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10-27-1999, 08:32 AM

i love reading harsha's & others posts that quote great folks.

was wanting to know everyone's favourite saying that hits you spiritually
right where it counts.

What hit you between the eyes and even made the k-fire pause and go 'wow
man, cool....'

or made you suddenly burst into giggles. (my friend Shaaron did this during
puja once. talk about hard to resist, someone else giggling like a little
girl...she couldnt stop. After a few seconds, most of us were laughing (the
girls anyway, the guys were just smiling at us like 'you girls be nuts'))

that's all

--jt

10-27-1999, 09:00 AM

From: "Janpa Tsomo"

i love reading harsha's & others posts that quote great folks.

was wanting to know everyone's favourite saying that hits you spiritually
right where it counts.

What hit you between the eyes and even made the k-fire pause and go 'wow
man, cool....'

or made you suddenly burst into giggles. (my friend Shaaron did this during
puja once. talk about hard to resist, someone else giggling like a little
girl...she couldnt stop. After a few seconds, most of us were laughing (the
girls anyway, the guys were just smiling at us like 'you girls be nuts'))

that's all

--jt

Hi Janpa. I was a philosophy major as undergraduate. When I went back to
graduate school for my MBA after some years, it was like a foreign language
to me. In my first class, I sat close to some guys who played tic tack toe
while the professor lectured. I sat between them so they passed the notes to
each other through me. One day we had presentations. When I presented my
materials to the class, these guys discretely (without the professor
knowing) made faces at me and tried to make me laugh. After I was done, I
came back to my seat and it was somebody else's turn. It was a young women
very professionally dressed. As she went up to the podium, the guy next to
me made sounds like porky pig and kept saying "that's all folks". As I tried
to pay attention to this student's presentation, one of the guys elbowed me
and passed me a note. It read, "Your presentation was really good." I
acknowledged the note with a nod and a smile and tried to pay attention to
the class. I was afraid that the teacher was starting to notice us. Another
note was passed to me. It said, "You were good, but this girl's presentation
totally sucks." Now I don't know what happened next but I started to
suppress a laughter but could not do it. The teacher looked straight at me
and said, "Please share the joke with us." What could I say and share? Then
I totally lost all control and started to laugh so hard, it stunned the
class. I tried to pinch myself but to no avail. The laugher was continuous,
loud, and like an unstoppable train rushing through me and I had no choice
but to give into it. Laughing, with tears coming out of my eyes, I excused
myself from the class. Now I was laughing like a madman in hallways,
completely out of control. Professors started to look out to see what was
going on. Then I ran to the bathroom as I felt that would be safest place in
my current condition. I could not stop laughing there as well. I was
laughing so hard that a person who was in the toilet quickly came out,
washed his hands and left in a hurry. Finally, I was able to calm down after
about 10 minutes. Then I thought about what to do. I wondered if they would
kick me out of the class or the MBA program. I went back to class and
apologized. Every one looked at me with lot of pity and no one said anything
including the teacher. I sat with my head down. I was afraid the two guys
who made laugh would make a face at me again and I would lose control.
Laughing attempted to come but I prayed and pinched myself and made it
through the class. For some reason, the professor did not hold it against me
and I got an A in the class.

Harsha

10-27-1999, 10:36 AM

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Janpa and Harsha,

Your giggles are contagious!! In my youth, attending some sort of Christian
camp, there was a talent show put on at the end. Some girl began to sing and
whether it was due to nerves or hoarseness who knows, but she was missing
half the high notes and way off key. Imagine 300 or so teeenagers trying to
suppress giggles, because we wanted to be polite and nice, but it was the
funniest, worst singing. Finally, the singing girl herself burst out
laughing and the collective relief of 300 more joined her. Maybe you had to
be there to believe it, but it was a real moment of shared love as well.

Glo

PS Like your other idea of favorite quotes, just can't think seriously at
the moment.

10-27-1999, 11:19 AM

Hello,

It is very difficult to choose just one so I'll go with one that is moving
throughout my being at this time.

"Words cannot capture existence, but silence can." Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

Linda