A deep dive into a story that's arcane, thoughtful, and sometimes humorous!
This summer, forget the crowded locales of the Maldives or the Bahamas. With the help of some Dutch explorers who wish to remain anonymous, we want to take your beach vacation one step further and take you to the only beach in the world’s coldest continent, Antarctica!
An exclusive experience based on something that's taken over the world by storm now.
The world was sent into a tizzy of mayhem and memes when a certain vessel known as the Ever Given managed to lose control and get itself stuck in what is perhaps the world’s most important waterway.
For nearly 5 days, the large vessel, said to be the largest of its kind in fact, disrupted trade services across the globe.
Have you been fooled yet today?
Movies that go very well with the date today.
The quintessential satirical movie. Borat is boorish, unapologetic, curious and makes you cry from laughing without even trying.
Our Khazaksthani hero became so popular, the Kazaksthan Tourism Board even adopted his slogan "Very nice!" as the official slogan for the country now. And it's no surprise, because Sacha Baron Cohen is such a natural at what he does. This style of comedy quickly took off after the release of the movie and even led to an equally funny sequel.
The next time you want to watch an unfiltered, uncensored and extremely adult themed laughter riot, don't miss Borat.
The Lobster is a far more macabre dark comedy than Borat that's equal parts British comedy and surrealism.
David's wife leaves him to go be with another man, and he has 45 days to find a new partner or he'll be turned into an animal. Why? No reason (yet). However, what lies ahead of him is the not-so-small task of finding love. With a dog in tow, he steps into the hotel and is prepared to do what it takes. Even if it means giving himself nosebleeds.
Extremely surreal, dark, and with climaxes that keep everyone on their toes, The Lobster is perhaps the best movie to watch today!
What if yo u lived in a world where literally everything you ate, saw, said and did was truthful?
Ricky Gervais is Mark, a screenwriter in a world where documentaries with pure fact are the only thing you can show on the big screen and your date straight up calls you ugly. In such a world, Mark accidentally tells the world's first ever lie. And life turns around for him when he starts convincing people (rather easily) with lies!
This romantic comedy is a perfect reminder that life doesn't always have to be perfect and small lies can actually help you in life!
A notorious phenomenon is now a forlorn figure of the past.
If you were around in Delhi during 2001 and taking a stroll in the evenings, surely you would have gotten a glimpse of a hairy, dark and very large individual taking a peep at you from far away.
Of course, news of his presence sent shockwaves through Delhi and soon Kaala Bandar became a household name, eventually forcing the poor chap to retire from public sight for unintentionally sending an entire city into chaos.
Better stay indoors and avoid the internet. I'm no fool after all!
How would you like to try food cooked in a volcano?
If that title sounded weird to you, you should know that this is an explosive experience.
Picture this. You want food. You have a hunkering for a sandwich with smoked sausages.
We have some bad news for you this time!
Unfortunately, we couldn't find songs worthy enough to make it to the travel record this time. All we have is a meme to show you how sorry we are. It definitely isn't here for any other purpose. We highly suggest you don't click on it.
Puzzles to get your neurons firing.
April Fools to all our dear readers out there! If you managed to read till here and not groan multiple times, we can only thank you in earnest. In life, it's always a good idea to delve into the humorous and sometimes inane ideas and thoughts that we come across, and even try seeking inspiration from them (There may be more to that volcano idea than you think!). Which is why this relatively shorter edition of Portmanteau was written purely to get a few chuckles and chortles out of our reader. We hope you enjoyed this one, and we'll be back soon to curating more stories around exploring the great wide world.
May your spirit of humor live on!
Ashish
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