Shakuni, quizzer extraordinaire, good friend and fellow comicbook lover has an entertaining blog and has taken it on himself to come up with links that brighten up Monday mornings. They would, hypothetically, brighten other mornings too but the man does not update his blog as frequently as he ought to. (There! How’s that for a hint, mate?) But now he has gone and outdone himself with a couple of posts from last week.
Ever heard of this gentleman named Pornob Mukherjee? If you’re into quizzing of any form, or have a passing interest in the Indian Theatre scene, or even if you have talked to someone who’s into any of the above, chances are you have. This is what his friendly neighbourhood profile says about him.
Now read this. And this. And this. Ha ha ha, I can’t stop laughing.
Hold on, that’s not all. His( I mean Shakuni’s, and not Pornob’s) Livejournal has this interesting entry about a room-mate from hell. It makes me ashamed to think I actually complained about my ex-roomie. He was a saint compared to this guy, yessir.
Damn. That made for a brighter-than-usual Monday morning. I better put on my sunglasses now.
Porno, as he is popularly known, is the biggest walking-talking pile of bullshit that i have seen. I have had the misfortune of attending quizzes that he has conducted ( or made up i should say !) He made up facts like Lady Melba ( of Peach Melba fame) was a newscaster and that Frank Williams ( of Williams F1 fame) had a twin brother called Mike Williams who was also an F1 racer.
Somebody should sue this guy and the other so-called quizmasters like that pig brain giri balasubramaniam for the damage that they are doing to quizzing.
Ah, good to see everybody I know coming on LJ. You cannot resist the Force for long. ;-)
Dude, his exploits are legendary – and I read your blog-rant about le pig brain, have had just one run-in with the guy, and that was enough.
<< hugs >>
lol
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Ay, alla.
is that a Hindi word or an Angrezi one?
That is Angreji.
Yeah, I saw those links a couple of days ago. They are pretty funny. My best-ever [or worst-ever…] Pornob moment was when he claimed Nellie Melba won the figure-skating gold in a Winter Olympics. This makes a lot of sense. She would have had an advantage over the competition. She could provide her own soundtrack.
*snicker*
She told him so personally. They met at Princeton, where he had teamed up with Saddam Hussein for the International Debating Championship.
But why the mockery? Just because you can’t verify anything Pornob says, doesn’t mean it isn’t all true.
In unrelated news, your latest post has motivated me to finally buy Dilbert and the Way of the Weasel
Well, as a man much wiser than myself once put it, liars and fixxers in quizzing deserve to be mocked. I have seen masses of people frustrated after Pornob quizzes – if he can make a mockery out of a beloved pastime, I sure can poke fun at his reputation. What say?
That should have read:
And it isn’t a a quite coincidence that I have been motivated to buy the Way of the Weasel after reading through those blogs… ;)
On a genuinely unrelated front, I have just been playing Jedi Knight II…with light sabers. I have a close Muslim friend, who’s gotten involved in his faith again. He always claims that one of his main reasons for going back to his roots and all is that the faithful are apparently promised swords of light at the end of days…
And, while we’re about it…the coolest talking dog you’ve ever seen.
Pornob
actually he is a fraud…. and it can be proved….
Re: Pornob
Dude, I know he’s a fraud. I was being sarky.
Well, I don’t know enough about the almighty Pornob to comment, but I just found this link on his blog, which just absolutely made my day: http://www.marxoutofprint.org.uk/
Wow, thanks!
Er, Pornob has a blog?
Ah, grammatical goof-up – I mean Shakuni’s blog :)
so you don’t like pornob? no?
Go ahead. Take a guess. You have three guesses.
Somehow I have come across over five different blogs in the last few days devoting posts to the great man. Hope you noticed the link to the excerpt given in Deepto Roy’s post that you referred to. And that biography is absolutely hillarious…I am thinking of doing a quiz dedicated solely to Porno’s achievements.
Arnav
look what i found from quora :)
video recording of parnab mukherjee :O
what was unique in the première of 1960 Movie Dracula
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EPThq_K8LVQ
Did you know that La Paz the highest capital in the world means Enchanted High ?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JpED-gXddQw
Lets dig up some past
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EPThq_K8LVQ&list=PLiTsf-BgR9vEPCb-1SqDHa6yBbA3KT4Z6
Haha, amazing. Thanks for sharing the links.