Psychopaths and Mystery Writer

Have you ever watched Castle? Its a detective series. The lead character 'Richard Castle' a writer, shadows NYPD's detective Kate Beckett for his next novel and eventually they form an amazing partnership.
So, well, I absolutely love this show! Its mystery, fun, flirt, romance, tension; in all a perfect blend of everything. Now, after watching and re-watching the the first 3 seasons, I have certain observations about the show.

Disclaimer: These, if you haven't observed already, might totally change your perspective towards the show
Anyway, tada!

1) There are loads of innovative ways to get killed.
2) Like the fatality move in Mortal Kombat ('m an xbox freak :D) your body will always end up in, lets say pizza oven or frozen by liquid Nitrogen or hung upside from a fire-escape or I don't know, be a li'l creative!
3) The killer will always, ALWAYS be some one you knew closely and trusted enough to let in, in your house without any struggle.
4) The cops will suspect EVERY SINGLE PERSON who ever smiled at you.
5) Everyone you know will have a motive to kill you.
6) Everyone, even being innocent, will lie.
7) You might wanna thanks Alexis (Castle's daughter) because there is a 40% possibilty that the killer was caught because of some random shit that she said.
8) The killer will NOT be anyone who was suspected.
9) Killer will be caught only when Castle and Beckett have an ephipany, sitting at two different places, but at the same time, that'll be some 5mins before the show's about to end.
10) Also there are two super-powered guys in the show, Ryan and Javier. Why? Because they do the trickest jobs in the simplest way. So their job is to find stuff, what secret the victim has been keeping for months from the rest of the world? Who's who? Stolen stuff, hidden identities, everything.! And how long does it take them to uncover it? One shot of fight between Castle and Beckett; and they're good to go.
11) There is NEVER any kind of media disturbance, because your death is just not important enough!



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The Tax System!

Suppose that every day, ten men go out for beer and the bill for all ten comes to $100.
If they paid their bill the way we pay our taxes, it would go something like this:

The first four men (the poorest) would pay nothing.
The fifth would pay $1.
The sixth would pay $3.
The seventh would pay $7.
The eighth would pay $12.
The ninth would pay $18.
The tenth man (the richest) would pay $59.

So, that's what they decided to do. The ten men drank in the bar every day and seemed quite happy
with the arrangement, until one day, the owner threw them a curve. He said, "Since you are all such
good customers, I'm going to reduce the cost of your daily beer by $20. Drinks for the ten now cost
just $80."

The group still wanted to pay their bill the way we pay our taxes, so the first four men were unaffected. They would still drink for free. But what about the other six men -- the paying customers?

How could they divide the $20 windfall so that everyone would get his "fair share"? They realized that $20 divided by six is $3.33. But if they subtracted that from every body's share, then the fifth man and the sixth man would each end up being paid to drink his beer. So the bar owner suggested that it would be fair to reduce each man's bill by roughly the same amount, and he proceeded to work out the amounts each should pay!

And so:
The fifth man, like the first four, now paid nothing (100% savings).
The sixth now paid $2 instead of $3 (33% savings).
The seventh now pay $5 instead of $7 (28%savings).
The eighth now paid $9 instead of $12 (25% savings).
The ninth now paid $14 instead of $18 (22% savings).
The tenth now paid $49 instead of $59 (16% savings).

Each of the six was better off than before. And the first four continued to drink for free.

But once outside the restaurant, the men began to compare their savings.

"I only got a dollar out of the $20," declared the sixth man. He pointed to the tenth man, "but he got $10!"

"Yeah, that's right,' exclaimed the fifth man. "I only saved a dollar, too. It's unfair that he got ten times more than I!"

"That's true!!"shouted the seventh man. "Why should he get $10 back when I got only $2 ? The wealthy get all the breaks!"

"Wait a minute," yelled the first four men in unison. "We didn't get anything at all. The system exploits the poor!"

The nine men surrounded the tenth and beat him up.

The next night the tenth man didn't show up for drinks, so the nine sat down and had beers without him. But when it came time to pay the bill, they discovered something important. They didn't have enough money between all of them for even half of the bill!

And that, boys and girls, journalists and college professors, is how our tax system works. The people who pay the highest taxes get the most benefit from a tax reduction. Tax them too much, attack them for being wealthy, and they just may not show up any more. In fact, they might start drinking overseas where the atmosphere is somewhat friendlier.

Courtsey
David R. Kamerschen, Ph.D.
Professor of Economics, University of Georgia

Rain Rain, GO AWAY!

I would never understand what is it people find so romantic about rain. Importance, yes I get that: irrigation, water cycle, poor birds who die off looking for water; but the mushy cushy romantic bit I'd never get a hang of.
So, when I sit near my window and look outside at the rain (which by the way has been on, since forever now), I do not feel emotionally high, no pretty thought come to me, no day-dreams of my Prince Charming and definitely no violin based background score.
Instead, I see myself carrying a poor umbrella, fighting the winds, saving my bag, cell phone, watch from the out-pour. And ofcourse my jeans, which looks like it's been washed in mud. All the dirty water screws up your shoes and feet! Which in turn makes you sick. Result: you wear shorts to save your jeans and jacket to save yourself. Huh :x
And if that wasn't enough, all the insects look for shelter in your bedroom and your mom wont allow you to have Gol-Gappe because the rain makes everything so 'unhygienic', again, this I dont understand :|

But there's a plus point too and a hugggge one for that matter, you get to push your friends in the dirty stinking water which actually makes up for all other shitty stuff that rain brings :D


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