TANSTAAFL is an acronym that stands for There Ain't No Such Thing As A Free Lunch.
Wiki entry suggests that it was popularized by science fiction writer Robert Heinlein in his book - The Moon is a Hersh Mistress. But that's not the point here.
In terms of economics, it means nothing comes for free in this world. Everything has a cost attached to it -the opportunity cost of doing it. Essentially, everything and anything that happens to you has an ulterior motive to it - some immediately recognizable, some latent. But that is also not the point of this post.
We (especially Chinmay and I) believe that there is such a thing called a Free Lunch after all. Following is the photographic evidence of a 'Free Lunch' - Normal hogging away to glory without paying for it at the Campus Cafe, one of the summer afternoons in the insti. Well, that was not the first time and a not-so-educated guess is that it'll not be the last time either.
Apart, interestingly, the name of the the eating joint at IIM Ahmedabad is Cafe TANSTAAFL. They serve pretty good food till 4 AM in the night. And to top it all, they deliver it to your rooms - so food is just one phone call away. In that respect, the IIMA cafe clearly scores over the IITM cafe. But yet, food for us (also) is just a phone call away - a call to the poor freshie, who'll go buy food for us, albeit only till 2 PM.
PS: That said, even as I publish this post, I owe Normal 600 bucks. :-(
Damn the economic recession!
Wiki entry suggests that it was popularized by science fiction writer Robert Heinlein in his book - The Moon is a Hersh Mistress. But that's not the point here.
In terms of economics, it means nothing comes for free in this world. Everything has a cost attached to it -the opportunity cost of doing it. Essentially, everything and anything that happens to you has an ulterior motive to it - some immediately recognizable, some latent. But that is also not the point of this post.
We (especially Chinmay and I) believe that there is such a thing called a Free Lunch after all. Following is the photographic evidence of a 'Free Lunch' - Normal hogging away to glory without paying for it at the Campus Cafe, one of the summer afternoons in the insti. Well, that was not the first time and a not-so-educated guess is that it'll not be the last time either.
Apart, interestingly, the name of the the eating joint at IIM Ahmedabad is Cafe TANSTAAFL. They serve pretty good food till 4 AM in the night. And to top it all, they deliver it to your rooms - so food is just one phone call away. In that respect, the IIMA cafe clearly scores over the IITM cafe. But yet, food for us (also) is just a phone call away - a call to the poor freshie, who'll go buy food for us, albeit only till 2 PM.
PS: That said, even as I publish this post, I owe Normal 600 bucks. :-(
Damn the economic recession!
8 comments:
Dude! its 2 AM!! not PM!!
-Pondy
macha.. you put my photo and name only to increase your credibility no!
-hypo
I'll drag you to court! Not payin any more from today
-normal
one of the places in insti which serves edible food
hahaha... es... actually there is no such thing as free lunch.. at Hindu canteen its Re.1 :(
Free lunch theorem? Should I bring Google in again? haha :D
@ Pondy, Hypo
..!.
@ Normal, See you in court!
@ Abhinav, Totally agree - ghee roast at 10 bucks is unbeatable.
@ Anusha, Can you treat you at the Hindu canteen next time around? :-P
@ Manasa, Google and free lunches - interesting!
You bet it is ... Google is the only company which defies the free lunch theorem. We've been having free lunches since 1998. *evil laughter*
www.freelunch.com
:P
The picture speaks a thousand words :D
-IDR
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