RE: [ ::: ♥Keep_Mailing♥ ::: ]™ PIN DROP SILENCE

Very Very nice

T. M

> Date: Thu, 11 Dec 2014 12:39:20 +0530
> Subject: Re: [ ::: Keep_Mailing ::: ]™ PIN DROP SILENCE
> From: ashokchugh1@gmail.com
> To: keep_mailing@googlegroups.com
>
> 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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