Humour About a Phone

Girl: What is the price of that Galaxy Grand?
Salesman: Rs. 20,000.
Girl: OMG!
Girl: What is the price of that I-Phone?
Salesman: OMG, OMG, OMG!


NB: The joke is not mine; picked it up from the WhatsApp message sent by a friend.

What A Talent This Man Possesses!

Is the talent that this man possesses his doing or is it naturally gifted? Is it fair to say that if this talent is his doing, he deserves to keep the money he makes through such demonstration of the talent but if the talent is naturally gifted then he deserves to share the advantages/money he makes with those who are least gifted? Well, Michael Winslow is the name of this talented person.  And this is what John Rawls would say about the question raised above. The fact that Mr. Winslow lives in an age that prizes such demonstration is not his doing nor is it his doing that he was not born in Egypt in 2500 BC that would never provide him the chance to be famous. The kind of society that allows him to perform in TV or hears about effect/guitar is not his doing either. Since he happened to be living in a time such as this, he cannot claim exclusively for himself the advantages or privileges that accrue to him. He must therefore share the fruit of his talent with those who are least gifted. I do think Rawls has a point there. If we examine in detail how we have arrived  where we are now we may in for a surprise. The family we are born into; the society that prizes the career we have opted; the value system that society engenders etc are beyond our control. We just happen to reap the favourable conditions contingent factors have brought about. This should not totally undermine the willful decisions we have made. But one should not also undermine the other factors which are not our doing. This reality situates us in the position where failing to share the privileges we enjoy now with those who are least advantaged becomes a kind of injustice. And injustice is injustice. And we humans are made to continue living an unjust life.THE TAKE HOME LESSON IS THIS: WHETHER YOU ARE AN ENGINEER OR A DOCTOR OR A MANAGER, SHARE YOUR EARNINGS AND PRIVILEGES WITH THOSE WHO ARE LEAST PRIVILEGED.

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A failed survey

United Nations Surveyer: "Would you please give your opinion about shortage of food in the rest of the world?

The survey failed because: In Africa, people didn't know what "food" was, In China, they didn't know what "opinion" was, In Europe, they didn't know what "shortage" was, Filipino leaders didn’t know what "honest" meant, France didn't know what "please" was. In America, they didn't know what "the rest of the world" meant.