Saturday, September 20, 2008

Lo and Behold... It's a Boy!


The fleece of clouds in heaven unfurled. The huge man in a white kurta whose face is conveniently censored, said to me in a voice like thunder...(I thought the dude was burping). "Thou shalt be an Uncle".
"Curses... Never, I said".... But then, it happened anyway. He came with a scream which would put Serj Tankian to shame and stole our freakin' hearts. With feet no bigger than a Samsung cell phone and a face much mistaken for a tomato, he arrived!
I messaged my friends with jolts of joy and fits of madness... I was an Uncle and it was a Boy.
After 24 grueling hours of waiting, the little hero came out of the Neo Natal ICU and said.. "Wassup people. Where's the milk?"
And ever since that fateful minute, all he has been doing is looking for milk. Its like monkeys and bananas...Pirates and treasure...Suraj and Quizzes. This is my nephew's daily activity chart:
50% of the time: Look for Milk**
35% of the time: Sleep
10% of the time: Cry
5% of the time: Explore the world with eyes filled with wonder and amusement.

** Look for milk also implies crying and bawling.

This post is deticated to my dear little nephew whose name I am yet to decide.
Cheers!

Thursday, September 4, 2008

Speaking of Hees and Haws!

I am a man who loves to get my laughs...from anything really! Even watching my own milk moustache in the mirror if you must know an instance. So considering you have the interest and I have the time and love for comedy, i am going to share a few great names of Comedy with you and tell you watch you should watch from their collection.

Number 1: Russell Peters.
He's part Canadian and part Indian and does Racist humour most of the time. He's hillarious and can laugh at himself which makes him a great stand up.

What to watch: Performance at NYC, London and Hong Kong, "Show Me The Funny".

Number 2: George Carlin.
My favorite old man! He cracks me up with his pro-atheist ideologies and theories like how "rape" can be funny. Very unique style of argumentative, mocking, sometimes subtle and cynnical comedy.

What to Watch: Youtube Him! There are truckloads of stuff.

Number 3. Ellen Degeneres.
We all love Ellen. Dont We? She is obviously the best Female contestant here and is rocking the world with her Megawatt smile and amazing sense of humour.

What to watch: The Ellen Degeneres Show[Weekdays 1400hrs Star World]. "The Beginning" and other live shows.

Number 4. Jeff Dunham
Ventriloquism like you have never seen before. Meet the gang. Jeff, Achmed, Walter, Peanut, Melvin and Jose the Jalapeno on a stick!

Must Watch: Achmed the Dead Terrorist.

Number 5. Jerry Seinfeld.
The man need s no intro. If you aren't already tuning into Seinfeld every evening on Star World, you should take a look at his stand up in NYC and then immediately start watching the show. Observational comedy like Ellen but he has his own twisted style.

Number 6. Pablo Francisco.
Here's a man who's a whizz at adding SFX in his humour. He's like a walking talking DJ machine with a good sense of humour.

Must Watch: Comedy Central featuring Pablo.

Hope you get your good share of laughs from these dear pals of mine. Enjoy.