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Etiquette : A Five Star Observation

Answer these questions to find out if your observation of 5 Star Table Etiquette is sound.Eating out can be a delightful experience but if you’re going to a classy restaurant or a 5-star hotel, don’t get caught on the wrong foot, or with a wrong fork

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Telephone Etiquette

Observe Telephone Etiquette to be a Smart Kid. How do you make and answer a telephone call? You will be surprised to know that there a few basic rules of telephone etiquette when using a telephone!While Making a Call...• Speak clearly and in a modula

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Friends Forever : African Stories

A mouse and a frog were friends. Every morning the frog would hop out of his pond and go to visit his friend who lived in a hole in the side of a tree. He would return home at noon.The mouse delighted in his friend’s company unaware that the friend w

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Moment of Madness : A Chinese Story

There lived a man in the state of Qi who loved gold above everything else. Nothing else could excite him as much as the sight of gold.One day while passing a jeweler’s shop he saw a man handling a bar of gold. He rushed in, grabbed the gold and ran.B

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Thanks. But No Thanks

If someone offers you something, and you repond by saying ‘thanks, but no thanks’, what you mean is ‘I decline’. The expression is one way of refusing or turning down an invitation. It is always used to convery a rejection.

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People : Our Best Resources

People are Our Best Resources for our self development.When you receive a visit or a telephone call in your absence, or a little gift sent through a common friend, simple etiquette demands that you get back to the person concerned and acknowledge his

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Goal in Life

Goal in Life takes you along the safe path. So, have a goal.A highly successful and very rich man happened to see a fellow sitting under a tree and doing nothing."Don't you want to work?" asked the rich man."What for?" asked the lazy fellow."To earn

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Fair Play

Fair Play : Never use physical violence to get your way in a game.Playing with your friends in the evening and on holidays is great fun, till one person spoils it all by fighting or sulking or refusing to play. What is sportsmanship all about?1. Don’

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Silly Proverbs ^,^

* A look in iron saves silver.* Too many eggs strike the stone.* A hot broth gathers no cooks.* Leap while the iron is rolling.* Stitch before you spoil.* Every time has a moss basket.* Don't put all your horses in a cloudGuys ... keep smiling

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Books for a Chicken

A chicken walks up to the circulation desk at a public library and says, "Buk Buk BUK."The librarian decides that the chicken wants three books. She gives three books to the chicken, who goes away with them tucked under its wing.Around midday, the ch

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Develop The Right Attitude

When you enter a crowded room or go on a picnic or to a party, who is the most attractive and appealing person there? It is the person who is cheerful, has a smiling face and behaves as if he or she is enjoying every moment of the event! Such people

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Love Your Neighbour

Getting good neighbors is a matter of luck. Sometimes they can be nice but many a time they can be very annoying. We must see to it that we are good neighbors, too. If you can follow a few simple rules of etiquette both you and your neighbors will ge

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Organize Yourself

Organize Yourself. It is easy enough if you follow these four simple stepsStepping into a gift shop recently, I came across a pin-up poster that read, If it wasn't for the last minute, a lot of things wouldn't get done!It may sound funny, but it is v

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Talking Dog For Sale

This guy sees a sign in front of a house: "Talking Dog for Sale."He rings the bell and the owner tells him the dog is in the back yard.The guy goes into the back yard and sees a mutt sitting there."You talk?" he asks."Yep," the mutt replies."So, what

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Hidden Countries Word Puzzle*3

In each of the sentences below, the names of two countries are hidden. For example, the sentence: "Interpol and the FBI track down hidden marksmen" conceals the names POLAND and DENMARK.1. In the United Nations we denounce the wholesale ban on atomic

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Handling Peer Pressure

When your friends suggest, “Let’s bunk Math class today” or “Try it yaar — one cigarette won’t kill you”, how often don’t you agree with them yet go along?People of our own age are called our peers. When they try to influence our thoughts and actions

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Come out of Your Shyness

Is being shy a trait one is born with?No, it is acquired. A person becomes shy when he does not accept himself. And because he can’t accept himself he fears that others will not accept him and he withdraws into his shell.Why would a person not accept

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Baby Bear

The three bears had been having some trouble recently and had ended up in family court. Mama and Papa bear were splitting up, and baby bear had to decide who he was going to live with.So, the judge wanted to talk to baby bear to see what he thought a

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Handshakes

Seven men arrive at a meeting, and each of them shakes hands once with each of the others. How many handshakes does that make?Iam trying to solve it two hours ? hhhhh ^_*Show me your cleverness

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Please Excuse Me!

This Three short and sweet words can remedy the situation.We have all had the experience of a stranger bumping painfully into us on the street and then coolly walking away without a word. Or someone rudely interrupts us when we are in the midst of a

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