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BHAGAVAD-GITA 17:3
sattvanurupa sarvasya
sraddha bhavati bharata
sraddha-mayo 'yam puruso
yo yac-chraddhah sa eva sah
WORD FOR WORD
sattva-anurupa--according to the existence;
sarvasya--of everyone;
sraddha--faith; bhavati--becomes;
bharata--O son of Bharata;
sraddha--faith; mayah--full of; ayam--this;
purusah--living entity;
yah--who; yat--having which; sraddhah--faith;
sah--thus;
eva--certainly; sah--he.
TRANSLATION
O son of Bharata, according to one's
existence under the various modes
of nature, one evolves a particular
kind of faith. The living being is
said to be of a particular faith according
to the modes he has
acquired.
PURPORT by HDG Srila A.C. Bhaktivedanta
Swami Prabhupada:
Everyone has a particular type of
faith, regardless of what he is. But
his faith is considered good, passionate
or ignorant according to the
nature he has acquired. Thus, according
to his particular type of
faith, one associates with certain
persons. Now the real fact is that
every living being, as is stated in
the Fifteenth Chapter, is
originally a fragmental part and parcel
of the Supreme Lord. Therefore
one is originally transcendental to
all the modes of material nature.
But when one forgets his relationship
with the Supreme Personality of
Godhead and comes into contact with
the material nature in conditional
life, he generates his own position
by association with the different
varieties of material nature. The
resultant artificial faith and
existence are only material. Although
one may be conducted by some
impression, or some conception of
life, originally he is nirguna, or
transcendental. Therefore one has
to become cleansed of the material
contamination that he has acquired,
in order to regain his
relationship with the Supreme Lord.
That is the only path back without
fear: Krsna consciousness. If one
is situated in Krsna consciousness,
then that path is guaranteed for his
elevation to the perfectional
stage. If one does not take to this
path of self-realization, then he
is surely to be conducted by the influence
of the modes of nature.
The word sraddha, or "faith," is very
significant in this verse.
Sraddha, or faith, originally comes
out of the mode of goodness. One's
faith may be in a demigod (deva) or
some created God or some mental
concoction. One's strong faith is
supposed to be productive of works
of material goodness. But in material
conditional life, no works are
completely purified. They are mixed.
They are not in pure goodness.
Pure goodness is transcendental; in
purified goodness one can
understand the real nature of the
Supreme Personality of Godhead. As
long as one's faith is not completely
in purified goodness, the faith
is subject to contamination by any
of the modes of material nature.
The contaminated modes of material
nature expand to the heart.
Therefore according to the position
of the heart in contact with a
particular mode of material nature,
one's faith is established. It
should be understood that if one's
heart is in the mode of goodness
his faith is also in the mode of goodness.
If his heart is in the mode
of passion, his faith is also in the
mode of passion. And if his heart
is in the mode of darkness, illusion,
his faith is also thus
contaminated. Thus we find different
types of faith in this world, and
there are different types of religions
due to different types of
faith. The real principle of religious
faith is situated in the mode
of pure goodness, but because the
heart is tainted we find different
types of religious principles. Thus
according to different types of
faith, there are different kinds of
worship.
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If here (in this world) one is able
to realize Him (God) before the death of the body,
he will be liberated from the bondage
of the world.
Krishna Yajur Veda, Katha Upanishads
2:3:4.
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"If someone's behavior bothers us,
it is not the fault of the other person.
Instead, it is because we are on shaky
ground. We must develop enough inner
strength to prevent other people's
nonsense from making us nonsensical
ourselves."
- Bhakti-tirtha Swami
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bhajan kara sadhana kara, murte janle
hoy:
"Whatever bhajan and sadhana one has
performed throughout his life will be
tested at the moment of death."
Bengali proverb
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uttishthata jägrata präpya
varän nibodhata
kshurasya dhärä nishitä
duratyayä
durgam pathas tat kavayo vadanti
"Wake up and take advantage of the
human form of life. Learned
transcendentalists say that the path
of spiritual life is
difficult; it is sharp like a razor's
edge."
(Katha Upanishad 1:3:14)
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näyam ätmä pravachanena
labhyo na medhayä na bahunä shrutena
yam evaisha vrinute tena labhyas tasyaisha
ätmä vivrinute tanüm sväm
"The Supreme Self can never be known
by any amount of argument,
reasoning, intelligence, or by much
hearing. To those whom He
chooses, HOWEVER, He may reveal His
personal form."
(Katha Upanishad 1:2:23)
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nigama-kalpa-taror galitam phalam
suka-mukhäd amrita-drava-samyutam
pibata bhägavatam rasam älayam
muhur aho rasikä bhuvi bhävukäh
Shrimad-Bhägavatam is the essence
of all Vedic literature.
It is the ripened fruit of the desire
tree of Vedic knowledge.
It has been sweetened by emanating
from the mouth of Sukadeva
Gosvämi. O thoughtful men, who
relish transcendental mellows,
always taste this fully ripened fruit.
As long as you are
aspiring to be absorbed in the transcendental
bliss derived
from the Lord's loving service, you
should continue tasting
Shrimad-Bhägavatam even after
liberation.
(Srimad Bhägavatam - Mahabhagavat
Purana. 1:1:3)
artho 'yam brahma-sütränäm
bhäratärtha vinirnayah
gäyatri-bhäshya-rüpo
'sau vedärtha-paribrimhitah
The Shrimad-Bhägavatam explains
the meaning of Vedänta and the
purpose of Mahäbhäräta.
It reveals the inner meaning of the
Gäyatri mantra and the essence
of the Vedas.
(Hari-Bhakti-Viläsa 10:394)
mui, mora bhakta, ära grantha-bhägavate
yära bheda äcche tära
näsha bhälamate
Myself, My devotees, and the scripture
Shrimad-Bhägavatam one
who sees any difference between these
three will find that all
his intelligence has been destroyed.
(Sri Chaitanya Bhagavat Madhya-lila
18.)
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Srila Prabhupada: "Yes, that is the
understanding. I am in America [but] I
am not adopting the way of life as
Americans do. So I am not in America. Not
only myself, but all my disciples
who are following me, they are also not
Americans. They're different. I am
in Vrindavan because wherever I go, in my
apartment or in my temple, I live
with Krsna, in Krsna consciousness. And I
teach my disciples to do that also."
[Bhagavad-gita lecture, December 16, 1968]
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vaishnavam näradiyam cha tathä
bhägavatam shubham
gärudan cha tathä pädmam
väräham shubhadarshane
sättvikäni puränäni
vijneyäni manishibhih
brahmy ändam brahmavaivarttam
märkandeyam tathaiva cha
bhavishyam vämanam brähmam
räjasäni nibodhata
mätsyam kaurmam tathä laingam
shaivam skändam tathaiva cha
ägneyancha syadetäni tämasäni
nibhodhata
O you of perfect vision! The self-realized
sages have determined
that there are three divisions of
the eighteen Puränas corresponding
to the modes of goodness, passion,
and ignorance. The Vishnu,
Näradiya, Bhägavata, Garuda,
Padma and Varäha Puränas are in the
mode of goodness. The Brahmända,
Brahma-vaivarta, Markandeya,
Bhavishya, Vämana, and Brahma
Puränas are in the mode of passion.
The six Puränas in the mode of
ignorance, are Skandha, Matsya,
Kürma, Linga, Shiva, and Agni.
(Brahma-vaivarta Puräna)
sättvikeshu cha kalpeshu mähätmyamadhikam
hareh
räjaseshu cha mähätmyamadhikam
brahmano viduh
tad-vadagneshcha mähätmyam
tämaseshü shivasya cha
sankirneshu sarasvatyäh pitrinänshcha
nigadyate
The Puränas in the mode of goodness
glorify the Supreme Lord, Shri
Krishna; those in the mode of passion
promote the glories of Lord
Brahmä, the creator of the universe;
and those in the mode of
ignorance celebrate the greatness
of Agni, Shiva, and Dürga. In
addition many other scriptures have
different mixtures of
goodness, passion, and ignorance,
and promote the worship of
demigods like Sarasvati and Lakshmi
along with worship of
ancestors, and many other lower religious
processes.
(Tattva-Sandarbha, annucheda 17)
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DISGUISED BLESSINGS -- by Joseph B
Walker
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There is a place where modern technological
conveniences go to die.
My place.
During the past week alone we have
sent our van's fuel pump to the
automotive afterlife, our washing
machine to laundry Valhalla and our home
computer through those big Windows
in the sky.
They join the lifeless metallic bodies
of our dishwasher, our
microwave oven and our food processor,
all of which have given up the
electronic ghost during the last few
months. If there were laws against
appliance abuse, I'd be public enemy
number one. Thankfully, we do better
with living things -- not counting
household plants, flowers, grass and
tomatoes.
Our five children somehow manage to
survive -- even thrive -- despite
all the bad feng shui and negative
karma. They are all healthy, happy and
well-adjusted, give or take the occasional
drama major. And that, after
all, is what really matters.
At least, that's what my wife Anita
said.
"This is just stuff," she said soothingly,
reassuringly, as I wrote
out a check to cover the installation
of the new fuel pump.
"Yes it is," I said, my fingers still
trembling. "Very expensive
stuff. Do you realize that this fuel
pump is costing me more than the
first car I bought?"
She smiled playfully. "What a blessing!"
she said. I looked at her curiously.
"A blessing?" I asked. "We just spent
an entire freelance check on a
fuel pump, and you think it's a blessing?"
"Uh-huh," she said. "What a blessing
that we had the money to cover
it!" She had a valid point -- as usual.
But I couldn't let her win this easily.
"What about losing the washing machine
at the same time?" I asked.
"Was that a blessing, too?"
"Sure," she said. "My brother feels
good about letting us use his
machine, and I'm able to spend a little
more time with him and his family
while I wash our clothes at his house.
And I'm really going to appreciate
our new washer when we get it." She
was good. No question about it.
Twenty-three years of living with
me had given her plenty of experience at
searching for silver linings. But
I knew I had her with the last one.
"And what about our computer melt-down?"
I asked. "What's the
blessing in that?"
A worried look crossed her face. This
was tough, no question about
it. It's like they say: everyone makes
mistakes, but it takes a computer
to really foul things up. Then, suddenly,
she brightened.
"You're not staying up so late working
on the computer," she said, "so
you're getting a lot more sleep! That's
a good thing, isn't it?"
She had me there. I had actually noticed
how much better I had been
feeling the past few days, and had
already attributed it to getting more
sleep.
"OK, I give up -- you win!" I said.
"But how do you do that?"
"Do what?"
"You know -- what you're doing," I
said. "Finding the blessing in the curse."
"Oh, that," she said. "It isn't hard,
really. The blessing is always
there -- somewhere. You just have
to look for it. Sometimes you have to
look pretty hard. But it's there."
Even at my place.
-- Joseph B Walker
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When there are challenges we turn to
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these challenges are there we can
be asured that our accumulation of sinful
reactions are being cashed in, and
when life "looks like easy street" knowing
potential danger to be at the door,
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and Salad)
Samosas - $2.50 each
Pizza - $2.00 per slice
Juice Bar Now Open in the restaurant,
serving fresh juices,
coffee alternatives and fresh fruit
lassis too.
You have to check this out. Bring the family
Where???
It's on the opposite side from Aotea
Square, approx in the
middle of Queen St, near McDonalds
and opposite from Midcity
(where the cinemas used to be).
Eventually opening on Saturdays too.
Small staff at present.
Gopal's is available 4 Catering for
your special functions.
and now Gopal's on Newmarket too:
204., Broadway, 1st Floor, Newmarket.
Ph: (09) 529 1529
Hours: Monday to Saturday
11.30am to 3.00pm and
5.00pm to 8.00pm
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His Holiness BHAKTI RAGHAVA SWAMI
in NZ.
From April 30 to May 5 Maharaja
will present a course discussing the
establishment of "Vaisnava Village
Communities", and studying the principles
of "Varnasrama". This course also,
"Applied Varnasrama" will be held in evenings at Padmasambhava prabhu's
home in Glendene - Auckland.
For more information contact <nimai@compuserve.com>
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New Page - check it out, its worth it.
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You are warmly invited to the 2001.......
** Krishna Music
Fest.**
in celebration of the Lord
and all His devotees
What:
An evening of musical performances,
jamming, dancing, a chance
to catch up with all the other devotees, and eat lots of good prasadam!
Where:
Riverhead Hall (coming from New Varsana,
past the Riverhead dairy, it's down the hill and on your right.)
When:
Saturday 28th April, 3pm - put it
in UR Diary NOW
What to bring:
A prasadam prep (offered), as well
as your own plates for a shared dinner, all musical instruments including
any type of drum for a drum circle, all your musical energy and talent,
and a gold coin donation to cover
the hall hire.
Contact:
If you would like do a performance
or you have any queries please contact Rama at 09 412 9289 or
mailto:<rama16108@hotmail.com>
...every
word is a song, every step is a dance...
and every day is
a festival!
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Nippattu - nibblers
Ingredients
1 cup of rice flour
1/4 cup of maida
2 tbsps of soaked chana dal
2 tsps of chilli powder
1 tbsp of freshly grated ginger
salt to taste
a pinch of hing
Preparation
Mix all the above ingredients except
chana dal and make a dough.
Heat the oil in a frying pan on a
medium setting. Take a small ball of
dough on a greased sheet of aluminum
foil. press the ball gently and
take 5 to 6 chana dal and place it
on the dough patti. Now pat it gently
Now, gingerly flip the foil and transfer
the patti in the oil. Deep fry it
and remove them as they turn to a
brown colour.
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Bharda Palya (Dry curry)
Most common dish in north karnataka.
Ingredients:
Soaked Chana Dal - 1/2 cup
Red Chillies - 2 to 3
Coriander powder - 1 tsp
jeera (cummin) powder - 1 tsp
salt ot taste
Sauteed vegetables (like, okra, bell
pepper, methi (fenugreek leaf), gawar (chaulikai)
Preparation:
Grind the soaked chana dal and red
chillies with salt, dhania powder,
jeera powder, and a pinch of hing.
Add very little water if necessary.
Grind it coarse.
Heat the oil an a curry pan. Add mustards,
turmeric and hing. After
mustards stop popping add any of the
above mentioned vegetable and
saute them. Do not add water. Allow
it to get tender and well cooked.
To this add ground chana dal paste.
Mix it well and allow it to sit onthe
stove for 5 to 7 minutes. Serve hot
with Chapatis.
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Sabudani Thali-Peet (Tapioca thali-peet)
(Ekadasi style chapatis)
Ingredients:
2 cups of soaked tapioca (sabudani)
1 cup of Peanut powder
1/4 cup of cooked mashed potatoes
2 to 3 Green chillies
1 tsp of Cumin seeds
1 tbsp of chopped cilantro (coriander
leaf)
a pinch of hing
salt to taste
Preparation:
Mix the above ingredients in a mixing
bowl with 1 tbsp of oil.Make a
dough (like Chapati dough) and it
will be sticky.
Heat the pan (tava)on the stove top.
Take the ball size tapioca mix and
pat it to a size of a thali on the
tava. It shoudn't be thin nor thick. Pat
it evenly. Make 4 to 5 holes in the
thalipeet and put a drop of oil in
each of the hole. After 5-8 min flip
it over for a min or so.
Then transfer it to a serving dish.
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Tomato Rice
Ingredients:
Cooked Rice - 2 cups
Vegetable Oil - 2 tbsp
Cumin seeds - 1 tsp
Chana Dal - 2 tsp
Green Chillies (split in halves) -
2
Tomatoes - 1 big
Curry leaves - 15-20 leaves
Turmeric - 1/2 tsp
Hing - a pinch
Salt to taste
Preparation:
Heat the oil in a vessel. Add cumin
seeds in the vessel. Once they
splutter add turmeric, hing, Chana
Dal. Once the chana dal turns
brown add cinnamon, cloves, and bay
leaves. Now, add green chillies,
tomatoes and curry leaves. Once the
tomatoes are cooked add cooked
rice to it. Mix it well and garnish
with cilantro.
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Aloo Bonda
Ingredients:
Bengal gram flour (Besan) -1 cup
Rice flour -1/2 cup
Salt - as required
Red chilli powder - 1/2 tsp
Baking Soda - a pinch.
For stuffing :-
Cooked potatoes - 4 medium sized
Cooked green peas - 1/2 cup
Minced green chillies - 2 tsp
Chopped coriander leaves - 2 tsp
Salt - as required
Minced Ginger (fresh) - 1 tsp
Preparation:
1. Prepare a thick batter by mixing
Bengal gram flour (Besan), salt, red chilli powder
and soda. Mix well by adding enough
water and keep aside.
2. Peel outer skin from cooked potatoes.
Mash the potatoes well when it is still
warm . mix cooked green peas, minced
green chillies, salt and coriander leaves. Add
minced ginger. Put this mixture aside.
Take a small pan and add 1 tsp of oil and add
mustard seeds. After they are popped,
add turmeric and a pinch of hing. Now, add
the mashed potato mixture and mix
well in the low flame. Finally you can add a tbsp
of fresh lemon juice.
3. Make lemon sized balls from the
prepared potato mixture and dip it in the
prepared besan batter and deep fry
in hot oil till golden color.
Serve hot with chutney or tomato sauce.
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APPLE CHEDDAR SALAD
INGREDIENTS:
2 small red apples, quartered and
thinly sliced
2 tsp. lemon juice
2 cup thinly sliced celery
6 oz. mild Cheddar cheese, cut into
small cubes
1/4 cup mayonnaise
dash of salt and pepper
lettuce
INSTRUCTIONS:
Place apples in small bowl; toss with
lemon juice. Add
celery and next 4 ingredients. Toss
to coat. Serve on
lettuce-lined plate.
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Rava Kesari
(like halava)
Ingredients:
2 cups of roasted cream of wheat (roasted
in a tbsp of ghee)
1 and 3/4 cup of sugar
1/2 tsp of saffron threads
1 and 1/2 tsp of cardamom powder
2 tbsp of cashews
2 tbsp of raisins
4 cups of whole milk/2% milk
Preparation:
Roast cashews and raisins in a tsp
of ghee and keep it aside. Pour
required amount of milk and allow
it to boil. To the boiled milk add
roasted rava. Once rava gets cooked
in the milk add sugar. Then add
roasted cashews, raisins, ground cardamom,
and saffron threads.
If necessary add orange food color.
Allow it to boil and serve hot.
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OVER 100 EGGLESS CAKE recipes can
be found on our Main index and
on many other pages at:
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Everything you want to know about
Vegetarianism and Beyond:
http://turn.to/Vegetarianism
...and always with the Magic ingredient
- Offer it to Krishna.....
...with L'n D (love and devotion)
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Vegetarianism, Prasadam-ism,
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How Mary and Frank and Friends Eat
- very nice Vegetarian pages:
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101 REASONS TO BE A VEGETARIAN
The article reads:
"Recently, my family and I dined in
a vegetarian cafe in New York City. It was very nice, and I would recommend
it if only I could remember what it was called. the cafe distributed free
copies of a free publication called '101 Reasons Why I am a Vegetarian'
by Pamela Rice. this publication is produced by the Viva Vegie Society
of New York (http://www.vivavegie.org).
This concise and well-written booklet
explores health, environmental, and ethical issues. By simply stating the
facts rather than using scare
tactics or passing judgments, this
publication is most compelling. You can view the entire publication online:"
http://www.vivavegie.org/vv101/index.html
I highly recommend it..................! =>:-))
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I was talking to my friend from Jalundar
the other day and I said,
"Hey baba, you wanna hear a good joke"
"Sure" he said
"Okay, Knock-Knock"
"Hang on'" said my friend, "There's
someone at the door"
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Mukta was visiting a friend in the
hospital. He was trying to stop smoking
and was chewing on an unlit cigar
when he got on the elevator. A lady said to
him with a snarl, "Sir, there's no
smoking in here."
"Mukta said, 'I'm not smoking lady."
"But you have a cigar in your mouth," the woman said.
"Lady," Mukta answered, "I've got on
Jockey shorts, too, but I'm not riding
a horse."
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A lawyer defending a man accused of
burglary tried a creative defense:
"My client merely inserted his arm
into the window and removed a few
trifling articles. His arm is not
himself, and I fail to see how you
can punish the whole individual for
an offense committed by his limb."
"Well put," the judge replied. "Using
your logic, I sentence the
defendant's arm to one year's imprisonment.
He can accompany it or not,
as he chooses."
The defendant smiled. With his lawyer's
assistance he detached his
artificial limb, laid it on the bench,
and walked out.
-=-=-=-=-=-=-=--=-=-=-=-=- Did you
ever wonder? =-=--=-=-=-=-=-=
Mother: "Why are you home from school
so early?"
Son: "I was the only one who could answer a question."
Mother: "Oh, really? What was the question?"
Son: "Who threw the eraser at the teacher?"
from Ishy
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......it happened on PALM SUNDAY
It was Palm Sunday and, because of
strep throat, Sue's three-year-old son had to
stay home from church with a baby-sitter.
When the family returned home
carrying palm branches, he asked what
they were for.
"People held them over Jesus' head as he walked by," his mother explained.
"Wouldn't you know it," the boy fumed.
"The one Sunday I didn't go, He showed up!"
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Two men were in a restaurant and ordered
apple pie.
The waiter brought dish with two apple
pies, one larger than the other.
One of the men said to the other, "Please help yourself."
The other one said "Okay", and helped himself to the larger apple pie.
After a tense silence, the first one
said, "really, now, if you had offered
me the first choice, I would have
taken the smaller apple pie!"
The other one replied, "Then what's
with the weird vibes, the look, ...I mean
what are you complaining for; you
have the smaller pie, don't you?"
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world - strange but true )<>(|)
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"By all means marry. If you get a
good wife, you'll be
happy. If you get a bad one, you'll
become a philosopher...
and that is a good thing for any man."
- Socrates
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A friend of mine who's a doctor was
performing a complete physical, including
the visual acuity test. He placed
the patient twenty feet from the chart and
began, "Cover your right eye with
your hand." He read the 20/20 line perfectly.
"Now your left." Again, a flawless
read.
"Now both, " I requested.
There was silence. He said he couldn't
even read the large E on the top line.
I turned and discovered that he had
done exactly what he'd been asked;
He was standing there with both his
eyes covered. My friend the examiner
was laughing too hard to even finish
the exam.
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During a patient's two week follow-up
appointment with his cardiologist, he
informed his doctor that he was having
trouble with one of his medications.
"Which one?", asked the doctor.
"The patch", He continued, "The nurse
told me to put on a new one every six
hours and now I'm running out of places
to put it!"
The doctor had him quickly undress
and discovered what he hoped
he wouldn't see....
Yes, the man had over fifty patches
on his body! Now the instructions
include removal of the old patch before
applying a new one.
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IDIOTS AT WORK... (happened in Katikati
1996)
I was signing the receipt for my credit
card purchase when the clerk noticed
that I had never signed my name on
the back of the credit card. She informed
me that she could not complete the
transaction unless the card was signed.
When I asked why, she explained that
it was necessary to compare the
signature on the credit card with
the signature I just signed on the receipt.
So I signed the credit card in front
of her. She carefully compared that signature
to the one I signed on the receipt.
As luck would have it, they matched.
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KIDS WILL BE KIDS:
A plague of head lice among schoolchildren
in Sofia is being tackled by
Bulgarian education authorities after
youngsters started infecting themselves
to get time off school.
The craze caught on after the kids
found they could automatically get three
days off school if they were found
to have head lice - and then started buying
and selling them to each other in
matchboxes.
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Thought for the day:
Never be afraid to try something new.
Remember that amateurs built the Ark.
Professionals built the Titanic.
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You might like to check out Krishna-conscious
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Also check out the Humour section of
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