MRF Rainday

Every year, the tyre manufacturing company - MRF publishes its predicition in the Times Of India for the start of the monsoon in Mumbai. This is popularly known as "MRF Rainday". Their idea is that people should change to MRF tyres before the MRF Rainday to ensure that their vehicles are geared for the monsoon. Great idea, except for the fact that the MRF Rainday prediction falls flat on its face every single year! :-) If the rain does not arrive even on the MRF Rainday, their ad slyly changes to announce, "You still have time to change to MRF tyres!!" Very clever ain't it?

This year too, MRF has been predicting "Rainday" in the TOI. The Rainday this year is June 4th. And as their luck would have had it, rains have hit Mumbai much before that!! Its funny because MRF has taken this in their stride and termed the rains as "passing showers". MRF Rainday still remains at June 4th, their advertisement screams!

However, proper monsoon has hit Mumbai as early as May 30th. And who better than Times of India to announce the arrival of monsoon. Hehe....

Monsoon sets over Mumbai; heavy rains predicted

So, as is the tradition, MRF Rainday has failed again! I think its best that MRF stick to what they do best - maufacture tyres rather than playing weatherman! C'mon, the Weather Bureau has been in the weather predicting business for decades now and they still haven't got it right ;-)

Nothing Else Matters - Metallica

Nothing Else Matters

So close no matter how far
Couldn't be much more from the heart
Forever trusting who we are
and nothing else matters.

Never opened myself this way
Life is ours we live it our way
All these words I don't just say
and nothing else matters.

Trust I seek and I find in you
Everyday for us something new
Open mind for a different view
and nothing else matters.

Never cared for what they do
Never cared for what they know
But I know.

So close no matter how far
Couldn't be much more from the heart
Forever trusting who we are
and nothing else matters.

Never cared for what they do
Never cared for what they know
But I know.

Never opened myself this way
Life is ours we live it our way
All these words I don't just say
and nothing else matters.

Trust I seek and I find in you
Everyday for us something new
Open mind for a different view
and nothing else matters.

Never cared for what they say
Never cared for games they play
Never cared for what they do
Never cared for what they know
and I know.....Yeah!

So close no matter how far
Couldn't be much more from the heart
Forever trusting who we are
No nothing else matters.

Quotas everywhere

What will happen if the quota system proposed by the UPA goverment is applied everywhere?

Here are a few examples:

We will have reservations for public toilets. 50% of all Sulabh Shauchalayas will be reserved for the backward classes. You better not pee in a reserved toilet or else.....

50% of coaches in local trains will be reserved too! This means 4.5 coaches in a 9 coach local and 6 coaches in a 12 coach local.

Ladies coaches will be reserved too! So, quarter of a coach will be reserved for ladies first class for backward classes. Hehe....

50% of all autorickshaws and taxis will be reserved too! These will be differently coloured for easy identification. The colour "blue" will be used to differentiate them! Rings a bell??

50% flats in a housing society will be alloted only to a person from a backward caste! And these can only be rented out to a backward caste person.

50% of rooms in all 5-star hotels will be reserved for backward classes. After all the poor people from the backward classes are also entitled to five-star luxury aren't they?

50% of all shares in an IPO will be alloted to people from the backward classes. So, companies like Reliance, ONGC, Jet Airways, etc will be half owned by the backward classes.

50% of road-space will also belong to the backward classes. You will face a stiff penalty if you dare to drive in a reserved lane!! Lol......

50% seats in all future Indian manned space missions will be reserved for people from the backward classes

With so much at stake, your caste certificate will become more important than your ration card or even passport! Speaking of which, 50% of all Indian passports granted each year will only be given to people from the backward classes!!!

Hail Arjun Singh....