tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11794353.post2094264679803896629..comments2023-07-24T14:04:07.296+05:30Comments on silverine: Oh! Ye of simple faith!silverinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16474136215458639419noreply@blogger.comBlogger25125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11794353.post-3182196595832139732008-07-26T18:53:00.000+05:302008-07-26T18:53:00.000+05:30Anon: You call this religion? Sad! I do take your ...Anon: You call this religion? Sad! I do take your comment in the right spirit, but I think you need to read up on what the Church is all about. And it is not this dear. Such acts only degrade religion, whether it is Xianity, or any other religion. Reg fads, I am a blogger. So I don't have to subscribe to fads. I write what I see! Blogging is your platform to break away from fads and write silverinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16474136215458639419noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11794353.post-2224343934767484532008-07-26T18:37:00.000+05:302008-07-26T18:37:00.000+05:30Good writeup. Just one comment, religion bashing i...Good writeup. Just one comment, religion bashing is kind of a fad, especially in this media driven world, for the simple reason, that atleast some of the organised religions like the Church are or rather have-become, soft-targets. Am sure you have more creativity than having to walk through that beaten track, and moreover today, it would be very redundant to do that, as lot of guys and/in the Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11794353.post-36694479231623780602008-05-06T21:45:00.000+05:302008-05-06T21:45:00.000+05:30hehe..i hope they atleast gave one tenth of it as ...hehe..i hope they atleast gave one tenth of it as a prayer offering..<BR/>probably they should start some kind of hedge fubd to finance these motives..Jinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04114322815517985585noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11794353.post-27654616794233864472008-05-05T19:52:00.000+05:302008-05-05T19:52:00.000+05:30whoa! the poor things. why not leave the girl alon...whoa! the poor things.<BR/> why not leave the girl alone now??Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11794353.post-56001663043561681862008-05-02T11:16:00.000+05:302008-05-02T11:16:00.000+05:30Raj: And thats why i put up that trivia! :)Philip:...Raj: And thats why i put up that trivia! :)<BR/><BR/>Philip: I would be laughing too if I was not so frustrated trying to talk people out of this!<BR/><BR/>G-man: Aunt Dogoody keeps in touch with everyone whether they want it or not :p<BR/><BR/>Karthik: Poor Mary is thoroughly demoralized as she is aware of the going ons! <BR/><BR/>MC: You are right. Any thing and everything is fair game for silverinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16474136215458639419noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11794353.post-21986254845835020452008-05-02T07:20:00.000+05:302008-05-02T07:20:00.000+05:30:-))). excellent piece. people become gullible whe...:-))). excellent piece. <BR/>people become gullible when desperate, and people exploit the gullibility of the desperate.that's the way of the world.<BR/>but visions? not all visions are received for a price. i've known cases where visions translate into reality-sometimes it's scary.<BR/>grey areas in human knowledgekochuthresiamma p .jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01320086308375078739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11794353.post-60458186387328258092008-05-01T15:07:00.000+05:302008-05-01T15:07:00.000+05:30:DIt's unfortunate that the prayer lady didn't for...:D<BR/><BR/>It's unfortunate that the prayer lady didn't foresee the 'thadasams' about to happen in her life. I hope uncle and aunty created some 'thadasams' for her for embezzeling them!Girl With Big Eyeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01805719199363814828noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11794353.post-81334645209674672542008-04-30T10:45:00.000+05:302008-04-30T10:45:00.000+05:30There's a lot to be said about these 'visions', an...There's a lot to be said about these 'visions', and unfortunately, none of what needs to be said are good.<BR/><BR/>It was P.T. Barnum who said that people WANT to be fooled. That is the basic secret behind the success of magic, hypnosis, etc.<BR/><BR/>It also explains how the 'seers' like the lady mentioned in the article or Sai Baba continue to have believers... they will stick on even if theyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11794353.post-29990936604993884512008-04-29T10:56:00.000+05:302008-04-29T10:56:00.000+05:30loved the title :)! prayer centres are indeed a fr...loved the title :)! <BR/><BR/>prayer centres are indeed a fruitful profession...i have an uncle and aunt who lost everything in stock markets and other businesses...became charismatic preachers and are now doing well. <BR/><BR/>like usha said, the next stop for your uncle and aunt should be astrologers!Jibyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07324353796946088382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11794353.post-59862292442148538492008-04-29T06:28:00.000+05:302008-04-29T06:28:00.000+05:30LOL that video is nothing short of HILARIOUS!daddy...LOL that video is nothing short of HILARIOUS!<BR/>daddy boy's favourite show.ToOothlEss WOndeR!https://www.blogger.com/profile/03870478280394124292noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11794353.post-53069634939682414552008-04-28T16:33:00.000+05:302008-04-28T16:33:00.000+05:30thank goodness, AD just stopped at that! for there...thank goodness, AD just stopped at that! for there are quite a few ADs around who would get started with their loong lists of 'parihaarakriyas' at this point! and Mary should be thanking her stars that she wasn't born a hindu. she just saved herself from the dangerous cult known as astrologers!Ushahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12035335987985416714noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11794353.post-91588301560327009502008-04-28T15:31:00.000+05:302008-04-28T15:31:00.000+05:30whats all this silverine ... how can u make fun of...whats all this silverine ... how can u make fun of parents desperate to get their daughters married? che che che! too bad!<BR/><BR/>btw ... i guess, parents can get really desperate with daughters of marriageable age. have u ever seen the astrology programs in asianet/surya tv? majority of the questions are abt marriage!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11794353.post-67204637907289336902008-04-28T10:52:00.000+05:302008-04-28T10:52:00.000+05:30I know a girl whose astrologer said as per her jat...I know a girl whose astrologer said as per her <I>jathakam</I>, it is bad for her future FIL(Read it as he will die soon). The honest people doesn't want to knowingly put any FIL's life into jeopardy. The astrologer has a <I>pariharam</I> also. Look out for a guy whose father is no longer alive, and do some <I>poojas</I> Bingo!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11794353.post-5256878175064172172008-04-28T09:58:00.000+05:302008-04-28T09:58:00.000+05:30I can almost relate to this situation .... since I...I can almost relate to this situation .... <BR/>since I have touched the golden age group mark , my relatives have declared various thadasams ( including a hidden boyfriend:P) and have suggested various visions to my dad... absolutely ROFL :DDeeptihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11945856816130429384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11794353.post-70808952247768038262008-04-27T13:21:00.000+05:302008-04-27T13:21:00.000+05:30lol..man..i can totally relate to this..i have bee...lol..man..i can totally relate to this..i have been seeing the same things here in my family..its funny how the relatives and part of the society ("well-wishers") and the new age brokers aka the "matrimonial consultants", become scavengers and leeches in such situations (i am not talking about AD here, but another lot). as parents, when it comes to the m-word for their children, they are worried,Mind Curryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11788912357913882065noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11794353.post-84525071725517562732008-04-27T00:06:00.000+05:302008-04-27T00:06:00.000+05:30You know, if all this went on behind Mary's back, ...You know, if all this went on behind Mary's back, and if she's a rational girl, I just suspect that if she were to find out about all this, Mary might turn into 'Bloody Mary' :p <BR/><BR/>And in response to this:<BR/><I> When it comes to superstitions I have seen scientists and mathematicians take leave of their senses!</I><BR/>See this:<BR/>http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7359258.stm<BR/>skarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01438206586553429725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11794353.post-37199418271750721772008-04-26T20:24:00.000+05:302008-04-26T20:24:00.000+05:30ah...apparently some fraud (read as astrologer) ha...ah...apparently some fraud (read as astrologer) has asked my ma to start er...searching by the time i turn 24, and that i'd have at least 3 kids :| after reading this, i wonder what sorta *donation* she gave him.<BR/><BR/>oh, and are your parents still in touch with this aunt dogoody?g-manhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17959405141495006321noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11794353.post-6187144829912277512008-04-26T18:09:00.000+05:302008-04-26T18:09:00.000+05:30I'd have been laughing my head off it didn't affec...I'd have been laughing my head off it didn't affect me so much. I'm constantly amazed at how gullible people become in matters involving religion. I guess it's not religion that makes them stupid...it's just that some people are like that.Philiphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06563409850611657324noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11794353.post-6752212168543163272008-04-26T16:40:00.000+05:302008-04-26T16:40:00.000+05:30off topic:poomanam - പൂമണം. I was always thinking ...off topic:<BR/><BR/>poomanam - പൂമണം. <BR/><BR/>I was always thinking this name means smell (manam) of a flower (poo).രാജ്https://www.blogger.com/profile/15623645093837147563noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11794353.post-46899676243888703072008-04-26T15:52:00.000+05:302008-04-26T15:52:00.000+05:30Sreejith: Thank you!Mathew: :)Abhi: They had alrea...Sreejith: Thank you!<BR/><BR/>Mathew: :)<BR/><BR/>Abhi: They had already done all that you see!silverinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16474136215458639419noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11794353.post-83331064864610863912008-04-26T15:16:00.000+05:302008-04-26T15:16:00.000+05:30Get some money pumped into the pockets of a broker...Get some money pumped into the pockets of a broker, or even better get the gal to read ad's of Simplymarry.com. They are quite hilarious but at the same time they get the point across. So it might help get your COUSIN married off!Abhihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06441952034566878285noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11794353.post-50052197381865082252008-04-26T15:09:00.000+05:302008-04-26T15:09:00.000+05:30stothram stothram...I get visions...sthothram stot...stothram stothram...<BR/>I get visions...<BR/>sthothram stothram...rum..rum...<BR/><BR/>oh wait...i get it..<BR/><BR/>"Mary had a little lamb"<BR/><BR/>oh yeah..She will marry a shepherd!!mathewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00860741232962357228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11794353.post-80704975303333423982008-04-26T14:18:00.000+05:302008-04-26T14:18:00.000+05:30Remove thadassam and go to Kerala matrimony! March...Remove thadassam and go to Kerala matrimony! March! :)<BR/><BR/>Good one S!Sreejith Panickarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06941603815106460360noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11794353.post-20710513077700109972008-04-26T12:58:00.000+05:302008-04-26T12:58:00.000+05:30Thomas: LOL!! You are a genius!! Actually AD herse...Thomas: LOL!! You are a genius!! Actually AD herself is very gullible! When it comes to superstitions I have seen scientists and mathematicians take leave of their senses!silverinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16474136215458639419noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11794353.post-25457257679426718162008-04-26T12:50:00.000+05:302008-04-26T12:50:00.000+05:30Maybe the lady and the aunty could have squeezed a...Maybe the lady and the aunty could have squeezed another 10000 bucks by suggesting a perfect boy for the girl if they themselves had searched in Kerala Matrimony and passed the profile to uncle. AD could have said that the lady had a vision of a boy living in so & so place and give some description so that the uncle will be yet again flabbergasted when he finds out whatever the lady told about thomashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01110093064122573431noreply@blogger.com