Foot in the mouth and other stories....

Today we were having a dinner at work. All of us were there: me, my colleagues and my boss. 

The conversation somehow turned to how this particular woman made it to the most powerful women in the world list. She is a politically well-connected lady whose meteoric rise coincided with her making those political connections. Someone said that her previous venture was a major flop. She managed to screw up the enterprise but still made it to where she is at present.

To this someone said "Yeah, it does not matter what you know and what you do..."

And I unthinking-ly chimed in saying, "All it matters is who you know and who you do...."

The topic of the conversation changed in record time....

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Today in the local bus, an African-American couple had to dis-embark pell-mell at the first place the bus stopped with their precious cargo. 

Toilet paper rolls. 

Three sacks of it.

They could not handle the sympathetic looks they got from every direction. While they were sitting in the bus (and while I was sitting behind them), a couple of Tamil aunties got very solicitous.

"Americans leh!! Local food very spicy no!!!"

A Chinese uncle very hospitably asked,  "Got them at an offer lah???"

Five minutes later, the couple were outside the bus.