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June 2006

Raw Mango Drink
Summer's heating up and everybody's heading to all things cool. So why not try this raw mango drink to beat the heat?

Ingredients
Raw mangoes : 3

Ginger : a small flake
Cumin : 1 tbsp
Black pepper : 1 tsp
Black salt : to taste
Sugar : 1 ½ cup
Fresh mint leaves : 1 teacup

Method

	Boil the mangoes, mint leaves and ginger. Cool and remove the pulp. Pass it through a sieve and take out the thick juice.
	Add sugar to the above juice. Add water to dilute it. Mix well until the sugar dissolves. Strain the juice.
	Add the cumin, black salt and pepper. Mix well. Chill the juice before serving.

" Quotes "

"Use soft words and hard arguments." - Anonymous

"No pressure, no diamonds." - Mary Case

Annual Neologism Contest
The Washington Post has published the winning submissions to its yearly contest, in which readers are asked to supply alternate meanings for common words.
And the winners are:

	Coffee (n.), the person upon whom one coughs.
	Flabbergasted (adj.), appalled over how much weight you have gained.
	Abdicate (v.), to give up all hope of ever having a flat stomach.
	Esplanade (v.), to attempt an explanation while drunk.
	Negligent (adj.), describes a condition in which you absentmindedly answer the door in your nightgown.
	Lymph (v.), to walk with a lisp.
	Gargoyle (n.), olive-flavored mouthwash.
	Flatulence (n.) emergency vehicle that picks you up after you are run over by a steamroller.
	Balderdash (n.), a rapidly receding hairline.
	Testicle (n.), a humorous question on an exam.
	Rectitude (n.), the formal, dignified bearing adopted by proctologists.

Winners
of the previous contest

Congratulations to all the winners of our last contest, 'PUZZLED'. One lucky entry was selected from every region. Your prizes are on the way.
Praveen Kavdia, Manager Accounts, Sidheegram, Veraval.
Pankaj Chaniara, Officer (Techno Marketing), Junagadh.
Chirag Shah, Asst. Manager-Accounts & Finance, Mumbai.
Bhargave Dave, Regional Head (Sales), Rajkot.
H.M. Khunti, Sr Officer (Payroll Admin) Ranavav.

Saveria Amanto, Admin. Assistant, Monarch Plastics Ltd, Ontario.
N. J. Pauli, GM Materials, SCOUL, Uganda.

Science with a smile
Funny Answers to Science Test Questions

	"When you breathe, you inspire. When you do not breathe, you expire."
	"H2O is hot water, and CO2 is cold water"
	"Three kinds of blood vessels are arteries, vanes and caterpillars."
	"Blood flows down one leg and up the other."
	"The tides are a fight between the Earth and moon. All water tends towards the moon, because there is no water in the moon, and nature abhors a vacuum. I forget where the sun joins in this fight."
	"To keep milk from turning sour: Keep it in the cow."

HARE BRAINED

Haretown and Tortoiseville are 40 miles apart. A hare travels at 7 miles per hour from Haretown to Tortoiseville, while a tortoise travels at 1 mile per hour from Tortoiseville to Haretown.
If both set out at the same time, how many miles will the hare have to travel before meeting the tortoise en route?
Can you solve this problem? Email your entries to cynthia@mehtagroup.com or send in your entries with your name, designation and location to Cynthia Rodricks at the Head Office address, Mumbai. One lucky winner will be picked from the correct entries from each location. Look out for the answer in the next issue.