Late Night Cafe: February 2011

Monday, February 28, 2011

World's Largest Hand-Woven Carpet

The world's largest hand-woven carpet 'Qasr al-Alam' has been designed by an Iranian artist on the order of Emir of Oman. The carpet was unveiled in Tehran on July 31, 2010.

It has taken 18 months for Ali Khaliqi to design the carpet and although the patterns do not belong to any specific region of Iran, they are generally traditional patterns, CHN news agency reported.

Khaliqi describes the carpet as a great masterpiece, stating, "It's not only noted for its size but also for its trapezoid shape containing one concave, and one convex side".

The 5,625.15-square-meter carpet will be spread at the Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan al Nahyan Mosque in Abu Dhabi, Jalaleddin Bassam added. It took weavers 2 years to make the 2.2-billion-knot carpet, he said.

Ambassadors and envoys of Islamic countries to Iran have also visited the on-going weaving process of the world's largest carpet.

Public Relations Department of Iran's Carpet Company announced that the visit had positive outcomes and that many of the ambassadors had become eager to order carpets.

Iran's Carpet Company has decided to organize public tours to further familiarize people and journalists with this great art.

"There were many countries such as China, India, and Nepal on the list of Emirates nominees for handling the project, but Iran was chosen for its facilities, and experienced weavers," said Hassan Ansari-Nia, the manager of Khorasan Carpet Company in Iran.

Saturday, February 26, 2011

Things which people actually said in court

These are actually  things which people actually said in court, word for 
word. 


   Q: What is your date of birth?
  A: December 30th.
 Q: What year?
 A: Every year.

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 Q: What gear were you in at the moment of the impact?
 A: Gucci sweats and Reeboks.

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    Q: This myasthenia gravis, does it affect your memory
 at all?
 A: Yes.
 Q: And in what ways does it affect your memory?
 A: I forget.
 Q: You forget. Can you give us an example of something
 that you've forgotten?
   
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 Q: How old is your son, the one living with you.
 A: Thirty-eight or thirty-five, I can't remember
 which.
 Q: How long has he lived with you?
 A: Forty-five years.
   
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 Q: What was the first thing your husband said to you
 when he woke that morning?
 A: He said, "Where am I, Cathy?"
 Q: And why did that upset you?
    A: My name is Susan.

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 Q: And where was the location of the accident?
 A: Approximately milepost 499.
 Q: And where is milepost 499?
 A: Probably between milepost 498 and 500.
   
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 Q: Sir, what is your IQ?
 A: Well, I can see pretty well, I think.

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 Q: Did you blow your horn or anything?
    A: After the accident?
 Q: Before the accident.
 A: Sure, I played for ten years. I even went to school
 for it.

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 Q: Do you know if your daughter has ever been involved
    in voodoo or the occult?
 A: We both do.
 Q: Voodoo?
 A: We do.
 Q: You do?
 A: Yes, voodoo.

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 Q: Trooper, when you stopped the defendant, were your
    red and blue  lights flashing?
 A: Yes.
 Q: Did the defendant say anything when she got out of
 her car?
 A: Yes, sir.
 Q: What did she say?
 A: What disco am I at?

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    Q: Now doctor, isn't it true that when a person dies
 in his sleep, he doesn't know about it until the next morning?

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 Q: The youngest son, the twenty-year old, how old is
    he?

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 Q: Were you present when your picture was taken?

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 Q: So the date of conception (of the baby)  was August
    8th?
 A: Yes.
 Q: And what were you doing at that time?

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 Q: She had three children, right?
 A: Yes.
 Q: How many were boys?
 A: None.
 Q: Were there any girls?
   
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 Q: You say the stairs went down to the basement?
 A: Yes.
 Q: And these stairs, did they go up also?

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    Q: How was your first marriage terminated?
  A: By death.
 Q: And by whose death was it terminated?
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 Q: Can you describe the individual?
 A: He was about medium height and had a beard.
    Q: Was this a male, or a female?

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 Q: Is your appearance here this morning pursuant to a
 deposition notice which I sent to your attorney?
 A: No, this is how I dress when I go to work.
   
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 Q: Doctor, how many autopsies have you performed on
 dead people?
 A: All my autopsies are performed on dead people.

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    Q: All your responses must be oral, OK? What school
 did you go to?
 A: Oral.

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 Q: Do you recall the time that you examined the body?
 A: The autopsy started around 8:30 p.m.
    Q: And Mr. Dennington was dead at the time?
 A: No, he was sitting on the table wondering why I was
 doing an autopsy.

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 Q: Are you qualified to give a urine sample?
   
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 Q: Doctor, before you performed the autopsy, did you
 check for a pulse?
 A: No.
 Q: Did you check for blood pressure?
 A: No.
 Q: Did you check for breathing?
    A: No.
 Q: So, then it is possible that the patient was alive
 when you began  the autopsy?
 A: No.
 Q: How can you be so sure, Doctor?
 A: Because his brain was sitting on my desk in a jar.
 Q: But could the patient have still been  alive
    nevertheless?
 A: Yes, it is possible that he could have been alive
 and practicing law somewhere.