I haven’t been here for a while, almost two months. Now that is some time, considering we are now at a world without Mr Osama bin Laden (wanted to write but India Today had done an excellent cover - damn), no more Prno-Scan in America (damn again - it was too late when I found out), Dr. Spitz gave his lengthy testimony at the recent trial (no I ain’t talking about it here - too morose), and that Channel 4 had repeated the video clips. With some new materials as a bonus extra!
Where does an average visa consultant sit in this disorderly world? Perhaps it is a matter I should give more thought to. D.. again, Greta Garbo (or was it Jean Harlow) had given the answer before I was born: You always knew where you are when you talk to Sam Goldwin - NOWHERE... I mean could she not have held it a bit longer till I invented it? Incontinence is not confined to that watery stuff alone it seems.. Well they say words flow, like.. like ... well like that stuff, specially when you second guess or jump others.
Actually none of these things above took my attention as much as the Arsenic poisoning hysteria currently in Sri Lanka. Sure I have had a right go at the so called scientists who are attached to local universities. But they were all argumentative, I mean its just sort of my opinion based on available information on their relative stupidities. Yet this one, this one case leaves nothing to imagination: We employed divine intervention in detecting arsenic in water in North Central Province. Period.
WTF?
You used what? What was the protocol for extracting (if that be the word) divine intervention in detection of arsenic in a sample of water? Cane we repeat it? What were the materials and methods? How often did the gods chip in? Is there any statistical significance in this particular reagent (god-s) has improved detection frequency or accuracy of test results? What was the number of false positives & negatives involved?
Haldane once quipped that “Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the first”. He’d bloody well haven’t had any idea of the universities in Sri Lanka, or he would have re worded the sentence. Or maybe not, since universe is all inclusive, including the univers(ities) in Sri Lanka and the idiot swarm in there.
Amen
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