Comments on: My confession http://www.ravikiran.com/blog/classic/200504/my-confession/ Where I torture reality till it confesses the truth Tue, 09 Mar 2010 16:56:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Ravikiran Rao http://www.ravikiran.com/blog/classic/200504/my-confession/comment-page-1/#comment-4250 Ravikiran Rao Tue, 12 Apr 2005 14:43:30 +0000 http://www.ravikiran.com/2005/04/11/my-confession/#comment-4250 I do find Dave Barry funny, and I used to read him before he started his blog. I do find Dave Barry funny, and I used to read him before he started his blog.

]]> By: shrikanthk http://www.ravikiran.com/blog/classic/200504/my-confession/comment-page-1/#comment-4247 shrikanthk Tue, 12 Apr 2005 14:22:19 +0000 http://www.ravikiran.com/2005/04/11/my-confession/#comment-4247 PGW's humor is secondary. What makes him great is that he's the greatest prose stylist of the 20th century. Just about everyone,even Dickens,when compared to him if a total mastery of the English Tongue were the only criterion for the comparison. PGW’s humor is secondary.
What makes him great is that he’s the greatest prose stylist of the 20th century. Just about everyone,even Dickens,when compared to him if a total mastery of the English Tongue were the only criterion for the comparison.

]]> By: shrikanthk http://www.ravikiran.com/blog/classic/200504/my-confession/comment-page-1/#comment-4246 shrikanthk Tue, 12 Apr 2005 14:21:37 +0000 http://www.ravikiran.com/2005/04/11/my-confession/#comment-4246 PGW's humor is secondary. What makes him great is that he's the greatest prose stylist of the 20th century. Just about everyone,even Dickens,suffers in contrast to him if a total mastery of the English Tongue were the only criterion for the comparison. PGW’s humor is secondary.
What makes him great is that he’s the greatest prose stylist of the 20th century. Just about everyone,even Dickens,suffers in contrast to him if a total mastery of the English Tongue were the only criterion for the comparison.

]]> By: sachatur http://www.ravikiran.com/blog/classic/200504/my-confession/comment-page-1/#comment-4242 sachatur Tue, 12 Apr 2005 13:44:05 +0000 http://www.ravikiran.com/2005/04/11/my-confession/#comment-4242 Have you read 'Lamb: The gospel according to Biff, Christ's childhood pal' by Christopher Moore? Have you read ‘Lamb: The gospel according to Biff, Christ’s childhood pal’ by Christopher Moore?

]]> By: sandy http://www.ravikiran.com/blog/classic/200504/my-confession/comment-page-1/#comment-4236 sandy Tue, 12 Apr 2005 11:40:01 +0000 http://www.ravikiran.com/2005/04/11/my-confession/#comment-4236 Hats off to you Ravi. It takes a lot of guts to make a confession of this magnitude. Shocked as I was at first, it was heartening to see that all is not lost. Yes Minister salvages your esteem in my eyes. Have you tried Dave Barry yet? Dont judge the author by his blog - Dave's blog sucks BIG time. It seems to be too porn oriented. Hats off to you Ravi. It takes a lot of guts to make a confession of this magnitude. Shocked as I was at first, it was heartening to see that all is not lost. Yes Minister salvages your esteem in my eyes. Have you tried Dave Barry yet? Dont judge the author by his blog – Dave’s blog sucks BIG time. It seems to be too porn oriented.

]]> By: Ravikiran Rao http://www.ravikiran.com/blog/classic/200504/my-confession/comment-page-1/#comment-4231 Ravikiran Rao Tue, 12 Apr 2005 11:22:52 +0000 http://www.ravikiran.com/2005/04/11/my-confession/#comment-4231 MS, we don't do much I'm afraid. We managed to decide who will be the next Pope. We've decided who will be the next head of the Federal Reserve and gave him broad instructions on how to stabilise the dollar. We also managed to squeeze in some time and decided to privatise Indian Airlines and Air India before the year is out, but overall I think our productivity is shamefully low. MS, we don’t do much I’m afraid. We managed to decide who will be the next Pope. We’ve decided who will be the next head of the Federal Reserve and gave him broad instructions on how to stabilise the dollar. We also managed to squeeze in some time and decided to privatise Indian Airlines and Air India before the year is out, but overall I think our productivity is shamefully low.

]]> By: Suhail http://www.ravikiran.com/blog/classic/200504/my-confession/comment-page-1/#comment-4225 Suhail Tue, 12 Apr 2005 04:54:12 +0000 http://www.ravikiran.com/2005/04/11/my-confession/#comment-4225 correccione.... <a href="http://sidin.blogspot.com/2004/05/weather-cynical-singaporeans-and-bible.html" rel="nofollow"> name is as funny as his writings</a>... correccione….
name is as funny as his writings…

]]> By: Suhail http://www.ravikiran.com/blog/classic/200504/my-confession/comment-page-1/#comment-4224 Suhail Tue, 12 Apr 2005 04:51:47 +0000 http://www.ravikiran.com/2005/04/11/my-confession/#comment-4224 Ravi, you have company. Once I started reading some "Jeeves" (who cares for the title), worshipped by my roommates, and I couldn't get past the 2nd page even in my 3rd attempt. Starting at some random page to catch that elusive thread, didn't help either. Thanks 42 !...My stomach is aching with splits ...ROTFL btw, his "we kumars..we kumars" reminds me of <a href="http://server1.msn.co.in/funnybone/newindex.asp" rel="nofollow">Another Weekly Funnybone</a>His recent one's are not so good. Read his <a href="http://server1.msn.co.in/funnybone/funnyindex.asp" rel="nofollow">earlier ones</a> especially this one on <a href="http://server1.msn.co.in/funnybone/funnybone.asp?urlid=19" rel="nofollow">Bombay locals</a> An excerpt frm this post: <i>"..The most important skill to be successful in second class was to be supremely insulting. The following conversation (which I am not making up) between an elderly Telugu gentleman (who are called Madrasis in Bombay out of respect) and a young confident man, who was making rapid advances in life by combing his hair every two minutes and selling tickets in black outside cinema theatres, should highlight exactly what.."</i> And ofcourse not many would not know abt this famous <a href="http://sidin.blogspot.com/2004/05/travails-of-single-south-indian-men-of.html" rel="nofollow">piece by a Mallu</a> whose <a href="http://sidin.blogspot.com/2004_05_16_sidin_archive.html" rel="nofollow">name is as funny as his writings. Go read em.</a> Ravi, you have company. Once I started reading some “Jeeves” (who cares for the title), worshipped by my roommates, and I couldn’t get past the 2nd page even in my 3rd attempt. Starting at some random page to catch that elusive thread, didn’t help either.

Thanks 42 !…My stomach is aching with splits …ROTFL

btw, his “we kumars..we kumars” reminds me of Another Weekly FunnyboneHis recent one’s are not so good. Read his earlier ones especially this one on Bombay locals An excerpt frm this post:
“..The most important skill to be successful in second class was to be supremely insulting. The following conversation (which I am not making up) between an elderly Telugu gentleman (who are called Madrasis in Bombay out of respect) and a young confident man, who was making rapid advances in life by combing his hair every two minutes and selling tickets in black outside cinema theatres, should highlight exactly what..”

And ofcourse not many would not know abt this famous piece by a Mallu whose name is as funny as his writings. Go read em.

]]> By: MS http://www.ravikiran.com/blog/classic/200504/my-confession/comment-page-1/#comment-4223 MS Tue, 12 Apr 2005 02:49:48 +0000 http://www.ravikiran.com/2005/04/11/my-confession/#comment-4223 Ravikiran, A query based on your last post (yeah - I am a tad late) regarding the Bombay Bloggers meet. I am curious to know what you guys aim to or accomplish by such a meeting. Do you guys meet for exchange of ideas, thoughts or just a bit of socialization. I would like to know if your meetings are for, crudely put, a lot talk or do you guys envision something (what?! action?) to come out of this exchange? MS. Ravikiran,
A query based on your last post (yeah – I am a tad late) regarding the Bombay Bloggers meet. I am curious to know what you guys aim to or accomplish by such a meeting. Do you guys meet for exchange of ideas, thoughts or just a bit of socialization. I would like to know if your meetings are for, crudely put, a lot talk or do you guys envision something (what?! action?) to come out of this exchange?
MS.

]]> By: Nandan http://www.ravikiran.com/blog/classic/200504/my-confession/comment-page-1/#comment-4221 Nandan Mon, 11 Apr 2005 17:19:08 +0000 http://www.ravikiran.com/2005/04/11/my-confession/#comment-4221 Well, I am a PGW fan and I probably gasped the most when Ravikiran said those words, but the fact that he is repetitive cannot be disputed. but, would you call Raag Bhairavi sung by Pt. Bhimsen Joshi at two different points in time repetitive? I would. Does that make it less exhilarating? I wouldn't agree. Oh, and Wodehouse can be pithy when he wants to...and he did want it quite often. Jeeves and Wooster and Psmith represent the more long-winded aspect of his humour. Blandings castle and his Hollywood stories, the immortal Golf stories are a delight to read...Anyway, to each his own. That said, HHGTTG and Yes, M and Yes, PM, are a class apart...I would rate HHGTTG the best work of humour I have come across, followed by the Y,M and Y, PM series and then all the works of Wodehouse. Well, I am a PGW fan and I probably gasped the most when Ravikiran said those words, but the fact that he is repetitive cannot be disputed. but, would you call Raag Bhairavi sung by Pt. Bhimsen Joshi at two different points in time repetitive? I would. Does that make it less exhilarating? I wouldn’t agree.
Oh, and Wodehouse can be pithy when he wants to…and he did want it quite often. Jeeves and Wooster and Psmith represent the more long-winded aspect of his humour. Blandings castle and his Hollywood stories, the immortal Golf stories are a delight to read…Anyway, to each his own.

That said, HHGTTG and Yes, M and Yes, PM, are a class apart…I would rate HHGTTG the best work of humour I have come across, followed by the Y,M and Y, PM series and then all the works of Wodehouse.

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