Dhobi Ghat Box Office – Ha Ha Ha, Washed Out

Dhobi Ghat Review – Less Dhobi, More Phony Thank You, God (Allah, Ram, Jesus or wateva be your f*cking name). Thank you with all our heart for sinking this mediocre shit a.k.a Dhobi Ghat. Folks, the much publicized Aamir Khan produced Dhobi Ghat failed to generate even half-million dollars at the U.S. box office. What […]

Arrogant Bastard Beer Review – Go for It

(For the beer-swilling SI Blog reader Gandhiji) Candy is dandy, but liquor is quicker. – Ogden Nash Idle minds mouths will drink anything. 😉 As many of our readers have hinted on occasion, time hangs heavily on our hands. So when a SI blog reader brought up Arrogant Bastard beer last night, we were game […]

Groupon, LivingSocial, Google Offers, ScoutMob, MonsterOffers – New Deal Madness Seizes America

Shop till you drop. As even the schmucks know by now, that’s been the mantra in the consumerist Mecca a.k.a. America for decades. And if there’s one group of people who love a deal, it’s Americans. Every day, Americans use coupons for Tampons, Bread, Donuts, Beer, Razors, Diabetes Readers, Whiskey, Movie Tickets, Pizza, Haircuts, Wine, […]

Famous & Infamous Last Words – Said & Unsaid

The following Famous Last Words are mostly culled from Brewer’s Dictionary of Phrase & Fable. * Mahatma Gandhi – Hey Ram * Cecil John Rhodes (British colonial administrator) – So little done, so much to do * Mohammed – O’Allah! Pardon my sins. Yes, I come. * Jane Austen (English writer, when asked what she […]

The Way Back Review – Long, Hard Road to India

Welcome to India. Papers and passports, please. (Indian border official to the Siberian escapees) Siberian escapees shake their head. Never mind (says the Indian border official). Stalin was the world’s biggest mass murderer (not that any of you schmucks would know). Crueler than Hitler and all other monsters in history. The so-called ‘enemies’ of the […]

India Digest – Ph.D Factory, Hiring Spree & More

* Only in India Stories – If your subordinate asks for leave, better grant it pronto unless you want him to behave like this policeman in Andhra Pradesh. (Times of India) * TCS on Ferocious Hiring Spree – U.S. Job Killer Tata Consultancy Services to hire 37,000 Coolies in fiscal year 2012 (April 1, 2011-March […]