It's Sometimes Hilarious...

...How funny my line of work can be. I tell you, I meet such characters! People who stand out for their sheer eccentricity, who are so extremely comical that meeting them is an experience in itself! I shall tell you about 3 of the many people I've met, and you can judge for yourself.

Number One: The Shy Interviewee (A Real Pain To Talk To)

Why grant an interview if you're not going to talk? This one lady I interviewed, just refused to open her mouth! Sure, she answered questions, but it's difficult to get material for my copy if she doesn't elaborate, you know? This woman just clammed up and said, "I don't like talking about my achievements!" Well, that's admirable, I suppose, but not when you're giving an interview.

In some context, I asked her her husband's name, to which she dryly replied, "Is that necessary?" Oh come on, why not let me be the judge of that? Plus, if it wasn't necessary, would I really be asking it? (Perhaps she was too shy to say her husband's name aloud, who knows?)

Number Two: The Over-Excited PR Man ("Wow! An interview!")

PR professionals are a dime a dozen in this country, but some really stand out. This particular one I met, while covering a L'oreal parlour and a restaurant (both accounts of which he handled) was just bounding over the place with excitement, at the thought of them being covered in Femina. He didn't stop talking the entire time, I think he asked me a minimum of 7 times whether I wanted tea.

This man was so thrilled, he even suggested I get my hair done at the L'oreal place, to which I said a shocked NO, I didn't let anyone but Asif (Transcend, TollyClub) touch my hair! He seemed disappointed, but just for 2 seconds. Right after that, he asked me if I wanted a manicure. Enough said.

Number Three: The PR Guy Who Gave The Interview On Behalf Of His Client (This one takes the cake!)

Again, a reticent interviewee, who just wouldn't talk even though I knew for a fact that her achievements were many. Her PR guy, on the other hand, more than made up for it. Not only did he tell me about her involvement in some TV programmes and an award she's recently been given, but he even told me her favourite movies, her favourite kind of tea, and the city she'd travelled to last! (To which the interviewee said to him, "Baap re, tumi toh amake besh bhaloi jano, better than I know myself!)

I tell you, it's worth it doing what I do, if not for the exposure, then for meeting these gems!

Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum videtur.

- That means, "Anything said in Latin sounds profound."
Don't believe me?
Here's a list of some of the most idiotic stuff you could say in Latin, translated. Sounds wise and impressive initially, but wait till you read the English equivalent!
Thanks to Rajarshi Sen for being a great Gtalk partner and discussing this with me. *grin*
And also, thanks to the Internet for being a many-splendoured thing. You can literally find everything on it.

Fac ut vivas! - Get a life!
Vacca foeda - Stupid cow.
Aio, quantitas magna frumentorum est - Yes, that is a very large amount of corn.
Antiquis temporibus, nati tibi similes in rupibus ventosissimis exponebantur ad necem - In the good old days, children like you were left to perish on windswept crags.
Anulos qui animum ostendunt omnes gestemus! - Let's all wear mood rings!
Ascendo tuum! - Up yours!
Gradus Anus Rodentum! - Not worth a rat's ass!
Non plaudite. Modo pecuniam jacite - Don't applaud. Just throw money.
Qualem blennum! - What a doofus!
Qualem muleirculam! - What a bimbo!
Bovina Sancta! - Holy cow!
Capillamentum? Haudquaquam conieci esse! - A wig? I never would have guessed!
Caro putridas es! - You're dead meat!
Carpe Cerevisi - Seize the beer!
Cogito ergo doleo - I think, therefore I am depressed.
Cogito sumere potum alterum - I think I'll have another drink.
Da mihi sis crustum Etruscum cum omnibus in eo - I'll have a pizza with everything on it
Vir prudens non contra ventum mingit - A wise man does not urinate against the wind.
And the most brilliant of all...
Estne volumen in toga, an solum tibi libet me videre? - Is that a scroll in your toga, or are you just happy to see me?

Anthem.

Presenting the latest JUDE Ug-1 anthem...

"Banana banana banana-
Trochee trochee...
Banana anapaest iambic pie...
Iambic pie. Hey!
Iambic pie. Hey!
Iambic pie. Hey!
Iambic pie!"

*sigh*
Don't even ask, if you value your sanity.

I was sketched!

Had gone with Ma to this event at Weavers Studio on Saturday night, was helping out with welcoming the Press, etc etc etc. They're bringing back the Indigo dye, by organising an exhibition called 'Neel'. Anyway, I'm not going to bore you with all that, but just cut to the main part of the story. There was this French fellow who had come, and was sketching everything. After a while he went and sat outside, under a tree, and started sketching random people. I was getting bored inside, and went out for a minute, to get some fresh air. The fellow started sketching me! I wasn't aware of it, I wasn't even looking at him, but my sister called me inside and told me. I was a little freaked out, so I struck up a conversation with him, asked him whether he was an artist or not. He replied, "Beeg artisth!" (Presumably meaning "Big artist!") It was at that very moment that I caught a glimpse of his drawing of me. It looked a bit like this: (I labelled the parts I found rather insulting...)

Maybe he was being sarcastic when he said he was a 'beeg artisth'?

Note: My drawing isn't good (I'm not very artistic), but consider that mine is a Van Gogh masterpiece compared to his!!

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