Oct 23rd Weekly updates

James Bond
On a flight James bond was sitting next to a Telugu guy.
Telugu Guy: "Hello, May I know your name please?"
James Bond: "My name is Bond" Continuing in his inimitable style, "......James Bond."
Then Bond asks: "And you?"
Telugu Guy: "My name is Rao...
Siva Rao...
Samba Siva Rao...
Venkata Samba Siva Rao...
Yarlagadda Venkata Samba Siva Rao...
Rajasekhara Yarlagadda Venkata Samba Siva Rao...
Sitaramanjaneyula Rajasekhara Yarlagadda Venkata Samba Siva Rao...
Vijayawada Sitaramanjaneyula Rajasekhara Yarlagadda Venkata Samba Siva Rao..."
Since then when anyone asks Bond his name he simply says "James Bond"

Facts
21,000 of the 53,000 hotels and motels in the US belong to Gujaratis

100 INR is the incentive ULFA gave to a 10 year old boy to throw a bomb in Bongaigaon

8,13,226 saplings were planted in Tamilnadu in a single day in an effort to preserve the ecosystem.

Quotes

By lighting the funeral pyre of my Guru ( Kanshi Ram ) i have laid the foundation of future social transformation-- BSP leader Mayawati

Comparing Bush to Hitler would in many ways be an insult to Hitler-- Kevin Barrett instructor at the University of Wisconsin in his essay Interpreting the unspeakable: The myth of 9/11

I have no other expectations from him-- Manmohan Singh on George Fernades's alleged remarks on President Abdul Kalam


News :
Rajasthan

Meet Mr and Mrs Donkey-- Miks and Rakhi who walked away with the best model award at the Annual Donkey fair in Looniyawa village, Jaipur. Out of the 1200 glam donkeys who took the ramp, Rakhi and Miks floored the judges with their elan and grace. Guess who got the cup in racing -- a donkey named Shah Rukh Khan !

New Delhi

Want to counter Dengue ? This Diwali, doctors are prescribing a noisy and smoly remedy : burst crackers and firewroks to your heart's content. The thick smoke , they say, can drive away dengue spreading mosquitoes and also reduce the chance of breeding.

Formula 1

The last race of the season was at Interlagos circuit Brazil and it was a fanatastic race made more so by none other than Micheal Schumcher-- Schmi had to win the race and all of his die hard fans prayed that Alonso his rival should crash out-- Both did not happen-- Schmi suffered Oil Pump issues as he qualified in 10th position for the race-- He was magnificent at the race- he moved from 10th to 5th and as he overtook , suffered a left rear wheel puncture and went to the pits for a tyre change-- he joined last--and then drove with great skill as he overtook car after car-- He came from 17th to finish 4th and that is Schumi for you-- Alonso won the world titel and Renault the Constructor as Schumi and Ferrari finshed runner up-- A chikun gunya could not prevent me from watching this late live on Sunday

Trust you guys had good holidays with family

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