I had .....(u'll know y i used the word "had" ) respected this term called "common sense" since ages. But some of the incidents which my pal had to go through (n i was a party to all the fun too ...) has left me n my "common sense" in an appalling state.....Here is the reason y...
Last week me n my pal were sitting in Barista sipping the cooolest.....( read that as the cheapest) drinks on the menu. My friend ...... was expecting to take his gal out on shopping after he was done with the " Instant bru".
Scene 1:- Her highness appears (45 min late...which is pretty usual) .
Gal (Her Majesty G) :- Hi Guys......i think i didnt get time to put on my eyeliner becos of u. See inorder to be on time i had to leave my eyes as it is. See how bad this looks......
My Pal (MP) ( trying to use common sense n praise his gal ):- Hi Cynthia, u r looking absolutely fine. (After thinking a lot) ......I wonder how (sweet ) u wud look after putting those eyeliners on .......(HH conviniently thought that his tone wud be assumed as one filled with praise which actually was n thought that he wud be showered with affection)
G:- What do u mean by how i wud look??
We realised that point he uttered with such mushy overtones to it, was not understood......n hence His Highness went into a panic mode n activated disaster control mechanism that was worse than what was activated by Municipal Corporation when Mumbai was flooded......
:-))
MP:- I obviously meant u wud look great. Ask Prasad If u want to.
P:- Yeah He obviously meant the same.....(cudn't stop laughing).
G:- When was it obvious? U guys have this BIG PROBLEM...... u aint clear about anything.....blah blah......(all this reminded me of how in an ad for a toothpaste(pepsodent) the Mom wud blast his son for apparently no fault of his ).
After this, there was a pause in the shelling from across the border.I thought as shopping was
their agenda lets try n escape myself out from it n go home n chill ....so taking the cue...
P :- Cynthia, chill....u have to shop n MP wont have the time after tomorrow as hes gonna go onsite. So better hurry up.
G:- Yeah, see how U GUYS......almost messed up the evening.
(I was like hello..........u r late , u blast ur guy in front of ppl , i suggest a way out n wats the
result......... we get the spanking for the delay....)
Now as we started to leave......G has this cutie pie friend who enters n greets her. Obviously MP
says a polite hi n goes around talking crap about how her exams went etc etc...... while i
didnt know her much so gave a smile n said hi(envied MP for just picking up stale talk with cutie pie n G). She talked for a while mostly bout stuff that
didnt even remotely bother any aspect of my life ( how can embroidary on someone's saree be of
any interest to me) But MP trying to salvage lost pride tried some damage control by contributing his bits n pieces like....."The embroidery is fine but if it wud have been done this way it wud have been perfect" as if he was wearing sarees from childhood.
Cutie pie leaves in a while . N see the scene that unfolds. Never imagined that me keeping quiet (which is seldom) wud do so much good to enhance my already maligned reputation..... :)))
Scene 2:-
G:- (to MP)--- It was amazing to know that u know about embroidery???
MP:-(To G)---- Actually Prasad used to tell me bout it cos he knows a lot about it from his experience ...
at this point i was startled....never in my entire 23 years of existence tried to acquire any
knowledge about the stuff MP was talking.
G:- Oh so u learnt it from him? But cudnt u learn something bout maintaining some silence? All
the while when u were talking u seemed to be faking it all? U were giving her more attention.(i realised this was the issue that was central to the bashing which was to follow) Everytime i tried to stop u , u simply wudnt. Y dont u understand? Pls gimme a break y cant u USE UR COMMON SENSE....?
MP:- But thats wat i was using till now......(still not realising the gravity of the situation)
G:- Then Pls do me a favour.....whenever u r with me.....leave ur common sense at home. I
think in ur case No Sense is Better than Common Sense....n she stormed out of barista.
Conclusion:= I dunno whether wat MP did was rite or wrong but wat i have realised is that....
This saying "No sense is better than Common Sense " wud come in handy next time
someone ( read that as maybe/most probably me ) faces a situation like my dear pal MP.
