KABALI - Teaser or whatever

A lot has been happening all around the globe this time around. Meanwhile Kabali fever grips the nation!!!! (Oh my God, how contagious is it gonna be)
It is normally a trend in India - movie release is always associated with a celebration of a community of people who   call themselves to be 'Fans' to the hero of the particular movie. People consider it as  a pilgrimage to visit the theatres for the First Show of the movie. (FDFS - First Day First Show as they call.)
I usually don't ever care which movie is released when. But recently I've been hearing a lot about Kabali because of the unusual hype that is happening all around. The movie features the Superstar of the Tamil industry Mr.Rajinikanth!
He is no doubts a talented actor who still has a good market and stronghold in the industry.
But there’s unprecedented pre-release buzz for this particular film which is totally weird and unacceptable. Why this pointless exaggeration????( I know I'm likely to be insulted for stating this 😁 of which I'm least bothered about😂)

The irony is that there are still people who worship actors like anything. According to me this is total stupidity.
I even heard of corporates declaring holiday for the day of release of this movie. I just don't understand why the same morons who do not even care about the well being of their employees during calamity, or give sufficient maternity leave, or grant them leave to celebrate a special occasion with the family are all of a sudden so concerned about the release of a movie???
I came across an image that poked me deep inside. Yeah! It was the image of a pastry with the Kabali theme.
I really value the creator of the pastry and I know the amount of perseverance that has gone into its creation. But I really feel pity about the clients who ate it up! Seriously now Kabali has been eaten up somewhere around!!! LOL
My highest expectation as of now is that, as the theme Kabali has now started entering all business sectors, now there will be a heavy competition between firms that are introducing Kabali products. (Even Uber has announced discounts!)
I'm looking forward to the following versions of the same:
1. Barbequed Kabali
2. Kabali Kotthu Parrota
3. Creamstone Kabali

#FingersCrossed

Oh comeon...... Wake up people......It's only a movie .......an entertainment after all!!

Zentralfriedhof - The Central Cemetery of Vienna

           The Zentralfriedhof is the Central Cemetery of Vienna. It is one of the largest cemeteries in the world, largest by number of interred in Europe and most famous cemetery among Vienna's nearly 50 cemeteries. It is situated on the outskirts of the city, in the district of Simmering (Simmeringer Hauptstraße 230–244, Vienna 1110, Austria). The giant cemetery spans to an area of about 2.4 square kilometres (590 acres). It accommodates over 330.000 graves. The cemetery was designed in 1870, according to the plans of the Frankfurt landscape architects Karl Jonas Mylius and Alfred Friedrich Bluntschli. The cemetery was opened on All Saints' Day in 1874.

                   Zentralfriedhof has a dead population of almost twice the present living residents of Vienna. In its early incarnations, it was so unpopular due to the distance from the city center that the authorities had to think of ways to make it more attractive – hence the development of the Ehrengräber or honorary graves as a kind of tourist attraction. Vienna is a city of music since time immemorial, and the municipality expressed gratitude to composers by granting them monumental tombs. The notable tombs found here are those of Ludwig van Beethoven, Franz Schubert, Johannes Brahms, Antonio Salieri, Johann Strauss II and Arnold Schoenberg. A cenotaph honours Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, who is buried in nearby St. Marx Cemetery.

 

Schubert's tomb!

Brahms' tomb!

Beethoven's tomb

Mozart's memorial!

 The church in the centre of the cemetery is named Karl-Borromäus-Kirche (Charles Borromeo Church), but is also known as Dr. Karl-Lueger-Gedächtniskirche (Karl Lueger Memorial Church). This church in Art Nouveau style was built in 1908–1910 by Max Hegele.

                              We were lucky enough to strike poses near few of the massive tombs!

Interestingly the Zentralfriedhof is interdenominational with not only the Catholic and Protestant but also the Jewish, Muslim, Russian orthodox,  Greek Orthodox,  Romanian Orthodox,  Bulgarian Orthodox, Serbian Orthodox, Coptic Orthodox Churches and even Buddhist cemeteries. Among the Viennese, a popular euphemism for a death is that the deceased person "has taken the 71" ("Er hat den 71er genommen"). Oopsies.... Apparenty "Tram 71" was the one most used by us during the trip!!!

Vedanthangal Bird Sanctuary

          We were on a flying visit to Chennai. During the return journey we decided to drop in to some tourist spot. After spending a night in Mamallapuram we started southwards. Now we realised that Vedanthangal was a spot somewhere on our way. We decided to stop by the bird sanctuary and spend some quality time. We googled the route out and took the right turns and we were there in a couple of hours.

          As this was not pre-planned we did not have binoculars or other aids. Our cameras with full charge were waiting to click the best of migrating birds' sight!
          Finally we entered the site. We sure felt that something was unusual about the place!
Read on to find what happened.



          This was my first time in Vedanthangal and I was super excited about the trip. The fact that I can have a good deal of work with my camera was cheering me. (I was still in hangover that we shortened our stay in Mamallapuram).

We could only see empty benches, empty ponds, empty tree tops...... on a whole an empty bird sanctuary! Yes! it was off-season! We had no idea of that before. Since it was not in our plan to visit Vedanthangal, we didnot consult with any experts either.That was an ultimate BULB for us.

We were lucky enough to see this awesome creature though!! Now this specially abled birdie was named as "Tap-Mouthed Bill" by the author (Pipe-vaayan in the regional language-Tamil).

He managed to strike fantastic pose for me indeed!

Please pardon me if you came in here expecting tourist information regarding VBS :P

SPOONERISM aka MARROWSKY

Welcome readers! So what did the title actually mean to you? Did you came in thinking Spoonerism is something like Buddhism or Hinduism? FYI it is not….Also spoonerism has nothing to do with spoons!! Keep reading.
I came across this phenomenon in a movie, where this was used to communicate humour.

A spoonerism is simply an error in speech. The play is such that corresponding consonants, vowels or morphemes are switched.

It is named after the Reverend William Archibald Spooner, who was prone to this tendency.

Spoonerisms are commonly heard as slips of the tongue. However they can be used to translate humour and as a rhyme form in poetry.

So here are some good examples:

 Three cheers for our queer old dean!

(dear old queen)

 Is it kisstomary to cuss the bride?

(customary to kiss)

 The Lord is a shoving leopard.

(a loving shepherd)

 A blushing crow. *omg*

(crushing blow)

 A well-boiled icicle

(well-oiled bicycle)

 Is the bean dizzy?

(dean busy)

USAGES:

- Names of music albums:

                                               Ø Punk in Drublic

                                               Ø Liberal Animation

                                               Ø Night in the Ruts

- Spoonerism was chosen as one of the character personalities of the seven dwarfs during the production of Walt Disney’s Snow white and the Seven Dwarfs.

- One of Shel Silverstein’s book was entitled ‘Runny Babbit: A Billy Sook’

- In the English translations of the Finnsih Moomins books, the characters Thingumy and Bob often use these; spmetimes as ‘Bingumy and Thob’ and stating things are “worry vell”.

- In a situation where profanity is unsuitable, a spoonerism is used to tone down the intensity of the expression or to bend the rules.

Ø Bass ackwards

Ø Nucking futs

Ø Muck Fichigan

 

- In J.K.Rowling’s first book, George says “we’re not stupid; we know we’re called Gred and Forge”

- Comedian F.Chase Taylor published a book with stories subtitled

Ø Wart pun: Aysop’s Feebles

Ø Tart pooh: Tany and other fales

Ø Beeping Sleauty.

Here are some more spoonerisms:

 Go and shake a tower

 Plaster man

 Trim your snow tail

 Chewing the doors

Now I think you can figure out what it means without the bracket hint.
Keep Spoonering!!
 

Usage information gathered from Google, Wikipedia