Sunday, April 12, 2009

Follow on!

Mrs. Lalwani switched on the TV at 3.00 am and was surfing through the channels... "Which channel do you want dear?", Mr. Lalwani asked. If you were there at that moment in that room, you would have thought that he was talking to himself... Mrs. Lalwani was busy changing the channels... An interesting medley of voices can be heard ...
001. Kya aap inhe jante hein?... click
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025. Aapka hamsafar... click
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058. Khunkhar darinda... click
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099. Pratah kaal mein bhagwan ka darshan... click
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150. Jeena sirf mere liye... click
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178. Aaj ka top chart buster song hai... click
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238. Jaanu... Aao na... (it seemed that she was waiting for this channel, but alas...) click
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250. akele ho?... click
For a second Mr. Lalwani thought about how good life was... when there were only 25 channels... the choices were less, the satisfaction more... From 99 channels a few years earlier to 999 channels in the digital age!
People were saying how remote controls were of better quality in those times... But Mr. Lalwani didn’t give a damn! He convinced everybody who said this... how the damage to a remote control is directly proportionate to increased number of channels!

325!!! He shouted from his belly-
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294. Dhik chick dhak chik Dhik chick dhak chik... click

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325!!! He shouted again from his belly, -
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325. And what do you think Joginder? What will Dhoni's strategy be?....
"THANK YOU!!!", shouted Mrs. Lalwani.
Till here your left brain may take it all... but this is where your right brain will start thinking why, why was Mrs. Lalwani up at 3 am and watching test cricket all of a sudden? You wouldn't ask such a question if you had attended any of their kitty parties...
Since you haven't, I must tell you, that it was common practice to analyze and dissect an issue, which not everyone was aware of. The best part is that, that everyone has to pretend to know what the other lady is talking about (they should be able to say at least two lines about it. This was a criteria...in order to let everyone know that you know what they are saying) And have an edge over others in this way.
Anyway, Mrs. Lalwani made sure she watched the test match from start to finish...
The next day at the kitty part... Mrs. Lalwani started, "You know, I was watching this match! Don't you know? India vs. New Zealand, a test match!", Everybody was listening keenly... She added, "I was watching it since 3 am, you know! It was a great experience! I never miss a match!" she continued with a terrifically expressive gaze at the others. Everyone was looking at her in awe, with ‘wowing’ expressions... It went on for some time...
Then Mrs. Keswani, suddenly added something... that shook the room... She said, "Mrs. Lalwani, the match didn’t start at 3 am... it started at 4 am, you know! Due to time correction! Last time I went to New Zealand at the same time........." Now everybody was listening to her… her pleasant time in New Zealand...
“Damn it!!!”, said Mrs. Lalwani, under her breath!

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