The Laws of GoSSip

1^st Law: The spread of gossip is inversely proportional to the decibel level of the initiator.

Call someone aside and whisper to him/her and the subsequent transmission of gossip gets louder and louder.

2^nd Law: The speed of secondary gossip transmission is inversely proportional to the speed of the primary communication of gossip.

Ask someone, “Do you know something?” the reply would be “No.”. Then take your own sweet time to narrate a juicy story in spicy bits and flavored pieces with measured pauses. Further transmissions of gossip would be at mind boggling speed.

3^rd Law: The credibility of gossip is directly proportional to the rating of secrecy of the issue.

"Can I share with you a top secret? I got it straight from the whistle blower. Promise me that you won’t tell anyone. Strictly between you and me, OK?” This will ensure the speed, spread and credibility of gossip.

4^th Law: The distortion of the details of gossip is directly proportional to the number of gossip couriers.

Tell some one that the Boss vomited something that is as black as a crow. In the evening someone else is bound to tell you, “Do you know? Our Boss-poor fellow! Vomited a crow, it seems.”

5^th Law: The effectiveness of gossip is measured by the time taken for the gossip to comeback to the originator.

Tell someone that it was chief advisor to YSR who hatched a plan to bring Chiranjeevi into active politics and actually will join congress only to counter any threat from TDP. The mega star will also be made a cabinet Minster in charge of Information, Public Relations and Cinematography. If you follow the first, second and third laws in originating the gossip, within an hour some stranger will boast to you about the secret pact between YSR and Chiranjeevi.

6^th Law: Gossip is the basic domain of idle people with agile minds and fertile imagination. Therefore, not only dreams, but gossip, like prophecy, come true.

Tell people that children born out of inter caste marriages tend to have very high IQs. Tell them that this is scientifically proved and published in Nature magazine. Who knows? Very soon marriage bureau may do roaring business in inter caste wedlock.

7^th Law: Poor minds discuss people. For them gossip is worship. With each gossip ship, they set sail into un-chartered waters, spreading the gossip far and wide, until they strongly believe their own gossip to be the gospel truth.