tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2195377761774996603.post6443410464491571708..comments2024-03-29T11:08:59.570+05:30Comments on THE HINDU CROSSWORD CORNER: No 11411, Wednesday 03 Jun 2015, IncognitoCol_Gopinathhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06166793743790376031noreply@blogger.comBlogger69125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2195377761774996603.post-43290031030787815092015-06-04T22:10:09.672+05:302015-06-04T22:10:09.672+05:30Thanks for your response, Kishore. As I know the ...Thanks for your response, Kishore. As I know the Col well, I'm sure what keeps him going is his sense of humour , by his responses to humour and wit. He's laconic but certainly not moronic ! His one-liners are typical of his reserve and reticence.raju umamaheswarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07107883886526369417noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2195377761774996603.post-58307061473702856752015-06-04T22:09:58.940+05:302015-06-04T22:09:58.940+05:30Thanks for your response, Kishore. As I know the ...Thanks for your response, Kishore. As I know the Col well, I'm sure what keeps him going is his sense of humour , by his responses to humour and wit. He's laconic but certainly not moronic ! His one-liners are typical of his reserve and reticence.raju umamaheswarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07107883886526369417noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2195377761774996603.post-47798360696718422052015-06-04T07:07:15.654+05:302015-06-04T07:07:15.654+05:30Oh Raju, the Colonel does have a sense of humour! ...Oh Raju, the Colonel does have a sense of humour! He may not find Wodehouse as a supplement to that ... That's all.... The first time I read Wodehouse (The Small Bachelor, around the age of 14) , I did not like it much. I probably did not understand quite a few bits fully. The second book was much better, though I do not recollect which one it was. And then I was hooked. But, even today, I don't like the schoolboy stories written by him.Kishorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18398234335975124266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2195377761774996603.post-65464079027955787862015-06-03T23:12:20.824+05:302015-06-03T23:12:20.824+05:30KISHORE: UN DIT ! Your'e a Pundit. That Wod...KISHORE: UN DIT ! Your'e a Pundit. That Wodehousean ditty did it !! <br /><br />But alas, I cannot get to any of my collections as I'm far away from home. But you did give me a sense of nostalgia.<br /> <br />Those who have read Wodehouse have a sixth sense-- sense of HUMOUR ! which , do I read the good Col lacks?raju umamaheswarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07107883886526369417noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2195377761774996603.post-82201719805087277532015-06-03T23:11:43.688+05:302015-06-03T23:11:43.688+05:30Colonel, you may like Wodehouse if you read his bo...Colonel, you may like Wodehouse if you read his books: loads of wit and worldly wisdom put in a naively clever manner. Even after 4 decades I remember certain passages like, "hell has no fury like a woman who wants her tea and can't get it".pavalamani pragasamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07849088346239731755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2195377761774996603.post-70544963614229043092015-06-03T19:32:58.241+05:302015-06-03T19:32:58.241+05:30One has to be a genteman's gentleman to unders...One has to be a genteman's gentleman to understand subtle hints.Padmanabhanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06278629397479779173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2195377761774996603.post-12387970851615211362015-06-03T19:29:30.391+05:302015-06-03T19:29:30.391+05:30You, my dear MB, can take me to the bar ... but yo...You, my dear MB, can take me to the bar ... but you can't make me drink ... Lead me to it is a common dialogue from Bertie Wooster<br />Kishorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18398234335975124266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2195377761774996603.post-58847939811912315312015-06-03T18:43:58.015+05:302015-06-03T18:43:58.015+05:30I remember sometime back you said no Whisky & ...I remember sometime back you said no Whisky & no Yoga! So how can I lead you to.....?!Mukundala Balasubramanyamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10778248287813410500noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2195377761774996603.post-15681408455082449692015-06-03T18:37:50.372+05:302015-06-03T18:37:50.372+05:30Bar did you say, MB? Lead me to it ...Bar did you say, MB? Lead me to it ...Kishorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18398234335975124266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2195377761774996603.post-54179566939091955772015-06-03T18:37:24.656+05:302015-06-03T18:37:24.656+05:30Toodle-oo and Tinkerty tonk to you too, Jaggu
Toodle-oo and Tinkerty tonk to you too, Jaggu<br />Kishorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18398234335975124266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2195377761774996603.post-55904961549182553712015-06-03T18:07:35.691+05:302015-06-03T18:07:35.691+05:30From one Wodehouse fan to another
"Pip,Pip&q...From one Wodehouse fan to another<br /> "Pip,Pip".jagguhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07198008036177874537noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2195377761774996603.post-35469476273509908042015-06-03T16:36:42.628+05:302015-06-03T16:36:42.628+05:30As they say " It's all over bar the shout...As they say " It's all over bar the shouting!?"Mukundala Balasubramanyamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10778248287813410500noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2195377761774996603.post-21552145268834645082015-06-03T16:16:37.357+05:302015-06-03T16:16:37.357+05:30;-) The one about shutting the cage after the bird...;-) The one about shutting the cage after the bird has died ....Kishorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18398234335975124266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2195377761774996603.post-19720208817248440362015-06-03T15:54:28.052+05:302015-06-03T15:54:28.052+05:30I hear you, Deepak ....I hear you, Deepak ....Kishorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18398234335975124266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2195377761774996603.post-66670881808610354252015-06-03T15:08:11.452+05:302015-06-03T15:08:11.452+05:30Thank you K for samosas! :)))Thank you K for samosas! :)))Ramanihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03397749600795786434noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2195377761774996603.post-30315880422681404842015-06-03T14:28:12.935+05:302015-06-03T14:28:12.935+05:30Surprising Col. is able to hear any words in that ...Surprising Col. is able to hear any words in that pandemonium- speaker's or anyone's.<br />MB- not counted since it is after adjournment.Padmanabhanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06278629397479779173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2195377761774996603.post-31089922682975253332015-06-03T14:08:52.940+05:302015-06-03T14:08:52.940+05:30After the adjournment of the House a lone voice sh...After the adjournment of the House a lone voice shouted - Nay! That's mine!!Mukundala Balasubramanyamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10778248287813410500noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2195377761774996603.post-88752160253898462502015-06-03T13:46:40.995+05:302015-06-03T13:46:40.995+05:30Maybe a lot of Ayes but mine is a Nay. However lik...Maybe a lot of Ayes but mine is a Nay. However like our Honourable Speaker says in the LS nowadays 'The ayes have it, the ayes have it, the ayes have it, House adjourned'Deepak Gopinathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06337043600355573557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2195377761774996603.post-37387577648424427302015-06-03T13:28:04.124+05:302015-06-03T13:28:04.124+05:30The ref in 16a is to the White FeatherThe ref in 16a is to the White FeatherKishorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18398234335975124266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2195377761774996603.post-27410598480790564172015-06-03T13:25:31.633+05:302015-06-03T13:25:31.633+05:30Deepak, these authors like to keep their creations...Deepak, these authors like to keep their creations in limbo - no aging, no promotion - Archie, Bumstead, Calvin, Dennis , Commander Bond, ACP Pradyuman ....Kishorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18398234335975124266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2195377761774996603.post-25047768055272311932015-06-03T13:19:41.387+05:302015-06-03T13:19:41.387+05:30You have not lived, if you have not separated a he...You have not lived, if you have not separated a helmet from the arrached policeman. Bangalore was one of those places where, during the regime of Chief Minister Gundu Rao, the rozzers sported the nearest thing to a Bobby hat. The C<br />M inaugurated the lId by sporting one himselfKishorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18398234335975124266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2195377761774996603.post-6046169292764744892015-06-03T13:15:13.556+05:302015-06-03T13:15:13.556+05:30If you don't read at least one PGW, you really...If you don't read at least one PGW, you really miss something. I hear quite a few 'aye's.Padmanabhanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06278629397479779173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2195377761774996603.post-67818270169534291942015-06-03T13:13:39.400+05:302015-06-03T13:13:39.400+05:30One of the 'On's is in the title and shoul...One of the 'On's is in the title and should have been within inverted commas, but I just let imagination run wild and it did. Seriously- call it coincidence or what- I have just started reading the book. Remember Churchill's reply when a reporter pointed out that his fly was open?<br />Thank God you did not ask if the boat were on my table!Padmanabhanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06278629397479779173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2195377761774996603.post-34422101035581061242015-06-03T12:54:52.544+05:302015-06-03T12:54:52.544+05:30None. Actually it's the other way around. The ...None. Actually it's the other way around. The forest staff protect the tigers from poachers sending it's remains to the Chinese.<br /><br />BTW I too am colour blind, but I had an inkling that the theme today was in a way connected to PGW. Raghunathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17162552411714117166noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2195377761774996603.post-88317508748486091662015-06-03T12:46:05.684+05:302015-06-03T12:46:05.684+05:30How many Chinese were protecting them from the ogl...How many Chinese were protecting them from the ogling tourists? :-)Deepak Gopinathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06337043600355573557noreply@blogger.com