Ars longa, vita brevis
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Weirdest story of all time?
02 years ago
by siva
in Weird News
A sex shop in Munich’s main railway station has got special permission to sell condoms, porn DVDs and sexy skin lotion on Sundays after three local judges ruled they were legitimate travel supplies.
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Three administrative judges visited Erotic World ahead of the court hearing to inspect the shop’s goods, carefully assessing whether each item might come in handy on a long journey.
Coorg Day 4 – Elephants & More
0I which we learn that elephants love to eat cooked ragi and horsegram, bathing an elephant is not risk-less and tibetan monks use cell-phones.
Baby elephants playing in the water
Coorg Day 3 – Coffee Estate
0In which we discover that a peaberry is a hermaphrodite bean and that there are lots of birds in Coorg.
Coffee Bloom - Smells like jasmine
[I am moving the pictures to the single post page to avoid over-cluttering the main page with photos.]
Triple conjunction
0Photo taken of the triple conjunction of the Moon, Venus and Jupiter soon after sunset on the 25th of February 2012. This was taken with my cameraphone (Galaxy Note) so the quality leaves a little to be desired. But here is a perfect example of the adage, the best camera is the one you have with you. It was only for minutes that the moon stayed above the tree line after sunset and the alignment was spectacular. A lille bit of me wishes I had read up on this beforehand so I would have had the DSLR handy.
Coorg 2 – Glenlorna
0In which we discover that the sun can look like the moon and that there are such things as red squirrels
Coorg Day 1
0In which we discover that Coorg is really far away from anywhere, there is a town dedicated to wooden toys and Google Maps has really mapped all nooks and corners of India
Back in town
0Woot!
Back in Bombay after a week in Coorg, Karnataka. Great break with lots of stories and pictures. Coorg is a wonderful place with forests and hills all around. Must visit for everyone.
Flower Girl Statue in Madrid
0Probably not the sight most people remember in Madrid. but this one was really good in a silhouette.
Difference between your ass and elbow
04 years ago
by siva
in Weird News
There are some updates to the Dubai-Pune Air India flight which had a near plunge into the Arabian Sea. This seems to be literally a case of not knowing one’s ass from one’s elbow.
The co-pilot of an Air India Express 737 sent the jetliner into a terrifying 7,000-foot plunge in May when he accidentally hit the control column while adjusting his seat, investigators report.