Japan Man

An Indian went to Japan & being his regular habit of resting the feet on opposite seat, he did the same while travelling in a train.

An elderly man came to him, took his feet onto his lap and sat on the seat. The Indian was awestruck.

He asked the gentleman "Sir, why did you leave your seat & come here to keep my feet on your lap and sit?"

The man answered, "mister, you have insulted us by misusing our public property. I was very angry at you for that. But you're a guest to our country. I cannot insult you in public. You are habituated to rest your feet on the opposite seat of bus or train you travel. And I cannot see my country's property being misused. So in order to save our public property & at the same time not to cause inconvenience to a guest, I took your feet on to my lap".

The Indian felt ashamed & apologised to the gentleman.

The old Japanese man said to the Indian, "We treat the government's property as our own as they are provided from public money. We respect the facilities & don't misuse them. If you can make this habit, you don't have to be insulted like this when you visit other countries'. The elderly gentleman gave a soft-spoken slap.

Playing cards :

Interesting facts and observations:

Did you know that the Traditional Deck of the Playing Cards are a veritable and most ingenious form of a Calendar?

There are 52 weeks in the year and so there are 52 Playing Cards in a Deck.

There are 13 weeks in each Season and thus there are 13 cards in each suit.

There are 4 Seasons in a Year and 4 Suits in the Deck.

There are 12 Months in a Year so there are 12 Court Cards (Those with faces namely Jacks, Queens and Kings)

The Red Cards represents the Day, while the Black Cards represents the Night.

If you let the Jacks = 11, the Queens = 12, and the Kings = 13, then add up all the sums of 1 + 2 + 3 + …to 13 = 91. Multiply this by 4, for the 4 Suits, therefore 91 x 4 = 364, Add 1 that is the Joker and you will arrive at the number 365 being the Days in a Year?

Is that a mere coincidence or a greater intelligence ?

Of interest is the sum of the letters in all the names of the cards; eg :

add up the letters in "one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten, Jack, Queen, King" = 52 !

The Spades indicate ploughing/ working.

The Hearts indicates Love thy crops.

The Clubs indicates flourishing and growth.

The Diamonds indicate reaping the Wealth.

Also, in some card games 2 Jokers are used.Indicating the Leap year.

There is a deeper Philosophy than just a merely a Game of Playing Card.