A cult is a religion with no political power. -Tom Wolfe, author and journalist (b. 1931)
Posts Tagged ‘journalist’
Slaves to indoor life
In thought for today on June 6, 2011 at 00:49What a pitiable thing it is that our civilization can do no better for us than to make us slaves to indoor life, so that we have to go and take artificial exercise in order to preserve our health. -George Wharton James, journalist, author, and speaker (1858-1923)
Three characters
In thought for today on June 4, 2011 at 00:28Every man possesses three characters: that which he exhibits, that which he really has, and that which he believes he has. -Jean-Baptiste Alphonse Karr, novelist and journalist (1808-1890)
Modern English
In thought for today on May 16, 2011 at 00:11Modern English is the Wal-Mart of languages: convenient, huge, hard to avoid, superficially friendly, and devouring all rivals in its eagerness to expand. -Mark Abley, journalist (b. 1955)
If fake pilots are flying, what are real pilots doing? (Satire)
In fun, humor, India, mumbai, News, satire, Stories on March 22, 2011 at 10:30
Image via Wikipedia: A flight simulator
The shocking news that fake pilots have been flying jumbos and airbuses for SpiceJet and Kingfisher has eviscerated the flying public. There exists widespread outrage.
An intrepid journalist decided to investigate and find out what genuine pilots in Mumbai city are up to , in the absence of jobs (taken up by fake pilots) in the private and public sector.
A few pilots have been discovered practicing their craft on flight simulators; the simulators give them a feeling for the real thing and are less expensive on their pocket-books.
Other licenced pilots have been discovered at Lions Park, Juhu, pretending to fly the concrete airplane.
Yet, other pilots have made it a daily ritual to watch air planes take off and land at Sahar and Santacruz aerodromes.
It has been learnt from reliable sources that the Indian government will be floating tenders for private ‘fake’ airlines who will be allocated ‘fake’ routes.
Details of the tender bids will be advertised in the online journal “Faking News”.
Image via Wikipedia
Kindly watch this space for more details.
Disclaimer: The facts in this article are made up but you knew that already, didn’t you?
Quote of the day:
No man ever listened himself out of a job. – Calvin Coolidge
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In thought for today on December 26, 2010 at 00:54Elitism is the slur directed at merit by mediocrity. -Sydney J. Harris, journalist (1917-1986)
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