where do I keep it ??????????


(Click ! One more photo! this time with the self timer but too late in finding the place to keep the camera)





Jack : I found a place. Once more guys !


(all set, perfect poses, found a place to place the camera, information exchanged on where who should stand and jack places the camera on a small rock, starts the self timer and runs to take his position..made it just in time and CLICK ! )





KB(reviewing the snap): Now I'll show you how an expert takes a photo with a self-timer !


Rest of us: Let's see...


(KB finds a suitable place to keep the camera, adjusts the zoom. )


KB: Alright, found a perfect location, all set ???


(After a second..)


KB: Hey ! How do I set the self timer !!!!!!!


(CLICK!! a photo taken with camera in the perfect place for self-timer, but no self timer set :-) )








(After some research)


KB: Ok. I am all set now. Take positions...


(Places the camera in the perfect spot he found, sets the timer and rushes to his position. CLICK!!! )








Finally, a perfect photo with self-timer !





Moral of the story:


Failures are stepping 'ROCKS' to success ! It takes team effort for a successful project execution ! :-)

C & H to smile...

One of my fav comic characters...Calvin & Hobbes...it always brings a smile..

An inspiring 'Good night' poem from my friend

Here's an inspiring good night poem I received today, from my dear friend in Mysore...

Go girl go..
Use all your might
And sleep tight..
Whenever you snore..
You should sound like a roar...

ha ha haaaaa....Thanks friend...I simply loved it ..:-)

Smile A While....

Dave and Paul are my leads at work. Dave is kind of serious, no-nonsense person. Paul is chatty with whole bunch of ideas..

Today morning,
Me: Paul, why do you look so serious?
Paul: I always look like this
Me (with a smile): That's not true...
Paul: Oh well, I am filling in for Dave since he is on vacation for the next two weeks

It definitely was nothing technical that he was filling in for...:-)