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A TWEET AND SOUR LOOK AT NEWS HEADLINES
06.24.2009
TN Govt’s (Tampcol) Herbal Viagra is a big hit. Shouldn’t they be erecting facilities instead of facilitating erections?
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06.24.2009
Now YSR orders prayers to please rain God. They say work is worship. For our CMs, worship is work.
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06.24.2009
NHRC fined Rs.100000 for violating human rights. Perhaps they can be renamed National Human Rights Omission.
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06.24.2009
Mamata introduces Bengali dishes in the Rajdhani Express. Thus catering to her constituency. Literally.
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06.24.2009
Mayawati to unveil 40 more statues (6 of herself). Nearly 200cr spent so far. That’s a lot of money lying idol.
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06.24.2009
Shiv Sena tells consumers to not pay their electricity bill. Guess they want to be the ‘default’ choice of Mumbaikars.
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06.22.2009
3 eclipses in a month. 2 of them lunar. Looks like Ban-Ki-Moon is living up to his name.
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06.22.2009
Chennai airport website still has 2002 data. Looks like they are suffering from a 7-year glitch.
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06.22.2009
Dept. probe on drunk cop barging into beauty parlour. Surely, the prima-facial evidence is against him.
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06.22.2009
PWD blames Delhi Jal Board for broken, overflowing, sewers. They could refer to them as Sewer Ke Bachche.
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06.22.2009
K’taka CM now visits TN temples to pray for rain. The guy has completely misunderstood the term – water divining.
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06.17.2009
2 sackfuls of KMC (Kolkata Muncpl Corp) files go missing. Why are files kept in sacks? Because they are all Jute.
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06.17.2009
TOI headline – “Why can’t register English medium schools?”. Yeah. Wish the reporter had gone to one.
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06.17.2009
2 held for stealing cigarettes worth Rs.35L. In Tamil, this would be called “Thiruttu Dhum”.
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06.17.2009
Kasab chews paper in jail. Looks like he wants to swallow his words.
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