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Great Going Gilly! Well played!

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Photo credit: <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/royalchallengers/7105611049/">Royal Challengers Bangalore</a> via <a href="https://visualhunt.com/re/19b963">Visualhunt</a> / <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/"> CC BY-NC-SA</a> Wow! Adam Gilchrist from the Invincible Australian Cricket team of the late 90s and early 2000s. That's almost a decade of domination by a cricket team, who wore their prides on their sleeves, with captains like Steve Waugh and Ricky 'Punter' Ponting.  Talking about Gilchrist, a swashbuckling wicket-keeper batsman, who redefined batting up the order, along with Matthew 'Haydos' Hayden. Gilchrist had this theory of "see ball, hit ball" and along with Haydos scripted some amazing ODI victories for Australia over the years.  Gilly , as he was popularly known, was a team man and would constantly egg up the bowlers, from behind the ...

Weirdos win the Lottery!

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                                                        Photo via VisualHunt Come on! Let's face it. How many of us have seen and heard of weirdos, who've managed to irk us all in so many ways, leading to the moniker of  #weirdass  to be given to them and shunning them in normal conversations.  We have always believed that a weird way of thinking isn't the norm in the world and anything that challenges the normal routine, is considered  whacky,  and the person labeled as " cuckoo " in the brain's penthouse level.  But hey, think about it! Aren't such weirdos, the actual people who challenge the status quo, bang on the 'desk of mediocrity' and ask to be noticed on the podium of success?  Yes, not all weirdos fit the bill, and yes, everyone doesn't turn out to be a multi- millionaire, however they do leav...