tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35322034202137518292024-08-29T19:10:56.558-07:00Who loves well castigates well. Spare the rod and spoil the child!SockMockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07830072215781273240noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3532203420213751829.post-79205490380595023322008-02-01T23:59:00.001-08:002008-02-02T00:56:36.233-08:00Pomposity and the great game of the Land...Amitabh Bacchan.Recently, Amitabh Bacchan bought a piece of land in Daulatpur- U.P where he'll be building a girls-school and christened it ‘Aishwarya Girls school'.(http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/2728101.cms)The school- as it was originally supposed to be- was not named after Harivanshray Bacchan, but named after Aish. This was surprising. Surprising considering that Amar Singh would have been SockMockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07830072215781273240noreply@blogger.com48tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3532203420213751829.post-35728533755790671542007-11-26T06:39:00.000-08:002007-11-26T09:03:32.617-08:00Casting CouchThey say that a woman has to work half as hard to get twice the credit which man gets. Nothing affirms the truth of this maxim more than the gut wrenching experience I have had to go through. It’s almost like all the hard work I put in not working hard got recognized for what it was. It’s almost like all the hard work I put in, by working hard didn’t get recognized. Read ahead. My journey SockMockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07830072215781273240noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3532203420213751829.post-84884884649908969932007-11-14T06:55:00.000-08:002007-11-14T07:03:44.968-08:00Reality TV shows and controversiesThe reality TV show on BeSahara channel -‘Loser Harega Big”- seems to have run into trouble with 3 voted-out-contestants accusing a surviving contestant of cheating. The show went on air for the first time on 6th October. It was an instant hit with the masses, particularly with housewives of the age group 20-70, children of the age group 5-20, men in the age group of 10-70 constituting the SockMockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07830072215781273240noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3532203420213751829.post-25385534072270879732007-09-28T01:45:00.000-07:002007-09-28T01:57:04.495-07:00'Dynasty-ism', 'Nepotism' and 'Sycophancy' in CongressThe recent appointment of utterly useless Rahul Gandhi as Congress General Secretary, NSUI General Secretary and Youth Congress General Secretary once again re-affirms the point that Con-gress is a nepotistic, dynastic party where the only ones who call the shots are Nehru-Gandhi descendants, and having Nehru-Gandhi in your name automatically guarantees you ascension to top-level positions in theSockMockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07830072215781273240noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3532203420213751829.post-87853106872556655572007-09-26T23:05:00.000-07:002007-09-26T23:11:36.915-07:00MAKING HEADLINES - by Man Friday and Kapil Bhasinman fridayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10384696194536550129noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3532203420213751829.post-4006192089808978552007-09-25T00:02:00.000-07:002007-09-25T00:09:03.908-07:00MAKING HEADLINES We have started a comic strip called Making Headlines. The artist is Kapil Bhasin. The strip is still in its nascent stages, so please excuse the technical mistakes.man fridayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10384696194536550129noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3532203420213751829.post-86904429688538280182007-09-17T02:56:00.000-07:002008-04-10T22:36:35.039-07:00India's lexicon- more real than realityI have come up with the idea of creating an India-specific lexicon which will cover words, epithets, famous personalities, political terms, economic terms, social jargon etc. and their meanings/what they stand for/description/usage . It’s an ongoing project, and I will be adding new terms regularly. Readers are requested to suggest me terms which can be included here. The following ten examples SockMockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07830072215781273240noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3532203420213751829.post-49508982615222312172007-09-12T01:30:00.000-07:002007-09-12T01:36:11.707-07:00Drunk Driving - Man FridaySo, it appears that all the naka bandi, excessive torch shining and dubiously enthusiastic breath smelling that has become very much a regular feature of Mumbai’s night life is not just an excuse for Cops to come close to people’s faces. Reports state that the number of road accident deaths in the month of July 2007 was nearly 50% less than those reported for the same month in previous year. The man fridayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10384696194536550129noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3532203420213751829.post-9565349369107902972007-09-05T00:54:00.000-07:002007-09-07T07:45:23.919-07:00How India reacted to bomb-blasts which occurred in Hyderabad on 25/8/07The media community got a rude shock when the Indian Prime Minister Mr. Atal Bihari Hajpayee refrained from commenting anything whatsoever in the press conference which was held after the twin blasts that rocked the city of Hyderabad on 25th August, 07.AB Hajpayee evinced the same characteristic demeanor and body-language that he was known for. He carefully listened to the reporter’s question (SockMockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07830072215781273240noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3532203420213751829.post-49176858794355491892007-08-27T23:21:00.000-07:002007-08-28T14:08:58.246-07:00Thanks to indifferent Orkutians, Adnan Patrawala won't come back!Hello friends! How are you all doings? I am writing this in tributes to our Orkut friend hu made fraandships with us- Adnan Patrawala. My name is Hoopesh (how's my pic?). The following write-up has being transplanteds from Hinghlish to English. Here the write-up is: Adnan Patrawala-the personification of ‘Innocence’, a 16-year old who drove Skoda, and most importantly, a person who SockMockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07830072215781273240noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3532203420213751829.post-11227085668500115712007-08-27T04:43:00.000-07:002008-04-23T07:05:19.657-07:00man fridayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10384696194536550129noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3532203420213751829.post-33233465179547457022007-08-24T13:20:00.000-07:002007-08-25T00:41:29.961-07:00Time for another revolution: ‘Blackening the faces of alleged criminals’ to uproot Crime in IndiaNews-story link There comes a time when Injustice assumes enormous proportions, Police inaction is at its peak, ordinary citizens’ patience with existing law and order structure at its lowest ebb. This is the point where something extraordinary happens, and changes the posterity forever. In 2007, this ‘something extraordinary’ has taken a shape of ‘picking up a coal-powder packet and SockMockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07830072215781273240noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3532203420213751829.post-21167365619363502132007-08-22T10:22:00.000-07:002007-08-23T00:38:22.800-07:00Indian Independence Day-Glorious Pakistan?There’s no limit to the stupidity that some of talent-shows being aired on TV descend to. I was watching ‘Sa re ga ma pa Challenge 2007, a talent-show for singers, on Zee Tv. They aired a special Independence Day episode, where Indian singers sang songs praising our motherland-India-obviously. The contest had/has 3 Pukestani singers as participants as well, and they were allowed to, much to my SockMockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07830072215781273240noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3532203420213751829.post-34322380996435575962007-08-20T16:49:00.000-07:002007-08-20T17:07:12.692-07:00Muggles RuleThe Wizards vs the MugglesRight, I realise that we are all over Potter mania and have moved on to bigger and better things; such as, titillating ourselves by rubbing our nipples with the toy wands we bought when ‘The Deathly Hallows’ was released. This being said, I am sure there are still a few of the ‘I want to sniff Snape’s underwear’ types who are still re-reading the first six books, trying man fridayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10384696194536550129noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3532203420213751829.post-75336993617786172792007-08-19T01:39:00.000-07:002007-08-20T14:04:06.351-07:00'Lead India'- Just DO(OM) it!Wohooa! Trash of Islamabad (TOI) has just launched an initiative to discover political leaders for India. It's called ‘Lead India’. Take a stock of initial few lines of the full-page ad that TOI has been running each day, ever since the initiative has been unveiled. “D. O.Two simple letters Place them side by side however and they form a word potent enough to turn a mass of people into a SockMockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07830072215781273240noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3532203420213751829.post-71127642550025860092007-08-17T02:42:00.000-07:002007-08-18T11:22:21.802-07:00SUPERHERO Series- Commuting woes in MumbaiWelcome to the wonderful, endearing and sometimes bizarre adventures of Superhero; an incorrigible 12 year old with an unstoppable desire to save the world. Superhero has no special powers, no funky gadgets and has never been bitten by a spider or any other members of the arachnid family. His sole weapon remains his unrelenting persistence to do good and his 'Never say die no matter how many man fridayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10384696194536550129noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3532203420213751829.post-3391807827456716412007-08-15T23:21:00.000-07:002007-08-15T23:56:50.676-07:00Happy Independence Day: Are we really free?Warning: This write-up is pointless, wretched, gross and absolutely detestable. If you puke or contract a convulsion in your stomach after reading this, consider it as a proof you being a perfectly normal human being. Read it at your own risk… It fills my heart with inordinate pride that today India celebrates its 60th year of independence. 15th of August 1947 is the glorious, eventful day SockMockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07830072215781273240noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3532203420213751829.post-56885524909397354272007-08-15T22:55:00.000-07:002007-08-15T23:04:26.474-07:00Couch EconomicsI disagree with the notion that man is inherently lazy and unmotivated. I am pretty sure that everyone would love to make billions, build buildings, invent stuff and save the world from poverty and hunger. The only thing holding them back is that their couches are way too comfortable. This may seem a ludicrous theory, but if you observe human patterns carefully you will find an alarming amount ofman fridayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10384696194536550129noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3532203420213751829.post-47587055204816716802007-08-14T11:34:00.000-07:002007-08-15T23:09:19.575-07:00Blog IntroductionWelcome to our (man friday and Plumber's) blog! Before you start reading the real and refreshingly un-creative stuff that’s going to be posted on this blog, allow me to clarify a few points: Most of the write-ups on this blog are intended to be/will be satirical/ humorous/funny etc. Don’t take them too literally and too seriously. Not that we would be bothered much even if you do. Just that SockMockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07830072215781273240noreply@blogger.com6