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Can you hear a pin drop?
What is the meaning of pin drop silence?
Following are some instances when silence could speak louder than voice.
Take 1:
Field Marshal Sam Bahadur Maneckshaw once started addressing a public meeting at Ahmedabad in English. The crowd started chanting, “Speak in Gujarati. We will hear you only if you speak in Gujarati.” Field Marshal Sam Bahadur Maneckshaw stopped. Swept the audience with a hard stare and replied, “Friends, I have fought many a battle in my long career. I have learned Punjabi from men of the Sikh Regiment; Marathi from the Maratha Regiment; Tamil from the men of the Madras Sappers; Bengali from the men of the Bengal Sappers, Hindi from the Bihar Regiment; and even Nepali from the Gurkha Regiment. Unfortunately there was no soldier from Gujarat from whom I could have learned Gujarati.”………….
You could have heard a pin drop
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Take 2:
JFK’S Secretary of State, Dean Rusk, was in France in the early 60’s when Charles DeGaule, the French President, decided to pull out of NATO.
DeGaule said he wanted all US military out of France as soon as possible.
Rusk responded, “does that include the 180,000 who are buried here ?”
DeGaule could not respond.
You could have heard a pin drop -———————————————————————
Take 3:
Robert Whiting, an elderly US gentleman of 83, arrived in Paris by plane.
At French Customs, he took a few minutes to locate his passport in his carry on.
“You have been to France before, Monsieur ?” , the Customs officer asked sarcastically.
Mr. Whiting admitted that he had been to France previously.
“Then you should know enough to have your passport ready.”
The American said, “The last time I was here, I didn’t have to show it."
“Impossible. Americans always have to show their passports on arrival in France !” , the Customs officer sneered.
The American senior gave the Frenchman a long, hard look.
Then he quietly explained …
“Well, when I came ashore at Omaha Beach, at 4:40am, on D-Day in 1944, to help liberate your country, I couldn’t find a single Frenchman to show a passport to…. "
………….
You could have heard a pin drop
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Soon after getting freedom from British rule in 1947, the de-facto prime minister of India, Jawahar Lal Nehru called a meeting of senior Army Officers to select the first General of the Indian army.
Nehru proposed, “I think we should appoint a British officer as a General of The Indian Army, as we don’t have enough experience to lead the same.”
Having learned under the British, only to serve and rarely to lead, all the civilians and men in uniform present nodded their heads in agreement.
However one senior officer, Nathu Singh Rathore, asked for permission to speak. Nehru was a bit taken aback by the independent streak of the officer, though, he asked him to speak freely.
Rathore said, “You see, sir, we don’t have enough experience to lead a nation too, so shouldn’t we appoint a British person as the first Prime Minister of India?”
You could hear a pin drop.
After a pregnant pause, Nehru asked Rathore, “Are you ready to be the first General of The Indian Army?”…….. Rathore declined the offer saying “Sir, we have a very talented army officer, my senior, Lt. Gen. Cariappa, who is the most deserving among us.”
This is how the brilliant Gen. Cariappa became the first General and Rathore the first ever Lt. General of the Indian Army.
(Many thanks to Lt. Gen Niranjan Malik PVSM (Retd) for this article.)
One fine day, a bus driver went to the bus garage, started his bus, and drove off along the route. No problems for the first few stops-a few people got on, a few got off, and things went generally well. At the next stop, however, a big hulk of a guy got on. Six feet eight, built like a wrestler, arms hanging down to the ground. He glared at the driver and said, “Big John doesn’t need to pay!” and sat down at the back.
Did I mention that the driver was five feet three, thin, and basically meek? Well, he was. Naturally, he didn’t argue with Big John, but he wasn’t happy about it. The next day the same thing happened-Big John got on again, made a show of refusing to pay, and sat down. And the next day, and the one after that and so forth.
This grated on the bus driver, who started losing sleep over the way Big John was taking advantage of him. Finally he could stand it no longer. He signed up for body building courses, karate, judo, and all that good stuff.
By the end of the summer, he had become quite strong; what’s more, he felt really good about himself. So on the next Monday, when Big John once Again got on the bus and said, “Big John doesn’t pay!,” The driver stood up, glared back at the passenger, and screamed, “And why not?” With a surprised look on his face, Big John replied, “Big John has a bus pass.”
Lesson:" Be sure! What is a problem in the first place before working hard to solve one?" Quite often in life we over-evaluate the problems and start working on huge solutions spending time, money, efforts, energy and focus, whereas, in actual, problems eventually are not that much big!
Barood sir as usual Great share.
@soccergiants wrote:
Barood sir as usual Great share.
!!! शिक्षाप्रद कहानी !!!
रात में एक चोर घर में घुसता है। कमरे का दरवाजा खोला तो मुसहरी पर एक बूढ़ी औरत सो रही थी। खटपट से उसकी आंख खुल गई। चोर ने घबरा कर देखा तो वह लेटे लेटे बोली ‘’ बेटा, तुम देखने से किसी अच्छे घर के लगते हो, लगता है किसी परेशानी से मजबूर होकर इस रास्ते पर लग गए हो। चलो कोई बात नहीं। अलमारी के तीसरे बक्से में एक तिजोरी है ।
इसमें का सारा माल तुम चुपचाप वह ले जाना। मगर पहले मेरे पास आकर बैठो, मैंने अभी-अभी एक ख्वाब देखा है । वह सुनकर जरा मुझे इसकी ताबीर तो बता दो।
’’ चोर उस बूढ़ी औरत की रहमदिली से बड़ा मुतास्सिर हुआ और चुपचाप उसके पास जाकर बैठ गया। बुढ़िया ने अपना सपना सुनाना शुरु किया ‘’ बेटा मैंने देखा कि मैं एक रेगिस्तान में खो गइ हूँ। ऐसे में एक चील मेरे पास आई और उसने 3 बार जोर जोर से बोला
माजिद। । माजिद। । माजिद !!!
बस फिर ख्वाब खत्म हो गया और मेरी आंख खुल गई। जरा बताओ तो इसकी क्या ताबीर हुई? ’’
चोर सोच में पड़ गया। इतने में बराबर वाले कमरे से बुढ़िया का नोजवान बेटा माजिद अपना नाम ज़ोर ज़ोर से सुनकर उठ गया और अंदर आकर चोर की जमकर कुत्ता बना के मार लगाई। बुढ़िया बोली ’’बस करो अब यह अपने किए की सजा भुगत चुका।
‘’ चोर बोला; नहीं नहीं मुझे और मारो ताकि मुझे आगे याद रहे कि मैं चोर हूँ सपनों की ताबीर बताने वाला नहीं। ’’
😕😕😕😕😕😕
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A LITTLE BRITISH HUMOUR
The train was quite crowded, so a U. S. Marine walked the entire length looking for a seat, but the only seat left was taken by a well dressed, middle-aged, French woman’s poodle…
The war-weary Marine asked, ’Ma’am, may I have that seat?’
The French woman just sniffed and said to no one in particular ‘Americans are so rude. My little Fifi is using that seat.’
The Marine walked the entire train again, but the only seat left was under that dog. ‘Please, ma’am. May I sit down? I’m very tired.
She snorted, ‘Not only are you Americans rude, you are also arrogant!’
This time the Marine didn’t say a word; he just picked up the little dog, threw it out of the train window, and sat down.
The woman shrieked, ’Someone must defend my honour! This American should be put in his place
An English gentleman sitting nearby spoke up, ’Sir, you Americans often seem to have a penchant for doing the wrong things. You live on the wrong side of the Ocean. You hold the fork in the wrong hand. You drive youur cars on the wrong side of the road. And now, sir, you seem to have thrown the wrong bitch out of the window!
“एक खूबसूरत कहानी”
भाग्य से ज्यादा और समय से पहले….
न किसी को मिला है…
और न मिलेगा……
🌳
एक सेठ जी थे…
जिनके पास काफी दौलत थी और सेठ जी ने उस धन से निर्धनों की सहायता की..
अनाथ आश्रम एवं धर्मशाला आदि बनवाये…
इस दानशीलता के कारण सेठ जी की नगर में काफी ख्याति थी…
सेठ जी ने अपनी बेटी की शादी एक बड़े घर में की थी…
परन्तु बेटी के भाग्य में सुख न होने के कारण उसका पति जुआरी, शराबी, सट्टेबाज निकल गया…
जिससे सब धन समाप्त हो गया..
बेटी की यह हालत देखकर सेठानी जी रोज सेठ जी से कहती…
कि आप दुनिया की मदद करते हो…
मगर अपनी बेटी परेशानी में
होते हुए उसकी मदद क्यों नहीं करते हो…
सेठ जी कहते कि भाग्यवान…
जब तक बेटी-दामाद का भाग्य उदय नहीं होगा तब तक मैं उनकी कीतनी भी मदद करूं तो भी कोई फायदा नहीं…
जब उनका भाग्य उदय होगा तो अपने आप सब मदद करने को तैयार हो जायेंगे…
परन्तु मां तो मां होती है…
बेटी परेशानी में हो तो मां को कैसे चैन आयेगा…
इसी सोच-विचार में सेठानी रहती थी…
कि किस तरह बेटी की आर्थिक मदद करूं…
एक दिन सेठ जी घर से बाहर गये थे कि…
तभी उनका दामाद घर आ गया..
सास ने दामाद का आदर-सत्कार किया…
और बेटी की मदद करने का विचार उसके मन में आया कि क्यों न मोतीचूर के लड्डूओं में अर्शफिया रख दी जाये…
जिससे बेटी की मदद भी हो जायेगी…
और दामाद को पता भी नही चलेगा…
यह सोचकर सास ने लड्डूओ के बीच में अर्शफिया दबा कर रख दी…
और दामाद को टीका लगा कर विदा करते समय पांच किलों शुद्ध देशी घी के लड्डू जिनमे अर्शफिया थी…
वह दामाद को दिये…
दामाद लड्डू लेकर घर से चला..
दामाद ने सोचा कि इतना वजन कौन लेकर जाये क्यों न यहीं मिठाई की दुकान पर बेच दिये जायें..
और दामाद ने वह लड्डुयों का पैकेट मिठाई वाले को बेच दिया..
और पैसे जेब में डालकर चला गया…
उधर सेठ जी बाहर से आये तो उन्होंने सोचा घर के लिये मिठाई की दुकान से मोतीचूर के लड्डू लेता चलू …
और सेठ जी ने दुकानदार से लड्डू मांगे …
मिठाई वाले ने वही लड्डू का पैकेट सेठ जी को वापिस बेच दिया…
जो उनके दामाद को उसकी सास ने दिया थे…
सेठ जी लड्डू लेकर घर आये.. सेठानी ने जब लड्डूओ का वही पैकेट देखा..
तो सेठानी ने लड्डू फोडकर देखे अर्शफिया देख कर अपना माथा पीट लिया…
सेठानी ने सेठ जी को दामाद के आने से लेकर जाने तक और लड्डुओं में अर्शफिया छिपाने की बात सेठ जी से कह डाली…
सेठ जी बोले कि भाग्यवान मैंनें पहले ही समझाया था…
कि अभी उनका भाग्य नहीं जागा…
देखा मोहरें ना तो दामाद के भाग्य में थी…
और न ही मिठाई वाले के भाग्य में…
इसलिये कहते हैं कि भाग्य से
ज्यादा…
और…
समय..
से पहले न किसी को कुछ मिला है और न मिलेगा
Pintu:- दादी नीन्द नहि आ रहि, TV देख लुं…?
daadi:- मुझसे बात कर ले
pintu:- दादी क्या हम हमेशा 6 हि रहेगें..? आप,
मम्मी, पापा, दीदी, मै और बिल्ली
daadi:- नही बेटा आपके लिए कल doggy भी आ
रहा है तो 7 हो जाएगें
pintu:- पर doggy
तो बिल्ली को खा जाएगा तो फिर 6
हो जाऐंगे
daadi:-
नहि बेटा आपकी शादी हो जाएगी तो 7
हो जाऐंगे
pintu:- फिर बहन चली जाएगी शादी करके
तो फिर 6 हो जाएंगें
daadi:- बेटा फिर
आपका बेटा हो जाएगा तो फिर 7 हो जाएगें
pintu:- तब तक आप मर जाओगी तो हम फिर 6
हो जाएगें
daadi:- कुत्ते ….. जा TV देख ले
@DAN wrote:
True also check out this list and reasoning
He has made many more historical blunders to fleece audience
http://m.ndtv.com/opinion/op-ed-how-damaging-ar...
THE PREGNANT DEER – such a beautiful story !
In a forest, a pregnant deer is about to give birth.
She finds a remote grass field near a strong-flowing river.
This seems a safe place.
Suddenly labour pains begin.
At the same moment, dark clouds gather around above & lightning starts a forest fire.
She looks to her left & sees a hunter with his bow extended pointing at her.
To her right, she spots a hungry lion approaching her.
What can the pregnant deer do?
She is in labour!
What will happen?
Will the deer survive?
Will she give birth to a fawn?
Will the fawn survive?
Or will everything be burnt by the forest fire?
Will she perish to the hunters’ arrow?
Will she die a horrible death at the hands of the hungry lion approaching her?
She is constrained by the fire on the one side & the flowing river on the other & boxed in by her natural predators.
What does she do?
She focuses on giving birth to a new life.
The sequence of events that follows are:
- Lightning strikes & blinds the hunter.
- He releases the arrow which zips past the deer & strikes the hungry lion.
- It starts to rain heavily, & the forest fire is slowly doused by the rain.
- The deer gives birth to a healthy fawn.
In our life too, there are moments of choice when we are confronted on αll sides with negative thoughts and possibilities.
Some thoughts are so powerful that they overcome us & overwhelm us.
Maybe we can learn from the deer.
The priority of the deer, in that given moment, was simply to give birth to a baby.
The rest was not in her hands & any action or reaction that changed her focus would have likely resulted in death or disaster.
Ask yourself,
Where is your focus?
Where is your faith and hope?
In the midst of any storm, do keep it on God always.
He will never ever dissapoint you. NEVER.
Remember, GOD neither slumbers nor sleeps…
Take a look around.
Ten best Indian Army quotes: Must read. Really felt proud just by reading them.
“Either I will come back after hoisting the tricolor, or I will come back wrapped in it, but I will be back for sure.” – Capt. Vikram Batra, PVC
“What is a lifetime adventure for you is a daily routine for us.” – Ladakh Leh highway sign board
“If death strikes, before I prove my blood, I swear I’ll kill death.” – Capt. Manoj Kumar Pandey PVC 1/11 Gorkha Rifles
“Our flag does not fly because the wind moves it, it flies with the last breath of each soldier who died protecting it.”
“To find us, you must be good, to catch us you must be fast, but to beat us…………you must be kidding.”
“May God have mercy on our enemies, because we won’t.”
“We live by chance, we love by choice, we kill by profession.” – Officers Training Academy, Chennai
“If a man says he’s not afraid of dying, he’s either lying, or he’s a Gorkha.” – Field Marshal Sam Manekshaw
“It is God’s duty to forgive the enemies, but it’s our duty to convene a meeting between the two.”
“I regret I have but one life to give for my country.” – Prem Ramchandani
DAN wrote:
Clearly FAKE RSS Propaganda !
Barood follows RSS pages and whatsapp groups, The history will obviously be all wrong, (e.g. Modi;’s history)Good that you pointed.
u always find something re
THIS IS WHAT MANAGEMENT OF SHOCK.
A public school was occurring an unusual situation: 12 years of girls who wore lipstick every day kissing the mirror to remove excess lipstick.
The director walked rather dull, because the caretaker had a big job to clean the mirror at the end of the day. But as always, the next afternoon, there were the same lipstick marks …
One day the director joined the gang of girls in the bathroom and patiently explained it was too complicated to clean the mirror with all those brands that they did. He gave a lecture one hour.
The next day the lipstick marks on the bathroom reappeared …
The other day, the director joined the gang of girls and the caretaker in the bathroom and asked the janitor to demonstrate the difficulty of the work. The caretaker immediately took a cloth, dipped it in the toilet and passed the mirror.
Never appeared brands in the mirror!
Moral of the story: There are teachers and educators there …
Communication is always a challenge!
Sometimes we need to use different methods to achieve certain results.
Why?
• For the goodness that never rebukes is not kindness: is passivity.
• Because the patience that never runs out is not patient: is subservience.
• Because the serenity that never melts is not serenity: it’s indifference.
• Because the tolerance that never replica is not tolerance: is imbecility.
“The knowledge we learn from the masters and books.
Wisdom is learned is with life and with the lowly. "
A son took his old father to a restaurant for an evening dinner.
Father being very old and weak, while eating, dropped food on his shirt and trousers.
Others diners watched him in disgust while his son was calm.
After he finished eating, his son who was not at all embarrassed, quietly took him to the wash room, wiped the food particles, removed the stains, combed his hair and fitted his spectacles firmly. When they came out, the entire restaurant was watching them in dead silence, not able to grasp how someone could embarrass themselves publicly like that.
The son settled the bill and started walking out with his father.
At that time, an old man amongst the diners
called out to the son and asked him, “Don’t you think you have left something behind?”.
The son replied, “No sir, I haven’t”.
The old man retorted, “Yes, you have! You left a lesson for every son and hope for every father”.
The restaurant went silent.
When my brother was born in 1985, my mother purchased two identical teddy bears. The one on the left has been my brother’s for 30 years, the one on the right has been kept in storage for my brother’s first child who was born today.
https://i.imgur.com/gallery/r...4A
My buddy dropped his burrito after a long night of drinking. This is what defeat looks like
_Undoubtedly, Britain’s world-renowned Scotland Yard have earned their reputation; but besides their steel-nerve visages and unflappable demeanour they are also possessed of that typical humour that the Brits are so famous for.
Enjoy this repartee by an ‘ordinary Bobby’ … J_
A Policeman Testifies in Court
A policeman was being cross-examined by a Defense attorney who was trying to undermine the policeman’s credibility …
Lawyer:“Officer – did you see my client fleeing the scene …?”
Policeman: “No sir. But I subsequently observed a person matching the description of the offender, running several blocks away”.
Lawyer:“Officer – and, just who provided this description …?”
Policeman: “The officer who responded to the scene”.
Lawyer: “A fellow officer provided the description of this so-called offender. Do you trust your fellow officers …?”
Policeman:“Yes, sir. With my life …!!”
Lawyer:“With your life, is it …? Let me ask you this then officer. Do you have a room where you change your clothes in preparation for your daily duties?”
Policeman: “Yes sir, we do!”
Lawyer: “And do you have a locker in that room …?”
Policeman: “Yes sir, I do”.
Lawyer:“And, do you have a lock on your locker?”
Policeman: “Yes sir”.
Lawyer: “Now why is it, Officer, that if you trust your fellow officers with your life, you find it necessary to lock your locker in a room you share with these same officers …?!”
Policeman: “You see, sir … we share the building with the court complex, and sometimes lawyers have been known to walk through that room …”
The courtroom erupted in laughter, and an immediate recess had to be called by the Judge.
The Policeman has been nominated for this year’s “Best Comeback” Line … J.
Cheers !!!
Here are the Stellas for this year:
- SEVENTH PLACE *
Kathleen Robertson of Austin, Texas was awarded $80,000 by a jury of her peers after breaking her ankle tripping over a toddler who was running inside a furniture store. The store owners were understandably surprised by the verdict, considering the running toddler was her own son.
- SIXTH PLACE *
Carl Truman, 19, of Los Angeles , California won $74,000 plus medical expenses when his neighbor ran over his hand with a Honda Accord. Truman apparently didn’t notice there was someone at the wheel of the
car when he was trying to steal his neighbor’s hubcaps.
- FIFTH PLACE *
Terrence Dickson, of Bristol , Pennsylvania , who was leaving a house he had just burglarized by way of the garage. Unfortunately for Dickson, the automatic garage door opener malfunctioned and he could not get the garage door to open. Worse, he couldn’t re-enter the house because the door connecting the garage to the house locked when Dickson pulled it shut. Forced to sit for eight, count ‘em, EIGHT days and survive on a case of Pepsi and a large bag of dry dog food, he sued the homeowner’s insurance company claiming undue mental Anguish. Amazingly, the jury said the insurance company must pay Dickson $500,000 for his anguish. We should all have this kind of anguish.
- FOURTH PLACE *
Jerry Williams, of Little Rock, Arkansas, garnered 4th Place in the Stella’s when he was awarded $14,500 plus medical expenses after being bitten on the butt by his next door neighbor’s beagle – even though the beagle was on a chain in its owner’s fenced yard. Williams did not get as much as he asked for because the jury believed the beagle might have been provoked at the time of the butt bite because Williams had climbed over the fence into the yard and repeatedly shot the dog with a pellet gun.
- THIRD PLACE *
Amber Carson of Lancaster, Pennsylvania because a jury ordered a Philadelphia restaurant to pay her $113,500 after she slipped on a spilled soft drink and broke her tailbone. The reason the soft drink was on the floor: Ms. Carson had thrown it at her boyfriend 30 seconds earlier during an argument. Only two more so ease up on the scratching…
SECOND PLACE
Kara Walton, of Claymont, Delaware sued the owner of a night club in a nearby city because she fell from the bathroom window to the floor, knocking out her two front teeth. Even though Ms. Walton was trying to sneak through the ladies room window to avoid paying the $3.50 cover charge, the jury said the night club had to pay her $12,000….oh, yeah, plus dental expenses. Go figure.
Ok. Here we go!!
- FIRST PLACE *
This year’s runaway First Place Stella Award winner was: Mrs. Merv Grazinski, of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, who purchased a new 32-foot Winnebago motor home. On her first trip home, from an OU football game, having driven on to the freeway, she set the cruise control at
70 mph and calmly left the driver’s seat to go to the back of the Winnebago to make herself a sandwich. Not surprisingly, the motor home left the freeway, crashed and overturned. Also not surprisingly, Mrs. Grazinski sued Winnebago for not putting in the owner’s manual that she couldn’t actually leave the driver’s seat while the cruise control was set. The Oklahoma jury awarded her, are you sitting down?$1,750,000
PLUS a new motor home. Winnebago actually changed their manuals as a result of this suit, just in case Mrs. Grazinski has any relatives who might also buy a
motor home
“WHERE is my SUNDAY paper?!”
The irate customer calling the newspaper office, loudly demanded to know where her Sunday edition was.
“Madam”, said the newspaper employee, “today is Saturday. The Sunday paper is not delivered until tomorrow, on SUNDAY”.
There was quite a long pause on the other end of the phone, followed by a ray of recognition as she was heard to mutter, ..
“Well, shit, that explains why no one was at church either.
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He has made many more historical blunders to fleece audience
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