Friday, September 14, 2007

Dummie’s guide to reading the signs – (not strictly restricted to signs as in ‘body language’)

Disclaimer: Most (yes, most) of the points mentioned here are the author’s own observations. N
one of the instances mentioned here are to be considered as diagnostic in nature.

1) If your call in the middle of the night to a friend is greeted with an unusual, long vowelled hey (like heeeeeeeey), know for god’s sake that he’s digging his nose into something else. Like in the middle of courting a cute face on chat or simply in bed trying to get some sleep. If you intend to continue your conversation, you will most certainly be encountered with disinterested monosyllabic answers (ranging from ‘ohhh’ to ‘mm’). You will even be bewildered when he loses the track completely and tries to make it up by posing stupid questions.

2) Girls can fake attention like no other. For instance, if your conversation is responded with way too many ‘nods’, be sure that it’s time to decide if you really want to continue that. Same way, if you can make out a fake smile you would save yourself from the embarrassment of feeling exhausted for no use whatsoever.

3) On a date, if your date displays no visible preference for any of the exotic delicacies mentioned in the menu - and simply says you order - it is more likely that he or she has absolutely no idea whatsoever about the cuisine. May be you will want to consult him/her the next time (if at all there was one).

4) If you are jobless for a couple of months and had no luck in a million job interviews and are in the brink of frustration, try and keep cool. This situation most certainly lands you up in a nice job in the end. Rather unexpectedly when you almost gave up all the hopes.

5) Ok, it could be the best seller that won the biggest prize for writing. But if you couldn’t cross more than 10 pages no matter how hard you tried, the book, most certainly, is just not your choice. Chances are more likely that the book will lurk around in your bookshelf without you even being bothered about the space it occupies – if not for any other reason.

6) Ok, you think you look handsome and are smitten with your looks. But, on a Friday, if your favorite T-shirt decides to play the traitor and could no longer camouflage your flourishing potbelly; it’s high time you decide whether start going to gym or send those t-shirts flying out of the window.

With that, I guess I’ve exhausted my imagination. Well, it’s time for me to read more signs.

P.S: Thanx for the fellow bloggers for inspiring me to think (if I can call this inspirational thinking)

7 comments:

ad libber said...

I completely agree with the first sign. Mot of the time my midnight conversations end with one of either falling asleep on the phone or, in a few exceptional moments, a few heart to heart talks no one remembers anything about the next morning.

Supernova said...

3rd: dis is smthng i have actually done on more den one occassion.
4th: i agree. even i experienced it:)
5th: this is the case wid almost all the bookers prize books n all...i have tried and dumped god of small things, suitable boy n many others:(
6th: ya dis happened wid me n u know wat i did...i switched to wearing kurtis wid jeans..lolz:D

nice blog:)

Shveta Sharma said...

This so damn cool and so true!Point 1 and 4 rock! Interesting blog...U l find me commenting frquently now ;)

pepe M. said...

hahaha, you hit me there at point no.5...i always end up buying books while waiting for my flights not to kill my spare time but to use it inserting my boarding pass...hehehe and my bf even charged me of trying to look a pseudo intellectual college student :( grrrrrrrrrrrrr!

pepe

distanthorizon said...

Thanx everybody for assuring me that i'm just not writing crap.. lolz... and btw shveta, visitors are always welcome... :-)

G said...

hahaa 1 and 4 are absolutely true :-). So many times I have ended midnight conversations like tht :-)

Unknown said...

U hav spoken my heart;-)I really enjoyed reading this ...as many have said,the 1st one rocks!!! Expecting much more similar ones ...