photo credit: MildlyDiverting‘Richard?’
‘How extraordinary…’
‘Richard, what’s the matter?’
‘Nothing, Kate. Er, I’ve just read the most astounding thing.’
‘Really, what are you reading?’
‘Well, the telephone directory, in fact…’
‘Really? I must rush out and buy one. Have the film rights gone?‘
‘Look, sorry, Kate, can I get back to you? I don’t know where Gordon is at the moment and –’
‘Don’t worry. I know how it is when you can’t wait to turn the next page. They always keep you guessing till the end, don’t they? It must have been Zbigniew that did it.‘

The single most funniest bit of writing I’ve read (again) recently. Not surprisingly, it’s from Douglas Adams.

photo credit: luzer

Bit of pointless stuff, but hey, it’s totally wacky, pointless and takes just a few seconds to get done with! NASA is allowing people to send their name aboard the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, by just going to this site and registering your name. The deadline is 27th June, so do hurry up. People from another civilization coming some thousands of years later and trying to figure out who ‘Ankur Banerjee’ is? Nah, not happening. Still, must say though it’s things like these - small steps - that help reignite the passion for science among students in particular, and the public in general. Oh, and you get a PDF certificate to. What on earth people are supposed do with that, I’ve no clue. :p

Not been watching much of TV these days, but this Career Launcher ad is quite funny!

Hitchhiker’s Guide + Towel, originally uploaded by Ankur Banerjee.

Here goes my tiny little collection of pictures taken on Towel Day 2008. Featuring [drum roll] my towel. And me too, looking totally like a character from the army of the bawas in the movie 300. View my Towel Day slideshow on Flickr for rest of the pics (it’s a pretty short one).