He did not have water

Walter Benjamin must have died almost 70 years ago. But when people add too much liquor to their water, they tend to remember him. What a joke if Dr Naxal gets all excited and worked up over Mr Pompom not knowing Walter Benjamin! I don't know how it began but I got into the act of preventing the pseudo Naxal from getting into fisticuffs with a guy who would struggle to spell water correctly, leave alone Walter.

Part I of a fancy chat

Hello guys and gals!

Welcome back after a long time! Much muck has flown down the Yamuna since I wrote something here: Imelda got pregnant, Del Piero went public about his girlfriend, the Hill Goat wandered away to hornier pastures, Morality almost died imagining herself washed away by rapids, Chidambaram wrote off a fortune to farmers and all of us got a good raise.

I am breaching a solemn promise, to record for posterity an excellent conversation I had with Friday. She asked me not to tell it to anyone. Since the matter discussed here was what all of us knew already, and this was just official confirmation, I thought it was not a big deal to break the promise. Moreover, Friday was looking for a Knight in shining armour after Bajrangi's passing away. Since I felt she was not sincere about what she said and what she wrote, I did not flinch to record this here:

The conversation began at 6.42 pm, IST on March 27, 2008 and lasted exactly an hour.

Friday: Hi

CC: Hello! Where are you?

Friday: Office, n u?

CC: In office

Friday: How was Easter?

CC: Abe was ill, just managed to go for 11.30 mass on Sunday at Cathedral, went to TGIF

Friday: O, how is he now?

CC: Now he is ok, cough persists

Friday: K, u went 2 TGIF after mass?

CC: Yeah

Friday: Wow! Did u buy a car?

CC: No, why do you ask?

Friday: sum1 was sayn

CC: Car is not economically viable in my opinion coz it costs so much and then at the end of 10 yrs u are left with nothing…unless 5 lakh means nothing to me, I won't buy a car

Friday: hmm i agree value depriciates na, but it myks travellin easier sp wit family

CC: So I hire a car when I travel with family, comes to what I have to spend on petrol, since I don't travel everyday

Friday: hmm

CC: Do you have a car for yourself these days?

Friday: nope, was thinkin of getin 1

CC: They will soon give you carbon vouchers, you won't be able to use more oxygen than what is permitted in your monthly voucher, I mean burn oxygen

Friday: ya??

CC: This will be the scene 20 years from now, they are already talking of poor nations being compensated for not using their quota of oxygen, it will come down to individuals soon

Friday: u r so learned a man. I really luk up 2 u

CC: Read, my dear. For example, you can straight away look up something called Kyoto Protocol. These days, it's so easy to learn… everybody is a student, the younger generation only SMSes though

Friday: :-o wen i try 2 bore u just buzz me off

CC: have you done a search for Kyoto Protocol? Or just type down, "what is Kyoto protocol"

Friday: nope i don’t, will just type, gotta

CC: now read

Friday: k, Can I ask u sumtin personal?

CC: sure

Friday: y do ppl dislyk me here so much, nver b4 I hav experienced this

CC: What happened? I thought you lived in a world of your own, you interacted less,

Friday: dis is wat i feel all d time

CC: I thought that was your choice. I mean you don't talk much to people

Friday: ya datz cos I get such vibes, tis not dat i m introvert or netin

CC: Nobody hates you, since you don' talk or interact they leave you alone, there are more people like you

Friday: n even if i keep 2 myself does dat myk me bad?

CC: who said u r bad?

Friday: datz d general perception i feel ppl hav

CC: y r u suddenly on a guilt trip? There are noisy people, bindas, quiet, pensive…everybody is different, you commissioned a survey?

Friday: just asked, got d feeling long bak, but der r other ppl who r quiet n r talked 2: example, Del Piero, Billo

CC: You just do your work and behave in the way you are comfortable with and stop having a persecution complex. If you talk more, more people will interact with you, and bachelors may be shy to interact with an unmarried girl, although they may be wanting to…

Friday: I don’t kno dear, but if bachelors n married 1's try 2 flirt n if i give bak dey tyk offence, m i wrong if i do so?

CC: I don't think that you are wrong in that, everyone shd know to draw the line and treat you with respect

Friday: Del Piero is sweet and Betting Syndicate nice 2. he helped me a lot in d begining wen i was struggling wit quark n Rakshas n i owe him 4 dat

CC: so all the eligible guys are good to you, what more do you need? why worry :)

Friday: but if someone makes a lewd remarks cant i buzz dem off

CC: who does this? tell them straight that you don't like such talk, I have no idea, what's happening, may be i shd talk to you sometime, but i thought you were talking of office and work

Friday: ya sorry, i got off track, actually wen i speak on d face i get emotional so i prefer chat

CC: ok, then it's fine

Friday: but all dat i was sayin is different reasons 4 ppl not 2 lyk me

CC: have people misbehaved with you? Just tell it to Rotawala once and ask him to warn the concerned person, sexual harassment is a serious offence

Friday: i told dem 2 bak off, so dey hav tykn offence n made groups n stuff, n dey v stopped talkin 2 me

CC: i don't think so, and if people stop talking to u coz u told them off, u shd not be worried, there are enough decent folks around, for example, y don't you talk to Fraud Naxal? he is a decent chap

Friday: ya he his very nice i did tell dem off but i dont hate dem as such, only dat angle was wat i was not comfortable wit

CC: so be a little more comfortable, tell them, look i like you as a person but i don't like you making vulgar passes at me, can't we just be good friends etc, etc. Sorry, I meant little more communicative (not comfortable)

Friday: ya datz exactly wat i want n meant, :D

CC: so tell them not to take offence at your request

Friday: but y do othrrs dislyk me?

CC: talk later, getting busier

Friday: sorry

CC: it's all your imagination, just smile at people and you will see the difference

Friday: :) let me start wit u :D

CC: yeah, and not online, when you meet people for the firt itme:

Friday: u mean 1st time in d day na?

CC: yes

Friday: thanx

CC: ok, we'll talk later, take care!

Friday: later i l talk 2 u bout y Morality has a prob wit me, thanx 4 talkin wit me, i feel much better

CC: Anytime

Friday: :)

Second part soon

please don't mind it

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/merseyside/4253849.stm

IM was oblivious to the fact that an attack like the one described in the article above could land her in jail for a good two years. Otherwise, she may -- and that's a BIG may -- have thought twice about inflicting this kind of damage on Pom-Pom who was audacious enough to try to pull her leg. or so he says.



POM-POM: ;)

IM: hw wa the wedding

POM-POM: good, food was really good

IM: ;-)

POM-POM: how're u

IM: doing well

POM-POM: whenever i go out, believe me, i miss u
ya, doing well
leaving tonight for delhi'

IM: huh???

POM-POM: so hopefully see u tomorrow

IM: miss me??? :-)

POM-POM: yup
this is true we dont interact much, but still...

IM: bhang pe liya kya

POM-POM: tch
main bhang nahi peeta
u mind it?????
there's no work, just waiting to leave for airport, so thought
lets pull somebody's leg
but i thought u mind it
:(



i am sure IM doesnt mind anything that provides fodder to our www.talesfromnearandfar.blogspot.com.