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How years fly by. Back then I was a dashing 30 year old, but now I am reduced to a weary 33-year-old man. Though dark complexioned, back then I was a heart throb amongst the dark skinned, relatively short Dravidians but now am caught in a vortex of tall, fair & handsome Aryans.

I am referring to an incident which happened in 2006 – a girl reader from Gurgaon mailed me saying January 31st was her birthday and she wanted an article dedicated to her. The confident girl hadn’t even sent her photograph, which would have helped me decide (We are suckers for profiles pics…aren’t we?). But the magnanimous I wrote an article titled A Birthday Post for Himani Sahni on January 31, 2006.

The problem with such high value birthday gifts is that, the receiver gets a taste of it. So on January 29, 2007 – exactly a year later - when I was struggling with the Cricket World Cup 2007’s special for Yahoo….I spotted a mail in my inbox and have given the text on the side in bigger font and darker color (just for emphasis):

It is my Birthday tomorrow and I would again like to request you to write something really hilarious and interesting…..I know I am being over demanding but wanna open my eyes with a big smile!

Not too sure about your work schedule….so if things are tough at your end and you are time stressed then pls feel free to reject the request. I would not mind:-)

Can somebody have the guts to place a second free request? Well, some people do.
Can somebody have the guts to refuse a second free request from girls? Well, some people don’t.

The disadvantage of being a descendant of Mahabharat’s Karna’s family is that you continue giving. So on January 31, 2007, I wrote another birthday article for this Gurgaon based girl and named it And then, one year flew by.

The second article did raise my wife’s suspicion. How could a married man dedicate two posts to the same girl? It didn’t matter that this girl was 2500 kilometers away – she stayed in Delhi and worked in Gurgaon and I was in Chennai!

Maybe that’s why when months later I told Rekha that we were moving to Gurgaon, she was like: “Huh? Anything to do with this Gurgaon friend of yours?”

Anyway, coming back to the issue at hand….today is January 31, 2008 and I haven’t yet got a mail from this Gurgaon girl asking for a blog post dedicated to her. Familiarity does breed contempt. Now don’t you go around shouting: “Familiarity also breeds children!”

Happy Birthday Friend!


Note: If you are a pretty girl (aged 22-30…what the hell… let me increase it to 35) and your birthday is fast approaching, please get in touch with me. You could get a free birthday post!

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13 Comments »

  • S4n705h said:

    Hmmm. Something seriously wrong.. So you were waiting for the request. What ever that may be.. but i do wish that lady. Happy Birthday Himani

    # 31 January 2008 at 11:15 am
  • Nikhil said:

    FYI
    Preity Zinta turned 33 today [:)]

    # 31 January 2008 at 11:59 am
  • rads said:

    f you are a pretty girl (aged 22-30…what the hell… let me increase it to 35) and your birthday is fast approaching, please get in touch with me. You could get a free birthday post!

    Me! Me!! *shamless plug and all that, but seriously I mean this is too good an op to just be silent, and not let you have the pleasure of “mocking” me! *

    :D

    # 31 January 2008 at 5:30 pm
  • Pushkala said:

    “If you are a pretty girl (aged 22-30…what the hell… let me increase it to 35) and your birthday is fast approaching, please get in touch with me. You could get a free birthday post!” Hmmm.. I hereby do the advance booking! My birthday is on 8th May… :-) he heee…

    And Jammy, don’t worry.. Every one knows that you are young at heart… :-)

    # 31 January 2008 at 9:25 pm
  • rads said:

    o lord, that was way too early in the morning, even for the teeny sensible part of the comment-pitch!

    Damage done I suppose, but sure, I apply for a bunch of other interesting yet completely vain reasons.
    You do know the date don’t you? :)

    # 31 January 2008 at 11:38 pm
  • Raghuveeran said:

    Hey 33 years old kelewa… you are desperately waiting for that gorgeous pee nut aunty/girl/semi aunty to request you for a post. I think the probability of she being busy/forgot u is directly proportional to u being vetty/remembering her…

    Do turn back and see before mailing her or meeting her in that juice shop, your wife might be with a broom stick…

    anyways… belated wishes for that aunty/girl/semi aunty…

    # 1 February 2008 at 8:08 am
  • Jamshed V Rajan (author) said:

    AT RADS AND PUSHKALA: This platform sure seems like hunting grounds now. Pity, Ouchmytoe isn’t a ladies exclusive. Wouldn’t be nice if when men typed in www.ouchmytoe.com in their browser I were able to spot the gender and display a message ‘Sorry! Ouchmytoe is a ladies exclusive. Why don’t you try visiting some other blog or get a sex change operation done!’

    And NOOOO I don’t know the dates so please pass them on.

    # 1 February 2008 at 10:28 am
  • Nitin Srivastava said:

    HI JVR,

    Landed here for the first time and I must say had a good laugh, add to that the joy of surfing on employer’s expense …… I feel fresh now :)

    I have read 2 blog posts on birthday today, which also happens to be my birthday, funny coincidence this is

    Keep writing ! I’m subscribed to you…

    # 1 February 2008 at 3:46 pm
  • nk said:

    HAPPY BIRTH DAY RAJ… TIME SURELY FLIES … MY KID TURNS 5 YEARS ON FEB 13… DO YOU WRITE FOR KIDS ALSO .. ?? :)

    # 1 February 2008 at 4:34 pm
  • rads said:

    hehe, no worries. It was all in jest. :)

    # 1 February 2008 at 9:47 pm
  • ashesh said:

    Happy Birthday Jammy….

    # 4 February 2008 at 8:37 pm
  • Pushkala Laxminarayan said:

    Hi Jammy!
    A gentle reminder… Today is 18th April…. And 8th May is just 20 days away. For more information, refer to my previous comment in this blog post.
    :-)
    Hope you,Rekha and Rhea had a blast during Vishu!!! :-)

    # 18 April 2008 at 11:57 am
  • Bhavna said:

    Note: If you are a pretty girl (aged 22-30…what the hell… let me increase it to 35) and your birthday is fast approaching, please get in touch with me. You could get a free birthday post!….

    only 22???cant you lower it plzzzzzzzzz :D hahaha……..

    just kidding! :)

    # 29 May 2008 at 3:52 pm

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