Ravana Is My Role Model!

@Cimorene
Your fondness of mustache is a bit obsessive! I concede that mustaches are essential for comic strip producers but in real life, mustache is not in great demand. Maybe it is a bit popular in South of the Vindhyas, but it does not enjoy much of a popularity elsewhere. North Indian matinee idols are mostly clean shaven and so are the Hollywood guys. They have the kind of macho image that does not require a mustache to enhance. Only South Indian stars desperately need a mustache for a macho image.

Beards on the other hand have a mystical quality. You don't dismiss a bearded man with 'Oh, another bearded man!' but start wondering what could be the story behind his beard. Has he suffered any calamity like 'love failure' for deciding to sport a beard? Or is he an art critic who dabbles in no art in particular? Questions come crowding into your mind! In short, beards arrest your attention completely.
Sri

 

@Cimorene
We have a statue of Sir Thomas Munroe in a prominent square of Chennai. The statue showing Sir Munroe riding a horse has a peculiarity. It has neither a saddle nor the stirrups and has been a subject matter of great controversy ever since it was erected. There are even stories that when the statue was unveiled to public view, a teenager pointed out this anomaly and the sculptor who made it shot himself to death in shame. The story is not verified though. It is possible that the sculptor might have forgotten these essential details of a horse rider as he might have never ridden a horse!

Hans Augusto Rey may have made George without a tail forgetting that no monkey is complete without a tail. The two pictures that you have been kind enough to publish remind me of the error of Munro's sculptor. Francis Chantrey was the sculptor's name incidentally. Rey's monkey looks like a small boy in a fancy dress competition! Coming to the riddle of Hanuman's tail, I found there are several creatures in the world who have tongues twice the side of their body to catch their prey and once the hapless prey got stuck in the tongue, the creature retracted the
tongue in a flash and appeared almost tongueless!

If a tiny chameleon could to it, I am sure Hanuman was more resourceful in retracting his tail. I have seen some travellers carrying a portable chair of the size of a mobile phone while moving around and whenever they want to sit, they will unfold it and the chair would be big enough to accommodate the nutty Professor Clump played by Eddie Murphy! The long and short of it is that we must reconcile to the fact that Hanuman retracted his tail at will and did not jettison it as unwanted cargo!
Sri

 

@Cimorene
As a kid, I was invariably asked by my grandma to taste the food first to make sure that every item was ok. My grandma used to say that I was a chap that had a tongue measuring 'naalu muzham', a Tamil word used in measurement of lengths. Naalu muzham is roughly equal to two yards or six feet. This expression is meant to refer to a person with a highly discerning taste! Apart from the tongue getting distinguished by high sensitivity of its taste buds, tongue means a lot of other things. People can be passionate about their Mother Tongue but they may set tongues wagging if they don't hold their tongue about other tongues!
"There is nothing that so much gratifies an ill tongue as when it finds an angry heart." is a quote that I used to keep framed in my office apart from another one that said "If you have nothing to do, please don't do it here!'

Sri

 

@kaniths
Kumbakarnan is my primary Role Model. Ravana comes only second. I can sleep even standing!

 

@kaniths
Talking of eating, you must read this poem:

It seemed like a good idea at the time,
But looking back now I cringe just a little.
I was so hungry and it WAS once mine,
The week old milk and peanut butter brittle.

It wasn't just the smell,
No it was something much worse,
Yet I had nothing to rid me of this unquenchable thirst

The crust was thick and the color was off,
The smell was foul and made me cough.
Not before long the stench filled the air,
What's that?
Oh goodness, do I see a hair?

Now wait just a minute, this isn't fair,
Oh please, I'm so hungry, what else is there?
I looked in the pantry and I looked in fridge,
I'll go to the store sooner or later.

The most horrible snack,
When nothing to eat,
I admit it, I did it,
I ate the gross treat.

Courtesy: Family Friend Poems