CULTURALQA 03-2024-16 Allthe below Q are from QUORA DIGEST to meon 16-03-2024.
SelectedQuora answers by scholars generally interesting are included. Still they need not be 100%correct answers. Goodjokes are also included. Iam only a compiler. Compiled and postedby R Gopalakrishnan, 80, on 16-3-2024 Q1 What are sometraditional Russian jokes translated into English? A1 LenFreedman,8h A butcher shop puts up a big sign in the window“Tomorrow We Will Have Meat!” So by 7:00 AM there’s a long line out the front door. The line movesslowly. At 10:30,a party member comes out on the platform and announces “Sorry, there is notenough meat. All Jews will leave line.” So about 1/5 of the people in lineleave, grumbling. At 1:00,the party member comes out again. “Sorry, there is not enough meat. All non Partymembers will leave line. So now maybe 75% of the line dissolves, peopleleaving, mad as hell, grumbling. At 5:00,the party member comes out again. “Sorry, there is still not enough meat.Everyone will leave line except veterans of the Great Patriotic War.” (That’swhat they call WWII). More people leave, and now the line is only a few dozenancient grizzled bearded veterans. At 7:00PM, the party member comes out one last time. “Sorry, meat is all gone.” One of the ancient vets turns to the other and hesays: “You see, Ivan, it’s like I told you. Jews get best of everything! Q2 What trivialknowledge might save your life one day? A2 BruceWilson,Global Traveller (2018–present)Updated Wed When walking downstairs, don't put your hands in yourpockets. If you're ever at a party and your drink tastesunusually salty, do not continue drinking it. Rohypnol is reported to have asalty taste. If a power line falls next to you, do not walk orrun. Put your feettogether and do a bunny hop to jump and get away. When the waterline is abnormally far from the shore,this is a sign of a tsunami. If a person's pupils don't dilate to the same size,there's the possibility of brain damage. Don't leave ice packs on wounds or swelling for morethan 15 minutes at a time to avoid irreversible nerve damage! A gray ring around the edge of the cornea is anindication of the high level of cholesterol in the blood. Baking soda will extinguish a fire, even grease andelectrical fires. Losing weight without trying could very well becancer. If your car is broken down, do not stand in front ofit while waiting for help. Super glue can temporarily seal a wound during anemergency. Never work under a car on a Jack, always have it on Jack stands or a lift. Q3 What are somecool or unknown facts about Sweden? A3 KevinMitnick, MSc in Computer Science & Information Technology, University ofCalifornia, Berkeley (Graduated 2003)Feb 10 Sweden has been an autonomous country for the beyonda long time (beginning around 1523). Sweden figured out how to remain autonomous and avoid battle during WWIIwhile all the neighbor nations were gone after. Norway and Denmark wereinvolved by the Germans and Finland was gone after by the Soviet Association. Since 1815, Sweden has enjoyed peace for 202 years. "Opportunity to wander" (Allemansrätten).Everybody has the option to work out, pick berries, camp and climb on bothpublic and confidential land. Sweden is huge yet inadequately populated. Swedenrepresents 10% of the European Association's expanse of land, yet just around1.8% of the populace. Swedes consume aton of dairy items and there are much changed sorts to browse. Generally Swedes haveconsumed such a lot of dairy items during the time that a great many peoplehave qualities that permit us to consume dairy items as grown-ups (95% versus10% in a few African and Asian nations). College/school is free. To assist with covering everyday costs allunderstudies reserve the privilege to an understudy award and a reasonable credit. Both parents are entitled to one and a half years ofparental leave.Five weeks of paid excursion each year. Offspring of any age reserve the privilege tounreservedly pick which school to go to. Many secondary schools give workstations to theunderstudies. A few schools are exclusive however freely supported(friskolor). This joined with the option to uninhibitedly pick what school togo to makes contest among schools and expands the nature of training. Sweden can keep an elevated requirement of living andasset the government assistance programs with no assistance of oil (hi Norway)while keeping a low spending plan shortage at just 0.5% of Gross domesticproduct. Q5 Certain Animalscan never be tamed? And why? A5 JaiNarayan,17h 1.The zebra is one of the most surprising animals we havenever tamed. Infact, in a sense, it's quite surprising. After all, horses and donkeys havebeen tamed by humans for years, and zebras seem to look a lot like them. However, no matter how mucheffort we make, we can't tame these animals. This is because zebrabehavior is less predictable, they are likely to attack people, and they do notperform well under stress. 2.Although humans have been using elephants for about3,000 years, contrary to popular belief, elephants can never be domesticated. The factthat an animal is kept in captivity does not make it domesticated; they havenever been tamed in the way that dogs have been. Elephants will always try to escape, and theyhave even been held in captivity for 12 generations in order to bring themcloser to domestication, but have never really succeeded. 3.Rhinosare huge, and despite being herbivores, they have a fierce temperament andnever back down in a fight. This temperament means that rhinos arealmost impossible to tame, not to mention domesticate. They are simply unwilling to accept humans astheir masters, and if someone gets too close, they may hurt or even killthem. On the other hand, it takes 12 years for them to reach sexual maturity,which adds even more difficulty to breeding and reproduction. 4.Tigers are not house cats. No matter how many people have tried to tametigers, they have never really succeeded. Even those who grew up with tigerscan't tame them well. No matter how you look at it, tigers are big and scaryanimals that can easily delivera fatal blow to humans, especially when they are hungry. 5.Pandas seem tobe the best animals to domesticate. They are big, but they look super cute. But people havenot yet found a way to domesticate pandas. One of the reasons is because thereare not enough of them left, there are only about 2,000 of them in the world. You need to have a lot of bambooto domesticate pandas, they are extremely picky about their food, andpandas can be very troublesome to breed. Of course, as mentioned earlier, thisis all impossible to do for modern people because they are protected animalsand there are so few of them. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Thatha_Patty" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/thatha_patty/50210361.3266873.1710592666864%40mail.yahoo.com.
