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Funny Story: Measuring A Man’s Love

How does a female measure up her man's love?

Here’s a simple point system of how she rates what he does (or doesn’t do) for her

Dionysus heard his prayers and decided to save him. He told Midas to wash in the river Pactolus to lose his golden touch.

Midas did that. When he touched the river waters, his power flowed into the river, turning its sands golden.

"Why did you do it?" he asked.

"He didn't eat them at lunch, so he didn't want them. I wanted them, so I took them." Josh said reasonably.

"Beware son," said Rosh, "for the mind justifies what the heart desires."

Rosh’s face darkened at this barrage of profanity spewing out of his child’s mouth. Not caring to investigate the incident any further and uncaring about who was at fault, his temper flared.

“Shut your mouth”, he rebuked viciously, “It is like a sewer, with only dirt flowing through.”

"At least you know now," Isha smiled benignly at them, "that you will both be getting something."

"I will give who I wish, what I wish, when I wish," Rosh stopped her in her tracks. "Without having to be fair to the other. I may also choose not to give anything at all to anyone. Remember that."

Once upon a time in a village, a man appeared who announced to the villagers that he wanted to buy monkeys.

He offered to pay a silver coin for each monkey.

Business Story: Monkeys, Goats And Markets

Minimize risk, whether you’re buying good, bad or overpriced shares.

Fable on money management & stock buying skills

Insightful story: Mouse Marries A Lioness

Interesting Abstemius sequel to Aesop’s Lion and Mouse fable.

Marriage & alliances between unequal parties don’t last.

“When you stop crying and start doing, the world notices it too. Even enemies begin to respect you. Then help arrives. Your luck turns.”

“When the mule had stopped braying, the villagers noticed the sudden silence. One peeked in to see if the donkey was dead.”

‘Vasudhaev kutumbkam,’ he understood it now, though he had heard it a thousand times before. ‘Mundo Uno - One World’.

अयं बन्धुरयं नेति, गणना लघुचेतसाम् | उदार चरितानां तु वसुधैव कुटुम्बकम् ||

'Discrimination, saying ‘this one is a relative; that other is a stranger’, is for the small-minded. For the magnanimous, the entire world is one family.'

"But Ma, a million dollars is a lot of money," Josh objected, "it won't even come in an envelope?"

"Yes, it will." Rosh came to her aid, "In May 2009, there were still 336 USD 10,000 notes in circulation."

Insightful Parenting Story: Nails In The Tree

Anger hurts, but you can choose to not get angry.

An angry boy learns anger management by driving nails in a tree

"Nimbu Basmati is quick and easy to make yet it turns out looking alluring, smelling heavenly and tasting delicious. It combines Basmati fragrance with lime and lemony flavors and we flare up its presentation using golden glows of turmeric."

"So it uses mostly ingredients that you already know about."

He plucked an arrow from the quiver, placed it on the bow, and pulled the string.

"What do you see when you aim?" Dron asked him when he was ready to release his arrow.

"If she picks the black pebble, she would marry me and your debt would be forgiven."

"If she picks the white one, she need not marry me but your debt would still be forgiven.”

"The US National Institute on Drug Abuse says that ultimately you get small balls because your body is so worried about making muscles, it forgets about your nuts."

"So you get these huge muscles, but a TINY little package. Which will probably make the girls just laugh at you instead of being impressed."

Funny Story: Permission To Drive Car

How to say No to your kids?

Retold Bible joke about a minister’s son who was told to get a haircut to drive his father’s car.

"This Lassi is great as a digestif, a starter, a small meal, a quick meal, and for when you don't want to cook a meal."

"It is also just what you need in those hungry moments, when you can't be bothered to eat, much less cook."

Revenge isn't best served cold.

It is best not served at all, Hosh realizes. A lot could have gone wrong...

An eye for an eye only makes the whole world blind!

Kids Story: Revenge Best Served Cold

Hosh meticulously plans his revenge, his tiny brain scheming even as he sleeps.

Once he decides what to do, it was easy...