Look Who’s Stupid..!
I enjoyed this imaginary conversation with a fellow who thought that all stupid people should wear a sign saying they are stupid. What I loved most however was how it ended: “Why don’t stupid people have signs? Stupid people should have to wear signs that just say, “I’m Stupid”. That…
‘I Have a Rottweiler..!’
It happened a few years ago, when my German Shepherd was alive and I heard the sound of my gate opening. I rushed out and stopped the young lad from Jio who had stepped in with his bundle of wire, “Didn’t you see the Beware of Dog sign?” I asked,…
Replacing the Morning Walk..!
Maybe it’s because I couldn’t complete my morning walk today, being slightly under the weather that made me look for another alternative to walking. I stared at the advertisement: A walk machine! All I had to do was place my still lazy feet on the machine without getting off the…
Stop Being a Dinosaur…!
There are many who fight shy and even condemn technological and scientific advances in our world. But by doing so they’ll become dinosaurs in our modern age. Here are some funny stories of those who struggled to catch up: A writer who used pen and ink was persuaded to change…
Such Simple Solutions..!
Life’s problems aren’t as complicated as we make them out to be. Most have very simple solutions: A large truck attempting to go through a railway underpass found itself stuck between the road and the girders above. The emergency crew sent out by the truck owners tried without success to…
Robert Clements is a newspaper columnist and writes a daily column, which has graced the pages of over 60 newspapers and magazines, from a daily column in the Khaleej Times, Dubai, the Morning Star, London, and in nearly every state in India, from The Statesman in Kolkata, to the Kashmir Times in Kashmir to the Trinity Mirror in Chennai.