Tuesday, April 19, 2011

Not funny


I entered Al Wahda Street on my morning walk and saw my gardener-friend from Lanka holding a man’s hand and yelling.
“Will you give the money or not?”
“Get lost,” came the reply.
 “Tomorrow if you don’t reach here with the money, you will get a punch,” shouted my friend.
“Get lost.”
I played the referee. “Hey, stop the fight.”
They laughed. “Oh, you thought it’s serious. We were just joking.”
Shucks. Weird sense of humour.
I have this nasty habit of getting into trouble playing the umpire.
I remember an incident in my earlier newspaper office when a jumbo reporter had a tiff with a rabbit-size (hey, don’t take it literally) colleague and began chasing him. The rabbit ran after passing a four-letter comment. The jumbo caught the rabbit at the corridor. While others watched, I ran to break the brawl.
By that time, the jumbo had taken control. Clasping the neck and pushing the rabbit’s head down, the jumbo got set to pack a punch, when I thrust my head in between.
 “Buckkk.”
I received the punch and screamed.
“Sorry, sorry,” repeated the jumbo, but the rabbit escaped.
The other colleagues’ mocking look said it all: “Dumbo, why do you think we did not interfere?”
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  1. Felicity Grace TerryApril 19, 2011 at 7:27 PM

    This happened to Husband dearest when he went to the aid of a woman being beaten by her husband - the result being they both turned on him. I guess its not always appreciated when we take on the role of good samaritan.

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  2. nituscornerApril 19, 2011 at 8:13 PM

    hmm!! hope u r careful next time. dont lose your teeth pliz!!

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  3. adithyasaravanaApril 19, 2011 at 8:21 PM

    .. but we all stay away thinking that some one really nice like our ramesh would intervene, helping us feel free of guilt.. these are occupational hazards of an umpire.. right?

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  4. TomzApril 19, 2011 at 9:27 PM

    Thanks god, Rameshji is back to form..

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  5. RajlakshmiApril 19, 2011 at 9:39 PM

    ohh poor poor you :P ,,, that must be painful :D

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  6. Rek SeshApril 19, 2011 at 11:46 PM

    Reminds me of the hindi phrase ..this age is not for good deeds...should follow the mumbaite's example, all will be well... :)

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  7. ShobhaApril 20, 2011 at 5:34 AM

    Helping someone puts you into trouble these days... my hubby dear has this habit too.

    KAR BHALA TO HO BHALA (THEN)
    KAR BHALA TO HO BURA (NOW)

    lolz....

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  8. Harish P IApril 20, 2011 at 6:34 AM

    Be careful dear friend. take my advice and interfere only one or two blows are landed. That way you can be sure its not a joke and fighting parties will be a bit exhausted for beating up the umpire.

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  9. chitraApril 20, 2011 at 7:06 AM

    ithu thevaya....Ramesh, nalla kidachirukume:)

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  10. RachnaApril 20, 2011 at 7:58 AM

    Yeah, it is a little dicey to get in the middle especially when someone gets in the way of punches :). Hopefully, your jaw stayed ok along with its contents :).

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  11. InsigniaApril 20, 2011 at 8:21 AM

    Poor you! :)

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  12. InternApril 20, 2011 at 8:40 AM

    nasty punch eh? bad bad

    next time.. carry a helmet :P

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  13. ThinkingApril 20, 2011 at 8:57 AM

    hmm....they didn't stop the scene because they like to see the free...whatever....

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  14. SmitaApril 20, 2011 at 10:21 AM

    hehehehe...people don't value geniune ppl these days ;)

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  15. ShobhaApril 21, 2011 at 9:06 AM

    Hi Ramesh,
    I have an award for all my friends. Please visit my other blog, FOOD MAZAA to collect it.

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  16. AnonymousApril 21, 2011 at 9:43 AM

    :)

    This post made me smile. Peacemakers always get into trouble.

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  17. AshaApril 21, 2011 at 10:52 AM

    my little son interevened once between his school friends and got a punch on his nose. I got a call from the school, and when i went i saw him lying on the school bench with a bloody nose.
    From then on, i told him to keep away from such fights, they would resolve on their own.

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  18. My Unfinished LifeApril 22, 2011 at 7:21 PM

    well, sometimes its better to let two warring people sort out issues!!!

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  19. Rama AnanthApril 24, 2011 at 8:54 PM

    Very Funny.It shows that we should mind our own business.But why do I get the feeling that you have not learnt?

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  20. BK Chowla,April 25, 2011 at 7:30 AM

    Stay away.
    Havent you heard of this one!
    Everyone for himself and God for everyone

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  21. AnonymousApril 25, 2011 at 7:50 AM

    Yup...better be careful when you interfere in fights, you could be on the receiving end... Many tragic incidents have happened because of such habits.

    By the way I am trying to contact you ( work related) but you never turn up in office when we are working and after office hours I just forget about that matter... What to do?

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  22. Swapna Raghu SanandApril 26, 2011 at 1:14 PM

    Oh no! How do you manage to make it sound so funny at the same time?

    Reminds me of a famous malayalam movie dialogue 'Nammaley okey palu illathey kanaan valarey vrithikeydaanu.'

    Piddi kitiyo?

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  23. hamaarethoughts.comApril 27, 2011 at 10:43 PM

    funny! :)

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  24. FidaMay 2, 2011 at 11:32 PM

    I just can picture you - grin! You reminded me of the following (true story): our village Dr sat in a restaurant (in a different village) at a table where two men were fighting. When it became violent, he tried to keep them for going at each other's throat - they turned around, looked at him, lifted him up and threw him out the window.

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