Wednesday, January 04, 2006

Patient Papyrus

There's one friend of mine, who prefers giving offline comments on the posts in my blog. One of the critical critics, I can say. At the end of it all, he makes me feel that the post could have been put forth in any other way but definitely not in the current form ......just kidding. Actually, substantial observance and will to help me improve has led him to do that. When I go wild, I say that I'll write something on him too....... well, that's indeed scary, right?He had warned me against it saying "Don't you dare.........." . Let me call that friend Mr.X , to keep his indentity confidential.

He had called up some days back and some excerpts on how the conversation went on:

Rashmi : Hello
Mr.X :Hello
Rashmi : Hey Mr.X, how u doin?
Mr.X : Doin fine.
Rashmi : What's up?
Mr.X : Nothing really, by the way I read this xyz post of urs
Rashmi : How did u like it?
Mr.X : Crap!......
Rashmi :Hmm..... I knew you wud say this.
Mr.X : Don't you think that xyz line in xyz post must not have been there?
Rashmi : Oh! is it? u know what, once I have posted it, I never read it , so not so meticulous.
Mr.X : Now I got it ! The reason for your still blogging is that u don't read ur posts !!!
Rashmi: ???????!!!!!!!!!!

Instance 2 :
Talking of the deadliest critic on earth,my brother!
I guess, I can reveal his name, Ravi it is. I don't remember when we have agreed on something. When sometime back, I got a very small article of mine published in the paper, for lack of space, it was edited to cut short and fit the space. On the day it was published , I showed him both the published and the full version of the article, this was how he reacted :

Ravi : Dumbo!, why are u waking me up so early ?
( It was not before 8.30 a.m ,I guess)
Rashmi : Get up buddy ( buttering him to read it, u know! ). Look at this article.
Ravi : Keep it on the table, I'll see if I can spare some time for that .
( Within, I mumbled ..... overacting, huh?? )
Rashmi : Please read it .Please, please, please!
Ravi : Hmm...... ok. But, a condition, u should help me fill that application form.
( Some form that had to be filled)
Rashmi : Of course buddy.
( He takes a while to read them both )
Ravi : Rashmi, let me tell u one thing, had you got the full version published, folks would have pelted stones at you!!!
Rashmi : ???????!!!!!!!!!!

Instance 3 :

In 2005, I started writing diary for the first time in my life. Honestly, I had started it quite some years back and left on the third or maximum, forth day.This time, I managed to write it for the whole year ( coz I had to win the bet my brother had put that I would give up soon!!! )
At last I won!..... To me the bet was more important,I wouldn't mind keeping a full stop even without writing a sentence!....... In fact, I have done that quite some times coz what I wrote was immaterial to win.

But, everyday the moment he saw me jotting something in the diary, his satirical comment would be something like this :
Ravi : Rashmi, I'll see how long it'll go on!
Rashmi : Hmm.... wait and watch!
Ravi : Tell me one thing, added to wasting the whole day, u also waste time in writing how u wasted the day, rite? Needless to say, wasting paper too!
Rashmi : ???????!!!!!!!!!!
Just wondered if paper could express how much it disliked my writing something, how I would react.I read recently in the paper, someone( I can't recollect who) said, "Paper is more patient than man"......That's why one should write.

Papyrus........... u are indeed patient. Hail u!

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