Studies show your cellphone ringtone says a lot about you. Industry is concerned, because of estimates that put the value of the ringtone business at over $2 billion in 5 years. Some 66% of those surveyed say they hate others’ ringtones, and the first thing 25% did with a new phone was to pick the ringtone, so there could be a lot at stake.
Some findings:
- The standard default ringtone is considered uncool, a sign of lack of daring and tech-phobia.
- Tones using the voice of the owner or her family implies self-obsession.
- Rude sounds, animal noises and the like suggest immaturity.
- Classical music? You’re surely pretentious.
- People who keep changing the tone are unreliable.
Culture Vulture
Richard Wagner, 1813-83
Who Romantic Western classical music composer.
Best known for Grandiose, powerful and lengthy operatic works. Heavy metal for grown-ups.
Bad rap for Anti-Semitism; though, weirdly, he was convinced (wrongly) at the same time that his grandfather was Jewish.
Famous works Tristan und Isolde, The Ring Cycle.
So you thought you knew all about
Virender Sehwag
At 26, Sehwag is key to the ‘world’s best batting line-up’. Spot his inside edge here.
A. Son of a grain hawker, his house was stuffed with uncles, aunts and 16 cousins.
B. First thought of as an ODI specialist, hit a 50 on one-day debut and 105 on Test debut.
C. First opened on the 2002 English tour and hit an 80 and a century in the first two Tests.
D. Averages 75 in the first innings, second only to the Don, and under 25 in the second.
E. His 10 tons in 56 Test innings is the best among contemporaries and 3,078 runs second only to Lara’s 3,223.
Answer B. Scored a solitary run on ODI debut in 1999 against Pak and conceded 35 runs in three overs.
what is
Froufrou
Appositely coined by those self-styled arbiters of all things fashionable, the French, to describe the rustling of female clothing. Now used to describe heavily embellished, ornamented, showy or frilly style. For instance, Abu Jani/Sandeep Khosla, or Christian Lacroix can be froufrou, but not Rajesh Pratap or Jil Sander.
