There are maids and there are maids..and then there is mine.
She is young and sweet. Lovely as well. Loving too. Rushes to get me a tissue as soon my early morning bout of a 97 sneezes is onto its third or so. What she cannot do however is make tea..Can you believe that ? Tea ..I have tried, to train her with measure cups and special milk. But like mom says..She just does not have it in her to make an “Aha” cuppa. (more…)
Examples of typical Mumbai-isms
* Yeh mehengai bahut costly ho gaya hai aaj kal
*Aaj aapun ka bad luck hi kharaab hai
*Arrey uska room kya mast hai.. paanch bada bada kamra hai
(room is a synonym for an apartment, while kamra ofcourse is room)
*yeh aaj kal tension ka bahut magajmari hai
One encounters these and such like on a daily basis, but dare not smirk..
ekdum serious se sunne ka
Life’s been pretty serious recently.
Time to lighten up a bit with these wisecracks:)
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If only women came with pull-down menus and on-line help.
The hardest job kids face today is learning good manners without seeing any.
Don’t accept your dog’s admiration as conclusive evidence that you are wonderful.
Never make the same mistake twice… there are so many new ones to make!
If evolution was true, mothers would have more than two hands.
Enjoy yourself. These are the “good old days” you’re going to miss in the years ahead.
Many actresses won’t wear a dress that’s not original, but they’ll take a secondhand husband.
The best vitamin to be a happy person is B1
I find television very educating. Every time somebody turns on the set, I go into the other room and read a book.
“Only one man in a thousand is a leader of men, the other 999 follow women
“Women represent the triumph of matter over mind, just as men represent the triumph of mind over morals
“Women always worry about the things that men forget; men always worry about the things women remember
“Sure God created man before woman, but then again you always make a rough draft before creating the final masterpiece
“Before marriage a man yearns for a woman. Afterward the y is silent.”
“A wise woman puts a grain of sugar into everything she says to a man, and takes a grain of salt with everything he says to her
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Hubbys reaction ‘Men are not always silent , but they know when to be’.
Guide: I welcome u all to the Niagra falls. These are the world’s largest waterfalls & the sound intensity of the waterfall is so high, sound of even 20 supersonic planes passing can’t b heard! Now may I request the ladies to keep quiet so that we can hear the Niagra Falls??
Hubbys reaction: EGGJACTLY!
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