On Sun, Dec 21, 2008 at 5:17 PM, Bonobashi <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > From: Deepa Mohan <[email protected]> > > > IG is bonobashi, who happens to be over 200 years old. > > He is the list > > > Methuselah in chief. > > > > > > > > No, I think me....thesulah. I think I emailed IG about this > > (but I am too > > old to remember exactly.... O bengali wood-dweller, did I? > > You did, and I had no intention of referring to that, but now that you have > brought it up, it seems that I have to yield the palm to you. > It's the old, old Tambram (Tamil Brahmin) cultural imperative...one has to be top at *something*. Academics, some arcane subject, even 100% school attendance....I have yet to see a Tambram parent who doesn't "modestly boast" about the child being "first"....!
