One of the funniest commentary moments in cricket history! 😂
Throwback: When Jesse Ryder smashed a monstrous SIX that left a dent on commentator Ian Smith’s rental car!
Ian Smith: “That’s out of the ground, that’s gone, it’s downtown. It’s on my car! I think it hit my car! Oh, the downside of getting to park so close! Oh, no.”
When Smith’s co-commentator asked if he had insurance, Smith continued: “No, it’s a rental … For God’s sake, Jesse. Another report. It’s not the first one, I suppose. Usually it’s a scrape on the door … how am I going to explain that? At least I have evidence.”
“That’s the same colour. It’s round about the same place. I know I parked it there about five hours ago. I don’t think I was that far down. For some reason I was more behind the hotdog stand 30 yards back. I might be OK.”
What’s the funniest piece of cricket commentary you’ve ever heard?
Charlie Munger and Warren Buffett on Ethanol blending in Petrol:
“Ethanol blending is a very stupid way to try and solve an energy problem.”
“It takes more fossil fuel energy to create ethanol than you can get out of ethanol you’ve created.”
- Charlie Munger. 2006.
Many are asking me to comment on the E-20 debate going on. So let me make my comments and also predict that E-20 fuel is here to stay and will become mainstream in the long term.
But, as usual, I am of the opinion the GoI should stop imposing and mandating this forcefully. The adoption must be left to states and consumers for now. Those who want and have the right vehicles, let them use it.
At least incentivize the use for now by giving great discounts on the fuel. If even that's not done, then of course the public will feel like they are being given a bad deal by GoI.
The perception must also be better managed by GoI using proper tests, research, and scientific reports done by third parties which are widely publicized as E-20 is given more time for the public to adopt.
The anti-E20 propaganda by certain groups for strategic and political reasons should be better managed dispelling some of the myths they have managed to spread using issues faced by the public.
And the issues from E-20 fuel, like lower mileage and corrosion on vehicles, especially the older ones, are real. Simply denying these is not going to help anything and only create more anti-Govt sentiment.
At the same time, E-20 saves lakhs of crores in a year in Forex, provides farmer support in lakhs of crores, reduces CO2 emissions, and strategically helps India reduce import dependence and cushion oil price volatility.
Also, Ethanol is a good anti-knock agent. It improves combustion efficiency and knock resistance. Again only if the engines are optimized for the fuel. Which may become the case all over India in another decade. So that's why I believe E-20 is here to stay in the long term.
So until then, imo, the GoI mandating E20 and forcing it can cause backlash, give ammo to adversarial narrative, and create a hasty withdrawal of all E20 one day costing India a lot. And helping adversaries get their way in keeping India reliant on higher imports.
Having said all the above, I believe the GoI thinks giving choice will delay the scale up of blending infra and wide scale adoption. Hence the GoI believes it can take the backlash for now but still force the change.
I don't know, given the history of poor perception management by GoI, this may only backfire and help India's adversaries use it to fuel dissent and disillusionment against the govt.
People get fined for overspeeding, wrong parking, no seatbelt and many other violations.
But no government official is ever punished for robbing citizens of their basic dignity on the road.
1. Go to https://t.co/hpcEACVkQ5
2. Click on Submit Request
3. Login
4. Select Ministry as Ministry of Petroleum and natural gas.
5. Select IOCL, BPCL and HPCL
6. Ask the below query
Whether [selected at 5] has supplied Motor Spirit (Petrol) dispensed through regular petrol dispensing units (excluding E85, ED95 or any other specially designated high-ethanol fuel dispensers) at its retail outlets in the [Your city name] with ethanol content exceeding 20% by volume from 1 April 2026 till the date of reply?
7. Pay Rs10 as RTI fees using UPI.
Do it today!
This is what Charlie Munger said about Korea.
It’s up to each individual to decide how much time to spend on work, rest, and recreation.
The crux is that when a society collectively decides to change, change definitely happens.
Kumar Vishwas on Dhurandhar 2: hits the nail on the head... fantastic reply.
Wow! Perhaps one of the best tributes to Aditya Dhar for making Dhurandhar. In just a few words, Kumar Vishwas hits the bullseye
The interviewer looks visibly uncomfortable and must be cursing his luck for asking the right question to the wrong person. Enjoyed this conversation 😘😍👊🏼