16 జూన్, 2013

Threatening "a Gandhian fast unto death"...

... over the end of the telegram.

11 కామెంట్‌లు:

Eric the Fruit Bat చెప్పారు...

I'll bet the telegram delivery guys get paid lots more than the lunch box delivery guys.

There's your problem, right there.

rhhardin చెప్పారు...

I'd lament the loss of the beauty of well sent Morse, except

1. They don't use Morse anymore, and

2. The Morse that they did use was an ugly thing with clicks and odd intracharacter spacings instead of beautiful and regular tones.

Lem Vibe Bandit చెప్పారు...

In the Dominican Republic AM radio used to serve as massage board.

Balfegor చెప్పారు...

Ah, the telegram. My alma mater notified me of my acceptance by telegram. Those were the days . . .

Gahrie చెప్పారు...

Well that tactic worked well for the buggy whip makers.

Hammond X. Gritzkofe చెప్పారు...

Shutting down a dysfunctional publicly funded monopoly?

Where is their sense of civic responsibility? If ever only one citizen wants, or might want, to send use the service, it must be kept available.

edutcher చెప్పారు...

William Hepburn Russell nods.

Sorun చెప్పారు...

"The BSNL board, after dilly-dallying for two years..."

Serious Indian writers love to use words like dilly-dally, willy-nilly, and fuddy-duddy. Why is that?

Lem Vibe Bandit చెప్పారు...

Message...

Yikes!

tim maguire చెప్పారు...

Gandhi didn't starve to death.

Emil Blatz చెప్పారు...

Telegram for Mr. Jack Benny

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