On 8 August a contest titled “The Quick Retort” was announced on Ouchmytoe, which involved responding to a caustic comment by a boy friend to her girl friend. Read all about the interesting contest. If you remember right, it had been announced that the prize money will be Rs 500 (the same Rs 500 that … Read more
A few days back a friend of mine joked that if Google carries on at the speed it is now, Yahoo! will soon have to replace the exclamation mark with a question mark…like this – Yahoo? I wasn`t so sure then…but after I read these three articles I wonder if my friend has a contact, … Read more
Situation: Girl friend has cleaned up her main course at the family restaurant but the boy friend is yet to go beyond the chicken soup he had ordered. “No wonder you are fat!” Yes, that`s precisely what the boyfriend ends up saying, even though he wanted to say: “Honey, you look nice in this dress.” … Read more
On Sunday last we bought a pram for Rhea – our baby. Believe me, getting the right pram is a difficult task. You could be fooled too. Rekha walked up to me on Saturday morning and said: “We need to buy pram.” “I think, ‘p` is silent…for I have only heard it being pronounced as … Read more
Just so you know…I have quit smoking in office. There was a time, when I smoked 10 cigarettes a day…now it is just one or two. All this wouldn`t have been possible but for this colleague called Sunandini, who on seeing me smoking said: ‘Hey R-a-j-a-n! Your smoke is troubling me!” It only took me … Read more
Oscar Wilde had once said “Rich bachelors should be heavily taxed. It is not fair that some men should be happier than others.” How untrue? Who says bachelors are happy? They aren`t. It is not easy hanging around in the office, in pubs and finally sitting before a desktop and choosing between movies like ‘Angels … Read more
Three days back I met a girl in Gurgaon. Needless to say, she was pretty. I was smitten by her the moment I saw her – probably because I had spent six years in Chennai and was longing for somebody fair. If you are a Chennai woman you will have to excuse me…I am only … Read more
Sending off a friend on a short assignment out of town is a difficult task. More difficult if she is a 27-year-old pretty girl. Today one of my girl colleagues left for Mumbai on an assignment. She would be away from office for close to a fortnight and we are all going to miss her. … Read more