From the daily archives: Monday, March 6, 2006

These are the laws of the natural universe…

Law of Mechanical Repair:
After your hands become coated with grease, your nose will begin to
itch.

Law of the Workshop:
Any tool, when dropped, will roll to the least accessible corner.

Law of the Telephone:
When you dial a wrong number, you never get a busy signal.

Law of the Alibi:
If you tell the boss you were late for work because you had a flat
tire, the very next morning you will have a flat tire.

Variation Law:
If you change lines (or traffic lanes), the one you were in will
start to move faster than the one you are in now.

Bath Theorem:
When the body is fully immersed in water, the telephone rings.

Law of Close Encounters:
The probability of meeting someone you know increases when you are
with someone you don’t want to be seen with.

Law of the Result:
When you try to prove to someone that a machine won’t work, it will.

Law of Biomechanics:
The severity of the itch is inversely proportional to the reach.

Theater Rule:
At any event, the people whose seats are furthest from the aisle
arrive last.

Law of Coffee:
As soon as you sit down to a cup of hot coffee, your boss will ask
you to do something which will last until the coffee is cold.

Murphy’s Law of Lockers:
If there are only two people in a locker room, they will have
adjacent lockers.

Law of Dirty Rugs/Carpets:
The chances of an open-faced jelly sandwich landing face down on the
floor are directly correlated to the newness and cost of the carpet
or rug.

Law of Location:
No matter where you go, there you are.

Law of Logical Argument:
Anything is possible if you don’t know what you are talking about.

Brown’s Law:
If the shoe fits, it’s ugly.

Oliver’s Law:
A closed mouth gathers no feet.
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Here is a personal experince,as well as a moment of national pride,
which we want to share with you. Hope u find it worth the time u put in reading it:
In the middle of 1965 India- Pakistan war, US govt. then a close friend of Pakistan-threatened India with stopping food – aid (remember “PL-480″?).For a food deficient India this threat was serious and humiliating. So much so that in the middle of war, Prime Minister (Late) Lal Bahadur Shastri went to Ram Leela grounds in Delhi and appealed to each Indian to observe one- meal-fast every week to answer the American threat. As a school boy, I joined those millions who responded to Shastriji’s call.I continued the fast even when the war was over and India became self sufficient in food . Hurt deep by the national humiliation suffered at the hands of the US govt, I had vowed to stop my weekly fast only when India starts giving aid to USA.

It took just 40 year. Last week the day arrived. When Indian ambassador in Washington DC handed over a cheque of US $ 50 million to the US govt, two plane loads of food, madical aid and other relief materials were waiting to fly to the USA. Time to break the fast? With no bad feeling about the USA, and good wishes for the Katrina victims ,this humble Indian feels proud of the distance India has covered in 40 years .Let’s celebrate a New India!”
-Vijay Kranti
Dean-IIT Madras
(with due respect to all of you)