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Prone to hyperbole. Self indulgent to a fault. Compulsive Liar. Inveterately Honest. Obviously Oxymoronic.
Showing posts with label Humor. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Humor. Show all posts

Friday, August 7, 2009

Pithy Hilarity-8

Me: I ought to stop leaving my earphones lying around. There is all sorts of muck on them.
Him: Umm... You do realise where they spend most of their time right?
Me: Ok, I'm Off.
Him: But you just got here.
Me: Some emergency purchases. (Makes mental note to buy Ear buds on his way home).

Wednesday, July 22, 2009

Pithy Hilarity - 7

Me: "The more I think about it the less sense phrases like "more evolved" make. To evolve is to change. To assign a change superiority just because it occurred later does not make sense, especially when the effects of said change can never be evaluated at given point in time."

Him: மூடுறீ !

Thursday, November 20, 2008

Pithy Hilarity-6

A(n) (un)common friend was the topic of discussion
Him: That dude is dumb.
Me: Oh Cmon, he can't be that bad.
Him: He once spent 79.99 on weight loss pills they advertised on the Radio. The RADIO! Must have been some really convincing before and after pictures!

Thursday, September 18, 2008

Burn After Reading

Hilarious!
The Coen's do such an immaculate job of distancing us from the general conceit of the story that the characters and all of their misgivings result in complete laugh-out-loud ( LOL for the spelling challenged text message generation) situations. Every single ominous note in the sound recording just served to push me further and further into the recesses of rational judgement of the absurdist scenarios. And J.K.Simmons who is written in as a rational counterpoint, or in my understanding as the audience POV, absolutely kills! I really liked him in Juno and now the Coens give him another great role. The subtext I saw - In a crazy, crazy world the innocents are always the first casualties. Exhibits 1 and 2 - Richard Jenkins as Ted, the gym manager (channeling the lovable loser he played in "Rumor Has it"), and Brad Pitt as Chad, a completely out of depth trainer.

This ranks as my second favorite Coen comedy after "O' Brother Where Art Thou?". (I know I know everyone loves "The Big Lebowski" - but you know what they say about opinions and ass-holes).
P.S: Should I be scared that as soon as I saw the contraption Harry Pfarrer built in his basement I knew EXACTLY what it was?

Saturday, August 30, 2008

Pithy Hilarity - 3

Explaining Nalangu to a white colleague (WC):

W.C: Wait, after pretending to come back from a holy city, you have to play games? Like Intra mural sports?
Him: Not exactly. For example, we both have to find a small object hidden inside a bronze thin necked vessel.
W.C: This is madness!
Him: This is Smartha!!

Frank Miller, how do you like them apples?

Friday, August 15, 2008

Pithy Hilarity-2

Conversation on Arguments...

Him: There are 2 arguments I don't get into.
Me: And what would they be?
Him: Arguments I know I will lose and arguments I know I will win.
Me: Makes sense.
Him: More often than not, they're the same argument.
Me: Now you've lost me.

He smiled in satisfaction.

Friday, August 8, 2008

Pithy Hilarity

Conversation on arranged Marriage:
Me: So you have a list of qualities that need to be satisfied?
Him: Nope. Just one.
Me: What?
Him: Mananthaal Mahababe, Illayel Maranadev
Shallow reflections.