Is The SMS Voting System Knocking Off Good Competitions?

These days, you'll see a spurt of competitions which includes singing, dancing and other talent hunts. These guys call judges who are fully settled in their respective fields. Yet, the results are based on people's votes through those SMSes and telephone lines.

One of such talent hunts is the "Sa Re Ga Ma Pa L'il Champs" which features little kids aged 10-12 singing really very nicely and showing their matured behaviour on the stage. After each performance, the participants are rated and complimented by the judges. The people are then asked to vote through SMS and other media, on the basis of which the participants are eliminated one by one.

This type of system exists in almost all talent hunts and is really frustrating. Sometimes, even the finest performers are eliminated, and even the judges express their grief indirectly(mostly) or indirectly. As Arshad Warsi said, 95% of the people don't understand the tune or the sur, as they call it. The song which sounds the best is applauded. Sometimes, I don't understand the necessity of calling the judges. If they want the people to vote, why don't they just keep live shows so that all get the proper entertainment!

What do you think about this?

A Funny Proof Which 'Proves' Girls Are EVIL !

This proof is based on certain assumptions and some Mathematics. So let's start...

We know that, girls require money as well as time. So,

Girls = time x money .......(1)

But, these days, time is money. So,

time = money ................(2)

So, Girls = money x money = (money)² ......(3) [From (1) and (2)]

But, as we say, money is the root cause of all evils,

money = √Evil ......(4)

Thus, (3) becomes,

Girls = (√Evil)²

And thus,

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| Girls = Evil |
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I stumbled upon this proof as I was chatting with my friends after the mathematics examination. My friends told me this. Girls, I hope you don't mind.....

What an ambition!!

The other day, I had been to a park with my little cousins. As I watched them play, my focus shifted around the place a bit and I saw a little boy who wasn't playing. He was busy looking here and there. I called him by my side. He must be around 12, I guess. He seemed to be, sort of...umm.. serious. Too serious I must say...or you can say far sighted. I asked him his name, in which building he stayed,etc. After a moment I realised I was in the middle of a conversation. Then, literally out of the blue this question popped out of my mouth,"What's your ambition, what do you want to do in life?". And the reply which I got made me really confused! I just did not know whether to laugh or to cry! He said,

"Later in my life, I'll join the armed forces. I'll do the best I can for the force as well as India. Eventually, after many years of doing service [he laughs] , I'm hoping of becoming the chief of the army staff. And the next thing which I'll do will be the most important thing.....I'll the overthrow the president.....[My lips turned into a big 0]... I'll take over the country and the first thing I'll do is inculcate discipline into the people of India. The next thing task will be to shoot all the politicians. They are really the demons for a country like India. After my country becomes self-reliant, I'll restore democracy and then......."

I waved my hand beckoning my cousins. He got the signal and he stopped. He knew I was a bit nervous."Everyone seems to shudder when I tell this to them. Did I say anything wrong?". I shook my head and walked away.......

What the hell is going on? Is this the impact of news, the internet, some television soaps or what? Can anyone help me?

5 MOST Commonly Made English Mistakes

English is the number one language of the world with over 50% of the world's population speaking the English language. But everything in this world has at least some blots. Same is the case for English. Here are some of the greatest mistakes which people make in their English usage....

1. Mistake - "Anyways, blah blah blah..."
   Correction - "Anyway, blah blah blah..."
   I'm seeing this everywhere! I just don't know what has happened to these people, everyone seems to be using 'Anyways'.



2. Mistake - There are too many SUV's parked in there.
   Correction - There are too many SUVs parked in there.
   It seems to be very minor mistake but has disastrous effects sometimes as the meanings completely change. The letter 's' is used singly for plurals and with an apostrophe to show belongingness.



3. Mistake - The incorrect usage of "F*** off!"
   Correction - This statement is used only for those with whom you have sex. In the Oxford dictionary, the meaning is given as 'Go away', which is incomplete. You tell your f*** to go away. It's like saying "Be off with you" to your f***.



4. Mistake - "Its a nice day."
   Correction - Well, the difference between "Its" and "It's" is that, "Its" shows possessiveness, while "It's" is the short form of "It is", just like "what's" and "let's".



5. Mistake - "I'll buy an ice-cream"
   Correction - "I'll buy an ice cream.
   Yes, the Oxford dicitonary has knocked off all the hyphens from its entries in the latest editions. Well, this is our mistake as we didn't use it frequently.For more click here.
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So, do you make these mistakes? Then you better improve yourself.....Please leave your comments....

So long - Hyphen......

Dead! This was announced by the Shorter Oxford English Dictionary (SOED). The hyphen's death was announced in the latest edition of the SOED, thanks to villians the Email(not E-mail) and the SMS. The short black mark was removed from around 15500 words from the dictionary. So the next time you write "pot-belly", or "pigeon-hole", please don't forget to correct it to "pot belly" and "pigeon hole" respectively and curse the Emails and SMS services. The SOED is supposed to have knocked out the sign as many people has reduced its usage. Their spokesman said,

"We only reflect what people are saying in general are or writing.We have been tracking this for sometime and are finding that the hyphen's usage has reduced enormously. It may upset many, but we are only reflecting widespread everyday use."

Baah!

Raed This

Accodring to a rnecnt svruey, a nmoral prsoen raeds not by atcaully giong thrgouh the wrods, but by glncanig at the fisrt and the lsat lttrers. This is deu to the haibt fomred lnog 
ago in our chlidohod by coutninosly raednig a lot. Eevn if the letetrs in bwteeen the fisrt and the lsat letters are atlreed, it mekas no deffericne to us, we can go thruohg smoohtly.......

Couldn't you??......Isn't it a startling survey?....What do you think??

Blog-O-Hire?

Hmm, that's what I was reading about yesterday. My newspaper reported that these days blogs have evolved into 'hiring machines'. The
advertising industry is one of the most lucrative industries. So these advertising agencies select pre tested 
applicants. These people view lot of blogs and then select their employees on the basis of their creativity,
imagination and their presentations. These include the profficiency in languages, the type of words used, 
the number of visitors and the way they present themselves. This  article really astonished me as blogs have a new jewel in their crown >--> Hiring. 

So, have you thought of tidying your blog??