Honesty is the best fallacy

Mr. Righteous:- “One should always be honest in life.”

Mr. Right:- “Pragmatism is more important than blanket honesty.”

Mr. Righteous:- “Have you ever heard “the softest pillow is a clear conscience”?”

Mr. Right:- “Have you ever heard of “counter-productive candor”?”

Mr. Righteous:- “It is better to under-promise, and over deliver.”

Mr. Right:- “If you under-promise, you might never get a chance to deliver.”

Mr. Righteous:- “It is illegal to drive down the wrong lane.”

Mr. Right:- “What’s the harm in driving down the wrong lane, if there’s no traffic?”

Mr. Righteous:- “There’s something called ethics and morality, you know.”

Mr. Right:- “Ethics is a function of self interest.”

Mr. Righteous:- “If everyone works for personal profit, the world would collapse.”

Mr. Right:- “Hasn’t Capitalism succeeded?”

Mr. Righteous:- “The world respects the righteous.”

Mr. Right:- “Righteous is not Right.”

to be continued.....

Patiala Peg !!

The recently concluded Champions Trophy saw Mr. Siddhu at his verbose best once again.
Here are a few gems I managed to pick up from his commodious mouth.

"English team dressing room has a sign-board in front, "Fragile:- Handle with Prayer"."

"A hasty man drinks his tea with a fork."

"Harbhajan can raise a riot in a graveyard."

"A good lather is half the shave."

"It is better to prevent and prepare, rather than repent and repair."

And now for an All-Time-Great Siddhuism...
“An optimist is one who looks at bullshit, and calls it fertilizer”

Such ballistic balderdash from Mr. Siddhu took it's toll on his fellow commentators as well, so much so that even the usually restrained Ian Chappel joined the one-liner bandwagon by saying:-
"A wink is as good as a nod to a blind horse."

The Hollywood Pigeon

An era in World Cricket is about to come to an end. Shane Warne and Glenn McGrath, the greatest bowlers of their generation, have announced their retirement. I wonder if there has ever been a previous occasion, when two such towering giants from the same country, left the game on the same day. If anyone thought, Steve Waugh’s farewell at the SCG on 6th Jan 2004 was the ultimate emotional moment in Cricket, wait till 6th Jan 2007.

Warne and McGrath’s simultaneous farewell is sure to be part of Cricket folk lore for years to come. Cricket fans will forever marvel at the strange irony of a Champion, known for his countless variations and unpredictability on the cricketing field, and philandering habits off it, quitting the game on the same day as another, known for his unending accuracy and predictability on field, and commitment to his wife and family in personal life.

Cricket fans will forever remember Warne as being the one who ‘turned’ spin bowling on its head, and McGrath for targeting and capturing the greatest batsmen of his generation with monotonous regularity.

I have always maintained that Warne and McGrath have been the strongest pillars of this great Australian Test Team. Though Australia has produced many other world class bowlers like Jason Gillespie, Brett Lee and Stuart McGill during this period, it is these 2 who have given their attack the razor’s edge. Without them, the Aussie attack would almost be at par with the other bowling attacks in world cricket. One only needs to look back at the India-Australia series in 2003-04, to get a feel of what can happen to the Aussies once deadly duo is gone (For the uninitiated, Warne and McGrath missed that series played in Australia, which India almost won, but for a fantastic rear- guard action from Steve Waugh in the 3rd Test at Sydney.)

While I believe Australia will continue to dominate One-Day Cricket (where the 2 greats had limited impact), Warne and McGrath's simultaneous exit from the game could very well signal the beginning of the end for Australia's dominance of Test Cricket.

Guess who’s touring Australia next season..... India offcourse :-)