Where is North?
Here is a a conversation that keeps repeating.
The scene consists of me and my friend.
Friend and I entering stage left
Me: You Northies ...
Friend interrupts me, raising a stern hand
He (articulates ev.ery syl·la·ble): I am not a Northie
Me: Of course you are
He: I am from Nagpur, for God's sake
Me: My point exactly. You are a Northie
He: How does that make me a Northie?
Me: Are you from Andhra, Tamil Nadu, Kerala or Karnataka?
He: No
Me: Therefore you are a Northie. Anybody who is not from the southern 4 states is a Northie. Do I have to make it any clearer?
He: That's a demented logic
Me: What is wrong with you Northies? A guy from Nagpur claims he is not a Northie. A guy
from Bombay is not a Northie. The guy from Delhi is not a Northie nor is the guy from Kolkata. Let me state it for the record, you are all Northies.
He: Whatever. North is relative anyway
Me: That is what every run-of-the-mill wimp says when he knew he completely and miserably lost the argument.
He: I said "whatever," Madrasi
I lunge at him in rage, hold his collar and pull him towards me, his eyes are a foot from mine, my face contorted with anger. (didn't you see any South movies?) I speak in a hoarse voice, my spit splattering on his face.)
Me: Don't... ever... call me... a Madrasi. I am from Andhra.
The scene consists of me and my friend.
Friend and I entering stage left
Me: You Northies ...
Friend interrupts me, raising a stern hand
He (articulates ev.ery syl·la·ble): I am not a Northie
Me: Of course you are
He: I am from Nagpur, for God's sake
Me: My point exactly. You are a Northie
He: How does that make me a Northie?
Me: Are you from Andhra, Tamil Nadu, Kerala or Karnataka?
He: No
Me: Therefore you are a Northie. Anybody who is not from the southern 4 states is a Northie. Do I have to make it any clearer?
He: That's a demented logic
Me: What is wrong with you Northies? A guy from Nagpur claims he is not a Northie. A guy
from Bombay is not a Northie. The guy from Delhi is not a Northie nor is the guy from Kolkata. Let me state it for the record, you are all Northies.
He: Whatever. North is relative anyway
Me: That is what every run-of-the-mill wimp says when he knew he completely and miserably lost the argument.
He: I said "whatever," Madrasi
I lunge at him in rage, hold his collar and pull him towards me, his eyes are a foot from mine, my face contorted with anger. (didn't you see any South movies?) I speak in a hoarse voice, my spit splattering on his face.)
Me: Don't... ever... call me... a Madrasi. I am from Andhra.
4 Comments:
Oye Gulti, You surely realise that for a Madrasi you are a northie. Perhaps the post should be "where is south?".
By Persona non gratis, at Thu Jun 08, 01:13:00 AM 2006
One of my naarthie friend says - "apun keliye, sab madrasi"; so I call aaaalll naarthies - "apun keliye sab bihari" :)
By samurai, at Thu Jun 08, 12:05:00 PM 2006
good retort prasad !!!
Well, I feel the word "Madrasi" is near to extinction, thanks to the devolpment of hyderabad.
By Kishan, at Sat Jun 10, 08:52:00 AM 2006
i could not "not-comment" on this one.
truely said...
By dharmu, at Thu Aug 03, 12:03:00 PM 2006
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