A chain is as strong as its weakest link

Since some time, my bike had developed a new 'feature': Every now and then, the chain would come off. This would then require me to take a break from the tiresome job of riding, to get off the bike and fix it, much reminiscent of the old bicycle days. The fact that this usually gives me greasy hands is proof of how much my bike loves me...

Last night (around 12 hrs ago), the bike decided to give me even more memories, and the chain came off as usual. However, when I got around to fixing it, I realized that there was something different..

No matter how I tried, I couldn't get it fixed again. The actual reason for this was that the chain had also come off the inner sprocket.. Now try as I might, I was unable to make any significant progress, apart from getting more grease on my hands..

So I decided to drag it home, and get up early to get the bike repaired..

Now we all know how likely that is to happen.

As it turns out, I ended up taking a lift to office, and still missing the meeting for which I wanted to reach office early.

Humpty Dumpty sat on a chair!

For those who can't guess, the above is the image of the base of a chair with a broken wheel. According to some, the only crime of the chair was that I sat on it.

Of course, I deny that absolutely, and claim that it was already broken before I sat on it, but there are few who will believe that.

Thankfully, I got up just in time, and I did not have a great fall.

Of course, I also prevented history from repeating, which would have been really over the top.

Proximity Warning

Recently Jyothirmayee, Vinay and their team moved to a cubicle close to mine. Vinay has been talking about impending disasters ever since.

As if to fulfill his wish, one happened today.

For some trivial thing, Jyothi stood up and called my name. As it happens, at this time, she had two things in her hand: a cup of coffee, and her mobile phone.

As she said my name out loud, she also fumbled and dropped the things from her hand... Murphy's law has it that the coffee had to spill over her mobile.

Here is the result:

Of course, what is being shown here is the coffee having been wiped off (There is the stained handkerchief as proof).

Lucky for her that the phone didn't take any significant damage :)