Sunday, March 13, 2005
A big honest bird
Snippet of a conversation with a friend. For the sake of my safety and future well-being as well as in her defense, let me add that she’s quite a smart gal and usually not this linguistically .. confused :) We were doing some frank and candid talking about relationships and other such high-funda stuff.
She: You know, I really like your candidacy.
Me: Oh .. ? *bulb lighting up in my head* Ah! You mean candor?
She: No baba! That’s like .. a really big bird!
Suffice it to say, I can’t be candid ever again without grinning :)
hmm..
Sunday, March 13, 2005 @ 10:20 PM
Hm? :)
Sunday, March 13, 2005 @ 10:26 PM
after ur candid post…i’ve been tryin to search for a big honest bird tht sounds like candor, n all i can come up with is Kendra (a white chick)!
how abt helping me out…i promise u a candy :)
Sunday, March 13, 2005 @ 10:55 PM
She must have read ‘honest politicians’ when reading of their ‘candidacy’… changes the meaning completely ;)
Sunday, March 13, 2005 @ 10:59 PM
Me too!
So, where do I vote?
:P
PS: LOL! ROFLM(Behind)O And Mustang, try “Condor”. :)
Sunday, March 13, 2005 @ 11:25 PM
[Mustang] Ufff :) As you might remember from GK quizzes from your kidhood, and as Rajesh kindly pointed out - Condor - the largest flying bird in the Western hemisphere.
[thelearner] Ah interesting! I like your interpretation! :) Although honest politicians is an oxymoron in itself, don’t ya think?
[Rajesh] I’m working on my campaign speech. You’ll be notified soon enough :)
Sunday, March 13, 2005 @ 11:59 PM
:) Reminds me of my best friend who, (bless her Maharashtrian soul) always insisted that I ‘remove’ tickets for the matinee show.
But my all time favourite :
Hindi teacher at an English Medium School : All of you keep quiet! The principal just ‘passed away’ in the corridor. :D
Monday, March 14, 2005 @ 1:52 AM
What exactly is wrong with candidacy? Why does the use of the word show momentary lapse in one’s linguistic skills? And what exactly is a bulb lighting inside your head? Don’t your ‘puritan’ sensibilities holler?
Oh and don’t mind me terribly, liked reading!
Monday, March 14, 2005 @ 8:07 AM
I can’t help but smile when I read this.
Monday, March 14, 2005 @ 12:02 PM
Echoos me Meghs, Let me answer *glutton gloom*… the emphasis here is on *candor*.
Now to youvar haanar, who eesh thish friend? me salute her. (pls don’t upset me by sayin she’s here in the US!)
p.s : a close friend of mine feels I should learn how to blog from you! :( So much for blogrolling you. I will personally see that bad Voo Doo is placed on you! :d
Monday, March 14, 2005 @ 10:59 PM
[Devdutt] Ah! Ticket nikaalo if course! :) And if the principal heard the Hindi teacher, he might just do that .. out of shock!
[Glutton Gloom] They say that a joke explained is a joke dead. I guess i’ll have to find myself a shovel now? :) But for what its worth —
Candidacy — the state of being a candidate (usually for election/office), the campaign of a candidate to be elected
Candor — the quality of being honest and straightforward in attitude and speech
Condor — largest flying birds in the Western hemisphere
Considering that I was not looking to run for President, you can now see why the incident makes me chuckle? And my ‘puritan sensibilities’? I shall pretend to have understood that and nod solemnly until you elaborate further :) Thank you for stopping by!
[Free Spirit] :)
[Sriram] Thankoo for helping out with the explanation. And at the risk of upsetting you, yes, she is very much in the US. Oh by the way, she reads my blog :)
ps .. Your close friend is too kind. Please thank him/her for me :) Or, if they have a blog, tell me and i’ll thank them directly :)
Monday, March 14, 2005 @ 11:50 PM
oh… the bulb in my head didn’t light up initially after reading this.. :))
but, thanks for ur explanations.. now it lighted up… :D
Am i being too condor, oh sorry… i mean candid…
oh god, i’m ever so confused now.. :((
Tuesday, March 15, 2005 @ 12:54 AM
Considering that I was not looking to run for President…
What??? Who am I voting for then?
Tuesday, March 15, 2005 @ 2:06 AM
ahhh…thanx for relieving me frm my kidhood days quandary…now i get it, why i didnt win any school GK quizzes…i never got the correct answer for:’Name the largest flying bird of Western hemisphere?’ only if i’d friends like Rajesh n u…u both will ‘ve to share the candy now.
Tuesday, March 15, 2005 @ 5:32 AM
Candid Condor Candidacies!
Tuesday, March 15, 2005 @ 2:41 PM
The post was phony… oh.. oops I mean phunny… oh NO errr.. I mean funny [sorry for the rotten PJ but can’t help it :p] and the comments even more interesting. ‘Remove’ time out of your busy schedule more often and write Meghs. :-)
Tuesday, March 15, 2005 @ 8:21 PM
Meghs,
You gonna leave a comment on my friend’s blog? Hah! You haven’t left one on my blog yet! (conjuring up voo doo magic only to see a puff of smoke) Anyways, my friend doesn’t have a blog. Cheers! (frantically waves at megha) I’ve got you blogrolled!
Wednesday, March 16, 2005 @ 10:33 AM
[Prasad] *sigh* There’s nothing worse than having to explain a joke! :( Oh well.. :)
[Rajesh] Aww thankoo! :) For just this you can have the candy that [Mustang] offered!
[Mustang] *singing* That’s what friends are for .. You’re most welcome! I am always willing to help fill the gaps in your education, you know. Thanks for the candy :)
[Manjusha] An honest bird running for President with the election symbol of a condor :)
[Fun_Da_Mental] What is that? You laugh at my dead joke? Chah! But yes, I do apologize. It is my mishtake that I was too busy getting a life :) I shall soon remedy that and go back to writing more often!
[Sriram] Yesh, admittedly I deserved that. But if your friend is making fun of you, then I was thinking that he/she might need some more support? That’s why I was volunteering! :) Okay okay, now I am being simply evil, but that’s cos your voodoo backfired, so you have yourself to blame :) But on a more serious note, and in my defense, I haven’t been very good with commenting lately thanks to being just plain busy, nothing else. Oh and what is this I hear? You’re not going to blog anymore?
Wednesday, March 16, 2005 @ 3:37 PM
Hey Megha, if you loved my blog title, I love your e-mail id :-) Terrific layout for your blog. Makes me think about redoing mine a bit. I am sure to be back here to read more of your entries. I can say that with ‘candidacy’ :-)
Thursday, March 17, 2005 @ 10:52 AM
[Megha]An honest bird running for President with the election symbol of a condor :)
How abt: An honest president running from a condor
Thursday, March 17, 2005 @ 11:49 AM
[Parth] Ah thank you, glad you liked! Look forward to you visiting again :)
[Mustang] Now you’ve put the image in my head of Bush running away from a big bird .. no wait, not just any big bird .. Bush running away from Big Bird (the yellow fluffy chap) from Sesame Street! :)
But now that I think about it — honest president — isn’t that just a myth? And why the heck did I think of Dubya of all people when you said that? Eeks, I need to have my head examined!
Thursday, March 17, 2005 @ 4:39 PM
Megha re Megha…that would have to be dodo!
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Friday, March 18, 2005 @ 3:51 AM
[Mustang] If i’m a dodo, then why this comment teen-teen baar? ;)
Monday, March 21, 2005 @ 5:10 PM
aai ga…u got it all wrong Megha dear, the dodo wasn’t for u…it was for the bird chasing Bush, or mebbe Bush himself! n abt teen-teen baar comments just wanted to relive my teenage days :p
Thursday, March 24, 2005 @ 6:43 AM
[Mustang] Wah, kya pun maara. Teenage days eh? :) Let’s see, you probably sang ek do teen back then too? :)
And I thought my thinking of Bush when you mentioned an honest president would make ME the biggest dodo of them all. Isliye confusion :)
Friday, March 25, 2005 @ 4:38 PM
[Megha]And I thought my thinking of Bush when you mentioned an honest president would make ME the biggest dodo of them all. Isliye confusion :)
koi baat nahi Megharita..bade bade deshon mein aisi choti choti baatein hoti rehti hain
Thursday, March 31, 2005 @ 7:00 PM
Awww, kya dialogue maara! Mazaa aa gaya! Megharita hm? :)
Saturday, April 2, 2005 @ 11:53 PM