Random thoughts 2151 to 2165.

2151. The reason why a dog has so many friends is that he wags his tail and not his tongue. 

2152. Everyone feels that he would live a different kind of life if given another chance. This realization comes only at the fag end of life.

2153. Too many cooks spoil the dish. Too many invitees for a function result in more expenditure, less hospitality, more hurt feelings and vice versa. 

2154. Knowing that it might hurt, we do certain things which is called courage. Stupidity is also the same. That is why life is hard.

2155. Gruntled means satisfied. The opposite is disgruntled. I am gruntled to find people never use gruntled but use only disgruntled.

2156. The moon is bigger and brighter when nearest to the earth and is called PERIGEE. It is smaller and dimmer when farthest and is called APOGEE.

2157. The average strength of a human bite is about 161 lbs (73kgs)per sq.inch. That of a crocodile is about 5000 lbs (2268kgs) per sq.inch.

2158. Founders of Adidas and Puma are brothers. When the brothers fight, the common enemy Nike is benefited whose market cap is higher.

2159. Atheists are found to be more intelligent than religious people. They dismiss religious beliefs as irrational, unscientific and untestable.

2160. It is advised to share the pleasure and to hide the pain. But people prefer to cry out their pains and hide the pleasure.

2161. I love the warmth inside the blanket, early in the morning, in very chilly weather, listening to soulful music, beside my wife.

2162. I love the long drive, without traffic, in my children’s car with family, listening to soulful music, sharing chilli coated idly and hot filter coffee.

2163. I love sitting near a window, watching the drizzles, nibbling my favourite snack, sipping hot tea and reading a romantic novel.

2164. I love sitting near the window in the train and observing kids pestering the father to get ice cream from the vendor and the mother chiding.

2165. I love standing near the water on the marina beach on a sultry day tasting cut mangoes coated with red chilli powder feeling the chill waves on my feet.