Shit Happens

No matter who you are from Einstein to George Bush (think I covered the entire intellectual spectrum nicely there), at some point in your life your Dad is to you the greatest man on Earth. A quasi-supernatural being who can do no wrong! I think after tonight it's safe to say that those days are for me at least well in the past.

What exactly happened tonight? Well, I just found out that my Dad watches Jassi Jaisi Koi Nahin! The ignominy of it all! My Pop watches a soap? And that too one of the worst ever? No amount of beer-guzzling, bear-grunting on his part is ever going to repair the damage caused by tonight! Even when I see him after a 2-week holiday in Goa, all tanned, unshaven and manly I'm still going to have the repugnant image of him watching the soap clouding my sight.

I've initiated a covert investigation into the matter. Prima facie, I have deduced that this abominable disease was brought into the family by my sister. She apparently spread the JJKN-philia to my Mom. And now it seems to have reached my Dad. I'm sure he hasn't reached the critical stage as yet and it may just be possible to still rescue him. I'm guessing a dose of the NBA playoffs should help! As for my Mom and sister, I can only pray for their souls in the afterlife!

I think Saturday 11th June is the best day for our planned gathering of Poona's bloggers. The engineering exams would be done by then. I think get together for dinner is the best bet as of now. Please let me know if any of you have any other suggestions for either date or agenda.

I opened my books today for the first time in 3 days (exams start in 6 days) and promptly fell asleep! Fortunately the voluminous tomes that we engineering students are compelled to study from double up nicely as handy, if a bit uncomfortable, pillows!

I'll leave you guys with something that I found in the list of funny quotes that Aditya mailed me a few days back -

"Shit Happens" - in various world religions

Taoism: Shit happens.

Hare Krishna: Shit happens Rama Rama Ding Ding

Hinduism: This shit has happened before.

Islam: That shit happens is the will of Allah.

Zen: What is the sound of shit happening?

Existentialism: Shit doesn’t happen; shit is.

Buddhism: When shit happens, is it really shit?

Confucianism: Confucius say, “Shit happens”.

7th day Adventist: Shit happens on Saturdays.

Protestantism: If shit happens, it happens to someone else.

Catholicism: If shit happens, you deserved it.

Jehovah’s Witnesses: No shit happens until Armageddon.

Unitarian: What is this shit?

Mormon: Shit happens again & again & again.

Judaism: Oy vey! Why does this shit always happen to us?

New Age: Shit happens and it happens to smell good.

Rastafarianism: Let’s smoke this shit.

Atheism: There is no shit!

No offence meant to followers of any of the above religions. I especially liked the 'Hare Krishna', 'Rastafarianism' and 'Atheism' ones!

All this wannabe Rastafarian Brother has to say is, "Yah Maan!"