Tuesday, May 29, 2007
Tomatoes
Reason number thirty-four why mom, I and sharp objects should not be left alone in a room —
Mom: I am going to make a tomato bath today.
Me: That’s really not needed. Rinsing the tomato under the tap should be plenty.
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*groan*
Tuesday, May 29, 2007 @ 4:45 PM
*giggle*
Tuesday, May 29, 2007 @ 4:46 PM
Brilliant! *groan* but brilliant. This is one important reason why one shouldn’t be dropped on the head as a kid. Cause and effect theory, they say!
Tuesday, May 29, 2007 @ 5:10 PM
Oh yeah! I meant the “drop on head” was meant in reference to your mom as a kid. You being “dropped” was just an inevitable “effect” anyway.
Tuesday, May 29, 2007 @ 5:41 PM
[gvenum] Aink? You are suggesting that my poor unsuspecting mom was dropped on the head as a kid and that is why *I* turned out like this, aa? Wait, I must call mom and read this comment out to her. Ammaaaa ..
Tuesday, May 29, 2007 @ 5:44 PM
Ah yes, but do we use soap or shower gel for the bath then?
Tuesday, May 29, 2007 @ 5:56 PM
[Sriram] Neither. I recommend tomatoes. Natural cleanser, it is, I am told. But I shall ask mom, seeing as she is the one recommending the bath. As soon as she lets me back into the house, that is.
Tuesday, May 29, 2007 @ 6:08 PM
But that isn’t fair to the other tomato, no? For example, if you want to take a bath, you don’t use another megha to clean yourself. See?
Tuesday, May 29, 2007 @ 6:11 PM
[Sriram] Fushtofall, I am not a natural cleanser, soap or detergent. Secondofall, I have never had a bath named after me. So then why would the rules for a tomato and me be the same? And it isn’t unfair. It’s more of a diamond cuts diamond type thing. Loha lohe ko kaat-ta hai, as they say.
Tuesday, May 29, 2007 @ 6:27 PM
Hmm..
That might make sense, but I believe since some folk use lemon to clean themselves, it could be that a lemon can clean a lemon. Who’s ever heard of using a tomato to clean? A tomato to stain, yes. Just ask my white shirt. And of course, tomatoes are wonderful as projectiles. Aerodynamic and so, can travel further. Besides, they are quite creative too. They can make wonderful modern art and you don’t have to do a thing. Just ask my kitchen floor. And the counter-top where I had placed that darn tomato.
Tuesday, May 29, 2007 @ 6:31 PM
[Sriram] Now you’re just offending the tomato. Just cos it stains your pretty white shirt doesn’t mean that other tomatoes can’t be cleaned by it. Fine, you have your lemon and let the tomatoes have their tomato. (I am starting to see the beginnings of a Life’s a tomato and I want my money back type variation of the Meat Loaf number here, but I shall resist.)
And ooh yes, wonderful projectiles they do make. Fortunately they don’t travel very far. Else, I imagine every time I write post, there’ll be a <splatch> on my window.
Tuesday, May 29, 2007 @ 6:42 PM
But that shouldn’t be a problem, no? One tomato lands, creates a <splatch> and the next one cleans it up! So, as long as it is an even number of tomatoes, you should be fine. Unless you surrender and accept that lemons are the cleaners. Everyone needs a lemon unless it is cleverly disguised as a car though.
Tuesday, May 29, 2007 @ 6:47 PM
[Sriram] I still stand by my diamond cuts diamond argument. Lemon cleans lemon. Tomato cleans tomato. And when I go out in the rain - Megha cleans Megha. So there. Hah, I say.
Heh heh :) Priceless!
Tuesday, May 29, 2007 @ 6:49 PM
As much as I am scared to death on the impending sharp objects being hurled towards me, I think I should die a meaningful and rightful death by standing on my word, moreover I already dug up my grave with my last comment.
This could lead to 2 different interpretations. One is already addressed by you, other one is “Mom taking a bath with tomatoes”. This ambiguity is the typical sign of a DOH(dropped on head) kid who grew up to contribute to the “effect” (ahem! you in this case). Poor unsuspecting mom eh! that explains it. Clearly she couldn’t suspect at all when she was dropped on head by her parents and you turning out to be like “this” is also a by-product of your mom being poor (not able to provide the right medication, nutrients and all ).
What! did I miss one more interpretation. hmm! what could that be ? ( rubbing the small bump on the back of my head).
Tuesday, May 29, 2007 @ 6:50 PM
[gvenum] You do realize that my mom said she would make a tomato bath, not take a tomato bath, right? And this just gets better. First my mom was dropped on the head as a kid. And now she was poor also? I must ask mom if she has wronged you in some way. Perhaps she stole tomatoes from your grandfather’s farm as a kid or something?
And yes, you have certainly dug up your grave. Now you should just go and quietly lie in it. I’ll grab a shovel and be there in just a minute.
Tuesday, May 29, 2007 @ 6:58 PM
[gvenum]
Add another one then! It could also be “Megha, I’m preparing a bath-tub full of tomatoes for you” and hence the statement “I am going to make a tomato bath today” surely?
* waits for shower of rotten tomatoes *
[Megha] Ess… we have our moments of brilliance where we shine like a diamond in front of a laser. Other times, we are just as shining as a lump of coal in front of a laser.
Tuesday, May 29, 2007 @ 6:59 PM
Shower? Bath? Tomatoes? Lemons and rain ? Poor moms falling over heads as kids ? That 2 line post led to all this ???? Tsk .. tsk… tsk…
Tuesday, May 29, 2007 @ 7:19 PM
i thought they did that in public in Valancia, Spain: La Tomatina
Didnt know they were starting the indian version too. Maybe they will add pudina and narial pani to the tomato paste…should make a good combination!
Tuesday, May 29, 2007 @ 7:22 PM
Take or make , its all the shame I mean same. Yesh! your mom was poor. Didn’t you say poor unsuspecting soul? Now don’t say you didn’t put comma vaama after poor.
Tuesday, May 29, 2007 @ 7:22 PM
[Sriram] Oh yes, don’t we know. Blinding only, it is.
[Mythili] I know! See what all they put me through? One innocent two line mother-daughter conversation I wrote. Belated Mother’s Day special, one could call it. And they turn it into this. Cruel world only. Poor mommy ..
[Shek] Sigh. All I did was suggest that my mom wanted to give the tomato a bath. And look at what you all are turning it into. Tsk tsk. And welcome to the blog! :)
[gvenum] No no, I won’t make the mistake of bring up grammar and punctuations issues with you. Else you will get started on a speech about cracks and how addictive they are and what not. And I’m still hunting for my shovel. Are you laying down quietly yet?
Tuesday, May 29, 2007 @ 7:41 PM
I guess your mom didn’t drop you the right way, other than “pachkofy like a potato” (thats the term for internal damage), it gave you this stupid memory that remembers everything. (Grrrrr on cracks and addictive). Yeah! now that I have called your mom inefficient, I guess you don’t need any shovel, I will ust roll over and die.
Tuesday, May 29, 2007 @ 7:51 PM
First of all, I am happy to know that the “bath” thing is not irritating only to me.
Secondly, thanks but no thanks for putting the image of a tomato bathing (like Cleopatra or a Lux model) in my head :(
Third… well, I guess that’s enough from me right now.
Tuesday, May 29, 2007 @ 8:27 PM
“I am going to make a tomatao bath today” can only mean
1. I am going to cook rice and mix it with tomatoes
2. I am going to fill the bath tub with water and tomatoes
Your response would be right, if your mom had said
“I am going to make a tomato take bath today” or “I am going to make a tomato bathe today”
Tuesday, May 29, 2007 @ 8:38 PM
kODi guDDuki eekalu peekuDanTe idE.. esindE O kullu jOku.. malla daaniki, pratipadaartha taatparyaalu, paryaaya padaalu, naanaarthaalu, anEkaarthaalu, viSEshaarthaalu, vipareetaarthaalu, samaanaarthakaalu, sandarbha vyaakhyalu, vibhaktulu, alankaaraalu, mannu, mashaanam.. asalu mimmalni kaadu.. maa taatani anaale (”citram bhaLaare vicitram” reference)
Translation - this is like plucking feathers of an egg (a telugu idiom).. the joke itself was groan-worthy and on top of that all this vishesh tippani
Tuesday, May 29, 2007 @ 9:11 PM
Haha…very funny!
Tuesday, May 29, 2007 @ 10:52 PM
Ayoh!Kadavule
Wednesday, May 30, 2007 @ 12:16 AM
deitaDi sarrigga chappinaru! :-)
Wednesday, May 30, 2007 @ 12:39 AM
[gvenumJ] Aww. Just when I was getting ready to knock you on the head with the shovel and all, you decided to kill yourself. Tchah. Such a spoilsport you are. And yes, my memory tends to be rather reliable in such wasteful matters. Not a single crack or flaw, unlike some others.
ps .. is [gvenumJ] a jealous alter-ego of yours, by any chance?
[Fleiger] Aw, c’mon now. A little roly-poly red tomato with hands and feet, scrubbing itself? Strategically placed soap bubbles flying around while she giggles and sings bhai battuur bhai battuur ab jaayenge kitnii duur 1. And then she blushes, but she’s already a tomato, so no additional makeup is needed. Tell me, what more can one ask for? :)
[1] That was the first heroine bathing song that came to mind. Feel free to suggest alternatives. Thande thande paani se doesn’t count. Ooh. Maybe chori chori solah singaar or sajna hai mujhe sajna ke liye!
[bloghopper] Ooh! You thought about it for four hours and came back to point out the semantic error aa? Much too much only. Am most impressed. Now I don’t feel so terrible about coming up with this drivel in the first place :) Yes, I did realize that it didn’t entirely fit, but it still got the reaction I hoped for, so I am happy :)
[deitaDi] Arrey. We are all about learning by interacting with our readers. Is a genuine thirst for knowledge a crime now? And I must say - you do yourself great injustice by translating that mega Telugu comment of yours into such a simple English sentence. I wish you did a literal, word-for-word translation instead :)
[Vasuki] Thankoo :)
[serendipity] Hm? :)
[Claytonia Vices] Arrey! What are you going and supporting my detractors for? Tchah!
Wednesday, May 30, 2007 @ 1:36 AM
You gotta stop eating in those cheap restaurants… Heh.
Wednesday, May 30, 2007 @ 3:20 AM
this joke old one in the iyer family…
we shower the food everyday… bath is the inevitable part of our diet you see…
algebraically explained, Bath(Sambar + Dahi + Rasam + Room) is a part of our daily lives…
Wednesday, May 30, 2007 @ 6:56 AM
Given the context and where the tomato is going to end, “Sajna hai…” would be more appropriate I guess ;)
“Bhai battur” would also need a potato sitting in a nearby window (potato was the first vegetable I could find suitable here), right?
And given the inclination of ghosts to attack girls/ladies in bath… ouch…
Wednesday, May 30, 2007 @ 9:41 AM
Or rather, given his “shendi“, make it baingan instead of potato.
And now, looks like after “hot dogs”, we have a making of a great veggy love story here. Since veggie love stories are platonic by definition, we can easily get it past censor board ;)
Wednesday, May 30, 2007 @ 10:50 AM
Oh no, I am not getting into this discussion at all! :P
Wednesday, May 30, 2007 @ 11:59 AM
no matter to ma mater if i shampoo ma tomater
Wednesday, May 30, 2007 @ 12:22 PM
Was she a southern sun-dried belle before getting into the tomato bath? Tell no.
Yeagerly awaiting the next episode of Kkissa tamatar ka starring Tarkaari Lal, Megha Bathwali, and Chick.ni Chakoo.
Wednesday, May 30, 2007 @ 12:49 PM
[Anantha]
Whethere you you like it or not, my friend, you will be dragged. Apparently “you” are the center of attraction uh! I mean attention.
[Megha]
RGVaasi1: ye gvenumJ kya tho hotha hai bhai!
RGVaasi2: Jab gvenum jealous hotha ha tho usey gvenumJ kehathe hai
RGVaasi1: Per yeh gvenum jealous kyo hotha hai
RGVaasi2: Jab Anantha “center of attention” bantha hai tho gvenum ko jealousy hothi hai
RGVaasi1: Par Anantha “center of attention” qyon hai
RGVaasi2: kyon ki center mein “softcore” dekhneko miltha hai
RGVaasi1: par yeh softcore kya hotha hai
RGVaasi2: umm! *looks at anantha in a confused state*
Wednesday, May 30, 2007 @ 1:17 PM
[gvenum]
I ain’t getting into that shit, bro. Being someone who has Chiru to play matchmaker, you have nothing to be jealous about.
Wednesday, May 30, 2007 @ 5:57 PM
[witnwisdumb] Um? Cheap restaurants?
[iyer education] I know I know. This joke old in any household that makes baths. Bath joke first came into existence in Murthy household when little Megha ate bisi bele baath in MTR in Bangalore. But little Megha wasn’t blogging then (and the world is much the happier for it) so joke told now. Pliss adjust.
[Fleiger] Hee hee! I like the shendi to baingan mapping very much! :) Such a cute image that is! Now my mental picture has a Saira Banu tomato singing bhai battuur to a purple Sunil Dutt baingan sitting in the window of the neighboring house, looking dopey-eyed and muchly in love. In response he sings -
Jis roz se dekha hai tomato, hum bharta banana bhool gaye ..
(No, it is not a bharta made of bananas, in case you wondered.)
But wait, Both Sunil Dutt and Mehmood have shendis in this movie. You have a separate vegetable in mind for Mehmood? By the way, please to see our response further below to [Amitomaato Chaiie] for character details of our heroine.
And as you said yourself, this is a very vegetarian love story. And the only kinds of movies in which damsels in distress in bathtubs .. (Wait. Are they in distress or are they in a bathtub? i am confusing myself now.) Anyway, they only movies in which they are attacked in bathtubs by ghosts/demonds are Ramsay Brothers movies. Puraani Haveli, Aakhri Cheekh, Veeraana, Tehkhaana .. et al. So seeing as our story is wholesome and 100% veggie with no animal fats whatsoever, I think our heroine tomato is safe.
[anantha] Arrey? Ye kya baath hui, Anantha? ;)
[hidden rustom] Heh :)
[Amitomaato Chaiie] Our heroine tomato is a vine-ripe tomato. Ripe with jawaani, she is the kind of gal Hindi movie sideys use lascivious terms to describe, and to whom she would chal hat saale (Translated: Go to your hut, brother-in-law.) All very Basanti in Sholay style, but without the tanga.
Your name and all these tomatoes remind of a Pancham sung Bangla pujo song - tomate amate dekha hoyachilo. The tune is the same as the lovely Lata solo from Khushboo - do nainon mein aansoon bhare hain nindiya kaise samaaye. You’ve heard?
[gvenum] Hee haw! :) Happiness is happening at the return of my favorite RGVs. (Minor digression here. Isn’t it interesting that RGV is remaking Sholay which stars our favorite RGVs? I wonder if Ramu has noticed the coincidence himself.) But I ain’t saying a thing. Otherwise, as Pran sang in Kasauti - hum bolega to bologe ke bolta hai. Or boltha hai, in this case. Then Anantha will claim that *I* dragged him into all this, against his will and what not. Uff.
Wednesday, May 30, 2007 @ 6:02 PM
”
You like potato and I like potaeto,
You like tomato and I like tomaeto;
Potato, potaeto, tomato, tomaeto!
Let’s call the whole thing off!”
Wednesday, May 30, 2007 @ 6:09 PM
[Aila Gershwin] * Nice! Very clever. And, if I may modify another verse of the song -
“I say father and you say pater,
I say mother and you say tomater,
Pater, tomater, uncle, auntie!
Let’s call the whole thing off!”
* Ira Gershwin, as described by a Bambaiyya with a lisp.
Wednesday, May 30, 2007 @ 6:22 PM
To her hut ja saale, Sidey repartees:
Ready Red-dy sa ye skin
Beqarar hai ke nahi
Dabaa dabaa sa sahi
endocarp hai ke nahi
Tu apne softcore contents ko gin ke bataa
Woh bhi meri hi tarah seedy hai ke nahi
(btw, thx for the song)
Wednesday, May 30, 2007 @ 11:17 PM
[Megha] Cry-me, laugh-you evarannarullaa (ofcorse jarugutunnadadE ankorri).. edO, maa baadhalu mEm ceppukuTunnam.. aina aakhir na anna kada, mimmalnani Em laabhamani.. maa taata aa roju aTla chesunDakapOtE, naakee gati paTTeTidi kaadu.. em jEstam, khanDistam..
iga makki ki makki translation anTaraa.. maakochina ingilpeesE antanta maatram.. phir bhi - kOshish jEsta.
Translation - I never said it was Cry-me. laugh-you (ofcourse, that is what is happening now).. I was merely expressing my angst.. As I mentioned earlier, there is no point blaming you - this is all my grandfather’s fault (The last part is a reference to a dialog from a telugu movie called “citram bhaLaare vicitram (1992)”.. sorry - couldn’t find the video of the exact dialog, it comes at about the 3:20 & 4:15 mark.. pliss to adjust).. what can one do - we condemn (ala politicians.. this is also a reference to another dialog from a telugu phillum called “Gaayam (1993)”.. If you still had lingering doubts about this condition, all this should dispell them)..
Our inglis skills are questionable at best.. will try my best to translate the earlier comment
“this is like plucking feathers of an egg (a telugu idiom).. the joke itself was groan-worthy and on top of that all kinds of variations..
pratipadaartha taatparyam - meaning of each word(typically in a poem) followed by summary
paryaaya padaalu - alternate word(s)/usage
naanaarthaalu - multiple interpretations for the same word(s)
anEkaarthaalu - many meanings for the same word(s)
viSEshaarthaalu - special meanings for the same word(s)
vipareetaarthaalu - extreme meanings for the same word(s)
samaanaarthakaalu - similar meanings of same word(s)
sandarbha vyaakhyalu - using words in own sentences
vibhaktulu - Morphological forms of words/nouns
alankaaraalu - Figures of speech
mannu, mashaanam - et. al (figuratively.. actual meanings - mannu - dirt/sand, mashaanam - no specific meaning (I sink, could mean soot), usually follows mannu when expressing frustration)
(different aspects of telugu grammar.. I am sure there will be something similar in Hindi/Sanskrit/Other Languages)
[Claytonia Vices] hamma.. aakhir kaar oka jODidaar dorikinru bhai ee blaagu meeda! dilkhush aindi!
Translation - atlast found someone who supports me on this blog! muchly happy!
phew.. oka gOli sODa please..
Thursday, May 31, 2007 @ 6:26 AM
Rules of grammar not withstanding, can we expect 33 posts for the other 33 reasons?
So did you sing jab koi baat bigad jaaye afterwards?
chhoti si baat pe itna charcha kai ko?
Thursday, May 31, 2007 @ 11:20 AM
All this discussion and no one thought of asking the tomato if he needed the bath. May be he prefers not being in the bath.
Thursday, May 31, 2007 @ 11:57 AM
And who decided the tomato was a he ! Hmph
Thursday, May 31, 2007 @ 12:21 PM
[Amol]
Its such a disgrace coming from a chef who says tomato doesn’t wanted to be bathed. Do you think tomato doesn’t like to be squeaky clean and stay dirty and give all the germs to the human folks and is that how you cook your vegatables ?. Its like saying tomato enjoys luring a hot lady finger by saying “Hey baby, I am tomato and I am bad. How about you and me going for a dirty ride.” Shame on you , Amol.
PS: whatever gender our sweet little tomato is, the above said is still valid. What! can’t tomato and lady finger have some girl on girl action ( if indeed tomato is a she). Take your conservative politics somewhere else. Hmph!
Thursday, May 31, 2007 @ 12:53 PM
The Tomato is indeed a “he”, going by popular cultural references. Due to some reason, men always come before women when they are paired. For exampls - “Rama-Sita”, “Shiva-Parvati”, “Krisha-Radha”, “Jesus-Mary Magdelene” (Shoo all you PC brigade folks!) and “Balaji-Padmavathi” (thanks megha!). So, going by that yard stick, we have “Tomato rice” “tomato baath”, “tomato pulao”, “tomato puree”, “tomato chilli sauce - its different”.
I rest my case.
Thursday, May 31, 2007 @ 1:48 PM
Le Tomato - Picasso
That is since we are doing tomato. :D
Thursday, May 31, 2007 @ 2:18 PM
[Amitomaato] Ouch. Priceless. Hindi movie sideys guzzle daroo-sharoo and sing guzzles now? Too much wonly.
I would have said that this is the perfect song to sing to a blushing Anantha, but I won’t say it. Hum bolega to bologe ke bolta hai and all that.
[deitaDi]
I know I am going to regret this, but er, whaaat?
And thank you for the bootiphool word-for-word translation. My knowledge of Telugu grammar has multiplied ten-fold. But do tell me, why did tapparthaalu (misinterpretations) not feature on that list? Intentionally absent, methinks. Hmm. And ooh. Goli soda! Lots of fizzy memories packed in those :)
[munimma] Ayyo. Abba. Yes, we took some liberties with grammar. So fussy you have become, tsk tsk. And yes, we can do the thirty-three posts even though we know you are only mocking us. The baat fortunately didn’t bigdofy despite my attempts, so the song wasn’t needed. However by the time we sat down to eat, my dad commented that he was mixing his pickle, baaton baaton mein. From which mom took off and remarked about how Baton Baton Mein (1979) should really have been a movie about relay races. As you can see by now, I am genetically doomed in some matters.
[Amol] Arrey! Hello? The tomato is a she, not a he. Cute Saira Banu tomato, strategically placed soap bubbles, giggling and singing bhai batuur, ripe with jawaani going chal hat saale to villain sideys. And you still have doubts about its gender? And I agree with [gvenum] about not cooking with clean veggies. What kind of chef does that? Tsk.
[serendipity] I don’t know, I declared the tomato to be a she and started building a romance for her. Hmpfh only!
[gvenum] The tomato is a she, as I clarified above. And even if not, the tomato is a fruit. (Not that there is anything wrong with it.) So there will be no girl-on-girl action, seeing as either way, the tomato likes men. And we are all about respecting the tomato’s preferences. Aakhir tomato bhi to insaan hote hain. (And FYI, the ladyfinger is not a lady, in my opinion. However, I shall not get into the why of it, in the interest of keeping this blog’s PG-13 rating intact.)
[Sriram] Fushtofall, men don’t always come before women when referred to as a pair. I’ve heard Radha-Krishna mentioned as often as the other way around. Secondly, the tomato is an actual person. With feelings, sexual preferences and all. On the other hand, pulao, bhaat et al are not people, male or female. So what convoluted logic is this? That is like saying Gandhi Road has Gandhi first, therefore men come first. Tchah. Ridiculous, I say.
You are doing the tomato? I thought the ladyfinger was doing the tomato.
Thursday, May 31, 2007 @ 6:12 PM
I condemn this. I shall burn effigies in protest. You have something against Pulao and Baath. And
See? You know it makes sense.
And unfortunately, I don’t do vegetables. Speaking of which, if lemon is a fruit, why isn’t tomato a fruit? Why is it a vegetable and always sold by a “vegetable vendor”? Something ain’t right! Besides, from the picktchaar, you can clearly see Herr Tomato is a dude, not a dudette. I mean, who am I to argue with Picasso? And why is a lady’s finger not a lady? I’m confused. It is a LADY’s finger, no? Either it is a lady or it has no gender. So many questions! Argh!
Thursday, May 31, 2007 @ 6:19 PM
[Sriram]
Na na. Aisi koi baat nahin. It is just that they are not people. Baths, baaths, bhaats, baats, bats (cricket, not vampire) .. they are all human created concoctions, after all. And the tomato IS a fruit. Debate rages between Shyamlal Sabziwaala and Pritambhai Phalwaala as to who can stake claim to it and carry it on his cart, but botanically it remains a fruit.
And about the ladyfinger - hmm, how do I explain this one .. Salad dressing is dressing FOR a salad, not dressing made OF a salad, right? Similarly, a lady finger could be a finger FOR a lady, as opposed to the finger OF a lady. Erm, enough. I don’t want to be thrown off my own blog.
Speaking of salad dressing, I must mention a riddle that Kyle asked me the other day (you remember Kyle, right? Yes, he’s still around!) -
Thursday, May 31, 2007 @ 6:53 PM
That is debatable and is a matter of opinion. Of a salad, for a salad, it is all relative. So, that said, I’m right.. tomato = dude, lady’s finger = dudette. Unless proven otherwise….
And by Kyle, you mean the little fella who pops around for Halloween? He definitely qualifies for being on this blog’s comment space!
Thursday, May 31, 2007 @ 6:57 PM
This is exactly why I refused to take part in this discussion. One jobless person types 41 words in here , tops it with a one word title and 16 other jobless people jump in with one mundane argument after the other. This ain’t the chicken and egg argument, guys. Cool it!
Thursday, May 31, 2007 @ 9:00 PM
[Sriram] I explained why I think the ladyfinger is not a lady. The rest is a matter of opinion. Tomato, tomahto, as they say. And yesh, that little tyke only!
[anantha] Aww. If it is just a jobless discussion then why are *you* getting so worked up about it? :) We cannot *always* make you the center of attraction/attention na? Kabhi kabhi you have to be willing to share the laurels with tomatoes. And nobody’s talking about chickens or eggs. 100% veggie love story, this is.
Thursday, May 31, 2007 @ 11:22 PM
[Megha]
Crime becomes Cry-me and Cry-me leads to laugh-you becaz our mind is very faalthu
Ooh! reminds me of a song from Prem Nagar (1971)
nEnu puTTAnu, lOkam mecchindi
nEnu EDchaanu, ee lOkam navvindi
nEnu navvaanu, ee lOkam EDchindi
naakinkaa lOkam tO pani Emundi - Dont Care!
tapparthaalu.. hmm asvantidi cinnappuDu vyaakaraNam la sadivinaTTu gurtu lEdu.. kani adi bhi perfect set aitadi eeDa!
Translation - Dont remember studying tapparthaalu (misinterpretations) in grammar classes - but yeah, that would be perfect here!
Friday, June 1, 2007 @ 6:41 PM
Some jokes are poor (the pjs).. there are some others that are poorer (the vpjs).
Then there are some that belong to the poorest of the poor (the potpjs)
And then… there are those rare JEWELS (like this one) that force us to question our basic assumptions and force us to redefine the poverty line itself.
Sunday, June 3, 2007 @ 6:04 PM
WOW, you could generate this much discussion from just a couple of lines, I am sure a few laws of physics must have been broken :)
Monday, June 4, 2007 @ 6:18 AM
[deitaDi] Oddly enough, I do remember that song. And good that you agree!
[V] There are so many that call a PJ a PJ, but to manage innovation in that department is a special skill. So kudos. And thankoo :)
[Ravi] Heh heh. Equal and opposite doesn’t quite apply here, I suppose :)
Monday, June 4, 2007 @ 5:50 PM
There is many a slip, between the tomato and the sink. If you don’t believe me, just read this book.
http://www.amazon.com/Kitchen-Confidential-Updated-Adventures-Underbelly/dp/0060899220/ref=pd_bbs_sr_2/002-7028431-4849602?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1181012890&sr=8-2
Monday, June 4, 2007 @ 11:08 PM
So did u get any of those bathed tomatoes for Lunch ???
Tuesday, June 5, 2007 @ 6:02 AM
Imp question is did the tomatar did to bath finally after all this debut of the poor soul getting a bath?
srivalli
http://www.cooking4allseasons.blogspot.com
Friday, June 22, 2007 @ 2:27 AM
really liked this post ..chiliki chilki gaali vaana ayyindantaru ..
bheshu ga undi :)
Thursday, July 12, 2007 @ 9:55 AM
LOL
Wednesday, August 15, 2007 @ 2:34 PM