Thursday, July 14, 2011

Amazing Sensual Rock Sculptures at Khajuraho

Khajuraho has the largest group of medieval Hindu and Jain temples, famous for their erotic sculpture. The Khajuraho group of monuments has been listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The name Khajuraho, ancient “Kharjuravāhaka”, is derived from the Sanskrit words kharjura = date palm and vāhaka = “one who carries”.

The Khajuraho temples are made of sandstone. The builders didn’t use mortar: the stones were put together with mortise and tenon joints and they were held in place by gravity. This form of construction requires very precise joints. The columns and architraves were built with megaliths that weighed up to 20 tons.

These temples of Khajuraho have sculptures that look very realistic and are studied even today.

The temples are grouped into three geographical divisions: western, eastern and southern.

Khajuraho

The Khajuraho temples do not contain sexual or erotic art inside the temple or near the deities; however, some external carvings bear erotic art. They portray that, for seeing the deity, one must leave his or her sexual desires outside the temple.

Khajuraho

Khajuraho

Khajuraho

Some 10% of the carvings contain sexual themes; those reportedly do not show deities, they show sexual activities between people. The rest depict the everyday life of the common Indian of the time when the carvings were made, and of various activities of other beings. For example, those depictions show women putting on makeup, musicians, potters, farmers, and other folk.

Khajuraho

Khajuraho

Khajuraho temple complex offers a well-made light and sound show every evening. The first show is in English language and the second one in Hindi. The show is about an hour long and covers the history, philosophy and the art of sculpting of these temples. It is held in the open lawns in the temple complex.

Khajuraho

Khajuraho

Khajuraho

The Khajuraho Dance Festival, held every year in February/March, is an opportunity for visitors to experience various classical Indian dances set against the backdrop of the Chitragupta or Vishwanath Temples.

Khajuraho Musicians

Khajuraho Musicians

Khajuraho

World's Most Flexible Women

World's Most Flexible Women

Here are some photos of extremely flexible and limber women. One wonders if they have any bones at all!

World's Most Flexbile Women

Some ways to improve flexibility are through Yoga, Pilates, Ballet, Tai Chi, martial arts and swimming. The people in the following pictures seem to be naturally gifted though!

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Flexible Women


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Wednesday, July 13, 2011

10 ways to get fired

10 ways to get fired. Please try these at your own risk!

1. Whenever answering the phone, and its for your boss, say "He's under his desk screwing his secretary. Can I take a message?"

2. Strip off all your clothes. Complain about how hot it is in the office, regardless of the temperature.

3. When your boss is on the phone scream "Dammit! I'm expecting a call!! Stay off the phone!!"

4. If your boss bumps into you, start screaming sexual harassment. Talk in great lengths about the state laws on harassment. Get the authorites involved. Threaten to sue.

5. Sleep with your boss's daughter. Videotape it. Pass out copies around the office. Brag about how easy she was.

6. Steal various office equipment (pencils, staplers, desks). Frame your boss for it.

7. When asked to do something start laughing hysterically. Continue this for five minutes. Calm down and say, "Oh, you were being serious?"

8. Loosen the bolts on the boss's chair.

Laugh loudly when he/she falls down. Play innocent.

9. Whenever the boss starts to tell you a story, interrupt him/her with a story of your own. Make sure the story is boring and has no point whatsoever.

10. Send a dozen roses to your boss's house when their spouse is home. Sign an ex-flames name on the card. Next day, ask him/her how their evening was. Be obvious.

Doesn't It Annoy You When...

Doesn't It Annoy You When...

...there's a car alarm nearby that goes on for hours and the owner is nowhere to be found?

...you buy an answering machine so you won't miss any calls, and then everyone hangs up when they hear the machine answer?

...there's a cop car in sight and everyone thinks they have to drive 10-15 mph slower than the speed limit?

...you're reading a magazine and all those annoying little subscription cards keep falling out?

...you tell someone that a door is locked and they try to open it anyway, like it'll magically open for them and not you.

...someone says, "well, to make a long story short" and then they go on telling it for another 15 minutes.

...a friend or family member says "Yuck! This is awful!!" and then tells you to try some.

...you have to inform five different sales people in the same store that you're just looking around.

...you rub on hand cream and can't turn the bathroom doorknob to get out.

...a waiter or waitress is not around at any time other than right after you put food in your mouth.

...your tire gauge lets half the air in your tire when all you want is a pressure reading.

...there's a dog in your neighborhood that barks at EVERYTHING.

...the power goes out, and you discover every flashlight you have has dead batteries.

...someone gets in the express lane at the supermarket and writes a check or uses a credit card.

...the elevator stops at every floor and nobody gets on.

...you almost ALWAYS back up your computer files but the week you don't, your hard drive crashes and you lose everything.

Tuesday, July 12, 2011

Facebook Group Chat: How to Disable or Enable It

Back when Facebook launched the revamped groups, many of us (TNW included) were pretty excited. Though the initial fervor has died down somewhat, Groups are still going strong and continue to annoy people who haven’t been able to use their Facebook chat since the introduction.

However, in response to a massive user push (and apparently a thread on Quora), Facebook has given us the ability to opt out of Group Chat just by going to your Edit Settings button on a group’s page. So, instead of being a blanket response to all of your groups, you’re able to control who you get chats from and who you don’t.

So here’s your two-step process, just in case you can’t find what we’re referring to:






Found any other interesting ways to work with Facebook Groups? We’d love to hear about them. Let us know in the comments.