A short one for today! One of my clever friends asked me this question – “What would page 347 of your autobiography read?” I came up with an equally clever reply – “Other best sellers by the same author….”
Sunday, March 30, 2008
Saturday, March 29, 2008
Laced with Traffic...
Today is the day that I finally did two things which I was planning to do for quite some time: go out and buy me a pair of shoelaces and put up a post on my blog. At least I was able to do one half of this successfully. I took my motorcycle to go to a leading shoe store. I just love riding my bike but it is becoming quite frustrating these days thanks to loads of traffic on the roads. A journey that would otherwise take just under 10 minutes actually took me 30 minutes to complete. All along the way, I had to navigate cars, motorcycles, buses and trucks as if I was navigating through a high sea in full fury. I often wonder if people are so particular about leaving their common sense at home when they bring their vehicles on the road! No wonder the traffic situation is so bad. Things would be so different if only people would just follow the basic rules of traffic like lane discipline, proper overtaking and respect the other vehicle driver on the road. But it seems that all these are things of the past.
After much waiting, honking and not giving in to road rage, I finally reached the shoe store after having spent several minutes to find a proper parking spot for my motorcycle. After a lot of searching, I finally found a spot in a by-lane, not too far from which I could see two cats ‘canoodling’. With utmost care, I parked my bike so as to not disturb the busy couple, and made my way to the shoe store. I walked in and asked the store clerk if I could see some black shoe laces to which he replied with a sheepish smile that the store has only shoes in stock, and does not keep shoelaces!! Technically he was right and I was the moron to have gone to a SHOE store and asked for a shoe LACE. At that particular moment however, I thought the other way round. I gave him one my prized expressions of utter disgust and walked out of the store, thinking that I might as well head back home and look up some ‘Shoelace stores’ in my area on the internet. I also wondered if the cats would be done or what I saw before was just the foreplay. But I guess those two didn’t have time to beat around the bush; they were sitting next to each other purring by the time I got back. In a strange way, I could make out a look of content on the face of the male cat. I wondered what it must be thinking. Then I realized the weirdness of what I was thinking, so I just got on my bike and rode off. Tomorrow, I plan to visit some ‘ShoeLace’ stores. I hope there are some close by!
After much waiting, honking and not giving in to road rage, I finally reached the shoe store after having spent several minutes to find a proper parking spot for my motorcycle. After a lot of searching, I finally found a spot in a by-lane, not too far from which I could see two cats ‘canoodling’. With utmost care, I parked my bike so as to not disturb the busy couple, and made my way to the shoe store. I walked in and asked the store clerk if I could see some black shoe laces to which he replied with a sheepish smile that the store has only shoes in stock, and does not keep shoelaces!! Technically he was right and I was the moron to have gone to a SHOE store and asked for a shoe LACE. At that particular moment however, I thought the other way round. I gave him one my prized expressions of utter disgust and walked out of the store, thinking that I might as well head back home and look up some ‘Shoelace stores’ in my area on the internet. I also wondered if the cats would be done or what I saw before was just the foreplay. But I guess those two didn’t have time to beat around the bush; they were sitting next to each other purring by the time I got back. In a strange way, I could make out a look of content on the face of the male cat. I wondered what it must be thinking. Then I realized the weirdness of what I was thinking, so I just got on my bike and rode off. Tomorrow, I plan to visit some ‘ShoeLace’ stores. I hope there are some close by!
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