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Bravery

Attention all passengers. Welcome to Mumbai airport. The Indigo flight from Mumbai to Bangalore has been delayed by one hour due to some technical difficulties. Sorry for the inconvenience caused. "Shit" , Nandu muttered under her breath. She turned to face her hubby - obviously me, duh - "Hey, what are you reading" , Nandu asked. "Nothing, just scanning today's newspaper. Better than sitting and doing nothing other than wait for our flight I guess. Any idea in which page the astrology section appears?" . "Since when did you start reading all those crap" , Nandu asked "Since my last appraisal meeting" "Why?" "In the appraisal sheet one of the points was - How do you rate your contribution to the company. In my column I wrote Exceeds Expectations. In his column the manager wrote - Hahaha yeah right" "Bad luck I guess" , Nandu replied, sympathetically "So I just want to see whether t...

Paid Vacation

9:25 Friday morning, Pavan had yet to have his breakfast. But who cares: he had a bigger mission. Breakfasts come everyday, but an opportunity likes this comes rarely. His target would enter any moment now. Pavan had his onions ready. He maintained his stealth mode, behind the pillar, waiting patiently for his target to arrive. And then he saw him. He had his onions ready. He had bought a kilo of them from Reliance Fresh just the previous day. He took out one:- ROTTEN!!! Damn you Mukesh Ambani. He made a mental note to get his refund of one rupee and twenty paise for the rotten piece. He put it back and took another one. Aha. A fresh one. Big too. He quickly started peeling it. He peeled and peeled till there was nothing left - he needed to ensure he could extract the last drop of tears using that onion. With his limited collection of onions and one already rotten, he didn't know how many onions he would require for his mission to succeed. He then stepp...