Let the games begin!! - part II
I'm lazy. Go read Part I first.
Okay, now we're talkin. After my first month of /madness/, here I am, wanting to pen down the funniest moments. Of course, /funny/ is a subjective term. So no promises -)
Pre-requisite: Reasonable knowledge of Tamil.
1. The "karakattakaaran" dad.
A fine January sunday morning in Chennai. I'm watching Sun Music and the phone rings. Little did we know what was about to hit us -) A determined dad, looking for a suitable groom for his daughter called. No surprise there, if you're in the system, lots of people call you. But this guy was different. Few minutes into the conversation, this is what happened.
My mom :- where does your daughter work?
Her dad :- she works for Wipro, in Chennai.
My mom :- sorry, we're looking at US employed girls only.
Her dad :- What a coincidence, we're looking for US employed too!
My mom :- Yes, but we're looking at US employed girls only.
Her dad :- Ada, nangalum adhai dhan pakkarom maami!!
My mom :- Ayyo, ungaluku epdi puriya veppen??
Me :- venaam....valikudhu...azhudhuruven -)))
He sent us his daughter's horoscope the next day in an envelope with the words "very urgent" on the top right and "most important" in the back of the envelope. Nuts!!!
2. The religious freaks.
For some reason, some families think that showing off their austerity makes a great first impression. Below is a summary of the e-mail that my mom received from one such family.
- Almost 3 lines of deity names instead of two letters : /Hi/
- A 3 page horoscope with 30 odd star permutations
- pic of grandpa doing pooja
- pic of dad doing pooja
- pic of whole family doing pooja
- pic of uncle doing pooja
- pic of whole family at tirupati
- No pic of the girl, not even a glimpse!
- Five closing lines of deity worship mantras
- /Strong recommendation that we reply within two days/
My reaction was /shee-it./ Moving on..
I'm tired now. Will write more in Part III -))
Okay, now we're talkin. After my first month of /madness/, here I am, wanting to pen down the funniest moments. Of course, /funny/ is a subjective term. So no promises -)
Pre-requisite: Reasonable knowledge of Tamil.
1. The "karakattakaaran" dad.
A fine January sunday morning in Chennai. I'm watching Sun Music and the phone rings. Little did we know what was about to hit us -) A determined dad, looking for a suitable groom for his daughter called. No surprise there, if you're in the system, lots of people call you. But this guy was different. Few minutes into the conversation, this is what happened.
My mom :- where does your daughter work?
Her dad :- she works for Wipro, in Chennai.
My mom :- sorry, we're looking at US employed girls only.
Her dad :- What a coincidence, we're looking for US employed too!
My mom :- Yes, but we're looking at US employed girls only.
Her dad :- Ada, nangalum adhai dhan pakkarom maami!!
My mom :- Ayyo, ungaluku epdi puriya veppen??
Me :- venaam....valikudhu...azhudhuruven -)))
He sent us his daughter's horoscope the next day in an envelope with the words "very urgent" on the top right and "most important" in the back of the envelope. Nuts!!!
2. The religious freaks.
For some reason, some families think that showing off their austerity makes a great first impression. Below is a summary of the e-mail that my mom received from one such family.
- Almost 3 lines of deity names instead of two letters : /Hi/
- A 3 page horoscope with 30 odd star permutations
- pic of grandpa doing pooja
- pic of dad doing pooja
- pic of whole family doing pooja
- pic of uncle doing pooja
- pic of whole family at tirupati
- No pic of the girl, not even a glimpse!
- Five closing lines of deity worship mantras
- /Strong recommendation that we reply within two days/
My reaction was /shee-it./ Moving on..
I'm tired now. Will write more in Part III -))
posted by Bharath at 6:44 PM
2 Comments:
Haha, welcome to the world of "spouse-hunting"... You've only seen the families till now, wait till you meet the weird gals with their out-of-the-world demands!!! You won't know what hit you :-)
and to complete the previous post, its also a world with weird guys and their isufferable know-it-all attitudes and not to mention a strong case of MPDs, thinking themselves to be obssesive quizmasters or sumthing. Yikes.
rombha koduma saravanan idhu!
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