Ah! He caught me off-gaurd...
Stand-Alone Dreamer | 26 August 2004, 6:13pmI was flying around in airplanes filled with half the population of this country. It always amazes me that How those two or three sweet air-hostesses are able to cater to all our needs, given the fact that most of us hog as if that was the sole purpose of boarding the flight. I am told that there is an operator who operates flights at significantly cheap rates 'coz they don't serve food on board!!! And I thot the jet engine & its fuel were the ones that are costly...
Anyways on the way home from the heavily crowded airport the driver (my corporate mask gives me that privilage) tells about his view about the world.
"I don't believe in coincidence" he says, turning onto the Main Road
"No, everything happens for a reason."
I concentrate on the road, a little unnerved.
"There's no point trying to change your destiny, fate will eventually catch up with you."
His words remind me of how the buses here often have a statue of Lord Ganesh in the spot where the fire extinguisher is meant to be - the rationale being that if you are meant to die you will and the extinguisher will not help.
"I'm not angry at my wife for leaving me" the taxi driver says
"No. Not at all. I understand that she had to do what she had to do."
We turn into the Road No 10.
"She thought I lacked ambition but she didn't realise that I had lots of plans. I wanted to start a business."
"Turn left here" I say, somewhat sympathetically.
We drive past the cemetery on the corner.
The taxi driver points at it. "You know, people who live around here aren't allowed to be buried in that cemetery" he says.
Really? How strange I thot. I voice my surprise. "Why not?"
"Because they're not dead yet."
Ah! Nice one. You got me.
Very good. Now, just drop me off here.
Thanks.
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1. By Aran | 26 Aug 2004, 7:13pm
Yes. True.
2. By tabrez | 26 Aug 2004, 7:46pm
very!
3. By Stupendous Man | 26 Aug 2004, 8:34pm
lol. nice twist in the tale!
and one thing. why are your posts few and far between?