Appearing to be smart is actually more important than being smart itself, because if you are really smart, then you have to do stuff like study Physics and write books. But if you are only pretending to be smart, you get all the benefits, without any of the downside. It’s a good deal, trust...
And today, we return to Aditya’s Advice Column! Q: I’m a big fan of Rakhi Sawant, and I tremendously enjoy her work. I want to put up posters of her in my room, but my parents disapprove strongly. What should I do? - K Dear K, You describe a subject very close to my...
Previously on the blog, I taught you how to be a Philosopher and how to be a Fake Cricket fan. And to continue this series, I will today show you how to get the upper hand in arguments. 1. Use the “Sky is Blue” argumentWhen most people are in an argument, they will refuse...
Starting this week, I’m going to do all of humanity a great service and start an advice column. To kick off this week, there are some questions people have asked me often. Some names have been changed to protect the guilty. My Boss keeps asking me to do work, and that leaves me with...
In this post, I’ll share with you some lessons that I recently learnt from the wife, the hard way, about how to successfully carry more than 100 Kgs of stuff back to India from your latest US trip. Lets say you went on a Shopping Spree when you were in the US, and bought...
In today’s highly competitive world, you need all the tools to get ahead. Appearing to be spiritual will help you tremendously, and so I’m going to teach you how to be a fake philosopher today. The official definition of philosophy is “Stuff that no one really understands”. It is similar to Jargoneese, but different...
Did you folks hear about the latest Microsoft Excel Fiasco? Apparently, Excel 2007 can’t do simple multiplication! Typing 850 x 77.1 gives the answer as 100,000 instead of the correct 65,535. I’m not kidding. Read about it here and here. Let me be the first to say that this is not a bug, it’s...
I’ve stopped following cricket for a while now. I used to be big on cricket back in school, but since the whole match-fixing thing broke out, I’ve lost interest. But the obviousness that all matches have been fixed doesn’t seem to have affected the vast majority of the country. They still watch the game...
I don’t understand this whole Global Warming debate. Everyone is up in arms about how all that extra CO2 is making the earth warmer. Here’s my question: It’s a total fraud. Have you noticed how cold it is these days? I say global warming is a good thing. I think turning up the earth’s...
Have you noticed how some people are very nervous when they’re traveling? They seem to plan their trips endlessly, weeks in advance. My wife has that tendency. Wife (2 weeks before travel date) : “OK, Here’s the packing plan. All clothes go into this bag and all the shoes and purses go into this...
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