The 50% Discount Offer!
Son: Now-a-days each and every product is sold under one discount scheme or the other, dad.
Father: True. Go on, son.
Son: The discount scheme is so popular that even the thieves have started offering discounts, dad!
Father: How come? Go on, son.
Son: Times of India dated 8th December 2011 carried a news item that a thief has returned one half of the gold chain he had snatched from a woman in Bhadravathi, dad.
Father: Go on, son.
Son: The thief had fled with the 25-gram gold chain. But he returned half of the same in the evening along with a letter asking the woman not to lodge a complaint with the police, dad!
Father: Go on, son.
Son: A pocket with half portion of the chain was handed over by the chain snatcher to a boy near the house of the victim, personally, dad!
Father: I don’t know, son!
The Back-to-Back Burglary Insurance!
Son: The general insurance companies offer burglary insurance cover for valuables at homes, dad.
Father: True. Go on, son.
Son: But an incident in Udupi makes one think even burglars may have to go for an insurance cover, dad.
Father: How come? Go on, son.
Son: A report in Bangalore Mirror says that a sleepy robber had his loot stolen while on his way to stash the same at his sister’s house, dad!
Father: Go on, son.
Son: A carpenter had stolen around Rs2.5 lakh and 23 grams of gold from a house in Udupi. But his wife refused to admit him to the house with the stolen items, dad.
Father: Go on, son.
Son: The man then thought of keeping them at his sister’s house in another place. But he dozed off at the Bus Stand after having drinks, dad.
Father: Go on, son.
Son: When he woke up he found out that another thief had knocked-off his bag, dad!
Father: Go on, son.
Son: He rushed to the nearest police outpost. But refused to file a complaint, dad!
Father: I don’t know, son!
Google for Google!
Son: The Economic Times has published an article stating that Google India has been served with a notice from the Income Tax Authority, dad.
Father: Go on, son.
Son: The notice stated that the Indian unit declared revenues of Rs74.9 million instead of sales of Rs1.67 billion for the year ended 31 March 2008, dad.
Father: Go on, son.
Son: When a newspaper correspondent tried to elicit further details of the notice from Google India, the company spokesperson declined to comment, dad.
Father: Go on, son.
Son: He politely asked the correspondent to use Google search engine to find out, dad!
Father: I don’t know, son!
The Tweeting Lessons!
Son: In the good old days the students used to be asked to write essays on different subjects in their English language classes, dad.
Father: True. Go on, son.
Son: They were also taught the art of précis writing or writing a summary of the main points in an article, dad.
Father: True. Go on, Son.
Son: But the students of today neither have the time nor the patience to write essays or even summaries, dad.
Father: True. Go on, Son.
Son: The Government is said to be thinking of introducing ‘Tweeting Lessons’ in the English language syllabus to keep abreast of the present day culture, dad!
Father: I don’t know, son!
A V Krishnamurthy
10th December 2011
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