Showing posts with label Humour at Work. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Humour at Work. Show all posts

Friday, April 23, 2010

What you're thinking, lady?

I came across this very funny commercial. For all you ladies who can sportingly laugh at your own gender:

The diagram demonstrates the THOUGHTS in a female and male brain during the simple question: "Shall we go for a party?"

Thursday, February 4, 2010

Boys vs. Men and Girls vs. Women

I read this somewhere on the internet. This makes a fun read. Hope you enjoy this:



Boys vs. Men



1. Boys will drop a pick up line on you and grin at their own cleverness. A man can flirt without showing off.

2. Boys like fart jokes and everything about them. Men like the jokes too, but they don't feel the need to act them out for you.

3. Boys hold onto fantasy women ideas and hold torches without ever being able to ask the person out. A man knows that everyone is flawed and will ask her out anyway.

4. Boys take rejection as a personal attack. A man realizes that he isn't going to be attractive to everyone and that she may just not be in a place to be dating.

5. Boys try to take what isn't theirs to have. A man works to have what he values.

6. Boys yell, argue, and fight. A man is calm and walks away from trouble when he can.

7. Boys hit. Men hold.

8. Boys say hurtful things to denigrate and diminish others. A man builds others up and is quick to compliment.

9. Boys bitch and moan about problems. A man prays and asks for help when he needs it.

10. Boys hold their pride or rep in the highest regard. A man knows that having a good name is worth more than gold.

11. Boys take the easy road out of any trouble. A man faces the consequences of his actions and does the right thing.

12. Boys cheat. A man knows that a good woman is the greatest of blessings from God in this life and puts her before him.

13. Boys run from trouble. A man handles his responsibilities.

14. Boys look for you to take care of them. A man looks for you to take care of each other.

15. Boys can't maintain eye contact. A man can look into your eyes and let you know how attractive you are without a word.

16. Boys look for hot chicks. A man knows that every woman is beautiful in her own way.

17. Boys have to top your story with a better one of their own. A man asks you questions and lets you be the center of attention.

18. Boys are all about “me”. Men are all about “you”.

19. Boys go to the game, or play X-Box when their kids come over for the weekend. A man helps with homework and plays Candyland.

20. Boys boast. Men deliver.



Girls vs. Women



1. Girls ask how they look every five minutes. Women are confident enough to know they look good and smart enough to know if it truly matters.

2. Girls are needy and clingy. Women are independent and have interests outside of you.

3. Girls freak out if you don’t return a phone call. Women are rational and realize that things happen and life is unpredictable. And if you’re truly just not returning her calls, she knows you’re not worth her time.

4. Girls dress provocatively to gain attention. Women can be sexy no matter what they’re wearing.

5. Girls need to have every guy like them, even if they don’t like him. Women know that they aren’t everyone’s type.

6. Girls get their friends to find out if you like them. Women just ask.

7. If you piss them off, girls blog about it and tell all their friends. Women decide whether it’s really worth being pissed over and if it is, they talk to you about it.

8. Girls look to blame everyone but themselves for their shortcomings. Women own up to their mistakes and work to fix them.

9. Girls gossip and speak badly of other girls behind their backs in order to make themselves look good. Women don’t feel threatened by other women and can even sincerely agree when you compliment another woman.

10. Girls are catty and throw each other under a bus to get a guy. Women stand back a minute and know that if you choose the dumb bimbo over her, you aren’t as smart as you look.

11. Girls expect you to read their minds. Women are upfront and honest.

12. Girls take rejection as an insult and plot to make you jealous. Again, women realize that they aren’t everyone’s type and that it’s not a personal attack.

13. Girls bring up your past mistakes in arguments, even the ones you’ve apologized for. Women deal with the problem at hand and know to let things go.

14. Girls create drama and demand that they are the center of attention. Women realize that life has enough drama of its own and they cherish the "boring" moments.

15. Girls are in constant need of rescuing. Women can discern when it's time for them to be the hero.

16. Girls get drunk and use it as an excuse to act like a ho. Women know that a true man will love her for herself, not because she's easy.

17. Girls avoid confrontation and have no backbone or opinions of their own. Women have their own views and convictions and hold strongly to them, even in the midst of adversity.

18. Girls justify it when a boy treats them like sh*t. Women let them know exactly what "no" means.

19. Girls won't accept help from others, refuse to listen to their friends and family, and stubbornly take the path they know is doomed. A woman surrounds herself with wise people whom she can trust and she heeds their advice.

20. Girls compare you to other men. A woman appreciates each man for his unique qualities and characteristics.

Thursday, January 28, 2010

3 more idiots

This is a fun mail circulating nowadays. I would like to dedicate this to all the young and prospective CAs.

Tuesday, December 29, 2009

The ‘Girlie’ stuff...

I read nowadays how the girls worldwide are going crazy over the ‘Vampire’ Edward Cullen from the ‘Twilight’ series. There even was an article in the press sometime back that was trying to analyze “why the craze?” with some psychiatrists saying that the “girls love the idea of romancing the impossible. They fantasize about love stories triumphing over grave dangers and being in a fatal love gives them the thrill.” Hence, the craze for Edward Cullen – what could be more dangerous than being the love interest of a vampire which feeds over blood of young girls but could not bring himself up to doing the same in their case as he is madly in love with them?


While reading the article, I wondered whether I was like that. Well, may be and maybe not. I was never really crazy about vampires, superheroes, wizards, etc. But, then I just loved Jason Bourne and his love story with Marie floored me. Would that not qualify for similar circumstances and explanation? I guess it would.


I have grown up studying my entire first half of life in a girl’s school and since the girls are quite vocal about their likes and dislikes in such an environment, every day I came across stuff that was typically ‘Girlie’. Sometimes I wondered why the girls around me were crazy about a certain thing and what a big deal it was about. It was as if most of the teenage girls had all the same characteristics and though I did share some of them, I certainly did not have most of those traits. I always thought I was different from most girls. But, then again I have, more often than not, taken pride in being different from most girls anyway, especially during my teens.


How about listing the ‘Girlie’ traits here? Well, here they go...

• Reading Mills and Boons at weird hours of the night...
• The unending dieting and even unending cribbing about it...
• Being unable to resist chocolates and eating whole bars and boxes (even if they later grumble about foregoing their diet)...
• Gossiping on phone for hours and telling their parents that they were discussing school homework...
• Studying in groups even if half the time is used in bitching about other girls and teachers...
• Finding every other guy they came across as “hot” and changing their viewpoint as and when the guys changed their dresses...
• Making special preparations for Valentine’s Day even if they did not have a boyfriend (and all the while dreaming about one)...
• Celebrating every single day mentioned in the Archies Calendar, Valentine’s Day, Rose Day, Chocolates Day, Hug Day, Friendship Day (the list is endless)...
• Going crazy over a new Bollywood star every Friday (I guess there are always at least 10 Bollywood stars – I say ‘stars’ and not ‘actors’ – who are referred to as ‘Heartthrobs’ at any point of time)...
• Fantasizing about a “knight in shining armour” though half the girls wouldn’t even know what a ‘shining armour’ looks like and instead describe a ‘chariot’ when asked to explain...
• Being a Rhett Butler and the “Chocolate cream soldier” fan (this one is for girls who have actually read “Gone with the Wind” and “Arms and the man”)...
• The fascination with the colour Pink and furnishing their entire room with everything in bright fuschia pink...
• The adorning of the title “Princess” (even if they are just self-proclaimed ones)...
• Dreaming about owning the prettiest Evening Gown ever along with the prettiest and costliest diamond necklace ever (in the days of ‘Titanic’, the “Heart of the Ocean” adorned by Kate Winslet and Celine Dion was every girl’s dream)...
• Owning a fancy and slick ‘pink’ diary even if it’s only used for putting in dried roses or, even worse, writing telephone nos. (I guess telephone diaries should not be applicable anymore with the girls getting their hands on stylish mobile handsets nowadays)...
• Decorating everything they own with ‘girlish’ accessories e.g. beady hangers on mobiles, satin mobile covers, Smilies and Barbie broaches on bags and purses, studded Key-chains on zippers of their trendy bags and purses, etc....
• Sleeping with Teddy Bears and filling their beds and rooms with stuff toys (and letting their mums assume the tedious tasks of washing and keeping their stuff toys clean)...
• Owning the tightest jeans possible assuming that the same will make them appear slimmer (even if that hinders them from moving and sitting)...
• Shelling all their pocket money on fairness crèmes, sunscreens and perfumes and applying them all over after every other hour...
• Wishing for a rich and famous guy as their boyfriend who is absolutely crazy about them and would go to any length to prove his love – someone who drives them around in swanky new cars; gives them red roses and costly gifts everyday; and would make all their girlfriends jealous of them...
• Crying their heart out over Eric Seagal’s Love Story even if they are reading them for the nth time (and complaining that Seagal’s Oliver’s Story did not match up to the standards)...
• Cooing to every small baby they come across and trying to pick them up and cuddle them even if that irritates the baby who sees them as complete strangers...
• Complaining about all the guys watching them everywhere they go even if they enjoy every bit of the attention...
• Telling all their friends that they would love to have a boyfriend who is “tall, dark and handsome” and yet always swooning over fair skinned guys...
• Dressing in trendiest (backless, halter-necks, etc.) outfits on all weddings and refusing to take a shawl or a sweater even if its freezing cold and the celebrations are in an outdoor location...


P.S. I hope the list is worthy of a good laugh – or at least a giggle – both for girls and boys. As already written above, I was not crazy about most of the stuff. Nevertheless, some characteristics I did share. Please let me suffice by admitting this much without having to answer which ones really.

Thursday, December 10, 2009

Ten signs that your boss sucks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Most people have some complaints about their manager, but how can you tell when your boss is a truly bad one?


  1. The knot you get in your gut whenever you have to deal with him. You never know which person is going to show up — the nice, benevolent manager or the insane, angry hophead.
  2. The feeling you get when you have to get dressed every morning. You know, the sensation that life wasn’t meant to be like this, that nobody knows what the day ahead will hold — and not in a good way, either.
  3. He’s either absent — or omnipresent. On days when he is supposed to be there, leading the way, guiding his people with a firm and gentle hand, he is nowhere to be found. Yet on days when everybody is executing the plan with distinction, there he is, standing in the middle of everything, gumming up the works, micro-managing, driving everybody crazy.
  4. His word cannot be trusted. He lies when it suits him, and worst of all, he believes his lies once they are uttered.
  5. He is never wrong. Sometimes he may be “misinformed,” or “misled by others,” but he is never, ever, wrong. Those who think he might be in error had better keep that opinion to themselves.
  6. All credit goes to him. All blame goes to others.
  7. His only loyalty is to himself. More times than you can count, you have seen him sell people down the river who used to be his favourites. If there is trouble, he’s the first one to throw his colleagues and subordinates overboard into the shark-infested waters. Strangely, he is also the first person to question other people’s loyalty.
  8. Work hours are hard to predict. There are long stretches of unmanaged, vague, pointless activity or inactivity, followed by short bursts of frenzy. Weekends are not safe. Vacations are not honoured. Your time is not your own.
  9. His door is closed most of the time. Particularly after lunch.
  10. He’s the main topic of conversation. Wherever co-workers gather, all they talk about is what an annoying, hurtful, scary, irrational nutbag the boss is. And when a bad boss goes, he dies un-mourned — except perhaps by the one person at the office who did his bidding.

Monday, November 30, 2009

The Obedient Wife...

There was a man, who had worked all his life, had saved all of his money, and was a real miser when it came to his money.


Just before he died, he said to his wife, “When I die, I want you to take all my money and put it in the casket with me. I want to take my money to the afterlife with me.”

And so he got his wife to promise him, with all of her heart, that when he died, she would put all of the money into the casket with him.

Well, he died.

He was stretched out in the casket, his wife was sitting there – dressed in black, and her friend was sitting next to her.

When they finished the ceremony, and just before the undertakers got ready to close the casket, the wife said:

“Wait just a moment!”

She had a small metal box with her; she came over with the box and put it in the casket. Then the undertakers locked the casket down and they rolled it away.

So her friend said, “Girl, I know you were not foolish enough to put all that money in there with your husband.”

The loyal wife replied, “Listen, I’m a Christian; I cannot go back on my word. I promised him that I was going to put that money into the casket with him.”

“You mean to tell me you put that money in the casket with him!?!?!?”

“I sure did,” said the wife. “I got it all together, put it into my account, and wrote him a Cheque… If he can cash it, then he can spend it.”

P.S. Another good one from the internet.

Police Emergency...

This is the true story of George Phillips of Meridian, Mississippi, who was going to bed when his wife told him that he’d left the light on in the shed. George opened the door to go turn off the light but saw there were people in the shed in the process of stealing things.


He immediately phoned the police, who asked “Is someone in your house?” and George said no and explained the situation. Then they explained that all patrols were busy, and that he should simply lock his door and an officer would be there when available.

George said, “Okay,” hung up, counted to 30, and phoned the police again.

“Hello, I just called you a few seconds ago because there were people in my shed. Well, you don’t have to worry about them now because I’ve just shot them all.”

Then he hung up. Within five minutes three squad cars, an Armed Response unit, and an ambulance showed up. Of course, the police caught the burglars red-handed.

One of the policemen said to George: “I thought you said that you’d shot them!”

George said, “I thought you said there was nobody available!”

P.S. Read it on the net. I think it's a good one.

Thursday, April 30, 2009

There is no indispensable man

Sometime when you’re feeling important;
Sometime when your ego’s in bloom
Sometime when you take it for granted
You’re the best qualified in the room,

Sometime when you feel that your going
Would leave an unfillable hole,
Just follow these simple instructions
And see how they humble your soul;

Take a bucket and fill it with water,
Put your hand in it up to the wrist,
Pull it out and the hole that’s remaining
Is a measure of how you’ll be missed.

You can splash all you wish when you enter,
You may stir up the water galore,
But stop and you’ll find that in no time
It looks quite the same as before.

The moral of this quaint example
Is do just the best that you can,
Be proud of yourself but remember,
There’s no indispensable man

Wow!! How true and well-said. May be one more way of doing Introspection………………….

Women should support women

​I was having a discussion today with a junior at work, a girl who I had started interacting with recently. We discuss a lot of work-related...