Cricket is a funny game don’t you think, Na I don’t mean the way India are playing at the moment in the Second test against England getting thrashed . so much for being a spin playing nation who has world-class spinners and what not .. Well here we are our spinners can’t get wickets .. while the foreigners are getting all the wickets …
Our batsmen well again can do bugger all.. they are getting out to SPINNER which they are supposed to play properly and Experts in.. Anyway forgetting about that .. Cricket is a funny .. it’s the only game where if you hit a ball out of the ground you get 6 runs or 6 points ..
But here is a thought – > There is this batsmen all padded up with a helmet on , Pads all over him , leg pads – thigh pads – gloves , protecting him all over .. and yet there is this guy sitting outside without a shirt , a beer in hand relaxing and a BALL HITS HIM.. what happens the Batsmen gets 6 runs .. and the bloke nothing .. other than a BUMP on his head … 🙂
****************
Have You seen the Olympic opening ceremony, Especially when they all come out the athletes I mean representing their countries .. Now there are some countries which we have never heard of , The opening ceremony is the only time we hear the names . I mean at least I have not heard of some of them , Where do these countries exist and how come only during Olympics we find them, I bet the person who is announcing the names of the countries is just sitting and making up the names ..
and Here is the team from “Make-up-Istaan” or “Made-Up-istaan” .. and then I think the same man runs, changes his jacket and come out with a different flag “he-is-Back_istaaan”
****************
I had this brain wave , We are lucky nowadays that phones have gone digital and with the advent of mobile phones things have changed a lot , But cast you mind back to the good old days .. Those big Black Telephones.. which have a Dialler and you have to put the tip of your finger to dial the number ….
Right Ne think about the emergency numbers , WHO was the intelligent person who decided on the numbers 999.. Now imagine there is an emergency , someone is laying on the road hit by a truck or something , you run to the nearest phone booth and it is that OLD dialler phone ..
You are rolling the digit 9.. and then letting it go ..
rolling again and letting it go ..
rolling the number 9 and then letting it go,.
Operator – “What’s the emergency ” ..
You– “Well its OK .. the person is DEAD now ” .. it takes so long to dial the Three numbers .. 🙂
****************
Ok Another Thing.. Has anyone of you ever walked into a room and Forgotten .. what you wanted or the Reason you came to that room to .. Right .. what do you do .. You stand and then you ask yourself
“WHY DID I COME INTO THIS ROOM” .. off course in your own mind, WHYYYYYYYYYYY.. why do you ask that ..
Because .. YOU Don’t know why you are in the ROOM .. so why will you ask yourself for HELP 🙂
****************
PS:- Monday is here another start to the week, Have a great week people .. enjoy it to its fullest.. Hope you had a great weekend.
PSS:- I have removed the post the controversial one, Thank you to everyone who read it and commented it .. and thank you for all the emails I have received , I am blessed to have you all as my good friends .. God has been kind to me .. THANK YOU EVERYONE. I was chatting to another Good blogger who said to me , Never ever let anyone Treat you like SHIT.. and that was the reason I put the post .. 🙂 Thank you TBAB..
PS:- Images courtesy Google images.
First…hold on let me look…yes I think so.. will be back
LikeLike
he he he he , you too getting the hang of being firstttttt now 🙂
LikeLike
Oh yes… woh room wala thingie… I do it so many times… isliye people sometimes call me The absent minded professor – one who exists in her own world 😀
I do that while writing also you know… I turn the page and am blank for a few seconds!
And that phone wala thing.. I sometimes wonder how used to people manage such stuff in olden days. What if someone had fat fingers…jo us circle main fit hi nahi hote???
Oh..it seems the monday morning blues are working on me too………. 😀
Having a wonderful week ahead Bikram…take care and wishing you loads of smile always!
LikeLike
🙂 but you know the OWN world is much better to live in for sure 🙂 I do it tooo all the time ..
FAT fingers he he he he I like that Ha ha ha made me laugh this one .. Thank you 🙂
LikeLike
And yes whoever said that was cent percent right – Never let anyone treat you like SHIT!!
None of us deserve it and no one has the right to do this to us…! Kudos to you for dealing with this matter like this..
LikeLike
Yes point taken , I wont 🙂 yeah no one deserves to be treated like that moreover If I am not doing it to someone why shud that someone be mean to me ..
LikeLike
There is an app for iPhone/Android which downloads a circular dialer to your phone and allows you to dial numbers the old fashioned way. Wait, I am not sure if there is one but there can be one like that right? 🙂
Destination Infinity
LikeLike
hmmmm you know you may be right there might be a app or something , let me do a search he he he he he
Thank you DI.
LikeLike
Paaji , you should not have taken the post down, I dont know who or which people are advising you. That post was written as a reply and You should have stood by it ..
Hun pakka ho gaya tun ANGREZ ban gaya hain yaaraa.. . eho jihe lokaan nal eho salook karna chahida hai ..
I would suggest to put the post back, It tells the truth and HOW CAN TRUTH BE WRONG..
You are a stupid person who thinks all those who call you a friend are FRIENDS. Saare log are interested in their own …
I came over to check your reply to my comment but now i dont know what you said ..
(SO here is a question to everyone who read this.. Should bikram have taken the post down)..
I know you from a long time , I cant believe you took it down on your own , Who asked you to do so and why ? and PICK UR YOU F…ING PHONEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
and TBAB pakka punjabi hona/honi hai 🙂
LikeLike
Correct – my sentiments too – he shouldn’t have removed the post, Rav ji.. I am not talking to him directly anymore.. Exactly – NO he should NOT have removed the post.
LikeLike
Yes Mam Ms. Punam J R .. Sorry if you feel this way , but that does not mean you stop talking ..
LikeLike
Talk directly to him.. he does not pick his fone .. How do you manage to talk directly to him
LikeLike
I have given special number to a few ha ha.. especially if they are lovely ladies.. ha ha ha
LikeLike
Rav ji, pls send me your email id, and I will give you the special number. Try talking in a sweet lovely voice… and he just might reply.
LikeLike
sweet voice , what voice is that .. i usually get a HAAALO .. Kidaaaaaaaaaaaaan
LikeLike
bai yaar inni buri awaaj nahin haigi yaar 🙂
LikeLike
acha inni buri nahin.. but BURI taan haigi na he he he he
LikeLike
email kithe karaan ji.
LikeLike
mere blog pe… 🙂
LikeLike
Rav.. bai ji .. I know exactly wat you mean , I am sorry to have taken the post off, In my heart I did not want to as you know i never back down.. its not about becoming angrej or something ..
yeah i am stupid , as you said I take everything on WORD spoken .. but obviously people have different agendas.. god know’s what ..
I did reply and I am sorry if you felt that i somehow ignored you or something…
ITs fine yaara dont worry I am doing goood
and TBAB is a GUY 🙂
LikeLike
chalo theek hai fer. But yaar next time someone says anything , We need to resolve it the other way .. I never expected you to be writing about this but rather was expecting a fone call or a email .. LEt go ……..
you remember that telegram you sent from what was that place in south somewhere, and we all got together..
Paaji duniya waise hi hai, as it used to be , mean and bad, so you got to keep the same attitude on how to handle things. its just the faces that change..
Anyway What else then ..
LikeLike
Yes I remember.. what a time we had .it was in bhubhneshwar in orissa Paaji. Remember the hotel Mayfair.. he he he.. a couple of good days..
I know what you say.. it does not matter if the world changes or not we shud not change..
LikeLike
yaad hai bai ji .. idaan nahin bhulan lage ..
naale oh banda hi ki jehda badal jave yaaaar …
LikeLike
well said bai ji. but situations and time makes one change
LikeLike
Not watching cricket these days due to overkill. Old phones– they were something else! No caller ids too. Room kya, I pick up the phone and forget whom to call. I come downstairs, do everything else, go back up and then remember why I need to go down again ;). Have a good week!
LikeLike
yeppp which is good , I think its happening too much ..
yeah old phones , you know I am planning ot actually get one of those old ones connected just for novelty sake he he he he 🙂
so do you go back down again then once you remember , or leave it for sometime 🙂 he he he he he
LikeLike
Bang on! I enjoyed reading it, great (laughing) start to Monday!
LikeLike
Thank you so much .. glad you enjoyed and hope you are having a good day today toooooooooooo 🙂
LikeLike
I don’t watch cricket, everybody is do corrupt, right from the players to the organizers, it no longer is a gentlemen’s game. I read some where, that when you reach some place and forget what you had come for/ or something that suddenly slips your mind, you, should go back to the place from where you came from, and immediately you would remember what you had forgotten. It always works for me.
LikeLike
very good , I have also stopped watching it, waste ot time and MONEY too 🙂
and that is good advice going back a few steps ..
LikeLike
Forgetting… it happens to me often. I may remember if I go back to the place where the thought first occurred…
LikeLike
🙂 hmmmmmmmmmmm now that is a good idea .. 🙂
as in Shakespeare , antonio says to bassanio to shoot another arrow in the same path.. and follow it .. you may find the previous one 🙂
LikeLike
lol on the old telephone model… have a great week ahead Bikram..
LikeLike
Thank you thank you .. 🙂 and hey your latest post it took me years yearssssssssssssssssss backkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk
LikeLike
Oh!! It happens to me all the time. Yesterday was the last day to order pop-corn for my son’s cub scouts..I suddenly remembered it. Yelled at him to go get the order paper. He said he will. Meanwhile, something else came up. we all forgot. I remembered it today morn..:( I yelled at hubby. It’s all because of you. You told him to do his homework, that’s why I forgot..LOL…
LikeLike
ohhhhhhhhh .. oh yes its his fault .. you know funny enough I have a post i am writing on such things blaming the poor man ha ha ha ha ha 🙂
LikeLike
Write..write..waiting to read it 😛
LikeLike
Will do 🙂
LikeLike
I read “Cricket” and almost moved on. That’s the ONE game that puts me off. ****Raising hands across above my head as shield**** No, actually it is the obsession around it that does.
Further down was Olympics……not too encouraging. Thank god I saw the black telephone – Yipee! I Love those phones . Too bad you decided to make fun of them. Yeah! of course what you say is true, But……**sniff**…..fine, will tell you what I mean in my next post (yeah, it IS that long 🙂 ) And the room thingy…..hmm – happens to me rarely, once in a while. Yeah Yeah Super organized person n all I am…..I know 😛
Loved the humour (Note to WordPress: Dumbo!! This is a blogger from UK !!) around country names. Seriously, its weird. Been hooked on to this iPad game on flags…….it’s got flags from countries that sound Xactly like that.
And finally, about THAT post. Arey yaar, just got back from vacation and barely glanced thru it yesterday. Thik se padne to diya hota. Chaddo yaar koi nai – Will look for my daily dose of masala elsewhere. Jokes apart, I had no clue who that dude was, nor what he wrote abt you. (wud love to know * giggle** giggle** – just for laughs) What else does crap (sh!t has already been used much) deserve? Sincere suggestion – Don’t put up posts like that. Not getting preachy or judgmental, just mean to say they aren’t worth your space – mindspace, blogspace, breathing space and in your specific case – HumourSpace !!
LikeLike
ohhh phewwwwwwwwwww thank god you did not get put off phewwwwwwwwwwwww 🙂
yeah thank god you saw the phone one .. noooooooooooooooooooooooo i did not make fun of the phone , I was making fun of the person who chose 999 as emergency number , it shud have been 000 🙂 or 111…
he he he
Dont worry about that post , knowing me i will get involved in another controversary soon enough so you can get the daily dose he he he he 🙂 good you dont have a clue who that dude is , its not worth the hassell I think , I am sure you are better off not knowing such people 🙂
and yes I get your point 🙂 thank you thank you
LikeLike
I go to the refrigerator, open the door and completely forget ki kya lena tha, thandi hawa kha ke wapas aa jati hun. I loved the dialler phones and the phone book and directory. I so miss those days. Trang ,trang. Cricket , well , don’t follow it much now.
LikeLike
summers main acha hai THANDI HAVA he he he he 🙂
those were the good old days for sure
good no one follows cricket that much it seems now, and GOOD its not worth the time anymore
LikeLike
oh yes, i keep forgetting why i came to the room, or why i called up a person.. :). i thought i am getting old, that’s the reason.. 🙂
LikeLike
getting old .. if you think that what about me, I am antique then he he he he 🙂
LikeLike
there was a time when all of us had that big phone and i used to know everyones number by heart, and today i keep forgettting my mobile no.
damn i am late didnt get to read the controversial post..it hurts ouch ..
LikeLike
hmmm you know you say that , I too use to remeber all the number and Now i struggle tooooo
and dont worry about that post , It was not that great 🙂
LikeLike
This Olympic thing reminded me that the only reason I remember this little country Turkmenistan is because the pretties girl I have ever met was from there. Man! She was ethereal. Everyday I come to office and try to remember why I came to work and then realize that I can’t remember what I never knew.
LikeLike
oooh yeah they do have lovely girls, I have travelled once by turkeminstan airlines ages ago to india and my flight was stuck for 6 hours in Ashkabad , i saw a lot of them he he he he
now that you remind me I am also wondering why have i come today to office he he he he
LikeLike
ok my previous comment just vanished.
So i was saying, I forget things too! and I actually start reversing my thoughts and come to the point where I had decided I would go to this certain room 🙂
lol on the guy who gets a bump on the head. Poor chap, everybody is yeeling for the 6 and no one really cares about him!
999 hehe yeps I know. But I really used to love dialling on that phone and making trunk calls to mumbai when I was chotu. Ahh those old days!
LikeLike
ooops sorry about that 🙂
hmmmm if i start reversing mine , I will go somewhere else I get os many random thoughts he he he he 🙂
exactly you see my point on that SIXER.. he is hurt and everyone is clapping for the batsman who is well padded 🙂
now the trunk calls that is another nostalgic thought 🙂
LikeLike
Oh yes.. I always used to wonder where do these countries exist..Perhaps this is the very reason that makes Olympics biggest global event 🙂 🙂
Thank god I never required to dial the emergency number when I was growing up.. hehehe..
And yes it happens many time that I forgets why did I enter the the room.. 🙂
LikeLike
Very true and what a thought .. oh yes thats the reason Olympics are a global event…
LikeLike
😀 That happens so many times, I go inside the room and then I think why am I here 😆
That phone bit is so true…instead of 999, it should be 000 🙂
LikeLike
🙂 he he he .. so what do you do then 🙂
yes it shud have been 000 easiest thing to do ..
LikeLike
I try to loop back what happened 5 minutes ago 😀
so the reason why I entered the room comes in a flash
LikeLike
hmmmmmmmmmmmmm I need to try it for sure .. but i think if i loop back i will probably forget why i looped and end up looping he he he he
LikeLike
Hi Bikram! I have nominated you for the REALITY Blog Award!
http://wp.me/pxvOG-lM
LikeLike
yayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy thank you thank you
LikeLike
Monday ko kaam karne ka man nahi kiya kya, though this did brighten the awful Monday I was having. Thanks Bik, I am now smiling.
LikeLike
nahin kiya … thats why he he he .. 🙂 Good to see you smile … 🙂 thank you so much ..
LikeLike
Your phone incident was funny! And I have been through the 2nd incident. Seriously!
PS: We can have a new country. What about “Mann-istan” 😀
LikeLike
Welcome here Sir.. and Now that has made my day wowo…
We have that country , in my home and you are always welcome to visit us , no need for visa or anything .. Just turn up in “MANN-istaan” 🙂
LikeLike
Hahahha you are baaaaaaaack!! So good to read a non-serious post from you again!
I really couldn’t decide a favourite amongst all of these 😆 It was all too good!!
Wait, on second thought, I award that to the telephone one. I am so glad you reminded me of those instruments where dialing used to take more time than actually calling someone! 😀 😀
LikeLike
🙂 thank you so muchhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
they bring memories dont they the old phones 🙂
LikeLike
*Scratching my head* …now why did I come here ? Well I came here…remember had some business here …and then saw this funny post on 999 and ended up laughing …so any idea why I came here ???
LikeLike
dont scratch too hard ..
yes i know you came to havea laugh he he he he 🙂 now this made me smile toooooooooo yayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy
LikeLike
Cricket Test Matches are certainly not my thing. So no comments on that!
The 999 emergency is too funny, oops serious 😀 I kind of love these old telephones. We had this type at granny’s place. It’s ring… could be heard so far off too! And what fun we used to have while dialing and re-dialling a number!
Ah! This forgetfulness… hope it does not get serious for me! 😀
LikeLike
SG, cricket is becoming unpopular which is good maybe other sports will gt a chance to come up now ..
he he he I ma sure it wont be 🙂
LikeLike
1st one its very important where the ball hits him at which location
lol
LikeLike
hmmmmmmmmmm he he he 🙂
LikeLike
Lol on the 999. 😀
And that asking help from self, I guess must have happened to almost everyone sometime. 🙂
Glad to have your happy self back.
LikeLike
Thank you so much , I am sure everyone has done it at some time or the other …
LikeLike
hmm.. less said abt how we are playing cricket at the moment is better! 😐
and the room thingy – I do it all the time!! LOL!!
LikeLike
YEah right said , shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh about cricket
LikeLike
you are so right about the fans being hit by ball. Remember chris gayle’s six hit a little girl in Bangalore and she had to go undergo surgery. WE had that phone at our grandparent’s place same black color. i still remember the number it is 73742. Oops, i don’t rember the emergency no, but the police, firestation and hospital were 100,101 and 102.
Many a times i open the fridge and forget why i opened it.:)
Nice read. I’m sure many will relate to the last point.
LikeLike
YEah I remember that , the poor girl had to go through so much , it was good that gayle visited her in the hospital tooo.
ohhh is it , ha ha so its ok for india then .. I thought 999 was standard international call ..
LikeLike
I read this a bit late….and not on a monday morning.. nevertheless it made my day !
LikeLike
🙂 Glad it did , Thank you so much
LikeLike
Forget,of purse we do.When I came to meet you at CCD,for a moment I forgot the reasoning had come there for.But,it’s only for a split second.
cricket…in my opinion,we play cricket so that cricketers replace regular models in Ads
LikeLike
ohh you did 🙂 he he he
very true about cricketers its becoming like that it seems for sure
LikeLike
well.. am not much of a cricket fan anyway… 😐
LikeLike
haanji it seems cricket is losing the charm it once had
LikeLike
Great display of bowling by Panesar and Swann.England deserve to win.
Also if a cricket fan gets hit then for a him it is gift for lifetime.For his whole life he will tell
his friend that how he got hit by so and so cricketer when he was watching match
LikeLike
It indeed was , which is funny as the pitch was specially made for spinners and we had three of them who could not use the conditions at all.. while the people who practise on pitches not suitable for spinning , made the most of it 🙂
oh yes it is gift for the fan for sure .. 🙂
LikeLike
Actually England had better spinners.The problem is we Indians just hype our players and Hardly praise others.Gramme Swann along with Saed Ajmal was one the top contender for world’s best spinner in test cricket from past 2-3 years.Panesar recently blasted Spin expert batsmen of Pakistan in UAE.Unfortunately for England Ajmal and other Pak spinners proved unplayable for them
On the other hand India had over hyped Ashwin whose 40 out of 53 test wickets were against West Indies and New Zealand in India.Harbhajan Singh who is unable to take wickets in Ranji trophy.So England was with the better spinners
Indian cricketer like politicians also just stick to their “kursi” and this make India to carry out of form past legends rather than inform players.So India have to pay price for it
LikeLike
Very true what you say , they definitely had better spinners . I hope we can do a bit better in the third test ..
LikeLike
Arrey they won one match and lost other big deal?? Even England needs to answer home 😀
lol @ the phone thing 😀 But I msis those instruments!
LikeLike
I like that , so true england also needs to answer home, but India did not even bother about the answering part when they visited england last time , they lost all the games 🙂
I have this instrument back home , not used , next time i come to india i will bring it with me 🙂
LikeLike
Hah, I hate cricket and I don’t understand sports. Never watch them honestly.
Good one on the old phone..ha ha ha
Room thing, happens to me ALL the time. I retrace my steps and often the thing just pops back in! Try it. But ya, seems funny, when we ask ourselves, why did I come here..heh heh
LikeLike
hmmm cricket has lost the charm, although i cant wait for the match that will be played next year india-pakistan at the edgbaston cricket ground.. if only i can get my hands on some tickets …
wait till you reach my age.. when you retrace your steps , you will forget why you retracing he he he he
LikeLike
Oh, the ‘forgetting’ thing happens to me always..
Arre, is post ko hi le lo – initially I decided I’d comment on a particular tidbit here, but ended up posting about this 😛 :D..so you see?
Great post. 🙂
LikeLike
he he he .. How are you doing sir ji , Thanks for coming over and phewwwwwwwwwwwwwww glad you ended up commenting something .. else i would not know you been here he he he he 🙂
LikeLike
enjoyed reading this one 🙂
have a great week ahead!
LikeLike
Hey .. Thank you for coming over .. good to see you here after a longgggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggg time , yeah its been that long 🙂 he he hehe
LikeLike
Ha Ha good one Bikram!
LikeLike
Thank you so much Dilip sir
LikeLike
Identify with all the things.
I have come to recognize some names of the not-so-famous countries. But, commendable that they get to participate in the Olympics.
And, some times I have to walk into a room twice before I remember what it was supposed to be!
🙂
LikeLike
Hmmm oh yeah thats why olypics is such a big occasion where the whole world comes together ..
twice is ok .. i do more than that he he he .. I have stopped a person and forgotten why i did that oooopsssssssssssssss .. I better not write more about that lest i am called in for a fact finding meeting 🙂
LikeLike
hehe… I miss watching cricket. I used to love doing that 🙂
LikeLike
Well let me assure you , you are not missing anything for sure 🙂
LikeLike
hahahahaha…LOVED the 999 one best!
you are a real clown!! 😀
LikeLike
Hello Hello , who you.. do I know you 🙂 🙂 he he he he
thank you so much mam.. glad you liked them and good ot see that laugh isn’t that what clowns are suppsoed to do .. so Job done 🙂
LikeLike
ha ha..999!!
LikeLike
Thank you so muchhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
LikeLike
backistan….hahahahahha
LikeLike
🙂 Thank you thank you
LikeLike
There are many more I guess I’ve missed them in olympics too… 😛
LikeLike
yes true .. How are you doing , long time no see
LikeLike
Ha ha Ha. I loved reading the last one. So many times, I’ve walked into a room with so many thoughts and wondered as to “Why the Hell i came in here ”
and as for the emergency, ROFL. 9 ..9..oh wait he’s dead. lol 🙂
Good one there 🙂 Loved reading it 🙂
LikeLike
🙂 Glad you did, he he he Thank you so much
LikeLike