1971: A Forgotten Story

Lucknow girls learning judo and karate?

.... *notes in his diary * MUST visit home this summer...

Reply Zikko #179

re Rsaxena

``...no new yorker worth his/her black turtleneck would ever drive a red convertible...how juvenile...how southern...how californian...how midwestern..``

Hey, don`t throw us normal Midwesterners in with your Left Coast(CA) or the hicks (South). For the record our vehicle of choice is the SUV!

Reply Saminashah, Sadna # 183

“Yes, the black thing gets me.”

Must I spell it out ladies?

Black…is…slimming.

Why do you think burqahs are always black?

Anyway – wasn’t brown the black of the nineties? Don’t tell me we’re back to black now? Check with the Style God! (Though he put me in polyester when I sought advice, I’m warning you…)

Zafar

Sadna: “… I have seen a guy in a open RED convertible sitting in traffic flossing his teeth :).”

In the words of the Immortal Annie: Love is a stranger in an open car, tempt you in and drive you far awaaaaaay……(and you already know he has good dental hygeine. Subhanallah!)…

Reply Drumz # 181

“The man iz unphazable, untouchable and definately unfukwidable.”

Life is too short to spend it as the Energiser Bunny. (For one thing, how the hell does he go to the toilet, hain?)

Where are the Pinkyfeld lyrics?

ali1 #187,

i couldn`t, you bought every bottle, explains the insects you attract

re: saminashah/sadna

{{Hey, I`m sorry if loyal(and perhaps homesick like RSaxena) NY-ers found my remarks a little strong, it was not intended that way. I myself have a desi-ish soft spot for its unique bustle and wonderful variety(paradoxically!), though not for its traffic. Though even that can have its advantages, I have seen a guy in a open RED convertible sitting in traffic flossing his teeth :).}}

most NY-ers are that way...as soon as the leave the sacred land, they get homesick very quickly...traffic?...come on, you have to know how to navigate...use the roads no one knows about...know when/where to use the subway...

as for that uncouth guy flossing his teeth on the road, he must be a visitor from new jersey...no new yorker worth his/her black turtleneck would ever drive a red convertible...how juvenile...how southern...how californian...how midwestern..anyway, most NY-ers don`t even own cars...

{{Yes, the black thing gets me. By itself its as good a color as any, but in such quantities, it reminds me of those old pictures of Maoist China or Soviet Russia when every man and woman }}

black is so 2001...that whole new-yorker-in-black thing is a myth created by confused visitors, rednecks, and NY-er wannabes...the clowns you see on the streets are the visitors, with their greasy noses pressed up against the Saks windows...

Prem #184,

traitor

Man, there are times when I miss someone like Gowardhan.

But then, I would rather have a person like Bilal Ahmed back. Wonder how he is doing...

ali1 #188
`` Actually, its X-rated but R-rated versions are available for insecure, mentally underdeveloped folks. ``

You must really try to get out more and spend less time on social service.

`` You have been so sweet lately... whats up?``

I can think of at least two reasons, its either something in your food or perhaps you need professional help.

sadna # 169

[I can never aspire to the enlightening R-rated variety which are your speciality.]

Actually, its X-rated but R-rated versions are available for insecure, mentally underdeveloped folks.

You have been so sweet lately... whats up?

scout: did you try the YSL pdrfume that i recommended?

Reply # 179 Zico

[Ha! Did I hurt you ali1?]

No. Buttnozzles like you can`t hurt me.

[Because your consistently abusive racist posts are offensive to me.]

Good. That was the intention.

[You talk sense when you want to, so why the abuse?]

My abuse makes perfect sense. You will see the light some day.



[Call a truce.]

I was never at war with you, so lighten up.

Sadna,

A man in a red convertible flossing his teeth-you lucky, lucky young woman! My favorite NYork kvetch is the non-line at the bus stop...wait patiently at the bus stop for an hour, at the front of the line, and there will inevitably be someone who cuts you in front of you...its all you can do to smile and say ``The line`s behind me...``, because there is no line! There will never be a line! This is what I hate the most...plus people who throw trash on the subway or street, dog walkers who refuse to pooper-scoop, cell phone yappers, the broken car alarm that sounds off every 5 minutes at 2 a.m. and will the owner get it fixed? Nooooo....Your comments were characteristically good humored-no offense taken at all...come live in New York and people doubletake and point fingers if you say ``excuse me`` or ``sorry``...by all means, lets make fun of NY!

re: scout # 172

Scout, we love you.

saminashah #182
Hey, I`m sorry if loyal(and perhaps homesick like RSaxena) NY-ers found my remarks a little strong, it was not intended that way. I myself have a desi-ish soft spot for its unique bustle and wonderful variety(paradoxically!), though not for its traffic. Though even that can have its advantages, I have seen a guy in a open RED convertible sitting in traffic flossing his teeth :).

Yes, the black thing gets me. By itself its as good a color as any, but in such quantities, it reminds me of those old pictures of Maoist China or Soviet Russia when every man and woman was under duress to wear only regulation colors of black or blue.

And its very insidious. Go to a desi gathering like a wedding for example, and instead of enjoying the glorious and varied colors of the festive occasion, you see so many choosing to wearing black instead:(. Hope its not because noone wants to take a chance with anything else( come to think of it, that would be a lot like Maoist China and .. :))