VERY NICE
On Mon, Dec 8, 2014 at 6:24 PM, Mohamed Jaffer <mjkassam@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> PIN DROP SILENCE EXPLAINED THROUGH HISTORY:
>
> Can you hear a pin drop?
> What is the meaning of pin drop silence?
> Following are some instances when silence could speak louder than voice.
>
> Take 1:
> Field Marshal Sam Bahadur Maneckshaw once started addressing a public
> meeting at
> Ahmedabad in English. The crowd started chanting, "Speak in Gujarati. We
> will hear you only if
> you speak in Gujarati."
>
> Field Marshal Sam Bahadur Maneckshaw stopped. Swept the audience with a
> hard stare and replied, "Friends, I have fought many a battle in my long
> career.
> I have learned Punjabi from men of the Sikh Regiment; Marathi from the
> Maratha Regiment;
> Tamil from the men of the Madras Sappers; Bengali from the men of the Bengal
> Sappers,
> Hindi from the Bihar Regiment; and even Nepali from the Gurkha Regiment.
> Unfortunately there was no soldier from Gujarat from whom I could have
> learned Gujarati.".............
> You could have heard a pin
> drop------------------------------------------------------------
>
>
>
> Take 2:
> JFK'S Secretary of State, Dean Rusk, was in France in the early 60's when
> Charles DeGaule,
> the French President, decided to pull out of NATO.
> DeGaule said he wanted all US military out of France as soon as possible.
> Rusk responded, "does that include the 180,000 who are buried here ?"
> DeGaule could not respond.
> You could have heard a pin drop
> ------------------------------------------------------------
>
>
>
> Take 3:
> Robert Whiting, an elderly US gentleman of 83, arrived in Paris by plane.
> At French Customs, he took a few minutes to locate his passport in his carry
> on.
> "You have been to France before, Monsieur ?" , the Customs officer asked
> sarcastically.
> Mr. Whiting admitted that he had been to France previously.
> "Then you should know enough to have your passport ready."
> The American said, "The last time I was here, I didn't have to show it."
> "Impossible. Americans always have to show their passports on arrival in
> France !" , the Customs officer sneered.
> The American senior gave the Frenchman a long, hard look.
> Then he quietly explained ...
> "Well, when I came ashore at Omaha Beach, at 4:40am, on D-Day in 1944,
> to help liberate your country, I couldn't find a single Frenchman to show a
> passport to.... "
> .............
> You could have heard a pin drop------------------------------
>
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