Comments on: Full stops please

by: Ankh

Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

See, that’s the problem with growing old. When you were younger you could simply miss periods in school and get along with the normal life.

by: Jivha

Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

Did you not overgrow the humour behind such obvious double-meaning words in class X?

And I think Ravikiran will be expecting me to say “Yazad, it is politically incorrect to make gender-specific jokes”, so I say to you, “Yazad, it is politically incorrect to make gender-specific jokes”

by: MadMan

Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

The Cartel never cares for political correctness. :))

But I’ve always found it amusing (and irritating) how Indian media just apes the American style of writing when we in India don’t use “periods” but “full stops”.

by: Mother T

Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

I agree with you MadMan(about the “full stops” comment). Another word the media and junta in general have effectively decimated is the word “gay”. I cannot say “I am so gay and cheerful today” without raising eyebrows. Actually I don’t think this word is used for its original meaning anymore! W.Wordsworth and W.Blake must be turning over in their graves!

by: Yazad

Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

Quick answer to Jivha: no.

There’s a lot more that the obvious. One aspect of aping Americanisms was touched upon by MadMan. The other is a gentle jibe at women during PMS.

And no, I don’t much care for political correctness. And in the same coin, I don’t care if someone cracks a male specific joke. No. That’s not true. I do care. If someone cracks a good male specific joke, I’ll publish it on my blog!

by: quizman

Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

Yazad, here’s one that meets your criteria, ‘Laloo Prasad Yadav”.

by: Gautam

Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

to follow on from Jivha’s example…

tsk tsk quizman, it’s politically incorrect to make a caste specific joke. And I always thought that he was a Joker, rather a joke in himself, I mean winning 3/4s of the seats from a state is hardly a joke.

by: Nilu

Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

Cartel open?

am I in?

by: Whome

Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

Excuse me, but the fartel has always consisted of extremely inwards looking, clique-ish, very politically correct and essentially humourless individuals. Arguing endlessly ad nauseum does not make one politically in-correct.

My (purported)PMS will get over someday, but your snarkiness will not. Heh! As WC told some catty old-bag, “Madam, but tomorrow I shall be sober.” I assume you know what I am talking of. Non?

by: Yazad

Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

Aaah Whome, you touched upon one of my favourite Churchill jokes.

Churchill liked his drink. At a large sit down dinner, labour MP Bessie Braddock shouted "Winston, you are drunk" He replied. "Bessie, you are ugly. But tomorrow morning I shall be sober"