Posts Tagged humor

Volcanic twister

Posted by Avinash Shetty in humor, personal on April 21, 2010

Everyone knows the volcano that erupted in Iceland causing havoc for flights across Europe. The question however is does anyone remember the name of the volcano that erupted. Anyone?

It is Eyjafjallajokull. I don’t even know where to begin. There a barely any vowels and fj all over the place. I’ll be calling it ‘kull’ and you better know what I’m talking about.

Update: I think this sums it up nicely

Update 2: Some further digging around tells me that in the Nordic language, eyja means an island, fjalla means mountains, and jökull means glacier. Eyjafjallajökull = mountains with glaciers on the island.

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The incomplete unauthoratative guide to bad drivers

Posted by Avinash Shetty in humor on April 1, 2010

So I’ve considered, for a long time, to writing a post about the correlation between races and bad drivers. I never did because of the touchy nature of the topic, in spite the fact that I get 3 visitors a year to my site.
So instead this will be a car to bad driver correlation. So here is the definitive list

  • Toyota Prius
  • Toyota Corolla
  • PT Cruiser
  • Any oldsmobile
  • Honda Insight (old)
  • Most other hybrid cars

Now, you can just become a good driver by avoiding these cars. It is something that you are born with. For instance, if you hadn’t read this, you’d buy a Toyota Corolla. But just because you did, you go buy a Mini. That doesn’t suddenly make you a good driver. You are just an inherently bad driver. The reverse is also the same. For example, you really want a Mini, but you can’t afford it, so you buy a Corolla. Doesn’t make you a good driver. The fact that you chose the Corolla over the other cheaper cars out there makes you just as bad. You could have picked any Mazda and gone ‘zoom zoom’ or for that matter a Toyota Yaris or Ford Focus; all very ‘good driver’ cars. And in case you didn’t already figure it out, the Mini is the ‘best driver’ car. I’ve yet to come across someone who drives a Mini badly.

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Plasma vs Toilet Plungers

Posted by Avinash Shetty in humor on August 17, 2005

So I told my friends that I would throw a wedding reception party once I get back from India. If you didn’t know I was getting married, send me hate mail and I’ll send you an invite. Anyway, the only reason I am throwing this party is for the gifts I get in return. Doesn’t make any sense because for the money I spend throwing a party, I could afford the gifts. But whatever.

Someone people are just whack. They have gift registries at Bed, Bath and Beyond. And they have toilet plungers as items they would like to get as gifts. I mean, seriously, how messed up is that. I realize you need it but to get one as a gift! Just for buy it goddamnit! And what’s funny is that someone actually got it. I know coz when I went to get it, it was off the list already. I couldn’t imagine the thank you letter you get in return for giving them the gift. “Thanks, we really love the plunger we made you get us. We use it daily and it keeps our toilet free from all our shit that clogs it up. We really appreciate your concern for our well-being”.

Anyway, to save myself from this embarrassment, I have decided not to take gifts. Please just Paypal me the money and I will buy myself that big screen TV that you can enjoy when you come over to my place to watch the games.

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Whoz your Diddy

Posted by Avinash Shetty in humor on August 17, 2005

He was born Sean Combs. Or at least I think he was. But that was just too blah I guess. So he changed it to Puffy or Sean “Puffy” Combs. Turns out, that wasn’t the best name ever either. So sometime later, he decided it was time to become Puff Daddy. Hmmm� Then we was like, what was I thinking. So he was rolling around in bed one day and realized, hey I could be P. Diddy. So the next day he was. So then apparently, in his concerts, the crowd had a tough time calling out to him. P. Diddy I love you. P. Diddy will you marry me. Something wasn’t right. He knew immediately. It was the P. Ladies and Gentlemen, please welcome Diddy. Argh, I don’t like the sound of that. I’m sure that ain’t staying for too long.

And people ask me where I find time to blog.

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