Tuesday, December 8, 2020

 I just called to say I love you

https://youtu.be/wFEH4GYXhAk


GBS and Chesterton

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/g-k-chesterton-and-george-bernard-shaw-an-ambivalent-literary-relationship/ar-BB1bEK2f


This bird was not in the mood to be saved.

Parrot tells firefighter to 'f*ck off' during rescue attempt

By Morgan Sung

Aug 14, 2018


Jessie, a bright yellow and turquoise Macaw parrot, escaped her home in Edmonton, UK over the weekend and stranded herself on her neighbor's roof for three days. Concerned that she was injured, her owners called the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (RSPCA) for help. When the RSPCA was unsuccessful in coaxing Jessie down, the London Fire Brigade stepped in.

Jesse's owners told the firefighter to say "I love you" to try to bond with the bird and lure her back to safety. But when a firefighter trekked to the roof to tell her, Jessie started hurling expletives at him.

Watch manager Chris Swallow told Metro, "We then discovered that she had a bit of a foul mouth and kept swearing, much to our amusement."

Although Jessie responded with "I love you," she also told the firefighter to "fuck off."


Recalling the Spanish flu of 1918

This was written by Kathleen O'Mara, in 1869 after the Irish famine, reprinted during 1919 Spanish Flu Pandemic. Photo taken during the Spanish Flu Pandemic And people stayed at home And read books And listened And they rested And did exercises And made art and played And learned new ways of being And stopped and listened More deeply Someone meditated, someone prayed Someone met their shadow And people began to think differently And people healed. And in the absence of people who Lived in ignorant ways Dangerous, meaningless and heartless, The earth also began to heal And when the danger ended and People found themselves They grieved for the dead And made new choices And dreamed of new visions And created new


Sunday, November 29, 2020

Odds and ends, Hi-Lili, Hi-Lo ,

Perry Como - Hi-Lili, Hi-Lo

https://youtu.be/GCpsv0f6WCc


Parrot tells firefighter to 'f*ck off' during rescue attempt

By Morgan Sung

Aug 14, 2018

This bird was not in the mood to be saved.

Jessie, a bright yellow and turquoise Macaw parrot, escaped her home in Edmonton, UK over the weekend and stranded herself on her neighbor's roof for three days. Concerned that she was injured, her owners called the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (RSPCA) for help. When the RSPCA was unsuccessful in coaxing Jessie down, the London Fire Brigade stepped in.

Jesse's owners told the firefighter to say "I love you" to try to bond with the bird and lure her back to safety. But when a firefighter trekked to the roof to tell her, Jessie started hurling expletives at him.

Watch manager Chris Swallow told Metro, "We then discovered that she had a bit of a foul mouth and kept swearing, much to our amusement."

Although Jessie responded with "I love you," she also told the firefighter to "fuck off." 


The Breast Tax or Mulakaram.

I was completely shocked to know about this disgusting part of history.

Women in Kerala used to pay a whooping sum of tax to cover their breasts, Those who were unable to pay, they kept their upper body naked.

This tax was imposed on the Shudras and Dalit’s to show this class their ‘AUKAT’

The breast was bared as a symbol of respect to higher-status people only. A society where men even stare at the cleavage, these women faced the oppression with naked breasts.

Torn Self respect, deteriorated confidence and the noxious stares eating the very pieces of diligence everyday.

Even the women who covered their breasts were not spared, the officers used to come and examine the size and weight of the taxpayer women with their own hands, utter disgrace.

Later, A women named Nangeli protested against this law by cutting off her breasts and presenting them in front of the officer, she died of blood loss, which eventually resulted in mega protests.

Finally, the heel piece law was removed, but only at the cost of a sacrifice.

CREDITS: MULAKARAM (SHORT FILM)

 

Otto Von Bismark – Quotes

 “If you like laws and sausages, you should never watch either one being made.”

“There is a Providence that protects idiots, drunkards, children and the United States of America.”