Two things that are never bought at the same time

While I was sitting in the hospital (outside the ICU), I noticed an old man take small steps. He was leaning on his walking stick.

I know there is nothing funny in an old man using a walking stick. But his Fila shoes were funny. He was wearing a Fila Racer 6 – a top of the line running shoe that even the Satyam Computers employees can only dream of.

Perhaps, his son just came back from US. Perhaps not. But it did set me thinking…now I wanted to know two things that are never bought at the same time. A walking stick and a Fila Racer 6, for instance.

Here are a few others –

Viagra & Silk stockings
Napkins & Condoms
Amrutanjan balm & condoms
Cash counter & begging bowl
Wedding ring & handcuffs
Air Cooler & an Air conditioner
Washing machine & a wife
Iron box & a wife
Porn video & Playboy

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