One thing Iam known for is falling (No Nis not from anybody’s grace,Deeps ..don’t laugh!) If its not some cow, bull, xyz making me take a tumble, then I somehow manage to do so on my own!
And Iam not talking about falling as in falling in love, falling for something etc etc..
The Good Lord knows, even though I try to be extra careful n watch my step most of the time, I somehow end up tripping, slipping, tumbling or FALLING…if someone has to fall it has to be me, no two ways about that!
The most recent fall being a few weeks back, when I was on my way to Goa. We stopped at a petrol bunk in a small place called Yellapur, to fill gas and answer nature’s call. Since it had been raining continuously, there was slush everywhere and me being me, specially changed into my Nike ACG(all condition gear) to walk thru the muck towards the loo.I walked with the utmost care possible, watching each step, lifting one foot, placing it on firm ground, getting a grip and only then lifting the other foot off the ground. I had made it to the door and the joy and relief of having made it without slipping to the much needed bladder relief centre was short lived. As I took the last step my ankle twisted (can u believe it…God is really cruel!)and it was twist,slip,stretch,thump…
All I could see was my friend, the petrol bunk guys and some cows around (darn em..it must have something to do with em!) trying hard to pretend(that’s in bold n underlined n in capitals if u please!) that they were NOT laughing at me.(Ha!they thought I was dumb enough to believe they were all laughing at something amusing that seemed to have happened out of the blue just before I fell!)
The bunk guys disappeared and took a long time to provide us with their “service with a smile” (they were busy hiding inside and laughing!).
I still haven’t heard the last of it from my fellow traveler and it has become a favorite “anecdote to be narrated without fail” at all kinds of gatherings.
And the cows, less said the better. I was grateful that they were least involved in the whole affair. Though I am positive I saw them laughing too!
Nike: ACG is all Bulls##t! Doesn’t help, doesn’t work…remind me to sue those guys!