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Friday, July 15, 2005

Shame Shame!


Edit: From yesterday night till today @ lunch, I got 1 email. Enthuvoda poi paatha, athu naane oru group kku nethiku amucha email, athuvum one day late aa vanthu verupethiyathu!

Sari sari, dont be too worried that this would follow the pattern of Elixir, Vagary etc...
Intha blog is about the suffering of a man in his 25's looking for a partner to settle down in life, who recently got out of school & employed in the US, who lives in an apartment away from the university, who has probably grown a bit older to be still living in the university atmosphere, who has 600 day time minutes and unlimited nights, weekend minutes to call all the people he knows. He has email accounts with all the popular and leading email providers - gmail, yahoo, hotmail etc etc...

Scenes:
Reach work @ 9am:
Logged onto mail.yahoo.com, and you get to see Ignominy 1: -- You have 0 unread messages. "Its been 10 hours since I checked my mail and no one has even thought and emailed me?, How bad can that be!" Worstttt!.
Konja neram velai pannittu within an hour, manushanukku irukkura nappaasai la, poi thiruppi mail check panninaa same scene repeat.
Oru for loop pottu, ithe scene repeat aagum till like 3pm.

When you login @ 3pm, you would naturally think that "You have 0 unread messages" screen is going to pop up one more time, you see something in bold. Your heart leaps up for a moment and on seeing clearly, you see that it says "Bulk(2)". Okay atleast etho forward varuthe nnu ninachundu antha folder a open panninaa first email would be from 123greetings.com "Get great gifts for your lover" -- deiiiiiiiiiii! ventha punnila yen da vela paachareenga
(Translation tried : "heyyyyyyyyyyyyy! in cooked wound, why do you inject a spear?).
2nd email would read "Get bigger, make your wife happy", "ada paavingalaa, how do you know, you know!)

Email scene ippdiye pogum through the entire day. Ofcourse you do manage to get a mail or two everyday. The tricks that might work are:

1. Become a member of 4-5 yahoogroups and set it so that you get individual emails. (Intha daily digest/no email option choose panravanga ellaarukum nijamaave avvlo emails varuthaa?!) Anyways I never choose daily digest/no email option :)

2. Ithu puthu technique, blog ezhuthittu make sure when people comment, you get an email. Oru blog start panni, oru post ezhuthi athuku comment vidalaiya makkal, dont worry, innoru blog start pannu - athu kathaiya irukkalam, vera language la ezhuthalaam, illa etha pathi venumnaalum comment adikkalam...
Ithuvum work out aagalainaa, freee aa vidu email/blog ellaame Krishna Raama nnu poga vendiyathu thaan :(

Sari appadiye cell phone scene ku thaavuvom:
Minutes Plan: 600 minutes day time, unlimited weekends and nights.
Additional Features: Free Tmobile-Tmobile calling for 8$ a month (deiii, kaasu iruku nrathukkaga, kandapadi selavu seyyarathaa?)
Monthly bill varacha thaan stomach-burning aa irukum, used minutes - 100/600 minutes....
deiiiii, naan use panrathukku enakkaga konjam concession kuduthu 20$ a month nnu oru plan kudunga da pleaseeeeeee!

Nalla velai naan Cingular la illa, rollover nnu solli maasam maasam minutes vera accumulate aagum. ( Ithula avanga tag line : "Its your minutes, keep them" -- dei enaku venaam da aala vidu)
At the end of the year, Available minutes: 6000 minutes appadi nnu vanthu nikkum. Athuku bathila oru muzham kayiru use pannikkalam.

Weekdays aavathu office, work nnu poidum, intha weekend thaan bore. Nijamaa solren, last weekend the first call that I got was on Sunday afternoon. Appadiye pathari adichu eduthu antha paiyan kitte (pinna ponnaa call panna poraa?) "deiii unaku naan endrendrum kadamai pattu irukken da" nnu urugi sonnen...Avan avanoda soga kathaiya sonnan avvlo than.

Some funny ones that I heard from PB:

3rd person: "unga veetu keezhe yaaru irukka?"
PB: "moonu cell phone irukku!" :)

(3 girls live in the apartment and they talk over the phone all the time)
That brings us to an inevitable question -
"If the girls are speaking over phone all the time and naturally they speak with guys most of the time, where are the guys who talk with the gals? Enaku therinje - D, PB, VJ, naan (naanaavathu konjam parava illa ;) ellaam vethuku ukkaanthu irukkom. (Kay, Vasu ellam enga kooda thaan irunthaanga, aana ippo ellam rekkai mulachu paranthutaanga... :)

Onnume puriyala ulagathulaaa... Ennathaan nadakumo theriyallee....

ps1: Nethiku night lenthu inniku afternoon varaikum no mails to me ( no office emails as well :)
ps2: Inniku morning lenthu Vijay mattum call panni irukkaan... ( Athuvum he was returning my call :)

25 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

Shame Shame ! Very hilarious! This would be your best post till date! Masala than ! LOL
particularly "Get bigger, make your wife happy" ..Enakum vandhirku edhu !
Same here ! I remember a spam that made me laugh once and it said "Vasu - Be a hot model in Paris" adhu onnu than korachal Worstuu ..En da en complex-a kootreenga-nu nenachupain ... :(

Enakkum rekka molaikum-nu paakarain .. Ana kaaley ennum molaikala! ..apparama parakka kathukarain!

Namma Gurupu as usual Banana split-a order pannitu :( Denny's-la poi weekend manam vittu pesikalam !

Krishna raama-nu poikittey erupom ! :))

-Vasu

4:18 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

dei sama sirippu.. urundu urundu sirichen...

Adhenna "cooked wound".. sakka comedy. Nee ivlo periya post ezhudhum podhe theriyudhu.. madhyanam office lendhu call panni bore adikudhunnu solra.

Adhu ellam sari D, PB indha rendu per kooda enna yen sertha?

Indha ponnunga appadi yaar kooda dhan pesuvanganne therila... vara vara call panni, mail panni, offline message anupicha kooda namaku (enaku) call panna matengaranga.

Neeyavadhu paravalla blognu onnu ezhudhi kovam/tensiona koraichikara, naa comment mattum dhan. Enna vaazhkai da idhu nu veruthu poi sanyasam vangardhuku badhile schoola vandhu ukkandhirukken.

-vv

5:14 PM  
Blogger P B said...

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5:23 PM  
Blogger Maayaa said...

Prabhu un blogaa pathu thaniyaa sirichikittu irukken!!!!SOOPER

Mothalla ne 'poi' solradha niruthu!!! ne enna 'saadhu' picture kudukara!!!
makkale, paiyan afternoon enakku therinje 2 girls kooda pesuvaan..saayangalaam oru ponnu kooda walmart poovaan.. innoru ponnu veetukku vandaannu vera solvaan ..dinnerkku enga veetla iruppaan ..after dinner innoru ponnu veetukku povaan.. ipdi irukra unakku oru naal veetla irundha (phone varlanna ) ipdindhaan thonum!!!so ne mathavangakooda sethukaatha unna!!

seri pb matterkku varuvom!!
'pb'yo apt8/ 29 gadhi.(apt 10/13/9 idhellam avarukku enagnnu theriyaadhu). Avar kilambina piragu (9.00-9.30PM), velaya paaklaamnaa indiakku kelambara cousin..call aarmbichadheirundhu every 2 minutes naan 'hey can u hold for a min'..COUSIN kadi aayitaan..

idhukku naduvula 'ippo dhaan ingairundhu kilambina' pb 5 times call.."thirumba ennavo?"

COUSIN kekaraan 'money to india' epdi scheme epdi work aagum.. innoru calla 'priya ne koncham kesari panni kudukka mudiyumaa'. innori hold callula 'priya ne enga veetu varadhe illa romba mosam'. vera onnula 'other statela permit irundha kyla road test edukalamaa'
makkale!!! naan eppo oru nadamadum information machine??indha kelviku ellam enakku badhil theriyum ungalukku yaar solraa!!
idhuku naduvula!!

namma pb 11.00 manikku kadhava thati 5 thakkali venumnunu kekaraar.(adhu illaama uyir pona vv/p vandhu kaapathunga sariyaa). adha kelambaradhukku munnadiyee vaangika koodadha!!!

uralukku oru pakkathula idi aann mathalathukku (me) rendu pakkam idi.calls receivum panni thitum vaangaren!!

idhula mostly call panravangalukkudhaan dhaan favour venum..enakku illa makkale!!!

Idhellam thaandi, matha ponnunga maari, ENAKKUM call dial panni kadalai podanumnnu aasai undu!!! enga nadakudhu!!!ipdi calls pesardhukku badhil calls varamaiye irukaalaam!!!serious sincere calls attend panniye kezhavi aayiduven ponga!!!

8:20 PM  
Blogger expertdabbler said...

Hehe angeyum idhe kadhai dhaana?

naan kadasiya eppo oru ponnu( kalyanam agadha) kitte casuala pesinen nu enakku nyabagame illa.

5 days office, blog, comment.
weekend la friends kooda yahoo voice/ conference chat.

idhellam oru pozhappu...

3:26 AM  
Blogger The Doodler said...

Prabhu,
un aadhangathai ippadi kotti theerthu kolgiraaye! unnai mechugiren..:)Un blog-a vida, comments dhaan innum perisa irukku pola.
Naanum ipdi en polambalai oru blog-a poda poren..

12:42 PM  
Blogger RS said...

Prabhu - ur best post till date - hilarious! I somehow get the feeling, pretty soon, I would have to join your vetti-guys gang in terms of number of phone calls received - ipo sadiku i have a feeling am in a better state, aana like we discussed yesterday, call wait ellam varuthu illa enaku :(

12:05 PM  
Blogger P B said...

pb calls tmobile:
Operator: God morning Sir,
what can I do for you today?

PB: I am want to change my plan..You know..from my 39.99 600 mins to ..

Operator: I can see your situation..we have a best plan for you. It is one time payment, no monthly bills, cheap and best for people like you.

PB: One time payment? How much do I pay?

Operator: 20 dollars. VEry sot ring tones, so that you won't be terrified when it wakes you up?

PB: What I don't understand?

Operator: Yes Sir, Here I see your history. I understand, You use it mostl y as alarm. There are bunch of guys who use so. So we started selling "Alarm' Clocks. Sure you would be interested.

PB: Why dont you sell "Thambu Kayiru" thonga vasadhiya irukum.

1:51 PM  
Blogger Prabhu said...

vasu - nandri!
Nee model aa poi irukkalaam oru rendu maasam munnaadi.
ippo aana nee vanthu PB a vida kammi color nyapagam vachukko :)

vv - call/mail panni, offline vittu... "aandavaa VV nallavan thaan, avanuku konjam nallathu nadakkalaam".
koodiya seekuram "inge iravu ange irava" endru paada vaazhthukkal ( pun unintended)

6:26 PM  
Blogger Prabhu said...

priya - "intha mari fone varaamale irukkalaam" nnu solli, PB kitte oru complex e create pannitta, that u wouldnt pick his fone even in emergency.
prabu - looks like namma peru vachaale ithe pozhappu nnu... enna panrathu, peru vachavangala kekkanum...

6:29 PM  
Blogger Prabhu said...

subha - nee polambara maari enna irukum nu therilla. PB daily oru 5 times fone panraar nnu polamba poriyaa? illa kathu, moooku maari- vaayum rendu kudu aandavaa nu solla poriyaa?

RS - welcome to our low phone usage gang. ippove ippdi naa, Kalyanam aana itha vida mosamaa irukum dont worry ;)

pb : cell fone - alarm clock usage samma funny...Vasu kku athu kooda venaam :)

6:31 PM  
Blogger dinesh said...

Machi,


Pinnitte da. Especially: Translation tried...:) Anaa, summa phone varale, adhu varale nu scene potte, seruppu thaan di ! Priya solra maari, phone varadhukku munnadi, phone panravanga veettukku poi okkandhutte na eppdi phone varum ? :)

Enjoyed Priya's and Vasu's replies ! Semma humorous !

VV, eppdinga adhu ? "Test call" a ?

Yen engalukku panradhu "test call" ? engalukku pannaa naanga edukka maattom na solrom ? Prabhu irukkan, naan irukken, PB irukkaan, P oda aal - sorry on thambi irukkan, ivangalukku panradhu onga "test call" ? :)

1:37 PM  
Blogger RS said...

You do inspire :)

1:39 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

good one prabhu!!!
appapo pasanga koodayum pesalam, appo thaan bore adikaadu..
illa try not to restrict urself to the girls at lex..
-sang

3:33 PM  
Blogger Prabhu said...

dins - fone varathuku munnaadi naan enge da ponen? one-off incidents ellaam generalization rule aaka koodaathu.
priya's comments were hilarious esp. " athellam fone vanthaa thaan ungaluku antha kastam puriyum" :)

ramya - i am glad!

sang (or whoever left this comment):
ponnungaloda pesarathu bore nnu nan sollave illaiyee...athu nadakkave maattengarathu nnu than solren!

5:43 PM  
Blogger expertdabbler said...

live update nalla comedy

7:51 AM  
Blogger Maayaa said...

dinesh,
unga 'subha'vathula neenga oori poy vasu, naan maari samathu peoplea paathu thappa nenakka koodadhu

5:57 PM  
Blogger rajesh said...

Mavanae..
Unna aaalu vechulaam adika kuudaadhu daa..
Naerla vandhu AK-47 vechu vaaylayae sudanum!
Fraudu paya..!

Porandhadhu laerndhu idhae maari buldup kudthu vaanzhdhurkaan,Raaskol!
Adutha jenmathukum serthu ponungalta pesirpiyae daa nee!
-Raapi

9:03 PM  
Blogger Prabhu said...

thanks sathya!
glad u liked it :)

5:20 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

KSP,

Unoda yellam karutthum correctnu sollamaatten..;)

#1 PB, VJ, naan (naanaavathu konjam parava illa) vethuku ukkaanthu irukkom.

PB, VJ yellam koottam ( penn visirigal perla) superstar rangekku sethi vechirungaa/sekaraanga ...avanga ippo konjam timeout yedutha mathiri theriyathu..we'll talk offline abt it;)

Paaru itthelam ivanga blogla veli varuthaanu..oruthar blogla publish panni sindhikka vaikkirar - innothar notepadlla yezthudhi avarkulaye maraichhi vechirukkaru (that is, inthvaram "fan" collection - bale, ballenu..)

#2 Logged onto mail.yahoo.com, and you get to see Ignominy 1: -- You have 0 unread messages.

SCSlablla rhomba velai irukkaramathiri oru kaalathulla scene viduvaye ppa..annakki oru naal lab varum pothu - naan "hi daa ksp sonnen..nee mugathaye thirumbaama indifferenta "hi daa..yenna workaa? appidnu type panikittae (chat, mail?) sonnaye naada - innum marakka mudiyilla.:(

Annikki yePPadi iruntha innakki iPPadi poytayedaa..

7:50 PM  
Blogger sb said...

Prabhu, good one!!! ana ellam poi!!!
unna indha rendu naal pathuttu, konjam thala suthi poi irukken." needhane avan" nu konjam namba mudiyala.
enjoyed Vasu, priya, PB comments :-)

10:57 PM  
Blogger Vivhyd said...

1ST TIME HERE.. PrABHU.. NICE ONE.. AND in many aspects I share the same concern.. with no emails.. etc.. I actually happened to notice that a day be4.. for 24 hrs I didn't spk to anyone even thgh I was awake 80% of the time.. noone literally.. so same concern..so r u working or studying?

12:07 PM  
Blogger Butterflies said...

Shame Shame was cool...i posted a comment and was wondering y nothing appeared ippo purithu things are in your mail box...So after the this blog hope u r getting good no of mails and hope u r getting decent no of calls.

7:42 PM  
Blogger Archana said...

LOL :-)! That's funny. Yeah, sometimes, when I am damn bored I wish someone would send me an email. I have even sent out emails to my friends asking them to reply pronto - invariably at least three kind souls will reply back...hey presto, no mail in inbox problem solved :-D!
BTW, here is one mail for your inbox ;-)!

1:33 PM  
Blogger Prabhu said...

hmm, back to this blog after a real long time and was surprised to see so many comments left unanswered.

Satheesh - uyire, eppdi irukka india la?
Govi - ellaam correct thaan, but email situation same thaan innum.

SB - machi, too late for a reply!! nee periyaalaayitta...
vivhyd - thanks for dropping by!
Shuba - thank again.

Archana - thanks, it did come out as an email :), you made my day this afternoon email wise :)

11:22 PM  

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