Punny World, Like

If you've watched Aishwarya Rai's excuse for a performance in Dhoom-2, you'll forgive the title. I just had to pay the hot babe a tribute somewhere on this blog.

Emblazoned right across an RTC bus were the words "ABC an absolute Steel" (steal/steel get it?)

It was a miserable excuse for a pun weaving its way across the city possibly spawning more puns along the way.

We must stop this!

I think as a culture, and as a world, we're so used to seing one thing do two things that we forgive bad puns more readily. I mean, if even Shamshu Chai Wala owns a mobile phone that plays songs, takes pictures and trims nose hair, what's wrong in writing one sentence that means two things at once?

Of course, the answer is, a lot. Because are you sure you want to say both those things?

Are you sure you want a T-Shirt that reads "I Come Via-Agra"?

Lets not be so hard on the suggestive puns for now. But the normal ones. What is the Amul tribute to Dhoom-2 trying to do?

I'm just tired of this. I'm tired of puns being all there is to humour. And I'm tired of being subject to these ridiculous steels everyday.

Can't we just drop some of these terrible puns? :P

Cheer Up

That's what I want to say to a million people who I meet everyday. Why are you so forlon? What could possibly be so bad?

I know, I deserve to hear that too, sometimes, but I just don't have friends as smart as me :P (sure fire way to get people to comment, stir up a controversy)

Today, I think I said that to someone who desperately needed to hear it. Cheer up! Laugh! Smile! There's no need to be sad. No need to feel bad about anything. Live as you always must. Like there's no tomorrow.

I think I learn that over and over many many times. And I like to think I forget that less and less with each passing day.

There are things that bother me. Dreams that I chase, battles that I fight, tears that I waste, Objects that I covet, Hunks of metal I wish I could own... The list is endless. After all, that's what makes life. But at the end of it all, if you have a few friends you can sit with, conjure dramas with and laugh with, it makes the rest all worthwhile.

The saddest thing is not to hurt or be hurt. It's not to lose. It's not to be sad. It's not to be sick. It's not to miss the Chinese Combo at the lunch menu. It's not to have the girl driver drive when you elope or to have a black sumo chasing you instead of white.

The saddest thing in the world is to be surrounded by a thousand people and still be or prefer to be alone.

As long as that doesn't happen to you, things will be just fine. Smile!

Conversation with GOD

Mortals couldn't seem to help me decide what I should do, so I finally turned to GOD for advise.

Me: GOD, I really want to buy a car, I'm 23 and I think I'm saving more money than is good for my mental well being.

GOD: Go ahead Kid, I was wondering if I overdid the niceness when I made you. You definitely deserve it. Buy it and have fun!

Me: But Mom and Dad are scared GOD, they don't seem to trust me with a car.

GOD: Well, yes. Parents tend to be scared. It's a normal healthy sign. Nothing to be scared of. They just don't want their kids to do stupid things or mess up.

Me: But GOD, humans mess up royally all the time and you let us!

GOD: Hey kid, you want your parents to be GOD?