22 Aug 2008, 7:53pm
When I cannot live with two women...
Posted by Script Writer | Category [ Writing ]Comments (21) | Trackbacks (0)
In my previous post (Technically, the post prior to the previous post since the previous post has been previously deleted but who is into technicalities these days? Especially since we now know that older technology scores over the newer ones, a case in point being the robustness of the Nokia 1110 over the touch-me-not sensibilities of the N95.) I had made a sweeping statement to the effect that it could be the last post on this blog.
Ardent readers of this blog would note the inherent irony in that statement (Of course, they should also note the supreme dullness of their lives if this blog is their sole source of entertainment.). It is absolutely characteristic of me to make such a claim. It is even more characteristic of me to not abide by it. As they say, if horses start befriending pastures what are they going to eat? Not only was that a crude translation, it was also quoted out of context.
Now, now. Here is a brilliant brainwave. Media houses quote celebrities (let's not go into the 'celebrities are proof of the decline of human civilisation' discourse, hard though it is not to) out of context all the time. So, if celebrities start talking out of context would that make the work of the media easier? May be I should patent this idea before anyone else starts to make money out of it. But that would be akin to a non-violent person dealing in guns. I would not be true to my beliefs, my principles - all because the greens would have me blinded. Well, I can live with that.
What I cannot live with, however, are two women. And that is only because my wife would have none of it. Make no mistake. A charming lady she is. Very classy too. It is just that I fail to understand why I cannot keep my box of snacks on the living room centre table. Keep it in the kitchen, she says. Why can a man not be the man of the house?
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Ardent readers of this blog would note the inherent irony in that statement (Of course, they should also note the supreme dullness of their lives if this blog is their sole source of entertainment.). It is absolutely characteristic of me to make such a claim. It is even more characteristic of me to not abide by it. As they say, if horses start befriending pastures what are they going to eat? Not only was that a crude translation, it was also quoted out of context.
Now, now. Here is a brilliant brainwave. Media houses quote celebrities (let's not go into the 'celebrities are proof of the decline of human civilisation' discourse, hard though it is not to) out of context all the time. So, if celebrities start talking out of context would that make the work of the media easier? May be I should patent this idea before anyone else starts to make money out of it. But that would be akin to a non-violent person dealing in guns. I would not be true to my beliefs, my principles - all because the greens would have me blinded. Well, I can live with that.
What I cannot live with, however, are two women. And that is only because my wife would have none of it. Make no mistake. A charming lady she is. Very classy too. It is just that I fail to understand why I cannot keep my box of snacks on the living room centre table. Keep it in the kitchen, she says. Why can a man not be the man of the house?
Current Mood: Gloomy
Current Music: The sound of generator
22 Aug 2008, 8:03pm
But you are. The man. What you are not is the master.
Also, not pastures. Grass.
22 Aug 2008, 8:08pm
Same difference, right? MAN = Money, Authority, Need.
But isn't pastures more aesthetically appealing? Truth is beauty. Beauty is truth. I guess, life itself is in contempt and it should be confiscated from everyone.
22 Aug 2008, 8:12pm
Where did you find that untruth? You poor, poor man.
Horses don't quite eat pastures....
22 Aug 2008, 8:14pm
It is the truth. No male human has ever been the man. Sadly.
Perhaps they should. Or we would be saddled with "If horses befriend grass what will they eat?" kind of ugly statements.
22 Aug 2008, 8:16pm
Well, you got that right!
Bah. Stop making me laugh.
22 Aug 2008, 9:08pm
I would have been happier if I was wrong, though.
You don't mean that, surely!
22 Aug 2008, 9:16pm
Such is life. Don't let that stop you from living though.
Not really, I don't.
22 Aug 2008, 9:21pm
I almost did not notice. You goofed up on your ellipses in the comments. Tsk tsk. This could be reason enough to stop living.
You must make your mind up about these things.
22 Aug 2008, 9:23pm
After pastures? No, I did not.
But it's part of my charm, isn't it?
22 Aug 2008, 9:29pm
Four dots? They terminate at three, don't they?
It is? It is not me. It is my eyebrows.
22 Aug 2008, 9:35pm
The first three dots is an ellipsis. The last one is a period.
23 Aug 2008, 3:04pm
I am sure we do not need a period at the end of ellipsis. The whole point of using ellipsis is to leave a thought trailing. We do not need to 'periodise' a trailing thought.
23 Aug 2008, 4:58pm
Quite a tete-a-tete going on here. No, you don't need 4 dots when you're ending a sentence with trailing dots...
23 Aug 2008, 6:27pm
Ah M K Gandhi! Apparently, you do. At least that is what the grammar books tell us. Then again, I have a penchant for making up my own words. So why not make my own grammar too?
23 Aug 2008, 8:08pm
You do need a period at the end of a sentence that ends with an ellipsis Scripto + Gandhi.
23 Aug 2008, 11:42pm
Did I not agree with you, my dear Ardent? It is not easy for someone like me to do that. You really must appreciate the gesture.
At the same time, this period at the end of the dots is all wrong I say. Where is the fun in stopping a trailing thought process?
24 Aug 2008, 10:43pm
I do appreciate you, Scripto. Where did you get the idea that I don't?
24 Aug 2008, 10:50pm
Do you think I get the idea you don't? I made an entire post dedicated to you right after this one.
24 Aug 2008, 10:53pm
Tis true.
24 Aug 2008, 11:14pm
What is true? I get the idea you do, or I get the idea you don't?
26 Aug 2008, 11:07pm
The part about you dedicating an entire post to me after this one is true.