Another one from Brand Quest archives:
Which five-letter name connects the following:
'Silly'; debut in Mickey's Revue; and Roy Disney?
Monday, June 26, 2006
Wednesday, June 21, 2006
Can anyone confirm this 'fact'?
This is a potentially interesting cricket quiz fact. 'Potentially' because it has to be confirmed, I am not 100% sure. So, pls send in your comments.
Here goes: I guess the only cricketer to play a masters match (or a veterans match) before playing a normal match (that is, a regular international match) is Flavian Aponso, who played the 1996 World Cup for Netherlands. Before playing what was to be his first and final regular international series, he played a veterans' series for Lanka - his place of birth. In the early '80s he was banned from playing for Lanka, as he had gone on a rebel tour to South Africa.
Any thing wrong with this fact? Pls let me know!
Here goes: I guess the only cricketer to play a masters match (or a veterans match) before playing a normal match (that is, a regular international match) is Flavian Aponso, who played the 1996 World Cup for Netherlands. Before playing what was to be his first and final regular international series, he played a veterans' series for Lanka - his place of birth. In the early '80s he was banned from playing for Lanka, as he had gone on a rebel tour to South Africa.
Any thing wrong with this fact? Pls let me know!
Updike's take on consumerism!
From novelist John Updike's interview (featured in latest Time magazine):
"I find myself disturbed lately by the fact that restaurants give you more than any sane person would want to eat, and food is packaged in bigger and bigger containers now so that you try to buy a mere quart of ginger ale and you have to buy a gallon of it that won't fit in the refrigerator. I'm very aware, almost for the first time in my life, of consumerism, being a dupe of consumerism. In my old age, as my appetites lessen, I guess I'm more and more easily disgusted by the fact that we're living in this society committted to making us spend more than we have, or more than we should, for stuff we don't really need or want, and that furthermore is killing us slowly as well as filling all the landfills and making the birds sing less and so on."
"I find myself disturbed lately by the fact that restaurants give you more than any sane person would want to eat, and food is packaged in bigger and bigger containers now so that you try to buy a mere quart of ginger ale and you have to buy a gallon of it that won't fit in the refrigerator. I'm very aware, almost for the first time in my life, of consumerism, being a dupe of consumerism. In my old age, as my appetites lessen, I guess I'm more and more easily disgusted by the fact that we're living in this society committted to making us spend more than we have, or more than we should, for stuff we don't really need or want, and that furthermore is killing us slowly as well as filling all the landfills and making the birds sing less and so on."
Saturday, June 03, 2006
What did he scribble?
Another one from the archives:
The venue: Two Continents Restaurant in Washington. Year: 1974. This economist met the then Chief of Staff to President Gerald Ford, Donald Rumsfeld, and his deputy, Dick Cheney. While discussing Ford's proposal for tax increases, he scribbled something on the cocktail napkin, illustrating the trade-off between tax rates and revenues. Who's he and what did he scribble?
The venue: Two Continents Restaurant in Washington. Year: 1974. This economist met the then Chief of Staff to President Gerald Ford, Donald Rumsfeld, and his deputy, Dick Cheney. While discussing Ford's proposal for tax increases, he scribbled something on the cocktail napkin, illustrating the trade-off between tax rates and revenues. Who's he and what did he scribble?
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