The Orange Dilemma

Fact 1: Orange juice is my favourite
Fact 2: At most juice shops, I find 'kinnu' masquerading as orange
Fact 3: Kinnu grows only in Ganganagar and nearby areas

I begin... Every time I'm going through a menu to order myself a juice, my eyes pause at orange for a moment and then continue. I almost never order orange juice, though it's my favourite. And no, it's not because it's about Rs. 3 costlier than most other juices.

The story goes like this. My grandpa owns a small piece of land and grows kinnu there. Ever since I was a kid, I have been blissfully enjoying the sourest fruit in the orange family. As I grew up, so did my love for orange/kinnu.

I used to savour the fruit whenever I was home because I was convinced I wouldn't find it anywhere. So I was happily gulping down orange juice in Chennai and sipping on kinnu juice in Ganganagar.

All was going fine until one fateful day, when I noticed a cartoon outside Gurunath, with the words 'King's kinnu' printed on it. The name sounded familiar. I went to have a closer look. To my surprise, it had a Ganganagar address on it. It might very well have been the company my grandpa sells his fruits to, I reasoned. So, by extension, extrapolation and some imagination, I ended up paying for the kinu owned by me. Interesting.

I then started noticing many such boxes all over the place. Result? I no longer order orange juice. Irrational? Imagine you were the CEO of Pepsi. Would ypu ever ever pay for a pepsi?

Narcissist Narmad:

Sweetcarbine: The only selfless love exists between a dog and a man. Not even a woman, cos dogs have been reported to be attracted to them.

The old man n' the elephant part-1

Once their lived a king,
as whimsical as... well, a king.
he had an elephant pet..
the animal would never trumpet...

a reward was declared for the one,
who could set off jumbo's siren...
Hordes of men tried their luck,
but gold was not to be struck...

Then appeared an old man,
with a limp in leg and staff in hand...
He hobbled around the elephant thrice,
and finally stood near his rear side...

All of a sudden he made his move,
sticking the staff up jumbo's groove
The elephant screamed like never before
and the old man left with riches galore

BT Brutes:

Sass: Quit smoking daaa... I'm against the anti-tobacco drive

123rd Page

Tagged by: Twilight Fairy, 2 months back

The rules: Pick up the nearest book. Go to page 123. Find the fifth sentence. Post the next three sentences. Tag five people, and acknowledge the person who tagged you.

" Michael spoke quickly. 'You've read about my father in the papers. You've seen that
there's no one here to guard him. Now I've just gotten word some men will come in to the hospital to kill him.' "

Shame on you if you don't know where this is from.