Thursday, September 21, 2006

Too disgusted to think of a title

A person gets admitted to hospital because of a brain hemorrhage. The hospital has two choices:
  1. Operate on the hemorrhage

  2. Give the man a haircut
Which option should it choose? Well, if the hospital were anything like the Tamil Nadu government, it will be option 2:
Next, these tribals will be able to use (a) motor to draw water from the well, build toilets and improve hygiene. Their children will be encouraged to spend more time with books and their overall living will improve.
The above comment is from a bureaucrat, who's talking about how some remote hamlets in the state have gotten to see a light bulb for the first time in their lives because the government wanted them to be able to enjoy their free television sets.