Presence Of Mind ..

Once, a dog lost his way deep into the jungle. He almost fainted to see a lion coming straight to him at a very near distant. "I will be dead today" , thought he. There were some bones lying over there. He turned his back towards lion and started pretending as if he is eating those bones. When lion was very close to him he cried out loudly "Wow, what a fun eating a lion, by chance if I can get another one, it will be a treat ". Lion thought "What a dangerous dog!!!!! He kills lions and eats it. Let me run away from here and save my life ".

Now, there was a Monkey hiding on the tree there watching the entire show. He thought "It's a good chance to tell the truth to the lion. Lion will become my friend and I will not have to run saving my life from him ". He just ran away to inform the entire episode to Lion.

The dog had seen him going and quickly understood the ploy. Both lion and monkey were coming back to the dog and the lion was furious.

When lion was very close to him he again cried out loudly " It has been half an hour and yet that stupid monkey can't fetch another lion??!!!!"

Moral: "It is by presence of mind in untried emergencies that the native metal of man is tested."

How clever you are ?

Below are four (4 ) questions and a bonus question. You have to answer them instantly. You can't take your time, answer all of them immediately . OK?

Let's find out just how clever you really are....

Ready? GO!!!

First Question:

You are participating in a race. You overtake the second person... What position are you in?

Answer: If you answered that you are first, then you are absolutely wrong! If you overtake the second person, you take his place, so you are second!

Try not to screw up next time.Now answer the second question,but don't take as much time as you took for the first one, OK ?

Second Question:

If you overtake the last person, then you are...?
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Answer: If you answered that you are second to last, then you are wrong again. Tell me, how can you overtake the LAST Person?

You're not very good at this, are you?

Third Question:

Very tricky arithmetic! Note: This must be done in your head only ..
Do NOT use paper and pencil or a calculator. Try it.

Take 1000 and add 40 to it.. Now add another 1000 . Now add 30 .Add another 1000 .. Now add 20 . Now add another 1000 Now add 10 . What is the total?

Answer:

Did you get 5000 ?

The correct answer is actually 4100.

If you don't believe it, check it with a calculator!
Today is definitely not your day, is it?
Maybe you'll get the last question right........Maybe.

Fourth Question:

Mary's father has five daughters: 1. Nana, 2. Nene, 3. Nini, 4. Nono. What is the ! name of the fifth daughter?

Answer:

Did you Answer Nunu?
NO! Of course it isn't.
Her name is Mary. Read the question again!

Okay, now the bonus round:

A mute person goes into a shop and wants to buy a toothbrush. By imitating the action of brushing his teeth he successfully expresses himself to the shopkeeper and the purchase is done.

Next, a blind man comes into the shop who wants to buy a pair of sunglasses; how does HE indicate what he wants?

He just has to open his mouth and ask....
It's really very simple..... Like you

Color Skill Test

Look at the words and say the COLOUR, not the word.

eg: for Blue you say “red” Easy, right? Wrong!!
Make sure you say every colour.
Trick your friends with this cool test.



Green Red Green

Red Purple Blue

Blue Red Orange

Purple Orange Green


Left – Right Conflict
Your Right Brain Tries To Say The Colour,
But Your Left Brain Insists On Reading The Word.

Puzzle

Krishna ate half of a pizza on Monday.

He ate half of what was left on Tuesday and so on.

He followed this pattern for one week.

How much of the pizza would Krishna have eaten during the week...?
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Answer:-

Krishna would have ate 127/128 (99.22%) of the pizza during the week.


Krishna ate half the pizza on Monday.

On Tuesday, he would have ate half of the

remaining pizza i.e. 1/4 of the original pizza.

Similarly, he would have ate 1/8 of

the original pizza on Wednesday and so on for the seven days.

Total pizza Krishna ate during the week is

= 1/2 + 1/4 + 1/8 + 1/16 + 1/32 + 1/64 + 1/128

= 127/128
= 99.22% of the original pizza

Solve this Puzzle

A man wanted to enter an exclusive club but did not know the password
that was required. He waited by the door and listened.

A club member knocked on the door and the doorman said, "twelve." The
member replied, "six " and was let in.

A second member came to the door and the doorman said, "six." The
member replied, "three" and was let in.

The man thought he had heard enough and walked up to the door. The
doorman said ,"ten" and the man replied, "five."

But he was not let in. What should have he said?

Comon guys, put on your thinking caps & get the solution......



Please put ur answer in the Comments and i ll let u know whether ur right or not through my reply.

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Proud Red Rose

One beautiful spring day a red rose blossomed in a forest. Many kinds of trees and plants grew there. As the rose looked around, a pine tree nearby said, "What a beautiful flower. I wish I was that lovely." Another tree said, "Dear pine, do not be sad, we can not have everything."

The rose turned its head and remarked, "It seems that I am the most beautiful plant in this forest."

A sunflower raised its yellow head and asked, "Why do you say that? In this forest there are many beautiful plants. You are just one of them." The red rose replied, "I see everyone looking at me and admiring me." Then the rose looked at a cactus and said, "Look at that ugly plant full of thorns!" The pine tree said, "Red rose, what kind of talk is this? Who can say what beauty is? You have thorns too."

The proud red rose looked angrily at the pine and said, "I thought you had good taste! You do not know what beauty is at all. You can not compare my thorns to that of the cactus."

"What a proud flower", thought the trees.
The rose tried to move its roots away from the cactus, but it could not move. As the days passed, the red rose would look at the cactus and say insulting things, like: This plant is useless? How sorry I am to be his neighbor."

The cactus never got upset and he even tried to advise the rose, saying, "God did not create any form of life without a purpose."



Spring passed, and the weather became very warm. Life became difficult in the forest, as the plants and animals needed water and no rain fell. The red rose began to wilt. One day the rose saw sparrows stick their beaks into the cactus and then fly away, refreshed. This was puzzling, and the red rose asked the pine tree what the birds were doing. The pine tree explained that the birds got water from the cactus. "Does it not hurt when they make holes?" asked the rose.
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"Yes, but the cactus does not like to see any birds suffer," replied the pine.
The rose opened its eyes in wonder and said, "The cactus has water?"

"Yes you can also drink from it. The sparrow can bring water to you if you ask the cactus for help."
The red rose felt too ashamed of its past words and behavior to ask for water from the cactus, but then it finally did ask the cactus for help. The cactus kindly agreed and the birds filled their beaks with water and watered the rose's roots.

Lesson to learn from the Story :Thus the rose and all of us learned a lesson and never judged anyone by their appearance again.

Never take some one for granted,Hold every person Close to your Heart because you might wake up one day and realise that you have lost a diamond while you were too busy collecting stones."Remember this always in life.

Make free calls on your Apple iPod Touch with Truphone app

The best media player on the market just has to be the Apple iPod Touch, it does everything that the iPhone can do except make calls. Well that is about to change with the recent launch of Truphone for iPod Touch, which is a free software that will allow you to make VoIP call.

When you make a call through the Truphone app, those calls are free, which is the best word that we love to hear at these current times. Once you have installed the software you will also need a microphone adaptor, Truphone will be launching their model very soon.

You are now ready to go, and can make free calls to other users of the Apple iPod Touch who use the Truphone Internet telephony service, as well as other users on Google Talk™ instant messaging service.

Here are some of the features:

Calling to landlines (PSTN) at low cost (simply set yourself up with a Truphone account)
Calling to MSN users (free)
Calling to Skype users (free)
Check and set facilities for Facebook (free)
Check and set facilities for Twitter (free)
Instant messaging to Skype and MSN (free)

For more Information about True Phone
Visit: www.truphone.com

Fun with MyIpod

Today i had lots of fun with my I-Pod ;)
I was able to connect my ipod to the Internet with the help of Wi-Fi connection. Wow that was a great experience i was able to access everything from the net. I have browsed so many sites,Gmail,orkut,myblog,images and so many ...

Actually it is bit difficult to find a insecure Wi-Fi network around us but once we find it then it is very easy to use it without their knowledge.Today luckily when I was in the SRNagar premises i was able to access Wi-Fi network(ITI).The server response was very fast which made my work pretty more comfortable.As soon as I put a request for a page I was able to get the response at the earliest .Watched so many videos in the youtube.one more good thing was I saw a few old video songs like Lava-Kushulu ,Malleshwari..




While Ranga(One of my good Friend) and i was watching the lavakusa video we had a small debate with each other. he was saying like one of the character(child artist) in the lavakusa was very glamourous SriDevi.i didnt accepted with him ..i know that it was not sridevi I remember like on the occassion of ramanavami i have watched the interview of the lava-kusa(Nagaraju- subrahmanyam) artist ofcourse they are now in old age but was sure that no female was involved in it and atlast i ll provide a something a strong evidence for my statement ;)
just have a look at this pic

What's more i have reviewed my own blog and it was good to see my own blog in my ipod touch it look so awesome.The bubbles in the background of my blog were shining it look gr8. I was even able to access itunes and App store.


I had good time with all of my friends. Had Fun .If you wanna know how to connect your ipod touch to a Wi-Fi Network check at my last post.

Connecting Ipod Touch to a WI-FI

iPod touch automatically locates wireless hotspots (Wi-Fi), including protected networks within a given nearby range. If it's a secure network--the networks are listed with a padlock icon--the touch will prompt you for a password. This will be one of the keys listed on your router's wireless configuration pages. Once connected, verify that everything's working by using Safari to surf the Web. You can use the Wi-Fi on the iPod touch to connect to the Internet using Safari web browser, YouTube, or iTunes Wi-Fi Music Store.
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How does the iPod Touch connect to the Wi-Fi
When you use the Safari, YouTube or the iTunes Wi-Fi Music Store, the iPod touch automatically does the following in order until it is connected:

If you had previosuly connected it automatically connects over the last Wi-Fi network you used.
If this is the first time you are connecting or if the previously used Wi-Fi networks are not available, the iPod touch will scan for Wi-Fi networks and show a list of networks in the range. Tap a network to join or connect to it. If the network shows a lock icon next to it then you need to provide a password to connect.
If the Wi-Fi network is configured not to broadcast or be displayed to the public an option to manually enter your Wi-Fi network name/SSID is shown. If necessary, enter the password to join.

When iPod touch is connected to a Wi-Fi network, the Wi-Fi icon in the status bar at the top of the screen shows connection strength. The more bars you see, the stronger the connection.

How to work with or change the Wi-Fi settings on the iPod Touch
To Turn Wi-Fi on or off
Choose Settings > Wi-Fi and turn Wi-Fi on or off.

Set iPod touch to ask if you want to join a new Wi-Fi network
When you are trying to access the Internet, by using Safari or YouTube for example, and you are not in range of a Wi-Fi network you have previously used, this option tells iPod touch to look for another network. iPod touch will display a list of all available Wi-Fi networks that you can choose from. Networks that require a password appear with a lock icon.

If "Ask to Join New Networks" is turned off, you must manually join a network to connect to the Internet when a previously used network is unavailable. Choose Wi-Fi and turn "Ask to Join Networks" on or off. If you turn "Ask to Join Networks" off, you must join networks manually.

Join a Wi-Fi network manually
Choose Wi-Fi, wait a moment as iPod touch detects networks in range, then choose a network. If necessary, enter a password and tap Join. Networks that require a password appear with a lock icon.

Make iPod touch forget a network
Choose Wi-Fi and tap the arrow next to a network you've joined before. Then tap "Forget this Network." When you do this the iPod Touch doesn't join the network automatically.

Connect to a closed Wi-Fi network or a network that isn't shown
Choose Wi-Fi, then tap Other and enter the network name. If the network requires a password, choose Security, tap the type of security the network uses, and enter the password. You must already know the network name, password, and security type to connect to a closed network.

Ringa Ringa Roses

The version of Ringa-Ringa Roses ryhme i knew since my childhood was:

Ringa Ringa Roses
Pocket full of Poses
“Husha Busha!”
We all fall down!

Recently i came accross a site which gave the US and UK versions of this ryhme:

US version:

Ring around the rosy
A pocketful of posies
“Ashes, Ashes”
We all fall down!

UK Version:

Ring-a-Ring o’Rosies
A Pocket full of Posies
“A-tishoo! A-tishoo!”
We all fall Down!

How not to take Things to Heart..Be Kool n njoy :)

Any interaction with another person, whether it is with your boss, a customer, your father or your friend has the opportunity to lead to hurt or irritation. Some people get hurt more easily than others. They can be particularly sensitive and take things to heart. Here are some tips to help you stop taking things personally so you can leave your interactions in a happier way.

Know why you are hurting.
Know why you are hurting and respond accordingly. Are you hurting because of something that has happened in your history? Are you adding your history to the present moment and therefore adding fuel to something small and making it appear bigger? For example, if your mother has looked at you in a certain way since childhood and she's looked at you in the same way today - do you react because of the way she looked today or the way she looked at you as a child? If it's the latter, try reacting as if this was the first time you'd ever seen the look!

Laugh and make light of it.
Laughter can be a wonderful cure and reliever. If you can keep light about a potential put-down then the put-down has no power. This doesn't mean that you leave yourself open to abuse. What it does mean is that you can more easily brush off potentially hurtful comments.



Tell someone else about what was said and turn it into a funny story.
Tell someone else what has happened and tell it in a way that makes it funny. Do a caricature - exaggerate what was said - think of a funny line back ... build it up until it's funny - this will help the hurt to dissipate.

Delay your response.
Many people retaliate very quickly before they've even had time to think through what has been said. It's a bit like someone throwing something at you. Would you just stand there and let it hurt you or would you duck? Delaying is like ducking. Pause before you respond.. Then you give yourself time to think of a good response and to check that you're not adding hurt to what was said.


Think of the other person as being "unskilled".
Think of the other person as being "unskilled" rather than being "intimidating", "bossy" or "aggressive". I'll often say to myself, "Well that was an unskilled way of saying things, I wonder what she meant?" This helps me keep calm and non-reactive, yet still available to help the person.

Separate out what is specific to you.
Sometimes people respond to a general complaint as if it is personally directed at them. Don't do this. Work out what is specifically about you and what is a general complaint that you happen to get because you were in the same place as the other person? When it's not specific to you, remind yourself of this, e.g. you might say to yourself, "This is about the company," or "He has obviously got a bad headache."

Monitor for sites of tension build up and let go before they develop.
Monitor for sites of tension build up and let go before they develop. Each of us will have physiological changes which occur early on in the process of becoming hurt. If you can catch your stomach tightening, your neck tightening or your hands grasping, early on, you have more chance of letting go and not hooking into the other person's comments or emotions. Someone in one of our workshops recently discovered she started clicking her nails as a sign that she was hooking in. What are your signs?

Keep breathing.
Keep breathing in and out. No, I'm not joking! Some people hear something unpleasant and catch their breath and then don't let go of it. You're more likely to take something personally if you aren't breathing!

Breathe deeply.
Breathe deeply so your breathing remains calm, regular and deep. Even in a meeting it's possible to put your hand on your midriff to give yourself a physical reminder to keep your breathing deep and regular. If your breathing speeds up and becomes shallow it could be a sign that you are getting hooked in.

Don't read criticism into something that's not intended as criticism.
Don't read in something that wasn't there. It's easy to try and "read between the lines" and imagine what someone meant or what they were implying and then to react as though your interpretation is true. It may not be. Someone, for example, may have crossed his arms to stop his shoulders aching not because he didn't like what you said! Someone may be whispering to someone else as you walk in the room and you may assume they are talking about you. In fact they may be talking about their latest sexual exploits with their new boyfriends.


By not getting hurt and looking after yourself, you increase your chances of staying healthy and having even more caring to give to others

Story By a Girl

When I was a little girl, my mom liked to make breakfast food for dinner every now and then. And I remember one night in particular when she had made breakfast after a long, hard day at work. On that evening so long ago, my mom placed a plate of eggs, sausage, and extremely burned toast in front of my dad. I remember waiting to see if anyone noticed! Yet all my dad did was reach for his toast, smile at my mom, and ask me how my day was at school. I don't remember what I told him that night, but I do remember watching him smear butter and jelly on that toast and eat every bite! When I got up from the table that evening, I remember hearing my mom apologize to my dad for burning the toast. And I'll never forget what he said. 'Baby, I love burned toast.'

Later that night, I went to kiss Daddy good night, and I asked him if he really liked his toast burned. He wrapped me in his arms and said, 'Debbie, your Momma put in a hard day at work today and she's real tired. And besides-a little burnt toast never hurt anyone! You know, life is full of imperfect things...and imperfect people. I'm not the best housekeeper or cook.'

What I've learned over the years is that learning to accept each other's faults - and choosing to celebrate each other's differences - is the one of the most important keys to creating a healthy, growing, and lasting relationship. Burnt toast should never be a deal breaker. We could extend this to any relationship in fact - as understanding is the base of any relationship, be it a husband-wife or parent-child or friendship!!"

Don't put the key to your happiness in someone else's pocket - but into your own.

A Story about a Blind Boy...Good One

A blind boy sat on the steps of a building with a hat by his feet. He held up a sign which said: 'I am blind, please help.' There were only a few coins in the hat.



A man was walking by. He took a few coins from his pocket and dropped them into the hat. He then took the sign, turned it around, and wrote some words. He put the sign back so that everyone who walked by would see the new words.

Soon the hat began to fill up. A lot more people were giving money to the blind boy. That afternoon the man who had changed the sign came to see how things were. The boy recognized his footsteps and asked, 'Were you the one who changed my sign this morning? What did you write?'



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The man said, 'I only wrote the truth. I said what you said but in a different way.'
What he had written was: 'Today is a beautiful day and I cannot see it.'

Do you think the first sign and the second sign were saying the same thing?

Of course both signs told people the boy was blind. But the first sign simply said the boy was blind. The second sign told people they were so lucky that they were not blind. Should we be surprised that the second sign was more effective?



Moral of the Story: Be thankful for what you have. Be creative. Be innovative. Think differently and positively.

Invite others towards good with wisdom. Live life with no excuse and love with no regrets. When life gives you a 100 reasons to cry, show life that you have 1000 reasons to smile. Face your past without regret. Handle your present with confidence. Prepare for the future without fear. Keep the faith and drop the fear.


Great men say, 'Life has to be an incessant process of repair and reconstruction, of discarding evil and developing goodness.... In the journey of life, if you want to travel without fear, you must have the ticket of a good conscience.'

The most beautiful thing is to see a person smiling...
And even more beautiful is, knowing that you are the reason behind it!!!

Cute Tiny Turtle

Life Begins....

Indian way of doing Business.. ;)

Three contractors are bidding to fix a broken fence at the White House in D.C. One from Bangladesh, another from India and the third, from China.

They go with a White House office to examine the fence.

The Bangladesh contractor takes out a tape measure and does some measuring, then works some figures with a pencil. "Well", he says, "I figure the job will run about $900. ($400 for materials, $400 for my team and $100 profit for me)".

The Chinese contractor also does some measuring and figuring, then says, "I can do this job for $700. ($300 for materials, $300 for
my team and $100 profit for me)".

The Indian contractor doesn't measure or figure, but leans over to the White House official and whispers, "$2,700."

The official, incredulous, says, "You didn't even measure like the other guys! How did you come up with such a high figure?"

The Indian contractor whispers back, "$1000 for me, $1000 for you, and we hire the guy from China to fix the fence."

"Done!" replies the government official.

Fun with blogs: Warren Buffet --A Walk Through his Life

Fun with blogs: Warren Buffet --A Walk Through his Life

Warren Buffet --A Walk Through his Life

"The HAPPIEST people donot necessarily have the BEST of all, they make BEST out of what they HAVE"

Smile--Pleasure in simple things

Go for someone who makes you smile
Because it takes only a smile to make a
Dark day seem bright. It takes only a
Minute to get a crush on someone,
An hour to like someone, and a day to love
Someone-but it takes a lifetime to forget someone.

Thought for the Day

Its a pretty awesome message and thatz really true my dear fndz!!!
So make an habbit of loving the people around you. Especially Care for them.Never Expect anything and you will be the most happiest Person.

Tounge Twisters

A Good Group of Tounge Twisters for the people who want to get rid of English-Accent difficulties and for them who like the tounge twisters.

A tongue-twister is a sequence of words that is difficult to pronounce quickly and correctly

1. Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.
   Did Peter Piper pick a peck of pickled peppers?
   If Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers,
   where's the peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked?



2. Betty Botter had some butter,
   "But," she said, "this butter's bitter.
   If I bake this bitter butter,
   it would make my batter bitter.
   But a bit of better butter--
   that would make my batter better."
   
   So she bought a bit of butter,
   better than her bitter butter,
   and she baked it in her batter,
   and the batter was not bitter.
   So 'twas better Betty Botter
   bought a bit of better butter.



3. She sells sea shells by the sea shore.
   The shells she sells are surely seashells.
   So if she sells shells on the seashore,
   I'm sure she sells seashore shells.



4. A Tudor who tooted a flute
   tried to tutor two tooters to toot.
   Said the two to their tutor,
   "Is it harder to toot
   or to tutor two tooters to toot?"



5. I am not the pheasant plucker,
   I'm the pheasant plucker's mate.
   I am only plucking pheasants
   'cause the pheasant plucker's running late.



6. 
   A flea and a fly flew up in a flue.
   Said the flea, "Let us fly!"
   Said the fly, "Let us flee!"
   So they flew through a flaw in the flue.
   



7. A bitter biting bittern
   Bit a better brother bittern,
   And the bitter better bittern
   Bit the bitter biter back.
   And the bitter bittern, bitten,
   By the better bitten bittern,
   Said "I'm a bitter biter bit, alack!"
   



8. Mr. See owned a saw.
   And Mr. Soar owned a seesaw.
   Now See's saw sawed Soar's seesaw
   Before Soar saw See,
   Which made Soar sore.
   Had Soar seen See's saw
   Before See sawed Soar's seesaw,
   See's saw would not have sawed
   Soar's seesaw.
   So See's saw sawed Soar's seesaw.
   But it was sad to see Soar so sore
   Just because See's saw sawed
   Soar's seesaw!
   



9. I cannot bear to see a bear
   Bear down upon a hare.
   When bare of hair he strips the hare,
   Right there I cry, "Forbear!"
   



10. I need not your needles, they're needless to me;
    For kneading of noodles, 'twere needless, you see;
    But did my neat knickers but need to be kneed,
    I then should have need of your needles indeed.
    



11. How much wood would a woodchuck chuck
    if a woodchuck could chuck wood?
    He would chuck, he would, as much as he could,
    and chuck as much wood as a woodchuck would
    if a woodchuck could chuck wood.



12. Ruby Rugby's brother bought and brought her
    back some rubber baby-buggy bumpers.
    



13. A tree toad loved a she-toad
    Who lived up in a tree.
    He was a two-toed tree toad
    But a three-toed toad was she.
    The two-toed tree toad tried to win
    The three-toed she-toad's heart,
    For the two-toed tree toad loved the ground
    That the three-toed tree toad trod.
    But the two-toed tree toad tried in vain.
    He couldn't please her whim.
    From her tree toad bower
    With her three-toed power
    The she-toad vetoed him.
    



14. Silly Sally swiftly shooed seven silly sheep.
    The seven silly sheep Silly Sally shooed
    shilly-shallied south.
    These sheep shouldn't sleep in a shack;
    sheep should sleep in a shed.
    



15. You've no need to light a night-light
    On a light night like tonight,
    For a night-light's light's a slight light,
    And tonight's a night that's light.
    When a night's light, like tonight's light,
    It is really not quite right
    To light night-lights with their slight lights
    On a light night like tonight.
    



16. If Stu chews shoes, should Stu
    choose the shoes he chews?



17. Of all the felt I ever felt,
    I never felt a piece of felt
    which felt as fine as that felt felt,
    when first I felt that felt hat's felt.
    



18. Swan swam over the sea,
    Swim, swan, swim!
    Swan swam back again
    Well swum, swan!
    



19. Sarah saw a shot-silk sash shop full of shot-silk sashes
    as the sunshine shone on the side of the shot-silk sash shop


20. Susan shineth shoes and socks;
    socks and shoes shines Susan.
    She ceased shining shoes and socks,
    for shoes and socks shock Susan.
    



21. When a twister a-twisting will twist him a twist,
    For the twisting of his twist, he three twines doth intwist;
    But if one of the twines of the twist do untwist,
    The twine that untwisteth untwisteth the twist.
    
    Untwirling the twine that untwisteth between,
    He twirls, with his twister, the two in a twine;
    Then twice having twisted the twines of the twine,
    He twitcheth the twice he had twined in twain.
    
    The twain that in twining before in the twine,
    As twines were intwisted he now doth untwine;
    Twist the twain inter-twisting a twine more between,
    He, twirling his twister, makes a twist of the twine.
    



22. If one doctor doctors another doctor, does the doctor
    who doctors the doctor doctor the doctor the way the
    doctor he is doctoring doctors? Or does he doctor
    the doctor the way the doctor who doctors doctors?
    



23. Two Truckee truckers truculently truckling
    to have truck to truck two trucks of truck.



24. Give me the gift of a grip top sock:
    a drip-drape, ship-shape, tip-top sock



25. Amidst the mists and coldest frosts,
    with stoutest wrists and loudest boasts,
    he thrusts his fist against the posts
    and still insists he sees the ghosts.
    



26. A lusty lady loved a lawyer
    and longed to lure him from his laboratory.
    



27. On mules we find two legs behind
    and two we find before.
    We stand behind before we find
    what those behind be for.
    



28. One-One was a racehorse.
    Two-Two was one, too.
    When One-One won one race,
    Two-Two won one, too.
    



29. Pick a partner and practice passing,
    for if you pass proficiently,
    perhaps you'll play professionally.
    



30. Once upon a barren moor
    There dwelt a bear, also a boar.
    The bear could not bear the boar.
    The boar thought the bear a bore.
    At last the bear could bear no more
    Of that boar that bored him on the moor,
    And so one morn he bored the boar--
    That boar will bore the bear no more.
    



31. If a Hottentot taught a Hottentot tot
    To talk ere the tot could totter,
    Ought the Hottenton tot
    Be taught to say aught, or naught,
    Or what ought to be taught her?
    If to hoot and to toot a Hottentot tot
    Be taught by her Hottentot tutor,
    Ought the tutor get hot
    If the Hottentot tot
    Hoot and toot at her Hottentot tutor?
    



32. Who washed Washington's white woolen underwear
    when Washington's washer woman went west?
    



33. Hi-Tech Traveling Tractor Trailor Truck Tracker



34. Ned Nott was shot
    and Sam Shott was not.
    So it is better to be Shott
    than Nott.
    Some say Nott
    was not shot.
    But Shott says
    he shot Nott.
    Either the shot Shott shot at Nott
    was not shot,
    or
    Nott was shot.
    If the shot Shott shot shot Nott,
    Nott was shot.
    But if the shot Shott shot shot Shott,
    then Shott was shot,
    not Nott.
    However,
    the shot Shott shot shot not Shott --
    but Nott.
    



35. There was a young fisher named Fischer
    Who fished for a fish in a fissure.
    The fish with a grin,
    Pulled the fisherman in;
    Now they're fishing the fissure for Fischer.
    



36. Pretty Kitty Creighton had a cotton batten cat.
    The cotton batten cat was bitten by a rat.
    The kitten that was bitten had a button for an eye,
    And biting off the button made the cotton batten fly.
    



37. Suddenly swerving, seven small swans
    Swam silently southward,
    Seeing six swift sailboats
    Sailing sedately seaward.



38. If you stick a stock of liquor in your locker,
    It's slick to stick a lock upon your stock,
    Or some stickler who is slicker
    Will stick you of your liquor
    If you fail to lock your liquor
    With a lock!



39. Theophiles Thistle, the successful thistle-sifter,
    in sifting a sieve full of un-sifted thistles,
    thrust three thousand thistles through the thick of his thumb.
    
    Now.....if Theophiles Thistle, the successful thistle-sifter,
    in sifting a sieve full of un-sifted thistles,
    thrust three thousand thistles through the thick of his thumb,
    see that thou, in sifting a sieve full of un-sifted thistles,
    thrust not three thousand thistles through the thick of thy thumb.
    
    Success to the successful thistle-sifter!
    

Seven Habits of Highly Effective People

The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People

In the book, Covey lays out 7 proven principles for success.


Number 1 – Be Proactive.

That’s almost self explanatory. It means you are taking the initiative. You are not living reactively, but are taking a proactive stance in your life.

Number 2 – Begin with the End in Mind.

The End is really your goal or your goals. Effectiveness is not just a matter of reaching a goal but rather of achieving the right goal. Imagine yourself sitting in the back of the room at your funeral, and what people could honestly say about you based on the way you are now. Do you like what you hear? Is that how you want to be remembered? If not, change it.




Number 3 – Do first things first.

This means to focus on your most important priorities, your top priorities. This doesn’t always mean urgent. The phone is ringing, and picking it up might seem urgent, but the caller is not always important. It could be a telemarketer. Focus on your top priorities.

Number 4 – Think Win Win.

In personal, business or other relationships, exercise “interpersonal leadership” to make both parties winners. Two wins make everyone better off; two losses hurts everyone. A win/lose relationship creates a victor and leaves someone injured. Think Win Win.



Number 5 - “Seek First to Understand, Then to Be Understood”

Communication is a two-way street. To develop win/win relationships, find out what the other parties want, and what winning means to them. Try to put yourself in the other person’s shoes.

Number 6 - “Synergize”

Cooperation multiplies the power of one. In fact, “creative cooperation” may yield a force greater than the sum of the parts.
The buzzword to describe this kind of relationship is “synergy,” which means bringing together a whole that is greater than the sum of the parts.



Number 7 - “Sharpen the Saw”

There’s an old story about a man sawing a log. The work is going slowly and the man is exhausted. The more he saws, the less he cuts. A passerby watches for a while and suggests that the man take a break to sharpen the saw. But the man says he can’t stop to sharpen the saw because he is too busy sawing! A dull saw makes the work tiresome, tedious and unproductive.

Highly effective people take the time they need to sharpen their tools, which are, in fact, their bodies, souls, mind and hearts. It’s time for “self-renewal.”