On a lighter note

clueless · Post by **clueless** » 14 Dec 2006, 23:28

Who is Chinese restaurant patrons' least favourite Carnatic musician?

clueless · Post by **clueless** » 14 Dec 2006, 23:52

Being clueless, I forgot to include the answer (MSG, of course)

shripathi_g · Post by **shripathi_g** » 15 Dec 2006, 06:39

vasanthakokilam · Post by **vasanthakokilam** » 15 Dec 2006, 09:33

MSG - Mono sodium glocomate, a salt commonly added to chinese food. For some people MSG causes headache.

chalanata · Post by **chalanata** » 15 Dec 2006, 10:11

is it achinamoto?

jayaram · Post by **jayaram** » 15 Dec 2006, 18:47

It is Monosodium glutamate - also called Ajinomoto after the big (Japanese) manufacturer of this product.

Chinese, Japanese and other East Asians use this as a flavor enhancer in their dishes. Prolonged use has been suspected to cause high blood pressure and heart attacks.

Now, a counter-question: Which is the raga that's the favorite of a recently deposed head of state?

vijay · Post by **vijay** » 15 Dec 2006, 23:33

It has to be Qarase of Fiji...unless we go as far back as Saddam Hussein in which case the answer is fairly easy!

clueless · Post by **clueless** » 17 Dec 2006, 07:55

One more: What do you call a piece of parchment with a Kedaragowla song on it?

Answer: A Saraguna Palimpsest

Sam Swaminathan · Post by **Sam Swaminathan** » 18 Dec 2006, 11:47

Yove.....yen iyya ippidi kolreenga ???!!! Seriyana kaddupudi allunga !!!

jayaram · Post by **jayaram** » 21 Dec 2006, 04:04

Came across this interesting site - tongue twisters in various languages, incl Tamil:
http://www.uebersetzung.at/twister/ta.htm

Are there any CM kritis that involve tongue-twister sahityam?