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11 May 2010

Time Pass: 22 things that will happen when the IPL is nationalised

The following is published, in humour, due to the resemblance of the current controversy in Cricket (IPL) and to defence production. If you know the source of this joke, please email us so that we can give due credit.

1.     The new Commissioner of the IPL, replacing Lalit Modi, will be an IAS officer, 1989 batch, transferred from the Food Corporation of India

2.     Mayawati will demand, however, that the new Chairman should be her own candidate, Mr Dalit Modi. 

3.     The name of Mumbai Indians will immediately be changed to Mumbai Manus. It will, naturally, field only Maharashtrians (preferably Maharshtrian Brahmins). All other players will have their legs broken. Zaheer Khan will have his house burned down. So will Irfan Pathan, Yusuf Pathan and Mohammed Kaif.

4.     The Chennai Super Kings team will be renamed Dravida Cricket Kazhagam. Subsequently one faction will break away and the team will split into DCK (DMK) and AIADCK, owing allegience to Karunanidhi and Jayalalitha, respectively.

5.     Each political party will have its own team: BJP Bandits, Congress Cobras, CPI  Cadres, Samajwadi Strikers, CPM Challengers, Trinamul Tigers, et cetera.

6.     Auction of players will be replaced by teams calling for tenders for players. The lowest priced players will be picked.

7.  Cheerleaders will be replaced by honourable ministers who will give speeches during breaks in the match.

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26 March 2010

Landing on an aircraft carrier in rough weather aboard the USS Nimitz


26 Mar 2010: Video clip from the US Channel PBS's series called carrier. This 10min clip is about landing aircrafts on the fighter decks when the American aircraft carrier USS Nimitz is pitching 30 feet. Complicating things are the number of planes waiting to land, running out of fuel and doing it all at night! This is naval aviation at its finest.

31 October 2009

Awesomely bad video from Pak`s OFB

31 Oct 2009 Danger Room: The synth-rock soundtrack is particularly bad: It sounds like the A.Q. Khan ring kidnapped Joey Tempest, chained him to a Korg Polysix and forced him to start composing. My favorite is the guy in the white disco suit (or is it a lab coat?) cheerfully testing the 12.7mm machine gun. Full news  

Video: Firing of precision guided extended range artillery

31 Oct 2009 8ak: Great video of tanks firing precision guided artillery to targets between 8 to 21 km away and night firing as well. More information on XM982 Excalibur: Precision Guided Extended Range Artillery Projectile. Would India need less artillery units if we had more of these?

11 September 2009

TimePass: Pakistani student faced with automatic door