A chronic shortage of skilled workers is threatening India's outsourcing industry. Call centers and outsourcing firms are growing fast, but their human resources employees despair because most of the young Indians they interview are, they say, "unemployable."
Some people in the IT industry have said that only one in 10 graduates is worth taking on. "Just look at their English, " fumed a frustrated Mumbai-based call center manager as he waved around letters written by employees. One read: "As I am marrying my daughter, please grant a week's leave." Another said: "I am in well here and hope you are also in the same well."
My very best wishes to all for a reflective and joyous celebration of the miracle of Light and the first day of the celebration of the miracle of lights.
In a foreshadow of Shakespeare, Caesar used to annex new wine-growing regions with "I Come to Seize Your Berry, Not to Praise It!"
Worst pun, Seneca, if you and Peter knew how to spell 'calendar', you'd know it wasn't a pun at all (heh heh, illiterate Texan does one on the Lords and Crays).
pretty good joke at your link, Doug--but if the American was a marketing exec it would be much funnier. If no one will get mad, here's a better Jewish christmas joke:
As a teacher, Ms. Jones, was very curious about how each of her students celebrated Christmas. She called on young Patrick Murphy. Tell me Patrick what do you do at Christmas time? she asked.
Patrick addressed the class, Well Ms. Jones, me and my twelve brothers and sisters go to the midnight Mass and we sing hymns, then we come home very late and we put mince pies by the back door and hang up our stockings. Then all excited we go to bed and wait for Father Christmas to come with all our toys.
Very nice Patrick, she said. Now Jimmy Brown what do you do at Christmas?
Well, Ms. Jones, me and my sister also go to Church with Mum and Dad and we sing carols and we get home ever so late. We put cookies and milk by the chimney and we hang up our stockings. We hardly sleep, waiting for Santa Claus to bring our presents.
Realizing there was a Jewish boy in the class and not wanting to leave him out of the discussion, she asked, Now, Isaac Cohen, what do you do at Christmas?
Isaac said, Well, it's the same thing every year. Dad comes home from the office. We all pile into the Rolls Royce, then we drive to his toy factory. When we get inside, we look at all the empty shelves and begin to sing 'What a Friend We Have in Jesus." Then we all go to the Bahamas!
You know, it's an ill wind that blows no good, and one thing that the long road from Oslo, thru the Intifada and 911 and the GWoT has done for certain, is to make Christians and Jews take a fresh new look at the tired old pomo-flattened dichotomy, and see all sorts of new colors and vibrations and alliances in each other. Kinship and love is what it is, I blush to say.
ooooooooohhhhhhhhhhhhh, Get you a copper kettle, get you a copper coil, Fill it with new-made corn mash and never more you'll toil. You'll just lay there by the juniper while the moon is bright, Watch them jugs a-filling In the pale moonlight.
Hanukkah Candles on Christmas Eve
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ReplyDeleteFrom Heckles to Halos
ReplyDeleteMerry Christmas back at ya, Terrye!
ReplyDeleteWhew... I've been busy. Finally getting to slow down a little.
ReplyDeleteMerry Christmas and Happy New Year to all Yargbies, Commenters, Lurkers and Trolls.
Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, and Best Wishes to all. You guys are great!
ReplyDeleteSpeaking of (but not in) English:
ReplyDeleteChristmas Humor Present from India .
A chronic shortage of skilled workers is threatening India's outsourcing industry. Call centers and outsourcing firms are growing fast, but their human resources employees despair because most of the young Indians they interview are, they say, "unemployable."
Some people in the IT industry have said that only one in 10 graduates is worth taking on.
"Just look at their English, "
fumed a frustrated Mumbai-based call center manager as he waved around letters written by employees. One read:
"As I am marrying my daughter, please grant a week's leave."
Another said:
"I am in well here and hope you are also in the same well."
Have a Merry Christmas, Happy hanukkah and generally great holiday season to all YARGBeeees!!!
ReplyDeleteTerrye,
ReplyDeleteMerry Christmas and Happy Chanukah.
(I am "bi". ;-)
Jamie Irons
Jamie,
ReplyDeleteIsn't that a requirement for residence in Marin?
Bye,
:-)
My very best wishes to all for a reflective and joyous celebration of the miracle of Light and the first day of the celebration of the miracle of lights.
ReplyDeleteMay the coming year be brighter for all.
Ah, Ahem,
ReplyDeleteMERRY CHRISTMAS ALL.
HAPPY HANUKKAH.
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ReplyDeletehappy holidays to all, and thankyou for allowing me to become part of the Yargb family.
ReplyDeleteMe, I'm going to pour a libation to Prosepina.
ReplyDeleteLittle early, isn't it?
Ianus wil take it, though, i'm sure.
The Great Caesar's Imperial pasta-draining pan?
ReplyDeleteOh, mercy, I'm FAR pasta my sell-by date.
ReplyDeleteSome of us backwaters of of the old empire still use the Julian Calender.
ReplyDeleteThe Great Caesar's Imperial pasta-draining pan?
That could be the worst pun I've seen in my entire life.
In a foreshadow of Shakespeare, Caesar used to annex new wine-growing regions with "I Come to Seize Your Berry, Not to Praise It!"
ReplyDeleteWorst pun, Seneca, if you and Peter knew how to spell 'calendar', you'd know it wasn't a pun at all (heh heh, illiterate Texan does one on the Lords and Crays).
A Whirling Dervish
ReplyDeleteAnd the Gauls finally exclaimed "Hail, Caesar!", to which Caesar replied "Hell, Yes!"
ReplyDeleteThe four year old just left and I am beat, burshed, tired and done for.
ReplyDeleteWonder how bad this has to get before Seneca bans the thread?
ReplyDeleteGad, Terrye--sympathies, sympathies....
ReplyDeleteMerry Christmas, Dammit!
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ReplyDeleteHakuna Matata ?
ReplyDeleteIs that Hawaiian for Whirling Dervish ?
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Wonder if Lileks' seen your Dervish Yet?
er, could i get my calendar back now?
ReplyDeletenot right now, I'm looking for a date.
ReplyDeleteSalutations, greetings and a big yodle to all Yargbies and friends.
ReplyDeleteI never knew what Greenwich Mean Time really meant until I hit 50. "Mean", hell, I'd say 'sadistic'!
ReplyDeleteG-d's sense-of-humor dept:
ReplyDeleteEU is both the European Union AND the Onomatopoeia for encountering something disgusting.
Merry Christmas to All and to All a Good Night.
ReplyDeleteFroeliche Weinachten
Joyeaux Noel
Happy Chanukah
[All spelling from memory]
God Bless Us Every One
...cute li'l Christmas ditty.
ReplyDeleteMore Christmastime Animal Entertainment
ReplyDeleteTiny Tim
ReplyDeletewas named after the real-life
Tiny Fred.
Who was vnjagvet named after?
Judge Advocate General Corps, veteran of VietNam.
ReplyDeleteWazza matta, Pineapple, the air heavy in Hawaii ?
Too Much Hakuna Matata, I guess.
ReplyDelete"Wazza Matta?"
ReplyDelete- "Hakuna Matata"
I wake up bright and early on a Monday morning, all pissy because I have to work a half day, check out the thread and what do I find?
ReplyDeleteThe remains of a drunken brawl that is what.
I can not leave you boys alone with a decent thread for five mnutes now can I?
I shudder to think what the New Years thread will be reduced to.
I'll have you know I don't drink.
ReplyDeleteHic.
I have, however, been face down in a country ham.
(What a family. Ham for Hanukah.)
I'll say.
ReplyDeleteIn case any of you are practicing Costanzas, Happy Festivus!!!
ReplyDeleteTwo Hams and a Spam.
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Targeted Religous Marketing
Terrye, about time, if ever a needed intervention, twas here in this gin-soaked hallway.
ReplyDeleteHam for Hanukah, that's High Ecuculinarialamenicalism.
ReplyDeletepretty good joke at your link, Doug--but if the American was a marketing exec it would be much funnier. If no one will get mad, here's a better Jewish christmas joke:
ReplyDeleteAs a teacher, Ms. Jones, was very curious about how each of her students celebrated Christmas. She called on young Patrick Murphy. Tell me Patrick what do you do at Christmas time? she asked.
Patrick addressed the class, Well Ms. Jones, me and my twelve brothers and sisters go to the midnight Mass and we sing hymns, then we come home very late and we put mince pies by the back door and hang up our stockings. Then all excited we go to bed and wait for Father Christmas to come with all our
toys.
Very nice Patrick, she said. Now Jimmy Brown what do you do at Christmas?
Well, Ms. Jones, me and my sister also go to Church with Mum and Dad and we sing carols and we get home ever so late. We put cookies and milk by the chimney and we hang up our stockings. We hardly sleep, waiting for Santa Claus to bring our presents.
Realizing there was a Jewish boy in the class and not wanting to leave him out of the discussion, she asked, Now, Isaac Cohen, what do you do at Christmas?
Isaac said, Well, it's the same thing every year. Dad comes home from the office. We all pile into the Rolls Royce, then we drive to his toy factory. When we get inside, we look at all the empty shelves and begin to sing 'What a Friend We Have in Jesus." Then we all go to the Bahamas!
Where Buddy Spent His Youth
ReplyDeleteWhere there's a boundary, there's a joke. Cajuns in my old homeland call each other Coonass, but cross the Sabine River and them's fightin' words.
ReplyDelete...trust me, that Frosty comes alive after midnite, and roams the room looking under the tables.
ReplyDeleteYou know, it's an ill wind that blows no good, and one thing that the long road from Oslo, thru the Intifada and 911 and the GWoT has done for certain, is to make Christians and Jews take a fresh new look at the tired old pomo-flattened dichotomy, and see all sorts of new colors and vibrations and alliances in each other. Kinship and love is what it is, I blush to say.
ReplyDeleteSpam is the State Meat in Hawaii.
ReplyDelete"Saline Women"
ReplyDeleteIf the personal ad says "Adventurous,"
it means she's had more partners than you'll ever have.
Hey Guys! She put the drunk o meter test on down there and I'm intermittently dsyleixc.
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I can eat 50 eggs.
ReplyDeleteBuddy, 9:36 PM:
ReplyDeleteWhoa! I lost you, man.
mairzy doats
ReplyDeleten' dozy doats
but liddle
lambsy divy.
ooooooooohhhhhhhhhhhhh,
ReplyDeleteGet you a copper kettle, get you a copper coil,
Fill it with new-made corn mash and never more you'll toil.
You'll just lay there by the juniper while the moon is bright,
Watch them jugs a-filling
In the pale moonlight.
(_that friggin whiskey Tax!)
When it cools to air temp, it's ready. If your legs go numb after the first snort, your're ready.
ReplyDelete"Brang on them yankee revenooers!"
iteHa--just figured out why the old slang for the county jailhouse is "the cooler".
ReplyDelete'iteha'-the verification code's first three letters, plus 'ha'. ? got me !
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