On Facebook this morning:


Girl uploads picture of a cat, that looks looks like a cat, condescends like a cat, but is named bunny (I think that's the name). Picture Caption, "Handsome Bunny".
After 15 comments on how cute "bunny" is...one guy finally comments

 "err, you know that's a cat right?"

:D 

forever alive!

So... facebook is like the museum of the stupid. For the most part. I keep getting random event invites from people I haven't spoken to in years. Last week, I got this:


Jagjit Singhji Live in Concert...Friday at 8:00pm in UTC+05:30_________ invited you · Join

For a minute, I had NO idea how to react. I thought since it was morning, it was my mind playing games with me. I thought about it. I wondered "did I imagine that he died??" Then, I googled to confirm that the maestro had, indeed passed away.

I wanted to say "Join" and then go and ask them HOW a dead person was going to perform LIVE at a concert! 

sigh. 

I never thought it was possible for a budding blogger to have writer's block, one day after she co-founded a blog! But, it did happen. Almost as though the universe decided to behave and punish me with normalcy! After being given a deadline, I wondered if maybe I could 'fake' this one..but nothing came to me. Being quasi-honest for quite a while has its perils. And then, it happened!
Nothing major, but almost as though the Universe was saying "Finnne! Just, this once". So here goes:

Location: On my way home from work at the train station.
Person involved: Really tall young boy who didn't look a day over 16!!

Tall boy: Umm, can I ask you a question?
Me-who is almost never approached by strangers..stares for a couple of minutes..giving impression that I didn't understand question/language. Prompting boy to repeat question
Me (jumping on opportunity to help to stranger): yeah, sure!
Tall boy: Which train goes to Braintree ?
Me: (Points in the direction)-That one!
Tall boy: Oh, will you come along too?
Me: (all confused) to Braintree? No!
Tall boy: (Smiling widely) maybe you should!
Me: (still not getting it) Why? you afraid to take the T alone? It's pretty safe..don't worry, Braintree is the last stop.
Tall boy: huh? No, I, No..I..No..
Me: (shrugged shoulder and boarded other train...and 30 mins later batti jaloo'ed)

What did you think, freakishly tall 16 year old? Really? I board train with you, and your mom calls the cops on me? Somehow age/common sense doesn't matter..and I ride into the sunset, (which you don't see at Braintree station) with you? Somehow we are in the same league?  I am very curious to know HOW you equated us to be at the same level. HOW? Sigh! High School kids need to really get their math skills right..!

I, on the other hand, don't attract stupidity. However, I am so prone to Karma catching up with my condescension,  that I not only get the stupidity ball rolling, but also witness the various often hilarious consequences of my mostly innocuous actions! This blog for me, is an attempt to take responsibility/credit for the 'joy' I bring to world :-)

This is a sincere attempt by us to chronicle the ridiculous behavior we encounter on a daily basis. it's not because we have a holier-than-thou attitude; and trust me, I believed it was, for a long time. It is sincerely the result of some folks going out of their way to prove their stupidity to the rest of civilization. 

And yes, I am known to be a sample magnet. I attract the stupidity of the world. I'm not complaining. It entertains me, it amuses me, and there's never a dull day! 

The objective of this space is not to poke fun at anyone. We will try and keep this as unbiased as we can. We will merely be stating facts, with a LITTLE bit of tadka to enhance the flavor. The objective is to entertain whoever reads it, as much as it entertains us. Spreading the humor, if you wish. 

So, enjoy!