Sach Ka Samna!

“Would you have physical relationship with some other man, if your husband does not come to know about it at all?”, “Have you peed in the Swimming pool in your childhood days?” – these are not questions from an American television show, but from our own Star plus. This program ‘Sach Ka Samna’ (which has been inspired from the American tv show ’Moment of Truth’) is a reality show in which people need to answer the truth for a set of questions. Their anwers during the show are compared to the polygraphic test results (which are conducted before itself) and if they tell a lie at any point in the game, they lose.

For those who have not heard about a polygraph, let me take the help of Wikipedia – “A polygraph (popularly referred to as a lie detector) is an instrument that measures and records several physiological responses such as blood pressure, pulse, respiration, breathing rhythms, body temperature and skin conductivity while the subject is asked and answers a series of questions, on the theory that false answers will produce distinctive measurements” 

There are many controversies regarding its use and validities, let us not get into those. Let me give one or two controversies due to this show. Vinod Kambli got into a controversy because of his “YES” to the question “Do you believe that Sachin could have done more to save you from your self-destructive behaviour?”. A lady was asked a question “”Would you have physical relationship with some other man, if your husband does not come to know about it at all?”, for which she gave a ‘NO’. Curse her fate, the polygraph results said otherwise. The cameras were swift enough to zoom on her husband’s face. He was on the verge of crying and the embarrassment was very obvious.

This program has gained a lot of attention (both positive and negative) in the past few weeks. In fact our politicians consider this show to be more important than people’s problems, that they have raised a furor in Rajya Sabha regarding this show.  I was just thinking whether the politicians would cross even the first question .  Imagine a question posed to a politician “Have you ever misused your power for personal reasons?”, “Have you ever received a bribe?”, “Have you ever attacked a person physically, just because he opposed you?”, “Have you ever committed a murder?”… I doubt if 99% of the politicians would even pass the first question. What say??

We need not feel sad for the humiliation faced by the contestants, as they participated in this program on their own wish and were ready to face the music! If this program gives some pleasure to you, watch it. Else, just switch off the TV and go to sleep .

Interesting Facts!!!

Here are some interesting info, I read in a website… hope u enjoy em’

1. If you are right handed, you will tend to chew your food on your right side. If you are left handed, you will tend to chew your food on your left side.

2. If you stop getting thirsty, you need to drink more water. For when a human body is dehydrated, its thirst mechanism shuts off.

3. Chewing gum while peeling onions will keep you from crying.

4. Your tongue is germ free only if it is pink. If it is white there is a thin film of bacteria on it.

5. The Mercedes-Benz motto is “Das Beste oder Nichts” meaning “the best or nothing”.

 6. The Titanic was the first ship to use the SOS signal.

7. The pupil of the eye expands as much as 45 percent when a person looks at something pleasing.

8. The average person who stops smoking requires one hour less sleep a night.

9. Laughing lowers levels of stress hormones and strengthens the immune system. Six-year-olds laugh an average of 300 times a day. Adults only laugh 15 to 100 times a day.

10. The roar that we hear when we place a seashell next to our ear is not the ocean, but rather the sound of blood surging through the veins in the ear.

11. Dalmatians are born without spots.

12. Bats always turn left when exiting a cave.

13. The ‘v’ in the name of a court case does not stand for ‘versus’, but for ‘and’ (in civil proceedings) or ‘against’ (in criminal proceedings).

14. Men’s shirts have the buttons on the right, but women’s shirts have the buttons on the left.

15. The owl is the only bird to drop its upper eyelid to wink. All other birds raise their lower eyelids.

16. The reason honey is so easy to digest is that it’s already been digested by a bee.

17. Roosters cannot crow if they cannot extend their necks.

18. The color blue has a calming effect. It causes the brain to release calming hormones.

19. Every time you sneeze some of your brain cells die.

20. Your left lung is smaller than your right lung to make room for your heart.

21. The verb “cleave” is the only English word with two synonyms which are antonyms of each other: adhere and separate.

22. When you blush, the lining of your stomach also turns red.

23. When hippos are upset, their sweat turns red.

24. The first Harley Davidson motorcycle was built in 1903, and used a tomato can for a carburetor.

25. The lion that roars in the MGM logo is named Volney.

26. Google is actually the common name for a number with a million zeros.

27. Switching letters is called spoonerism. For example, saying jag of Flapan, instead of flag of Japan.

28. It cost 7 million dollars to build the Titanic and 200 million to make a film about it.

29. The attachment of the human skin to muscles is what causes dimples.

30. There are 1,792 steps to the top of the Eiffel Tower.

31. The sound you hear when you crack your knuckles is actually the sound of nitrogen gas bubbles bursting.

32. Human hair and fingernails continue to grow after death.

33. It takes about 20 seconds for a red blood cell to circle the whole body.

34. The plastic things on the end of shoelaces are called aglets.

35. Most soccer players run 7 miles in a game.

36. The only part of the body that has no blood supply is the cornea in the eye. It takes in oxygen directly from the air.

37. Every day 200 million couples make love, 400,000 babies are born, and 140,000 people die.

38. In most watch advertisements the time displayed on the watch is 10:10 because then the arms frame the brand of the watch (and make it look like it
is smiling).

39. Colgate faced big obstacle marketing toothpaste in Spanish speaking countries. Colgate translates into the command “go hang yourself.”

40. The only 2 animals that can see behind itself without turning its head are the rabbit and the parrot.

41. Intelligent people have more zinc and copper in their hair.

42. The average person laughs 13 times a day.

43. Do you know the names of the three wise monkeys? They are:Mizaru(See no evil), Mikazaru(Hear no evil), and Mazaru(Speak no evil)

44. Women blink nearly twice as much as men.

45. German Shepherds bite humans more than any other breed of dog.

46. Large kangaroos cover more than 30 feet with each jump.

47. Whip makes a cracking sound because its tip moves faster than the speed of sound.

48. Two animal rights protesters were protesting at the cruelty of sending pigs to a slaughterhouse in Bonn. Suddenly the pigs, all two thousand of them, escaped through a broken fence and stampeded, trampling the two hapless protesters to death.

49. If a statue in the park of a person on a horse has both front legs in the air, the person died in battle; if the horse has one front leg in the air, the person died as a result of wounds received in battle; if the horse has all four legs on the ground, the person died of natural cause.

50. The human heart creates enough pressure while pumping to squirt blood 30 feet!!

Interesting…Facts…one should know…

This is an interesting mail that I got from my friend SAMBUnathan, oops , Swaminathan… Here is it for you to enjoy

Interesting…Facts…one should know….

‘Stewardesses’ is the longest word typed with only the left hand .

And ‘lollipop’ is the longest word typed with your right hand. (Bet you tried this out mentally, didn’t you?)

No word in the English language rhymes with month, orange, silver, or purple.

‘Dreamt’ is the only English word that ends in the letters ‘mt’. ? (Are you doubting this?)
Our eyes are always the same size from birth, but our nose and ears never stop growing.
The sentence: ‘The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog’ uses every letter of the alphabet. (Now, you KNOW you’re going to try this out for accuracy, right?)

The words ‘racecar,’ ‘kayak’ and ‘level’ are the same whether they are read left to right or right to left (palindromes). (Yep, I knew you were going to ‘do’ this one.)

There are only four words in the English language which end in ‘dous’: tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous.
(You’re not doubting this, are you?)

There are two words in the English language that have all five vowels in order: ‘abstemious’ and ‘facetious.’ (Yes, admit it, you are going to say, a e i o u)
TYPEWRITER is the longest word that can be made using the letters only on one row of the keyboard. (All you typists are going to test this out)

A cat has 32 muscles in each ear.

A goldfish has a memory span of three seconds. (Some days that’s about what my memory span is.)
A ‘jiffy’ is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second.

A shark is the only fish that can blink with both eyes .

A snail can sleep for three years. (I know some people that could do this too.!)

Almonds are a member of the peach family.

An ostrich’s eye is bigger than its brain.
(I know some people like that also)

Babies are born without kneecaps. They don’t appear until the child reaches 2 to 6 years of age.

February 1865 is the only month in recorded history not to have a full moon.

In the last 4,000 years, no new animals have been domesticated.

If the population of China walked past you, 8 abreast, the line would never end because of the rate of reproduction.

Leonardo Da Vinci invented the scissors

Peanuts are one of the ingredients of dynamite!

Rubber bands last longer when refrigerated.

The average person’s left hand does 56% of the typing.

The cruise liner, QE 2, moves only six inches for each gallon of diesel that it burns.

The microwave was invented after a researcher walked by a radar tube and a chocolate bar melted in his pocket. (Good thing he did that.)

The winter of 1932 was so cold that Niagara Falls froze completely solid.

There are more chickens than people in the world.

Winston Churchill was born in a ladies’ room during a dance.

Women blink nearly twice as much as men.

Now you know more than you did before!!

Rajni MANIAC!!!

The popularity of our Super * (haiyo… haiyo) has spread to South Africa as well. If you got to see Proteas’ pacer Ntini during net practice, he showed the BABA MUDRA…When I saw that pic for the first time, I thought it to be a coincidence. But, various articles confirmed that Ntini is a RAJNI FAN.

 Here is the article reg this in YAHOO NEWS…

“Looks like the Rajini mania has spread as far and wide till South Africa.

The visiting South African team’s fast bowler Ntini has recently confessed his obsession to the superstar’s movies and his style in particular. Ntini sure seems to be fond of Rajinikanth’s style statements and demonstrates the actor’s famous finger tricks for Baba.

Besides, he makes people drop their jaw by imitating the ‘Peraketaale Summa Adirudilla’ tagline from the last year blockbuster Sivaji flawlessly that stands proof to the number of times he watched the movie.

Apart from Sivaji, Ntini also declares that he has watched Baba many times from where he picked up the finger gesticulation. Ntini’s revelation has earned him many amused fans in Chennai where he is stationed along with his team for the first test cricket series against India.”

 This is a proud news for all RAJNI fans…

The humorous ‘DELHI’ Ganesh…

It was a pleasant and enjoyable evening for the people assembled at the auditorium in Shrimathi Indra Gandhi College, trichy. The occasion was ‘Associations day’ and the chief guest was none other than DELHI Ganesh. After the welcome speech was made, the chief guest was invited to speak. I was eagerly expecting as to what he is going to speak. He spoke for about 20-25 mins. I tell you, for the entire length of the speech, I was rolling with laughter. He shared with us his funny experiences while shooting with snakes, elephants etc. When my mom mentioned about his character in AVVAI SHANMUGHI, I could see a glow in his face. He also gave some valuable piece of advice to the students and others who were present. We know that he is a great comedian, actor and villan, but what people dont know is that he is extremely simple and down to earth. When he got down at the end of the function, he came near me for taking a pic! (Remember, it was I who had requested for a pic with him thru my mom)I can never forget his sense of humour and simplicity, a great combination.

On the whole, the evening was memorable for everyone present in the auditorium.