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Thursday, February 5, 2015
Read a nice article on pin drop
Can you hear a pin drop?
What is the meaning of pin drop silence?
Following are some instances when silence could speak louder than voice.
Take 1:
Field Marshal Sam Bahadur Maneckshaw once started addressing a public meeting at Ahmedabad in English.
The crowd started chanting, "Speak in Gujarati. We will hear you only if you speak in Gujarati."
Field Marshal Sam Bahadur Maneckshaw stopped. Swept the audience with a hard stare and replied,
"Friends, I have fought many a battle in my long career.
I have learned Punjabi from men of the Sikh Regiment; Marathi from the Maratha Regiment; Tamil from the men of the Madras Sappers; Bengali from the men of the Bengal Sappers; Hindi from the Bihar Regiment; and even Nepali from the Gurkha Regiment.
Unfortunately there was no soldier from Gujarat from whom I could have learned Gujarati."
You could have heard a pin drop.
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Take 2:
JFK'S Secretary of State, Dean Rusk, was in France in the early 60's when Charles DeGaule, the French President, decided to pull out of NATO.
DeGaule said he wanted all US military out of France as soon as possible.
Rusk responded, "Does that include the 180,000 who are buried here ?"
DeGaule could not respond.
You could have heard a pin drop.
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Take 3:
Robert Whiting, an elderly US gentleman of 83, arrived in Paris by plane.
At French Customs, he took a few minutes to locate his passport in his carry on.
"You have been to France before, Monsieur?", the Customs officer asked sarcastically.
Mr. Whiting admitted that he had been to France previously.
"Then you should know enough to have your passport ready."
The American said, “The last time I was here, I didn't have to show it."
"Impossible. Americans always have to show their passports on arrival in France !", the Customs officer sneered.
The American senior gave the Frenchman a long, hard look.
Then he quietly explained.
"Well, when I came ashore at Omaha Beach, at 4:40am, on D-Day in 1944, to help liberate your country, I couldn't find a single Frenchman to show a passport to"
You could have heard a pin drop.
Saturday, January 31, 2015
Sunday hyms for 31-jan-2015
Enter his gates
Lord god have mercy on us all. Have mercy lord and hear our prayer
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Glory to god in the highest and peace to his people on earth poprock p1 05 113
Praise god praise god ballroom p2 04 102
B39 take our bread ballad p3 80sepballad 02 092
Holy holy lord earth is full of your glory. Glory filla the heavens too ballroom p2 9-8 walz 05 124
Jesus name above all names
Lamb of god o jesus christ take away our sons we pray
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He abides swing&jazz p2 morswing 05 110