| Biswo |
Posted
on 02-Jul-01 01:42 AM
As an ISc student in Amrit Campus, I enjoyed the practical classes
of biology. A humorous incident happened one day.
I didn't know the frogs that we had to dissect were imported from
Bangladesh. It was surprise to me, because I was raised in
agrarian town in Chitwan, and frogs were worthless and numerous
there. One day,somebody in lab told me they had complained to the
traders about open (big) jar of alive frogs they received in the
last consignment.
The lab boy , on my next encounter, told me the name of the
importer,probably Lekali Traders, who were informed promptly.
The importers informed their exporter in Bangladesh about
the consignment condition. The exporter apologized, and assured
that they would send the exact number of frogs that escaped in the
next consignment.
So, our lab boys had to count the frogs received. They counted
first time, all frogs were there, none of the frogs escaped. They
counted again, and again, all those jumpy frogs were there, non
escaped. Then, the lab boys apologized to the traders, and said,
"Sorry, all the frogs are here, we just don't understand how and
why they didn't escape, but they are here."
Later somebody found what happened: all the frogs were pulling
other frog's legs. Whenever a frog tried to escape, another would
grab its leg, and pull down. So none could escape.
[ Credit: This is a joke somebody told me when I was in Ascol. I
don't know the originator of the joke, but I am not the one! ]
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