On Boring Colours & Interesting Names
May 17, 2011 4 Comments
Ever notice how the colours with the most interesting names are often so dull themselves?
Then again, there’s always….
*Cross-posted to Divadom.
IdeaSmith is the online avatar of Ramya, an ex-business analyst on sabbatical. She loves stationery but she bid a fond goodbye to office spaces a year ago. Now she alternates between sampling panipuris, winning Monopoly games and airing her grievances on the Twitterverse.
She is currently working on her first novel. Her verbal performances air at The Idea-smithy and The XX Factor.
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Really? Beige and boring?.
@Rambler: No? Really?
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