GRANDMA’S TIPS

1. Grand Mom says, a few drops of Eucalyptus oil when added to hot water, its
steam provides relief from cold.
2. Taking raw curry leaves daily helps prevent premature graying of hair.
3. To remove dark circles around the eyes, place cotton wool swabs dipped in cold
milk on closed eyes for 15-20 minutes before sleep.
4. Oil applied to Daal before it is cooked helps it to cook faster by softening the
proteins.
5. Gajodhar : Why do you sleep with the parrot beside you ? Rajodhar: Because I
want to know what all I say in my sleep.
6. For maintaining the bright color of any vegetable, put it in ice cold water as soon
as you blanch them.
7. Add a pinch of sugar while cooking any green leaf vegetables.This will help
maintain the bright green color.
8. To remove the white water deposits from pot and pans, simply pour white vinegar
into pot and boil fir 15 minutes.
9. For a sweeter smelling house, squeeze a few drops of fresh lemon juice into the
dust bag of your vacuum cleaner before you start it up.
10. To keep your carpet smelling fresh and clean, sprinkle soda over carpet and let it
sit there for an hour.
11. To counter dandruff, use coconut oil boiled with onion. Wash hair with mixture of
gram powder and water drained from cooked rice.
12. Got running nose ? Put one or two drops of Eucalyptus oil in your hanky and take
it as inhaler during running nose.
13. Regularly eating oatmeal for breakfast results in significant reduction of
cholesterol in a few days.
14. For dry skin, make a paste with egg yolk, olive oil and lemon juice. Apply it on
the neck and face, wash it out after 10 minutes.
15. Gangu to his son after exam: Let me see your report card. Son: My friend just
borrowed it. He wants to scare his parents.
16. Banana helps fatty wastes from kidneys. It is soothing to digestive tract and helps
relieve constipation and diarrhea.
17. For relief from Astma, take 3-4 cloves of garlic. Boil it in milk and drink it every
night.
18. For a glow on your face, mix curd and cucumber juice and apply it on your face
after waking up in the morning.
19. Tourist: How would you describe the rain in this part of the country ? Local:
Little drops of water falling from the sky.
20. For water glow on your face, add 2 teaspoons of tomato juice with 4 teaspoons of
curd and apply it on your face.
21. Cooking meat takes lot of time. To reduce cooking time by almost 1/3rd, preserve
it for at least 12 hours, if possible.
22. For a healthy glow on your face, apply a mixture of tomato juice and honey on
face and neck, wash it after 15 minutes.
23. Teacher to student: Why are there old dinosaur in the museum? Student: May be
because they can’t afford new ones.
24. For glowing face mix half a spoon dried curry leaf powders with multani mitti and
apply it on face. Wash it after it gets dry.
25. Apply carrot juice on your body for one month to control blemished emerging on
your skin.
26. Oily skin ? Buttermilk dabbed on your skin for 15 minutes will soak up oil from
your skin without drying it.
27. Oven-to-table dishes become stained in oven. So remove stains with a wet cloth
and salt before putting the dish on table.
28. To remove odors from your microwave, place a thick slice of lemon on a paper
towel and microwave it on high for 2 minutes.
29. Rub lemon wedge over your face. Leave it for about 20 minutes and wash with
cold water. This will refresh your face.
30. She: Why don’t your love me now? If I was your world earlier? He: Actually my
geography has improved now !
31. Fill a coffee can with charcoal briquettes and place in back of your closet. It
attracts moisture and your clothes stay dry and never smell musty.
32. Grind a half lemon or other citrus fruit in garbage disposer to remove bad smell.
A cup of vinegar also does a good job.
33. Mix a little vinegar in warm water and rinse your hair with this solution.This will
add bounce to dull and lifeless hair.
34. Boil a few hibiscus flowers in coconut oil. Filter and use this hair oil to control
hair loss and thinning.
35. We will now upgrade your brain, please wait…searching…searching…still
searching…. Sorry.NO BRAIN found…!
36. Add 3 – 4 crushed cloves of garlic to boiling milk and drink it.It gives immediate
relief from indigestion.
37. Got High BP or cholesterol ? Take raw garlic empty stomach daily. It reduces BP
and cholesterol.
38. For soft and shiny hair, apply mixture of an egg white, 2 spoon of castor oil, 1
spoon glycerin, in the scalp and hair before wash
39. Mother to a teenaged daughter going to party- Have a nive time and be a good
girl. Girl – Mom, make up your mind !
40. A real friend is one who walks in when the rest of the world walks out!!
41. A flake of garlic swallowed with water empty stomach daily in the morning can
help solve stomach and garlic problems.
42. For soft and silky hair, soak a handful of gooseberry in a cup of milk for two
hours.Make it as a paste and apply in the hair,wash off.
43. Q : What was Bhola doing when he held his hands tightly over his ears? Ans:
Trying to hold on to a thought.
44. Stomachache ? Take a mixture of carom seeds,a pinch of black salt and a few
drops of lemon with lukewarm water. Don’t chew, swallow it.
45. Teacher: Cindy, why are you doing your maths sums on the floor? Daboo:You
told me to do it without using tables.
46. A mixture of ginger juice and warm honey, if taken before going to bed at night
brings great relief to severe cough.
47. For dandruff free hair, massage the scalp with pure coconut oil.This will also help
in hair growing.
48. When I was born the devil said..Oh my.. Another God .. and when you were born
the devil said..Oh..competition.
49. Galu : I think you are sitting in my seat. Bholu : Can you prove it ? Golu : I think
so. I left a custard tart on it.
50. To remove the white water deposit from pots and pans, Grandma tips that simply
pour white vinegar into pot and boil for 15 minutes.
51. Passengers : Stop the train, an old lady has just fallen off. Guard : It is alright,sir,
she had paid for her ticket.
52. Guest : What are the weekly rates here ? Hotel Manager: I don’t know,sir.
Nobody has erver stayed that long.
53. Librarian: Shhhh the other people in here can’t read. Kannu:Oh, what a shame, I
could read when I was six.
54. Eye doctor: What can you see out of that window? Patient: Only the sun. Eye
doctor: How far do you want to see?
55. Dinesh: What is the difference between man and woman? Naresh:Men have sense
of humour and women have sense of rumour.
56. Fruits and vegetables contain phytochemicals and antioxidants, which protenct
against cancewr, diabetes and slow down cell and tissue damage.
57. Sameer: Why do all your summer clothes have a big label saying WOOL?
Saurabh: Mom is trying to fool the moths.
58. Choose fresh fruits and vegetables cover nutritional supplements. They provide
greater nutrition, essential fibre and phytochemicals.
59. Gappu: Who is more intelligent, man or donkey? Pappu: Donkey, because it
knows it’s a donkey a man does not know he is also one.
60. Stomach ache: Take a mixture of carom seeds, a pinch of blact salt and a few
drops of lemon with lukewarm water. Don’t chew, swallow it.
61. Dadi maa says a mixture of ginger juice and warm honey, if taken before going
to bed at night brings great relief to sever cough.
62. Influenza spreads by hands infected with virus and breathing infected droplets.
Covering the mouth during cough and sneeze and washing hands preavent
spread.
63. Influenza is a viral infection characterized by sudden onset of high fever, aching
muscles, headache,malaise,non-productive cough,sore throat and rhinitis.
64. Grandma suggects-For maintaining the bright color of any vegetable, put it in ice
cold water as soon as you blanch them.
65. Immunization against cholera consists of two doses of vaccine given 1 week to 1
month apart. Not recommended for infants under 6 months of age.
66. Grandma suggests add a pinch of sugar while cooking any green leaf
vegetable.This will help maintain the bright green color.
67. Wife: Can’t trust that friend or yours who stayed over. Husdband: Why? Wife: He
has taken one of those hotel towels I had flicked. Husband: He is the manager of
that hotel.