Nana sent me a SMS at around 6.30 PM (IST). It read this "A bad news for u and us". Reading it shocked me. I was stunned for a minute. Hesitantly I SMSed back "What man ?". I was so much under shock that I stopped all work and was waiting seriously for his reply !!
Then after about 10 minutes, he SMS' back saying "Ineme RIN SUPREME BAR kedaikathu….SURF EXCEL BARa mariduchu..Ha ha ha !!!!" (means that Rin Supreme bar will not be available here after, since it has become Surf Excel bar (And for those who don't know what Rin Supreme and Surf Excel are – well you just don't watch TV, and how stuid is that !!)). This was meant to be a mimicry of the ad that is played in TV on the same subject.
It was funny alright, but the nervous moments that it gave me was of galactic proportions. I had never felt so nervous, so jittery, so shocked and so stunned ever in my life. I then re-couped and the humour in that made me forget the shock. Even Shyam was very appreciative of the humour that was on show. And I, well I felt like a Bakra !!
And then, I tried to make Bakra of a few more people using this trick. So I SMSed Jean, Raghib, Rajab, Sai, Sampath, Sriram, Sudharshini and Vinthya. I was waiting eager to get their responses !! Rajab was the first to reply back asking what happened. And I sent the second SMS. And then no more reply from him (I gues he should have used the baddest possible words in tamil to "praise" me !!). Then it was Sampath's turn. He did not SMS me back – but in his very own style, he gave me a couple of missed calls. Rajeev Nair called him back and we made a Bakra out of him.
Next was Sai's turn. He SMSed me and just like Rajab asked what had happened. I sent back the second SMS and then no reply from him. Knowing Sai very well, he would have certainly done what Rajab would have done !! Next it was Vinthya. She called me and asked me what happened. And I told her to check her mobile for the second SMS. Well, she started to blast the hell out of me. I had to keep the reciever some 2 to 3 inches far from my ear as it war raining words out of her mouth.
But the best of the lot was Sriram. He must have made atleast 5 calls to my mobile and when I finally called him back, he screamed his head off at me !! He had called up Jean, made her nervous and in turn became even more nervous in the process.
Now finally, all this was done with no intentions of causing any harm. It was great fun indeed, and yes it did involve dark humour. But, it also reminded me that there are quite a few people who do really care about me. Well, thanks guys, and trust me I'll never play such a trick again on you guys (no, I did not keep my fingers crossed while writing this. Well, actually I did !!)
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