ANSWERS OF A BRILLIANT STUDENT WHO OBTAINED 0% 
(Should have given him 100 %!!)
 
Q1. In which battle did Napoleon die?
* His last battle
 
Q2.  Where was the Declaration of Independence signed?
* At the bottom of the page
 
Q3. River Ravi flows in which state?
* Liquid
 
Q4. What is the main reason for divorce?
* Marriage
 
Q5. What is the main reason for failure?
* Exams
 
Q6. What can you never eat for breakfast?
* Lunch & dinner
 
Q7. What looks like half an apple?
* The other half
 
Q8. If you throw a red stone into the blue sea what it will become?
* it will simply become wet
 
Q9. How can a man go eight days without sleeping??
* No problem, he sleeps at night.
 
Q10. How can you lift an elephant with one hand?
* You will never find an elephant that has only one hand..
 
Q11. If you had three apples and four oranges in one hand and four apples and  three oranges in other hand, what would you have ?
* Very large hands
 
Q12. If it took eight men ten hours to build a wall, how long would it take four men to build it?
* No time at all, the wall is already built.
 
Q13. How can u drop a raw egg onto a concrete floor without cracking it?
*Concrete floors are very hard to crack.  





DEAR ABBY!
Have You ever been tempted to write a letter to a problem page?
Well, the people below felt the need to…………..

DEAR ABBY: I've been going steady with this man for six years. We see
each other every night. He says he loves me, and I know I love him, but 
he never mentions marriage. Do you think he's going out with me just for what he can get?
GERTIE
DEAR GERTIE: I don't know. What's he getting?

DEAR ABBY: My husband hates to spend money! I cut my own hair and
make my own clothes, and I have to account for every penny I spend.
Meanwhile he has a stock of savings bonds put away that would choke a
cow. How do I get some money out of him before we are both called to our final judgment? He says he's saving for a rainy day.
FORTY YEARS HITCHED
DEAR HITCHED: Tell him it's raining!

DEAR ABBY: My boyfriend is going to be twenty years old next month. I'd
like to give him something nice for his birthday. What do you think he'd like?
CAROL
DEAR CAROL: Never mind what he'd like. Give him a tie.

DEAR ABBY: Our son was married in January. Five months later his wife 
had a ten-pound baby girl. They said the baby was premature. Tell me, 
can a baby this big be that early?
WONDERING
DEAR WONDERING: The baby was on time, the wedding was late. Forget it.

DEAR ABBY: Is it possible for a man to be in love with two women at the
same time?
JAKE
DEAR JAKE: Yes, and also hazardous.

DEAR ABBY: Do you think about dying much?
CURIOUS
DEAR CURIOUS: No, it's the last thing I want to do.

DEAR ABBY: I know boys will be boys, but my 'boy' is seventy-three and
he's still chasing women. Any suggestions?
ANNIE
DEAR ANNIE: Don't worry. My dog has been chasing cars for years, but if
he ever caught one, he wouldn't know what to do with it.

DEAR ABBY: I have always wanted to have my family history traced, but I
can't afford to spend a lot of money to do it. Any suggestions?
SAM 
DEAR SAM: Yes, become a politician.

DEAR ABBY: When you are being introduced, is it all right to say, "I've
heard a lot about you"?
RITA
DEAR RITA: It depends on what you've heard.

DEAR ABBY: I am forty-four years old and I would like to meet a man my
age with no bad habits.
ROSE
DEAR ROSE: So would I.

DEAR ABBY: What's the difference between a wife and a mistress?
BESS
DEAR BESS: Night and day.



 It seems to me – a Meditation

It seems to me, that no matter how one looks at it, there is something to which the name “God” needs to be given; something that has to be there to describe all the things that science or religion can't give an answer to.
   The best theory that science has come up with is the “Big Bang” as the start of the Universe – but it is only a theory, and some day a better theory may evolve. 
   The question I ask myself is, “Did God cause the “Big Bang” or did the idea of God evolve after the “Big Bang” as the source of everything that is”?  Whatever the truth of God is, something that, for want of a better word, we call God, is needed to make sense and give purpose to this life we lead.
   We each of us as individuals, need to find a concept of God that makes sense, even though the truth of our concept can never be proven.  I find Paul Tillich's idea of God as the “Ground of all being” the nearest to my concept of God, (is this Pantheism or  Panentheism – perhaps).         
   It seems to me that we come into this world of ours with no idea why we are here, or   if there is any reason for being here, so it is up to each one of us to find a reason for being here that brings “peace of mind” and satisfaction in the life we lead.
   Speaking for myself, I have found two ways that bring “peace of mind” and satisfaction into my life.  Firstly I try to observe and absorb as much of the beauty I see around me; be this natural beauty such as trees, flowers, landscapes, butterflies and other aspects of the natural world, or beauty created by us humans, such as music and art in all its many forms.  This helps me to realise that there is still a lot of beauty in the world, and maybe one reason for being here is to appreciate it.  Secondly I am mindful of all that is ugly, unfair or evil in the world, such as homelessness, lack of clean water or enough food to eat and senseless wars that destroy the lives of so many people.  To find “peace of mind” I have to do what I can to alleviate some of these inequalities that I see around me.  I know that there isn't much I can do about a lot of these things, but I can do something about some of them; it's when I know I haven't done the best I can that I lack “peace of mind”.
   When I think that what I can do isn't going to make any difference, I am reminded of the story of the little boy who was walking along the sea shore after a storm and hundreds of starfish had been washed onto the beach, so he started picking them up and throwing them back into the sea.  A man who was walking towards him said, “You are wasting your time there are hundreds of starfish, what you are doing won't make any difference”.  The boy replied, “It'll make a difference to that one”, as he returned another starfish to the sea.
   To sum up; it seems to me that to live a satisfactory life one needs a concept of God as a starting point.  A pathway to follow – the teaching of Jesus, “That we should love one another” and as a follower of the progressive way of trying to lead a Christian life, be prepared to leave the established pathway and plough a new furrow.
George Drake   

           

 
 
 
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