From: qiqx@vax5.cit.cornell.edu
Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian
Subject: Re: Top 10 Medal Events for India :-) :-)
Date: 12 Aug 92 19:59:00 EDT
Distribution: soc
Organization: Cornell University



If I may add an event to this funny list



0.	Posting sick religious comments, articles and what not on the net


In article <1992Aug11.153217.3764@b30.ingr.com>,
rajiv@b30.ingr.com (Rajiv Agrawal) writes: 
> In light of our pathetic performance at the Barcelona Olympix, 
> here is a list of events that we might have struck a medal in
> :-)  :-() 8-) .....
> 
> TOP TEN POTENTIAL MEDAL WINNING OLYMPIC EVENTS FOR INDIA 
> ---------------------------------------------------------
> 
> 10. Fly/mosquito swatting. 
>     Extra points for size, and flatness of finished product.
>     Banned Steroids: Kachua Chaap Agarbathi, Odomos.
>     ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>  9. Boarding a DTC bus. 
>     Extra points for style, elegance and number of people 
>     displaced from vehicle (bonus for throwing out the conductor).
> 
>  8. Verbal Wrestling. 
>     Points awarded for loudness, style, hand and body
>     coordinated gestures, original and creative incestuous abuses.
> 
>  7. The buffalos-on-the-road Grand Prix. 
>     Extra points for maintaining a dung-free wake, and number
>     of serious road accidents caused.
> 
>  6. Queue-jumping.  
>     In case of close decisions, points to be
>     awarded for persons who create the biggest racket/throw
>     the first blow.
> 
>  5. Price haggling. 
>     Extra credit for colorful bickering, duration of haggling
>     without a break for air, and the percentage of price-reduction.
>     achieved (subject to a minimum of 60%).
> 
>  4. Auto-rickshaw racing.  
>     Might have a close competition here between NY cabbies and 
>     desis.  I am hoping that most of the illegal aliens would not 
>     compete, thus increasing our chances. Ample use of the "footpath"
>     is allowed, with emphasis on number of human feet squashed.
> 
>  3. Balancing heavy stuff on head. 
>     Extra points for no hands, bald heads, and more
>     points for gymnastics/belly-dancing while competing. 
>     Strictly for amateurs, railway porters not allowed.
> 
>  2. The Squat-a-thon. 
>     Extra points for accomplishing the task *on* a railway track at peak
>     traffic hour.
> 
>  1. Pan-spitting.  
>     Aesthetic points for creating images from kamasutra. More
>     points for distance, speed, and importance of historical monument
>     defaced.  
>     Banned: Tobacco ! This would disallow the US Pro-Baseball teams.
>     The GOLD is definitely ours.
> 
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> 
> Due to the current economic situation the management have decided that the
> light at the end of the tunnel will be switched off until further notice.
> -- 
> Rajiv Agrawal                      |    /^^^\_/^^^^>
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