A coconut is an important aspect of not only Indian diet, but also of Hindu mythology. It is believed to be God Shankar. It is put for worshiping in many households. It is offered as a gift when felicitating someone. It is also given along with an invitation to a wedding. Coconut shell is used as fuel by poor people. I thought all uses of a coconut had been exhausted. I heard of an unorthodox use when I was a student. One of our old surgery professors had alcoholic cirrhosis of the liver. He was admitted in a surgical ward. Alcohol was strictly forbidden. All visitors were watched closely, lest anyone slip him a bottle of liquor. But he was intelligent. He continued to get his supply. Before he died, it was discovered how. His friends would visit him, and bring coconut water in opened coconuts. What was believed to be coconut water used to be alcohol.
I learned of a new use of a coconut in our hospital recently.
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There is a pointed metal spike driven into the ground near the college gate.It is probably meant for fastening the gate so that it is not swung open or closed accidentally. There is a barrier that prevents pedestrians and vehicles from passing through. It is raised for vehicles considered OK by the security guy at the gate. The pedestrians have to walk around the gate, and the spike is right in the middle of that space. In order to prevent foot injury by stepping on it, the security guys have placed an opened and empty coconut inverted over the spike. People see it, and go around or over it, but do not step on it. I have shown my 3D depiction of the spike and coconut here and not an actual photograph because taking photographs in the campus is prohibited, and making a model is far more pleasurable to me than taking a photograph anyway.
I learned of a new use of a coconut in our hospital recently.
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There is a pointed metal spike driven into the ground near the college gate.It is probably meant for fastening the gate so that it is not swung open or closed accidentally. There is a barrier that prevents pedestrians and vehicles from passing through. It is raised for vehicles considered OK by the security guy at the gate. The pedestrians have to walk around the gate, and the spike is right in the middle of that space. In order to prevent foot injury by stepping on it, the security guys have placed an opened and empty coconut inverted over the spike. People see it, and go around or over it, but do not step on it. I have shown my 3D depiction of the spike and coconut here and not an actual photograph because taking photographs in the campus is prohibited, and making a model is far more pleasurable to me than taking a photograph anyway.
