Comments on: Explicating the Expletive http://greatbong.net/2008/08/16/explicating-the-expletive/ Wed, 23 May 2012 17:08:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: GeratDong http://greatbong.net/2008/08/16/explicating-the-expletive/#comment-809545 GeratDong Tue, 16 Mar 2010 11:02:38 +0000 http://greatbong.net/2008/08/16/explicating-the-expletive/#comment-809545 I kinda read most of your blogs. This is probably your worst work ever. Not only is this your worst blog out all what you have written but is also one of the worst I have come across among the other fellow Bloggers in recent times! You should have left a Caveat at the beginning of this blog about it being Truely Third Class! You can't be funny all the time, I agree, but I suggest it is better not to write than write for the sake of it! As far as your book is concerned, 60-70% of it is a good read. When I read your book I got a feeling that I am reading a frivolous & trite blog; I did not feel satiated after reading your book. Nevertheless a good attempt! I kinda read most of your blogs. This is probably your worst work ever. Not only is this your worst blog out all what you have written but is also one of the worst I have come across among the other fellow Bloggers in recent times! You should have left a Caveat at the beginning of this blog about it being Truely Third Class! You can’t be funny all the time, I agree, but I suggest it is better not to write than write for the sake of it!

As far as your book is concerned, 60-70% of it is a good read. When I read your book I got a feeling that I am reading a frivolous & trite blog; I did not feel satiated after reading your book. Nevertheless a good attempt!

]]> By: Saptarshi http://greatbong.net/2008/08/16/explicating-the-expletive/#comment-675578 Saptarshi Tue, 23 Dec 2008 17:28:50 +0000 http://greatbong.net/2008/08/16/explicating-the-expletive/#comment-675578 Being an alumni of JU ( & SPHS) and studying at an IIM recently, I can vouch for the fact that poor souls heralding from other parts of India seriously lack an enriched vocabulary of expletives. Mother**** and Behen**** form their staple diet. I have tried to teach them some classics from JU but they got frustu and I caught lyad. :) Being an alumni of JU ( & SPHS) and studying at an IIM recently, I can vouch for the fact that poor souls heralding from other parts of India seriously lack an enriched vocabulary of expletives. Mother**** and Behen**** form their staple diet. I have tried to teach them some classics from JU but they got frustu and I caught lyad. :)

]]> By: Expressive expletives « a-plank-in-the-river http://greatbong.net/2008/08/16/explicating-the-expletive/#comment-652062 Expressive expletives « a-plank-in-the-river Sun, 12 Oct 2008 11:42:38 +0000 http://greatbong.net/2008/08/16/explicating-the-expletive/#comment-652062 [...] I really, really regret this. I forgot to mention earlier that this post has been inspired by GB’s post on expletives. By inspired I mean that the incidences and narration are entirely my [...] [...] I really, really regret this. I forgot to mention earlier that this post has been inspired by GB’s post on expletives. By inspired I mean that the incidences and narration are entirely my [...]

]]> By: Blogiya blog laya... http://greatbong.net/2008/08/16/explicating-the-expletive/#comment-614275 Blogiya blog laya... Fri, 05 Sep 2008 04:58:32 +0000 http://greatbong.net/2008/08/16/explicating-the-expletive/#comment-614275 one from my side please.... i remember this from my times in the Hostel of DCE, my roommates used to exchange the choicest of abuses (but all in good spirit though..haah!).....and then after a while one of them wud go "abey yaar!! MAA-BAAP ko to ghaseet beech main...Imaan se bhai, jab tak maa-baap na aayein tab tak gaali deney ka mazaa hi nahi aata"... one from my side please….
i remember this from my times in the Hostel of DCE, my roommates used to exchange the choicest of abuses (but all in good spirit though..haah!)…..and then after a while one of them wud go “abey yaar!! MAA-BAAP ko to ghaseet beech main…Imaan se bhai, jab tak maa-baap na aayein tab tak gaali deney ka mazaa hi nahi aata”…

]]> By: Anonymous http://greatbong.net/2008/08/16/explicating-the-expletive/#comment-612036 Anonymous Wed, 03 Sep 2008 23:12:29 +0000 http://greatbong.net/2008/08/16/explicating-the-expletive/#comment-612036 not sure why this video elicited a blog.. understand the lack of creativity in gaalis but felt some gender bias.. gals doing this.. OMG and all that crap.. well having led gaali fights in the same insti eons ago.. i can surely reflect and see why these seemingly random customs (yep there are even weirder customs such as tire-raid etc) were there in the first place.. i am sure all these gals are super-smart.. and they usually wont be like this in any other situation.. such tribal rituals actually builds team spirit and let people get out of the comfort zone (very important for succeeding in any walk of life).. if you cant make a fool of urself, life wud be too serious to enjoy.. real education in IIT/M happens outside the classroom.. you learn more about yourself in such situations.. the frnds that you make in these situations, remain with you forever.. and they are the ones who will nominate you to the board.. no one recalls who mugged the most.. but everyone remembers who was the most fun guy to be with and being gals and abusing.. so 1900's to be surprised.. as someone else said.. there is a ton of creativity but the regular chant is shown and finally, kids will be kids.. let them be.. one has to experience the wild side to appreciate the tamer stuff loved the "Bagher Bachha" bit :).. you have not lost the edge even at 4.. congrats not sure why this video elicited a blog.. understand the lack of creativity in gaalis but felt some gender bias.. gals doing this.. OMG and all that crap..

well having led gaali fights in the same insti eons ago.. i can surely reflect and see why these seemingly random customs (yep there are even weirder customs such as tire-raid etc) were there in the first place.. i am sure all these gals are super-smart.. and they usually wont be like this in any other situation..

such tribal rituals actually builds team spirit and let people get out of the comfort zone (very important for succeeding in any walk of life).. if you cant make a fool of urself, life wud be too serious to enjoy.. real education in IIT/M happens outside the classroom.. you learn more about yourself in such situations..

the frnds that you make in these situations, remain with you forever.. and they are the ones who will nominate you to the board.. no one recalls who mugged the most.. but everyone remembers who was the most fun guy to be with

and being gals and abusing.. so 1900′s to be surprised..

as someone else said.. there is a ton of creativity but the regular chant is shown

and finally, kids will be kids.. let them be.. one has to experience the wild side to appreciate the tamer stuff

loved the “Bagher Bachha” bit :) .. you have not lost the edge even at 4.. congrats

]]> By: Arindam http://greatbong.net/2008/08/16/explicating-the-expletive/#comment-604209 Arindam Fri, 29 Aug 2008 19:28:11 +0000 http://greatbong.net/2008/08/16/explicating-the-expletive/#comment-604209 As an ex-JU FET student Baagher Bachcha was an all too common phrase that almost all of us used during Arena. But this incident had possibly stayed on in the minds of older folks ... so once when somebody from our deptt had used a similar cheer for our team (thrice arena champions Production) ... and soon after Sourav Basu's wicket fell ... the same question was asked by Mechanical's "hulo" Saptarshi. Much mayhem ensued and the match was needlessly disrupted ... but we had a hearty laugh all the same, notwithstanding our allegiances. I guess ... JU's anecdotes repeat often enough to keep all batches entertained. As an ex-JU FET student Baagher Bachcha was an all too common phrase that almost all of us used during Arena. But this incident had possibly stayed on in the minds of older folks … so once when somebody from our deptt had used a similar cheer for our team (thrice arena champions Production) … and soon after Sourav Basu’s wicket fell … the same question was asked by Mechanical’s “hulo” Saptarshi. Much mayhem ensued and the match was needlessly disrupted … but we had a hearty laugh all the same, notwithstanding our allegiances. I guess … JU’s anecdotes repeat often enough to keep all batches entertained.

]]> By: Niladrish http://greatbong.net/2008/08/16/explicating-the-expletive/#comment-599595 Niladrish Tue, 26 Aug 2008 18:51:46 +0000 http://greatbong.net/2008/08/16/explicating-the-expletive/#comment-599595 Coming from the same dept of JU ( I am also a South Pointer ) and now trying to get a PhD from an american univ, I sometimes take it for granted that many of your anecdotes and views would match mine , but this one here takes the cake . The football and cricket arenas have enriched the vocabulary of JU students like nothing else. Carry on Arnab-da. Coming from the same dept of JU ( I am also a South Pointer ) and now trying to get a PhD from an american univ, I sometimes take it for granted that many of your anecdotes and views would match mine , but this one here takes the cake . The football and cricket arenas have enriched the vocabulary of JU students like nothing else. Carry on Arnab-da.

]]> By: Deepesh Yadav http://greatbong.net/2008/08/16/explicating-the-expletive/#comment-594515 Deepesh Yadav Fri, 22 Aug 2008 20:37:26 +0000 http://greatbong.net/2008/08/16/explicating-the-expletive/#comment-594515 I guess, in college we all have went overboard with our non-creative expletives. At one point during my education I had created a matrix where you put your relations on one axis and body parts on the other (or other variants) to work out all the possible things you could create. Very soon the charm of regular stuff went away as they became part of the vocabulary and we graduated to sentence based expletives. I had heard the tiger one in a different context as a joke but the beggar girl one is too good and sounds ingenious. I guess, in college we all have went overboard with our non-creative expletives. At one point during my education I had created a matrix where you put your relations on one axis and body parts on the other (or other variants) to work out all the possible things you could create. Very soon the charm of regular stuff went away as they became part of the vocabulary and we graduated to sentence based expletives.

I had heard the tiger one in a different context as a joke but the beggar girl one is too good and sounds ingenious.

]]> By: anomit http://greatbong.net/2008/08/16/explicating-the-expletive/#comment-594140 anomit Fri, 22 Aug 2008 16:28:21 +0000 http://greatbong.net/2008/08/16/explicating-the-expletive/#comment-594140 <i>Now all they are getting is a black eye?</i> poochandi, cause and effect, sire. Also, we have digressed quite far. Now all they are getting is a black eye?

poochandi, cause and effect, sire. Also, we have digressed quite far.

]]> By: poochandi http://greatbong.net/2008/08/16/explicating-the-expletive/#comment-593941 poochandi Fri, 22 Aug 2008 14:06:39 +0000 http://greatbong.net/2008/08/16/explicating-the-expletive/#comment-593941 @GB, Thanks for indulging me thus far. Let me know when is the time to get off the lawn! @GB,
Thanks for indulging me thus far. Let me know when is the time to get off the lawn!

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