Were you "BANGALORED"?


	Were you "BANGALORED"?

thefoxalmighty

3-29-2007 7:11 AM

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thefoxalmighty says:

I live in Bangalore...

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3-29-2007 9:36 AM

sonpari

I too live in bangalore...small world..Huh!

3-29-2007 9:37 AM

Deepti

I was in bangalore for 7 yrs....I really miss it now

3-30-2007 6:55 AM

thisnamecantbetaken

I've never been to Bangalore, so I've never been Bangalored in any which way, I have been to Bombay though.

It is funny when cities get reputations like that though. It reminded me of the phrase; "There's something rotten in the State of Denmark". That one stuck too.

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