Gossip...

I don't know what's wrong with my settings, not being able to set the heading/title for any of my posts, so doing it the chalu way. (chalu for the uninitiated is the Indian word for stop-gap arrangements). If you have been following my blog for sometime then you will know that a lot of time if I have something interesting to share then I will ramble about it for a few lines (ok not so few) and you know what is coming is fan-wait for it-tastic.
So as a lot of my friends know, I love gossiping and at times bitching,( ok I will save bitching for another day but trust me I would recommend it as the most effective stress buster better than alcohol, dope, better than anything you have ever tried, and some day someone will bend science to prove it!) Anyways coming back to good ol' harmless gossiping. Now without a doubt there can't be two oipnions on this can there? Gossip is a fun thing, and morever I am damn sure the foundations of news,print and electonic media must lie on gossip. Its human nature to be curious about others and other things and I am an advocate of the harmless fun bits your friends sometimes whisper into your ears or you discuss in hush hush tones in groups and I love the feeling when my dahlins are just bursting at the seams coz they have something interesting to tell me. And I love it when I have that can't-wait-a-micro-second-longer-to-tell-you feeling! Its bliss I teeeell you, ranks fifth on my "the best-est feeling to feel" list.
I have been gossiped about a lot in my school college,office,school (have to live upto a certain drama queen image ;) )days and I would be lying if I said it didn't affect me, coz it did, it did affect me, it always gave me a good laugh!
So, coming back to what-I-can't-wait-a-millisecond-longer-to-share find of the day. I was browing through blogs( jokemail.blogspot.com) and I chanced upon this pearly, and you just have to read this. That will give me the satisfaction that I am doing my bit by way of social service ( that thing about laughter being good for health blah) and also spreding gossip about Socrates :D

The Great Socrates




Keep this philosophy in mind the next time you hear, or are out to repeat a rumor.



In ancient Greece (469 - 399 BC), Socrates was widely lauded for his wisdom. One day the great philosopher came upon an acquaintance, who ran up to him excitedly and said, "Socrates, do you know what I just heard about one of your students...?"



"Wait a moment," Socrates replied. "Before you tell me, I'd like you to pass a little test. It's called the Test of Three."



"Test of Three?"



"That's correct," Socrates continued.



"Before you talk to me about my student let's take a moment to test what you're going to say. The first test is Truth. Have you made absolutely sure that what you are about to tell me is true?"



"No," the man replied, "actually I just heard about it."



"All right," said Socrates. "So you don't really know if it's true or not. Now let's try the second test, the test of Goodness. Is what you are about to tell me about my student something good?"



"No, on the contrary..."



"So," Socrates continued, "you want to tell me something bad about him even though you're not certain it's true?"



The man shrugged, a little embarrassed. Socrates continued, "You may still pass though because there is a third test - the filter of Usefulness. Is what you want to tell me about my student going to be useful to me?"



"No, not really..."



"Well," concluded Socrates, "if what you want to tell me is neither True nor Good nor even Useful, why tell it to me at all?"



The man was defeated and ashamed and said no more.



This is the reason Socrates was a great philosopher and held in such high esteem.



It also explains why Socrates never found out that Plato was banging his wife.