With all the furor in the media around Greece for the past couple of years I thought it would be good to list all things Greek that people use in common parlance -
1. Some of us are familiar with Greek history as being where the world's largest organized scam was born - called the Olympics. At the time this courier delivered a message by running a large number of miles and that got converted into a spectator sport. Nobody thought about what this implied? Fedex does not use any of the marathon runners instead relying on bio diesel trucks so not sure where we went from courier delivery to extracting money for tickets to watch people balance themselves on a pommel horse - which by the way is quite different from a Trojan Horse -
2. which brings me to the next invention from Greek mythology that finds use today - except used in the computer virus arena. This innocuos program is accepted by a computer since it looks friendly only to unleash undesirable effects leading to loss of sanity for the user and some ulcers in the process..
3. Whence the user can proceed to intake something more friendly towards his ulcer in the form of Greek yogurts..loaded with probiotic bacteria that only the Greeks know can help what ails the victims..
4. After reading this moronic drivel the most obvious excuse one can find is 'its all Greek to me' implying there are some that are unaware of anything unusual going on in Greece ...most likely the Greeks themselves?
Lastly there seems to be some affiliation between Indians and the Greeks more than the mythological mumbo jumbo that has parallels and that is in the use of a green leafy vegetable called Fenugreek. Lets hope if the Euro splits off the Drachma that the Indian states do not decide to bail on the Rupee to start their own currency. That possiblity can take up another blog.
This autumn the weather gods cooperated as we took a family trip in the northeast to see six states that qualify or makeup what is known colloquially in America as New England. Mass, Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire, Connecticut and Rhode Island (tiniest state in the union). The outing helped tally up the states we either lived in, visited or have worked in to 47. Guess which three have eluded this intrepid traveling family. Any rate the drive was all in about 1,800 miles and included some memorable geographic wonders or points of interest. Easternmost part of state of Massachusetts being one. Furthest drivable road east in Mass being another. Visit to all Ivy League schools (term harkens to a collegiate athletics conference and generally regarded as elite academic institutes of some repute worldwide) is another random bucket list item of which this trip afforded the chance to knock two more of the list. Dartmouth in Hanover, NH and Brown (and its sister institute the RISD - school f
The rupee seems to be in need for a mouth-to-mouth treatment right now, hopefully preventing us from going the Greek way - 'going bananas'.
ReplyDeleteI have been observing the Rupiah taking it on the chin and Pranab's prarthanas for it to rise again ... the Rupee has shall we say a case of ED
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