Newspaper is my first love...Since my childhood years I was simply fascinated by the variety of topics covered...that too at a time when almost all national dalies, primarily english (TOI, HT, IE, Hindu, Statesmen, Telegraph) & news mags (Frontline, Outlook, The Week & India Today) were a regular feature in my household, courtsey my grand pa's craze for them. Inheritance was natural and I was compelled by my love.
Here on, I wish to post some of the most intresting topics I came across, for you my friends to relish. Kind of filter for you guys who do not have time to go through them daily but are most definately adrent readers. I will post my articles as well but these will definately add spice & colour to my blog site.
I hope you'll enjoy the content. Comments / Suggestions / Brickbats solicited...Nevertheless, all these and Bouquets, if any, will be accepted with same grattitude!!
The Booby Trap
Posted online: Sunday, August 19, 2007 at 0000 hrs
How do you address a woman’s greatest assets? A brief guide to what divides one woman from another...
The last time I wrote about this, I got grief. What I said was that men watch the Academy Awards for only two reasons — cleavage. Times have changed. Cleavage has gone mainstream. Public cleavage once was reserved for specific social occasions like fancy cocktail parties where the highlight is stabbing little wieners with toothpicks. Now, there is no such thing as a cleavage-free zone, no escaping the great divide.
Cleavage also has become controversial. Hillary Clinton recently created a bit of a stir when she showed up on the Senate floor in pants, a pink jacket, black blouse and cleavage. This prompted a fashion writer from The Washington Post to criticise the quality of Clinton’s cleavage, writing: “It was more like catching a man with his fly unzipped. Just look away!” Obviously, the Post fashion writer was a woman. To the male, there is no such thing as “look away” cleavage.
Which is not to suggest that all cleavage is created equal. You have your common cleavage, your above-average cleavage, your overachieving cleavage and your Star Trek cleavage, which has the power to take men where no man has gone before. Then you have your long cleavage, your stubby cleavage, your wide-body cleavage, your shallow cleavage, your shy cleavage, your full-disclosure cleavage, your full-contact cleavage, your pumped-up cleavage and your reined-in cleavage yearning to breathe free.
Age-wise, there’s your late-model cleavage, middle-age cleavage, senior cleavage and vintage cleavage. All of which is suitable for viewing, with one exception, male cleavage. Male cleavage is always “look away” cleavage, unless you happen to find Jell-O with hair on it appealing.
With cleavage so up-front, it might be a good idea at this point to review some basic cleavage etiquette:
*Is it proper to compliment someone on their cleavage? Certainly, but keep it simple: “I love your cleavage.”
*Should you thank someone for providing cleavage? Again, less the better: “Thank you for the cleavage; I really appreciate it.”
*Is it OK to stare at cleavage? A good rule of thumb is that it is acceptable to behold until you blink, at which point politeness dictates you make eye contact with the presenter.
Jim Shea LAT-WP
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2 comments:
As you have asked for the brickbats so let me the first one to start the proceedings.....i am not going to say oh wow... what a fabulous content even tough its interesting... the way you started stating "your love for newspaper etc couldn't gel with the content of the the blog. i mean there is a disconnect between the title of the blog the starting para and finally the end. So just think about the "Connect". Though i am a pundit i don't want to be looked upon like a pundit here please treat this as a suggestion for improvement rather than criticism. i hate the word criticism...even if it's piggy backed on the word "constructive".
That was a nice trick. Inviting people for brickbats, and posting a column about 'cleavage'. Now, who in his sensible mind, will have the heart to criticize cleavage. Because a column about the cleavage is just as interesting, engrossing, eye catching as actually looking at one.
The 'basic cleavage etiquette' had me in splits (btw, cleavge and splits, is that an uninintended pun?!)Never mind, thanks for cutting out the crap of newspapers and showing me only what I look for in my daily read. As for ur post, I wish u had given more space to ur insatiable love- talked more about the newspapers, thrown in names like Vir Sanghavi, and Shekhar Gupta to look erudite and well-read, and shared with us the exact moolah that u rake in from the raddiwallah!!!
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