{"id":252,"date":"2005-01-30T23:12:53","date_gmt":"2005-01-31T04:12:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/server97.snhdns.com\/~ravik\/wp\/?p=252"},"modified":"2005-01-30T23:12:53","modified_gmt":"2005-01-31T04:12:53","slug":"a-grossly-distorted-recollection-of-the-bloggers-meet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ravikiran.com\/blog\/classic\/200501\/a-grossly-distorted-recollection-of-the-bloggers-meet\/","title":{"rendered":"A grossly distorted recollection of the Bloggers&#8217; meet"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><I>The following account of the story has been written under the heavy influence of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.reachouthyderabad.com\/newsmaker\/hw89.htm\">Ethiopian Qahwah<\/a>.  Hence it should be cross-checked against the accounts of other bloggers for veracity. But please note that Yazad and Amit partook of the same substance, hence their accounts too should be viewed with abundant caution.<br \/>\n<\/I><\/p>\n<p>Six of us Bombay Bloggers met yesterday at Chowpatty&#8217;s Coffee Day.  We had a free and frank exchange of views, and we managed to find common ground on a lot of issues. In fact we decided that:<\/p>\n<p>1) Motorcycle helmets should be banned for the greater common good. Wearing helmets gives riders an incentive to drive rashly, secure in the knowledge that their helmets protect them against head injuries. <\/p>\n<p>2) For the same reason, car drivers should not be allowed to wear seatbelts. In fact, we should have spikes sticking out of steering wheels, as this will make drivers even more careful before they cause accidents. <\/p>\n<p>I missed most of the proceedings as I had to drive a total of 120 kiometers to get to the place. (I lost the way and managed to reach Vasai). Other bloggers will be able fill in the missing details for you. They assured me that they spent the two hours I missed discussing Parsis, a subject I don&#8217;t have much of a view on. They will also be able to tell you about the mysterious person wearing dark glasses and claiming to be a New York times reporter who was watching the proceedings and taking notes. I suspect he was a CIA plant.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The following account of the story has been written under the heavy influence of Ethiopian Qahwah. Hence it should be cross-checked against the accounts of other bloggers for veracity. But please note that Yazad and Amit partook of the same substance, hence their accounts too should be viewed with abundant caution. Six of us Bombay [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ravikiran.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/252"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ravikiran.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ravikiran.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ravikiran.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ravikiran.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=252"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ravikiran.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/252\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ravikiran.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=252"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ravikiran.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=252"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ravikiran.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=252"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}