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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.)
English Vinglish
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Can any one tell the difference between ‘Complete’ and ‘Finished’?
No dictionary has ever been able to define the difference between ‘Complete’ and ‘Finished.’
However, in a linguistic competition, held in London, England, Santa Singh, from our Punjab, India, was the clever winner.
His final challenge was to explain the difference between ‘Complete’ and ‘Finished.’ The Sardar was asked to explain the difference in a way that is easy to understand.
His response was: When you marry the right woman, you are ‘Complete.’ If you marry the wrong woman, you are ‘Finished.’ And, when the right woman catches you with the wrong woman, you are ‘Completely Finished.’
His answer received a five minute standing ovation from the gathering….
👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
😄😄😄😃😃😃😃😃
“You won’t believe whose hand this is!”
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@thelion wrote:@sbdtrial wrote:
The story about Nehru & Field Marshal Cariappa is obviously false because the first 2 chiefs of the Indian Army were English
You can check here or anywhere else you like to confirm this
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chief_of_the_Army_...
And if the story was about selecting the first Indian COAS then it would obviously be an Indian and not an Englishman
The other stories are nice, though. Thank you B@R_0_0_D
Direct Indian army link
http://indianarmy.nic.in/Site/FormTemplete/frmT...==
Edit: seems that the direct link is not working. Go to home page then check COAS.
propoganda at best 
Lawyers Don’t Lie.
A Lawyer Had A Wife And 12 Children And Needed to move
as his Rental Agreement Was Coming To An End For
The Home Where He Lived But Was Having Difficulty
In Finding A New Home.
When he said he had 12 children, no one would Rent A Home
To Him because they knew that the Children Would Destroy The Home.
He could not say that he had no children, He Could Not Lie,
After all, Lawyers Cannot And Do Not Lie.
So, he had an idea : he sent his wife for a walk
to the cemetery with 11 children.
He took the remaining one with him to see homes
with the Real Estate Agent.
He liked one of the homes and the agent asked :
"How Many Children Do You Have ?
He answered : "12 children.
The agent asked – " And where are they now "
The Lawyer answered, with a sad look,
“They are in the Cemetery with their Mother.
And that’s the way he was able to Rent A Home
For His Family Without Lying.
- MORAL :
It is not Necessary To Lie,
One Only Has To Choose The Right Words.
Lawyers Don’t Lie …They Are great*
what a training ?
@B@R_0_0_D wrote:
what a training ?
Amazing one!! saw some thing like this of Dolphin too on Utube..thanks!
When Swami Vivekanand was studying law at the University College, London, a white professor, whose last name was Peters,
disliked him intensely.
One day, Mr. Peters was having lunch at the dining room when came along with his tray and sat next to the professor.
The professor said, “Mr Vivekanand , you do not understand. A pig and a bird do not sit together to eat.”
Vivekanandji looked at him as a parent would a rude child and calmly replied, “You do not worry professor. I’ll fly away,” and he went and sat at another table.
Mr. Peters, reddened with rage, decided to take revenge.
The next day in Class he posed the following question: “Mr.Vivekanand , if you were walking down the street and found a package, and within was a bag of wisdom and another bag with money, which one would you take ?”
Without hesitating, Vivekanandji responded, “The one with the money, of course.”
Mr. Peters , smiling sarcastically said, “I, in your place, would have taken the wisdom.”
Swami Vivekanand shrugged and responded, “Each one takes what he doesn’t have.”
Mr. Peters, by this time was fit to be tied. So great was his anger that he wrote on Swami Vivekanand’s exam sheet the word “idiot” and gave it to Swami Vivekanand.
Vivekanandji took the exam sheet and sat down at his desk trying very hard to remain calm while he contemplated his next move.
A few minutes later, Swami Vivekanand got up, went to the professor and told him in a dignified polite tone, “Mr. Peters, you signed the sheet, but you did not give me the grade.”
😅😃. Don’t mess with intelligent Indians
A WEDDING IN RUSSIA
( An abridged, real-lfe short story by Sudha Murthy, w/o Mr Narayan Murthy of Infosys) A wedding is a great event in everyone’s life. In India, it is done with a great deal of ceremony. In our films, a large number of stories are based upon weddings. The amount of money spent sometimes constitutes the entire life’s savings of a person. It is an occasion where young boys get to meet young girls, old people talk of their ailments and women exhibit their finest jewellery and silk saris. Recently I was in Moscow, Russia. Moscow city has many war memorials. Russia has won three great wars in its history, which are a source of pride to them. They have built war memorials and erected many statues of the generals who were responsible for the victories. The first war was between Peter the Great and Sweden. The second war was between Tsar Alexander and Napoleon of France. The third one was against Hitler in World War-2 in 1945. There is a huge park in Moscow, known as Peace Park. In the middle of this Peace Park there is a large monument. There is a pillar, and on the pillar the different battles fought by Russia have been mentioned along with dates and places. The park has beautiful fountains. In the summer, flowers of many colours bloom and the place is a feast for the eyes. In the night it is decorated with lights. Every Russian is proud of this park and it is a spot visited by all tourists.The day I went to the park was Sunday. It was drizzling and cold, though it was summer. I was standing under an umbrella and enjoying the beauty. Suddenly, my eyes fell on a young couple. It was apparent that they had just got married. The girl was in her mid-twenties, slim and blond hair and blue eyes. She was very beautiful. The boy was almost the same age and very handsome. He was in a military uniform. The bride was wearing a white satin dress, decorated with pearls and pretty laces. It was very long so two young girls were standing behind her holding up the ends of the gown, so it should not be dirtied. One young boy was holding an umbrella over their heads so that they should not get drenched. The girl was holding a bouquet and the two were standing with their arms linked. It was a beautiful sight. I started wondering why they had come to this park in this rain soon after getting married. They could have surely gone to a merrier place. I watched as they walked together to the dias near the memorial, kept the bouquet, bowed their heads in silence and slowly walked back.
By now I was very curious to know what was going on. There was an old man standing with them. He looked at me, my sari and asked, ‘Are you Indian?’. I replied, ‘Yes, I am an Indian.’ Since we were chatting quite amicably now, I decided to use the opportunity to ask some questions.
‘ How come you know English?’
‘ Oh I worked abroad’
‘This is a mark of gratitude. Our forefathers have given their lives in various wars Russia has fought. Some of them we won, and some we lost, but their sacrifice was always for the country. The newly married couple needs to remember they are living in a peaceful, independent Russia because of their ancestors’ sacrifices. They must ask for their blessings. Love for the country is more important than wedding celebrations. We elders insist on continuing with this tradition whether it be in Moscow, St.Petersburg or any other part of Russia. On the wedding day they have to visit the nearest war memorial.’
This set me wondering about what we teach our children. Do we Indians have the courtesy to remember our martyrs on the most important day of our lives? We are busy shopping for saris, buying jewellery and preparing elaborate menus and partying in discos.
My eyes filled with tears at the thought and I wished we could learn a lesson from the Russians.
Its Irony that we Indians don’t have time to pay courtesy for our warriors who lost their life for us. India may not have such a glorious past history of wars like Russia but there is so much we can proud over it like Kargil War. Recently saw the movie ‘Unbroken’ paid a tribute to an Olympian soldier who fought in WW2, now not even such kind of movies r produced by Bollywood to keep them alive in our heart. Russia has customed a good habit to visit National Monuments on the marriage day for they never forget the sacrifices of their brave soldiers.
@B@R_0_0_D wrote:
When Swami Vivekanand was studying law at the University College, London, a white professor, whose last name was Peters,
disliked him intensely.
One day, Mr. Peters was having lunch at the dining room when came along with his tray and sat next to the professor.
The professor said, “Mr Vivekanand , you do not understand. A pig and a bird do not sit together to eat.”
Vivekanandji looked at him as a parent would a rude child and calmly replied, “You do not worry professor. I’ll fly away,” and he went and sat at another table.
Mr. Peters, reddened with rage, decided to take revenge.
The next day in Class he posed the following question: “Mr.Vivekanand , if you were walking down the street and found a package, and within was a bag of wisdom and another bag with money, which one would you take ?”
Without hesitating, Vivekanandji responded, “The one with the money, of course.”
Mr. Peters , smiling sarcastically said, “I, in your place, would have taken the wisdom.”
Swami Vivekanand shrugged and responded, “Each one takes what he doesn’t have.”
Mr. Peters, by this time was fit to be tied. So great was his anger that he wrote on Swami Vivekanand’s exam sheet the word “idiot” and gave it to Swami Vivekanand.
Vivekanandji took the exam sheet and sat down at his desk trying very hard to remain calm while he contemplated his next move.
A few minutes later, Swami Vivekanand got up, went to the professor and told him in a dignified polite tone, “Mr. Peters, you signed the sheet, but you did not give me the grade.”
😅😃. Don’t mess with intelligent Indians
Never knew Swami Vivekanand was so clever, I thought he was a deep Philosopher kinda person. He almost humiliated his teacher so badly….LOL
irory that both IBM and Nehru are/were chut*ya
@B@R_0_0_D wrote:
this was the best
abt lawyer, are you the 1 ?
A children asked to draw a neat diagram..
this was the response..
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A dentist was understandably nervous at his first extraction.
His hand shook as he got the molar out.
He lost grip on the instrument, and the tooth trickled down the patient’s throat.
“Sorry….” said the doctor, “you’re outside my specialty now. See a laryngologist, [throat specialist].”
By the time the unfortunate victim got to the laryngologist, the tooth had worked its way much further down. The laryngologist examined the man.
“Sorry….”said the doctor, “you’re outside my specialty now.
You should see a gastroenterologist! [stomach specialist].”
The gastroenterologist X-rayed the patient. “Sorry….” said the doctor, “the tooth has travelled into your lower intestines. You should see an entomologist! [intestinal specialist]."
The entomologist took some X rays.
“Sorry, the tooth isn’t there. It must have gone down farther.
You should see a proctologist! [a specialist in diseases of the rectum; anus].
Our patient is now on the proctologist’s examining table, in the proper elbow-knee position.
The doctor has inserted a proctoscope and is looking through it…..
“Good heavens, man! You’ve got a tooth up there! You should see a dentist!!!”