Sardarji

Sardarji
from:Dinesh
to:
date: Aug 14

Prince Charles & Sardarji were having dinner.


Prince said, 'Pass the wine you divine'.


Sardar thinks 'how poetic'


Sardar says, 'pass the custard you bastard'.


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Sardar at bar in New York .


Man on his right says 'Johny Walker single'


Man on his left says 'Peter Scotch single'


Sardar says - 'Baljith Singh Married'


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Boss : am giving u job as a driver. STARTING salary Rs.2000/-, is it o.k


Sardar : U R great sir! Starting salary is o.k.......but? ?


how much is DRIVING salary...?


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Sardar's theory : Moon is more impt than Sun, coz it gives light at night when light is needed & Sun gives light during the day when light is not needed!!!


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2 sardars are driving a Car, one puts on the indicator and asks the other to check whether its working, he puts his head out and says


YES...NO...YES. ..NO...YES. ..NO...


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Sardar shouting 2 his girl friend ' u said v will do register marriage and cheated me, I was waiting 4 u yesterday whole day in the post office....


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A Tamilian call up sardar and asks ' tamil therima??'


Sardar got mad, angrily replied.... 'Hindi tera baap!!!'


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2 sardarjis looking at Egyptian mummy.


Sar 1 : Look so many bandages, pakka lorry accident case.


Sar 2 : Aaho, lorry number is also written...BC 1760!!!....


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A sardar on an interview 4 da post detective.


Interviewer : who killed Gandhi?


Sardar : Thank u sir 4 giving me d job, I will start nvestigating. ......


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A sardar for an exam had studied only one essay 'FRIEND', but in the exam the essay which came was 'FATHER' . he replaced friend with father in the essay and>it read: AM A VERY FATHERLY PERSON, I HAVE LOTS OF FATHERS, SOME OF MY FATHERS ARE MALE AND SOME ARE FEMALE. MY TRUE FATHER IS MY NEIGHBOUR.


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Interviewar: what s ur qualification?


Sardarji : Sir I am Ph.d.


Interviewar : what do u mean by Ph.d?

Sardarji : (smiling) PASSED HIGHSCHOOL with DIFFICULTY.. ..


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Amitab : In which state Cauvery flows?


Sardar : liquid state.....


Audience clapped.. Amitab stunned, looks behind, all were sardars

Fwd: [TIL] LEGAL & LOGICA‎L

Fwd: [TIL] LEGAL & LOGICA‎L
From: durgesh
Sent: Fri 8/17/07 6:49 PM
To:


---------- Forwarded message ----------

After having failed his exam in "Logistics and Organization", a student goes and confronts his lecturer about it.
Student: "Sir, do you really understand anything about the subject?"

Professor: "Surely I must. Otherwise I would not be a professor!"

Student: "Great, well then I would like to ask you a question. If you can give me the correct answer, I will accept my mark as is and go. If you however do not know the answer, I want you give me an "A" for the exam. "

Professor: "Okay, it's a deal. So what is the question?"

Student: "What is legal, but not logical, logical, but not legal, and neither logical, nor legal?"

Even after some long and hard consideration , the professor cannot give the student an answer, and therefore changes his exam mark into an "A", as agreed.

Afterwards, the professor calls on his best student and asks him the same question.

He immediately answers: "Sir, you are 63 years old and married to a 25 year old woman, which is legal, but not logical. Your wife has a 18 year old lover, which is logical, but not legal. The fact that you have given your wife's lover an "A", although he really should have failed, is neither legal, nor logical."

Fwd: THALA MASSSS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

from: nimish
to :
date: Aug 22, 2007 1:28 PM

subject : Fwd: THALA MASSSS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


Top Rajnikant Facts Published



* There is no theory of evolution. Just a list of creatures Rajnikant has allowed to live.

* Outer space exists because it's afraid to be on the same planet with Rajnikant.

* Rajnikant counted to infinity - twice.

* When Rajnikant does a pushup, he isn't lifting himself up, he's pushing the Earth down. (God help me.. i cant take this anymore)

* Rajnikant is so fast, he can run around the world and punch himself in the back of the head.

* Rajnikant doesn't wear a watch, HE decides what time it is. (LOL)

* Rajnikant gave Mona Lisa that smile.

* Rajnikant can slam a revolving door.

* There are no races, only countries of people Rajnikant has beaten to different shades of black and blue.

* Rajnikant's house has no doors, only walls that he walks through.

* Rajnikant can divide by zero.

* Newton's Third Law is wrong: Although it states that for each action, there is an equal and opposite reaction,

there is no force equal in reaction to a Rajnikant turnaround kick.

* Rajnikant grinds his coffee with his teeth and boils the water with his own rage.

* Archeologists unearthed an old English dictionary dating back to the year 1236. It defined "victim" as "one who has encountered Rajnikant"

* If you Google search "Rajnikant getting kicked" you will generate zero results. It just doesn't happen.

* Rajnikant can drink an entire gallon of milk in thirty-seven seconds.

* Rajnikant doesn't bowl strikes, he just knocks down one pin and the other nine faint.

* The Bermuda Triangle used to be the Bermuda Square, until Rajnikant kicked one of the corners off.

* There are no weapons of mass destruction in Iraq, Rajnikant lives in Chennai.

* Rajnikant once ate an entire bottle of sleeping pills. They made him blink.

* James Cameron wanted Rajnikant to play the Terminator. However, upon reflection, he realized that would have turned his movie into a documentary, so he went with Arnold Schwarzenegger.

This message was sent to you by PRASHANTH ......

Forbes.com: In Pictures: Ten Steps to a Less Stressful Commute‎
From: Dinesh
Sent: Mon 8/20/07 2:28 PM
To:

In Pictures: Ten Steps to a Less Stressful Commute Getting to and from work could be taking a toll on your body. Here's how to take the edge off. By Allison Van Dusen

http://www.forbes.com/home/2007/02/27/commute-stress-tips-forbeslife-cx_avd_0228stressless_slide_12.html?partner=email

Fwd: FW: Abhishek & Aishwarya rai's 1st NIGHT Pics!!!......Very Careful.

Fwd: FW: Abhishek & Aishwarya rai's 1st NIGHT Pics!!!......Very Careful.‎

From: durgesh

Sent: Tue 7/24/07 12:14 AM

To


Abhishek Bachhan & Aishwarya rai's First Night Special Pic's





Clever Abhishek switched off lights!!!.....................................

Fwd: [telecom_2005re-vamped] Zindagi Hai Choti, Har Pal Mein Khush Raho !‎

Fwd: [telecom_2005re-vamped] Zindagi Hai Choti, Har Pal Mein Khush Raho !‎

From: durgesh

Sent: Mon 7/16/07 1:17 AM

To:

Wonderful thought..............

Zindagi hai choti, har pal mein khush raho...

Office me khush raho, ghar mein khush raho...

Aaj paneer nahi hai, dal mein hi khush raho...
Aaj gym jane ka samay nahi, do kadam chal ke hi khush raho...

Aaj Dosto ka sath nahi, TV dekh ke hi khush raho...

Ghar ja nahi sakte to phone kar ke hi khush raho...

Aaj koi naraaz hai, uske iss andaz mein bhi khush raho...

Jise dekh nahi sakte uski awaz mein hi khush raho...

Jise paa nahi sakte uski yaad mein hi khush raho

Laptop na mila to kya, Desktop mein hi khush raho...

Bita hua kal ja chuka hai, usse meethi yaadein hai, unme hi khush raho...



aane wale pal ka pata nahi... sapno mein hi khush raho...

Haste haste ye pal bitaenge, aaj mein hi khush raho

Zindagi hai choti, har pal mein khush raho

Fwd: Question Answers

Fwd: Question Answers‎

From: durgesh

Sent: Thu 7/19/07 5:42 PM

To:

Do u know, wen i was a kid
many girls wanted to kiss me, i allowed, &
now, i want 2 kiss many girls, but
they don't allow.

SELFISH GIRLS !!!!

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Height of Optimism... Soldier: "Sir, we are surrounded by the enemies",
Major: "Excellent ! We can now attack in any direction" !.

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What is the height of mixed emotions???
when ur mother in law falls from 7th floor on ur mercedes!!!!

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Dad : Son, what do you want for your birthday?
Son : Not much dad, just a radio with a sports car around it.


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Bhikari-sahab ek rupiya de do.

Sahab-tumhe sharam nahi aati road par khade hokar bhikh mangte.

Bhikari-abe tere ek rupiye ke liye office kholu kya?



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Q: What did the gangster's son tell his dad when he failed his
examination?
A: Dad they questioned me for 3 hours but I never told them anything."

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Elephant - banana series : Can u answer atleast one???

Fwd: Elephant - banana series : Can u answer atleast one???‎

From: durgesh

Sent: Thu 7/19/07 5:44 PM

Reply-to:

To:

Note: forwarded message attached. An elephant has 5 bananas and it is hungry, but yet it does not eat the bananas. Why ? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Because the bananas are made of plastic. Next…Q The 5 bananas are real , but yet the elephant does not eat it. Why? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Because the elephant is made of plastic. Hahhaa…never give up…one more.. Both the elephant and the bananas are real, but yet it cannot eat it. . . . . . . Why ? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Because the bananas are in the TV. Ooops!!! Cool down… Both the elephant and the bananas are real and in the TV, but yet it cannot eat it. Why? . . . . . . . . , , , , , , , ,. . . . . . . Because they are on different channels. Hohohohoohohoh..hehehe Both the elephant and the bananas are real and in the TV and on the same channel, but yet it cannot eat it. Why? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cmon think …. . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Because the TV is off. Kikikikikiki J Now Finally the Elephant gets a chance to eat the bananas.Why? Arey kaam Karo apnaa.....Kya bigada hain usne aapka...Khane do naa bichare ko!!! :)

Fwd: Bole to padhneka kya!

From: Amol
Date:
Subject: Fwd: Bole to padhneka kya!

bole to padhneka kya!

HOW WOULD A MUMBAI TAPORI GIVE AN ADVT. IN MATRIMONIAL COLUMN FOR A SUITABLE GIRL

---------------------------------------

Apun Pakia!!! Umar 30 saal,

wajan 80 killo aur

5 1/ 2 phoot height kya,

poora kasrat body !!!

......abhi wo bole to,

kya hai na apun ko bhi life me

settle hone ka maangta,

isiliye yeah adverteezment apun

paper me chaap riye la hai...

Apun maanta hai apun Tapori hai,

bahut log ka pungi bajayela hai magar

kya hai naa baap,

apun ka bhi izzat hai markit me!!!

Apun ko bhi public shaadi-biyah me bolati hai woh bhi

izzat se!

Saaal ka 5/6 peti to apun aaram se kama leta hai...

buri aadat bole to daaru aur bidi, abhi daaru kon

nahi pita - yaar. Akkha bada bada log apun log se

jaasti chada leta hai...

Ab chokiri apun ko aisa maangta hai...

Bole to aik dam jhakas maal, patakha, aik dam

patakha...

thoda padi likhi hongi to chalenga

kion ke saala yeah kabhi kabhi form bharne ke liye

saala apun ko 25 log ka hath pair jodna padta hai..

Apun jo hai na shaadi ki baad aik

dam sudhar jaayinga iman se...

apun ka baccha log ko apun pada likka tapori

banayinga...

bole to Tapori Doctor,Tapori computer waala aur bhi

bohat kuch...

Maa kasam shadi ke baad apun kisi bhi chikni ko line

nahi denga...

Dekho baap apun ko shadi ke baad me

koi chokri ki family ka lafda nahi maangta hai..

han bole to kabab me haddi nahi banane ka kya!

Koi saala beech mein aayenga to uska game baja

dalenga.

Abhi yeah sub accha lage to apun ko contact karne ka

kya!

Munna Mobile ke pichchoo,

Pappu Pager ka Right Hand,

ShanPatti Nagar,

Hairan Gali No. 420,

Pareshan Road, Bhai Ka Area.

Fwd: Things My Mother Taught Me

From
Date
Subject: Fwd: Things My Mother Taught Me

Things My Mother Taught Me

My Mother taught me LOGIC..."If you fall off that swing and break your neck, you can't go to the store with me."

My Mother taught me MEDICINE..."If you don't stop crossing your eyes, they're going to freeze that way."

My Mother taught me TO THINK AHEAD..."If you don't pass your spelling test, you'll never get a good job!"

My Mother taught me ESP..."Put your sweater on; don't you think that I know when you're cold?"

My Mother taught me TO MEET A CHALLENGE..."What were you thinking? Answer me when I talk to you...Don't talk back to me!"

My Mother taught me HUMOR..."When that lawn mower cuts off your toes, don't come running to me."

My Mother taught me how to BECOME AN ADULT..."If you don't eat your vegetables, you'll never grow up.

My mother taught me about GENETICS..."You are just like your father!"

My mother taught me about my ROOTS..."Do you think you were born in a barn?"

My mother taught me about the WISDOM of AGE..."When you get to be my age, you will understand."

My mother taught me about ANTICIPATION..."Just wait until your father gets home."

My mother taught me about RECEIVING...You are going to get it when we get home.

and my all time favorite thing - JUSTICE..."One day you will have kids, and I hope they turn out just like YOU...then you'll see what it's like."

REALISTIC CRITICAL THINKING LAPSES & SUCCESS STORIES...

REALISTIC CRITICAL THINKING LAPSES & SUCCESS STORIES...
hemang
Saturday, June 23, 2007 2:16:25 AM
To:

REALISTIC CRITICAL THINKING LAPSES & SUCCESS STORIES

Recognizing critical thinking lapses, especially in yourself, counts as evidence that you are at least a good critical thinker, because there is research showing that people who are below average in intelligence and commit many critical thinking lapses are not even able to recognize their own inadequacies! Click here for an article about it.

· Lapse: Automatic flushing toilets. Do we really need toilets to flush themselves? This is a solution in search of a problem, and the technology is far from perfected. I realize the point was to deal with those rude, crude people who don’t flush in public restrooms, but the faulty technology usually leaves you standing there waiting for an uncooperative toilet to flush itself. And many automatic flushers keep us from flushing because they don’t provide those little buttons for manual flushing. It’s even worse when you’re
using the toilet and it flushes prematurely. I never saw a big problem with the old system. If you think germs on the handle are a great concern, you can use your foot. In fact, a great critical thinking solution (which remains quite rare, probably because it’s extremely low-tech and hence not a big money-maker for manufacturers) is the foot pedal flush-handle. Keep it simple, that’s my motto. Don’t go high-tech unless it’s absolutely necessary.

· Lapses: Denying human contributions to Global Warming/Denying civil war in Iraq/Denying the Holocaust/Denying the moon landing/etc.

· Driving: We could go on seemingly forever about critical thinking lapses that we see in drivers (other drivers, of course!), but there are a few focal points. A lot of bad driving is just nastiness or ignorance of the law, not critical thinking lapses. I do often see, however, variations of very uneven attention to other drivers, which is more clearly a thinking lapse. For example, someone who does not go right away when their light turns green in order to (politely) let a driver turn in front of them is simply not thinking about the dozen or more drivers behind them who are delayed and might not even make it through this green. In order to be polite to one driver (even against the traffic rules) this person is rude, probably without realizing, to many other drivers. This is just one of many examples I see of drivers who seem to notice only those things happening in front of them and simply not thinking about what’s going on behind them!

· Driving without headlights on while it’s raining. Not only is this illegal (as of July 1, 2005), but it also probably reflects the lapsed thinking that headlights are only for helping you see the road. Often headlights are necessary not to help you see ahead of you but to help other drivers see you. Recently during heavy rain and rather dark daytime conditions I counted a full 20% of vehicles without their headlights on.

· Here’s a good example of using critical thinking in your own defense. A student of mine working at Whole Foods claimed to notice something peculiar about their procedure of allowing employees to vote on their own benefits package. The employees were given an imaginary budget to distribute as they wished among medical, dental, retirement, etc. Whole Foods would then use the distribution that had the strongest support among employees. But my student noticed that the benefits package they already had added up to more than the imaginary budget employees were using to revise their benefits package. The employees would almost certainly not notice the difference and vote for some sort of change, and that would mean a net decrease in their benefits, but it would happen under the guise of “empowering” employees by letting them decide their own benefits.

· I saw a 76 gas station advertising reduced gas prices with the purchase of a car wash. It was called “WOW pricing.” The sign said you can save “.10¢ per gallon.” Well, that doesn’t “wow” me! (What a difference that little dot can make.) I’ve seen this mistake often, but it’s worse with regard to gas prices because they actually do price gas by the tenth of a cent, even though no one can possibly pay in tenths of a cent. I hope they’re not actually reducing the price by a tenth of a cent per gallon, because that’s not even worth noticing.

· Most of the time when I get change from a clerk, the clerk puts the bills in my hand first and then puts the coins on the bills. I think it’s quite clear that they should put the coins in my hand first. It’s much easier for the coins to fall out of my hand when they’re on the bills; it would be much easier for me to hold them if they were in my palm. The coins-on-the-bills routine is especially prone to cause problems at drive-up windows. Notice how bank tellers, more professional money-handlers, never put the coins on top of the bills in your hand.

· The last time I was at the Grand Canyon, I overheard and watched a group of what appeared to be high school students. One student had the others hold her by her feet over the edge of a cliff going down the canyon. According to her explanation, she wanted to hang upside down and take a picture while holding the camera upside down (relative to her head) to try to get the funny effect you get from taking a picture, holding your camera upside down, of a person hanging upside down. You get a picture that looks like they’re standing up but with their hair all standing up straight. In this case, however, she was hanging upside down but taking a picture of the Grand Canyon which, as far as I can recall, has no hair!

· Many of my examples have to do with nonsensical pricing structures. (I’m not sure why.) The latest example: at Starbucks, a double tall latte costs 5 cents more than a grande latte. Each has two shots of espresso. The grande has more steamed milk and costs 5 cents less than the tall, which has less steamed milk. The last time I was in Starbucks (6/16/05), I asked the blonde Barbie at the counter whether I could order a grande latte in a tall cup to get the lower price. (I want the two shots with less steamed milk.) The blonde Barbie didn’t know what to make of it, so she called in the brunette Barbie, and I was impressed to hear her admit that the price of the double tall latte compared to a grande latte “didn’t make any sense.” She said she would bring it to the attention of management. As cynical as I am, I have no hope that this bit of irrationality in Starbucks’ pricing will ever be resolved.

· Whenever I see someone on T.V. or in a movie careening out of control down a mountain road due to failed brakes or a cut brake line, I’ve wondered why they don’t try the emergency brake, downshift, or steer into an embankment (rather than going over the cliff). I had a student confess to me once that their brakes went out going down a hilly, curvy road. The student screamed for everyone to jump out of the car, which they did. One person injured her foot when the car ran over it. The driver didn’t think of using the emergency brake, but did think of turning into an embankment, coming to a stop with no serious injuries or damage to the car. Good thinking!

· Cashiers at stores, particularly grocery stores, have confided in me that they frequently see people buy more than they need of something, buying two of something when a person could only have use for one, just because it’s advertised as “2 for $5.”

· February 2, 2005. A student from Chico State University died after an unusual pledge activity at a fraternity house that involved drinking several gallons of water within a couple hours. Yes, drinking water can kill you. Just about anything can kill you, depending on what you do with it!

· Monday, August 23, 2004. A student at Santa Rosa Junior College felt like she needed a nap shortly after noon. So she crawled into her car trunk and closed the lid. Who wouldn’t? After about a half hour she woke up overheated because the car was parked in the sun. Trying to open the trunk with the safety latch, she discovered the safety latch was not working – probably because the car was recently rear-ended and not perfectly repaired. Tonja used her cell phone to call friends, but they couldn’t open the trunk with the trunk-release by the driver’s seat. Security had to come and rip out the back seats to free her.

· I used to warm up my baby daughter’s bottle in the microwave, getting exactly the right temperature in one minute. Sometimes, however, the milk would start to spurt out the nipple at the end of the minute, making a mess; sometimes it wouldn’t. It took me a long time to figure out that I should just heat up the bottle without the nipple on it. The critical thinking lapse is that it took me so long to figure this out, but I suppose it’s a critical thinking success story when I eventually took the nipple off!

· Late October, 2003: A student missed class but talked to me later, explaining that they forgot to change their clock on the previous weekend when we went off Daylight Savings Time. The only problem is that in October we “fall back,” setting our clocks back an hour. So if this student forgot to change their clock, they would have been and hour EARLY for class, not late!!

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· A student of mine, who shall remain unnamed, was riding in a car at night with a friend when they both smelled some gas fumes. They pulled over and popped the hood to check out what was going on. Thing was, they didn’t have a flashlight… You guessed it. They used a cigarette lighter to try to see the engine and ignited the gas fumes. Fortunately, no one was killed or seriously hurt.

· You all have probably seen this: Some Einstein is waiting for an elevator, pushing the button over and over. I doubt that if you push the button 50 times, the elevator will say, “Screw everybody else, I gotta hurry and get that guy!!” One push is all it takes, people. The same goes for the buttons at crosswalks.

· A guy stole someone’s credit card and decided to use it at Costco. Unfortunately, he had to present his Costco member card at the checkout and since his name didn’t match the name on the credit card and he was unable to even give the correct name that appeared on the credit card, the cashier caught him.

· I was getting in my car in a parking lot, which can be a long complicated process when my 3-year-old is with me. All the time, someone in another car is waiting for my space, even though there are plenty of empty spaces nearby, including an empty space only a few steps from mine. They just had to have the closest spot they could get but ended up waiting many minutes for me to get my daughter in her car seat, get the stroller in the trunk, etc.

· I have actually seen people in their cars in a parking lot of a health club circling the lot for many minutes to try to get a “good” spot near the health club entrance even though there were plenty of spots further out. Good idea!! You don’t want to over-exert yourself getting from your car to the health club.

· I saw a menu in a Subway sandwich shop that charged the same price for all value meals with a 6” sandwich, and the same price for all value meals with a 12” sandwich. I immediately realized that some of these would be much better “values” than others, because the prices for the sandwiches vary significantly. After doing a few quit calculations, I found a “value meal” that cost more than the parts of the meal added up separately!! What kind of a value is that? I guess it’s a value for the owner of the shop.

· I once saw a car in storage with its four tires sitting up on four concrete cinder blocks. It’s true, when you store a car for a long time, you should put your car “up on blocks,” as they say. But the whole point is to take the weight off the tires, so you don’t ruin your tires!!! The blocks go under the axle. I guess somebody told this guy he should put his car “up on blocks” to store it, and he mindlessly followed directions. This is the danger of following directions without understanding the point of them.

· Special deal at a sandwich shop: Buy one sandwich and get $1.00 off a second sandwich of equal or lesser value. Why do they have to take the $1 off the second sandwich? $1 off is $1, wherever it comes from! They unthinkingly included the qualifier (“equal or lesser value”) out of habit, because it sometimes makes sense. With a “buy one get one free” deal, for example, you need to indicate that the free one is the one of “equal or lesser value.”

· I once surveyed my Critical Thinking students in the first week of classes at Sonoma State and Santa Rosa J.C. regarding what grade they expected in my class and their overall college grade average, among many other questions. At SSU, the average expected grade for my class was 3.53 (A-), and the average overall grade point average was 2.79 (B-). Only 5% expected a grade in my class lower (only a third of a letter grade lower) than their college average. Only 15% expected the same grade. That leaves 80% who expected a higher grade in my class than their college average. At SRJC, the average expected grade for my class was 3.4 (B+), and the average overall grade point average was 2.7 (B-). Only 7% expected a grade in my class lower than their college average. Only 13% expected the same grade. That leaves 80% who expected a higher grade in my class than their college average. I think there’s some real wishful thinking going on here.

http://profmulder.home.att.net/LAPSES.htm

Fwd: [telecom_2005re-vamped] They named bcoz......

Fwd: [telecom_2005re-vamped] They named bcoz......‎

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Sent: Sat 7/30/05 12:23 PM

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Founder Paul Galvin came up with this name when his company started manufacturing radios for cars. The popular radio company at the time was called Victrola.

Microsoft
It was coined by Bill Gates to represent the company that was devoted to MICROcomputer SOFTware. Originally christened Micro-Soft, the '-' was removed later on.
Lotus
Mitch Kapor got the name for his company from the lotus position or 'padmasana.' Kapor used to be a teacher of Transcendental Meditation of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi.

Intel
Bob Noyce and Gordon Moore wanted to name their new company 'Moore Noyce' but that was already trademarked by a hotel chain, so they had to settle for an acronym of INTegrated ELectronics.

Hewlett-Packard
Bill Hewlett and Dave Packard tossed a coin to decide whether the company they founded would be called Hewlett-Packard or Packard-Hewlett.
Hotmail
Founder Jack Smith got the idea of accessing email via the web from a computer anywhere in the world. When Sabeer Bhatia came up with the business plan for the mail service, he tried all kinds of names ending in 'mail' and finally settled for Hotmail as it included the letters "html" - the programming language used to write web pages. It was initially referred to as HoTMaiL with selective upper casings.

Google
The name started as a jockey boast about the amount of information the search-engine would be able to search. It was originally named 'Googol', a word for the number represented by 1 followed by 100 zeros. After founders - Stanford graduate students Sergey Brin and Larry Page presented their project to an angel investor, they received a cheque made out to 'Google

Cisco
The name is not an acronym but an abbreviation of San Francisco. The company's logo reflects its San Francisco name heritage. It represents a stylized Golden Gate Bridge.

Apple Computers
Favourite fruit of founder Steve Jobs. He was three months late in filing a name for the business, and he threatened to call his company Apple Computers if the other colleagues didn't suggest a better name by 5 o'clock.

Apache
It got its name because its founders got started by applying patches to code written for NCSA's httpd daemon. The result was 'A PAtCHy' server - thus, the name Apache.

Adobe
The name came from the river Adobe Creek that ran behind the house of founder John Warnock.