A Difficult Judgement

In a small town in India, a person decided to open up his bar shop, which
was right opposite a temple.

The temple & its congregation started a campaign to block the bar
from opening with petitions, and prayed daily against his business.
Meanwhile work progressed. However, when it was almost complete and about to
open a few days later, a strong lightning struck the bar and it was burnt to
the ground.

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*The temple folks were rather smug in their outlook after that, till the bar
owner sued the temple authorities on the grounds that the temple
through its congregation & prayers was ultimately responsible for the demise
of his bar shop, either through their direct or indirect actions or means.

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*In its reply to the court, the temple vehemently denied all responsibility
or any connection that their prayers were reasons for the bar shop's demise.

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*As the case made its way into court, the judge looked over the paperwork at
the hearing and commented: I don't know how I'm going to decide this case,
but it appears from the paperwork,*
* 'we have a bar owner who believes in the power of prayer and we have an
entire temple and its devotees that don't.'

Story of a Mouse Trap

A mouse looked through the crack in the wall to see the farmer and his wife open a package.

What food might this contain?

The mouse wondered - - - he was devastated to discover it was a mousetrap.

Retreating to the farmyard, the mouse proclaimed the warning:

There is a mousetrap in the house!
There is a mousetrap in the house!

The chicken clucked and scratched, raised her head and said, 'Mr.Mouse, I can tell this is a grave concern to you, but it is of no consequence to me. I cannot be bothered by it.'

The mouse turned to the pig and told him, 'There is a mousetrap in the house! There is a mousetrap in the house!'

The pig sympathized, but said, I am so very sorry, Mr.Mouse, but there is nothing I can do about it but pray. Be assured you are in my prayers.'

The mouse turned to the cow and said, 'There is a mousetrap in the house! There is a mousetrap in the house!'

The cow said, 'Wow, Mr. Mouse. I'm sorry for you, but it's no skin off my nose.'

So, the mouse returned to the house, head down and dejected, to face the farmer's mousetrap . . . alone.

That very night a sound was heard throughout the house -- like the sound of a mousetrap catching its prey.

The farmer's wife rushed to see what was caught. In the darkness, she did not see it was a venomous snake whose tail the trap had caught.

The snake bit the farmer's wife.

The farmer rushed her to the hospital, and she returned home with a fever.

Everyone knows you treat a fever with fresh chicken soup, so the farmer took his hatchet to the farmyard for the soup's main ingredient.

But his wife's sickness continued, so friends and neighbors came to sit with her around the clock.

To feed them, the farmer butchered the pig.

The farmer's wife did not get well; she died.

So many people came for her funeral, the farmer had the cow slaughtered to provide enough meat for all of them.

The mouse looked upon it all from his crack in the wall with great sadness.

So, the next time you hear someone is facing a problem and think it doesn't concern you,

Remember ---- when one of us is threatened, we are all at risk.

We are all involved in this journey called life.

We must keep an eye out for one another and make an extra effort to encourage one another.

Interview - Are you good at logic?

Ashok, a fresh computer graduate from a world-class University, goes for an
interview in a software company.

The interviewer is Sunder, a grubby old man. And the first question he asks
Ashok is, `Are you good at logic?'

`Of course,' replies Ashok.

`Let me test you,' replies Sunder. `Two men come down a chimney. One comes
with a clean face and the other comes out with a dirty face. Which one would
wash his face?'

Ashok stares at Sunder. `Is that a test in Logic?' Sunder nods.

`The one with the dirty face washes his face', Ashok answers wearily.

`Wrong. The one with the clean face washes his face. Examine the simple
logic. The one with the dirty face looks at the one with the clean face and
thinks his face is clean. The one with the clean face looks at the one with the
dirty face and thinks his face is dirty. So, the one with the clean face washes
his face.'

`Hmm. I never thought of that," says Ashok. `Give me another test.'

Sunder holds up two fingers, `Two men come down a chimney. One comes out with
a clean face and the other comes out with a dirty face. Which one washes his
face?'

`We have already established that. The one with the clean face washes his
face.'

`Wrong. Each one washes one's face. Examine the simple logic. The one with
the dirty face looks at the one with the clean face and thinks his face is
clean. The one with the clean face looks at the one with the dirty face and
thinks his face is dirty. So, the one with the clean face washes his face.
When the one with the dirty face sees the one with the clean face washing his
face, he also washes his face. So each one washes one's face.'

`I didn't think of that!' says Ashok. `It's shocking to me that I could make an
error in logic. Test me again!'

Sunder holds up two fingers, `Two men come down a chimney. One comes out with a
clean face and the other comes out with a dirty face. Which one washes his
face?'

`Each one washes his face.'

`Wrong. Neither one washes his face. Examine the simple logic. The one with
the dirty face looks at the one with the clean face and thinks his face is
clean. The one with the clean face looks at the one with the dirty face and
thinks his face is dirty. But when the one with clean face sees that the one
with the dirty face doesn't wash his face, he also doesn't wash his face. So
neither one washes his face.'

Ashok is desperate. `I am qualified for this job. Please give me one more
test!'

He groans when Sunder lifts his two fingers, `Two men come down a chimney. One
comes out with a clean face and the other comes out with a dirty face. Which
one washes his face?'

`Neither one washes his face', Ashok replies, `I have learnt this logic.'

`Wrong, again. Do you now see, Ashok, why programming knowledge is
insufficient for this job? Tell me, how is it possible for two men to come down
the same chimney, and for one to come out with a clean face and the
other with a
dirty face? Don't you see the flaw in the premise?'"

Khidki ke baahar ki bheed ab samajh aa gayi.

Khidki ke baahar ki bheed ab samajh aa gayi.
Kuch kandha dene aaye hain, kuch lendaar hain.