Tuesday, March 18, 2008

Bedtime Stories

There is a legend about a prisoner who was given his choice of punishment, either a hundred lashes or eating a hundred chillies. He opted for the latter, thinking it would be easier to bear. Part way through the ordeal he pleaded for the whip instead. When his back started bleeding he yelped that he preferred the burning in his mouth. This cycle was repeated until the poor man had endured both a hundred lashes and a hundred chillies.

The moral of the story is that

Learn to stick with your decisions, but do not apply fevicol kyunki "Fevicol ka mazboot jodh kabhi tootta nahin"