Monthly Archives: January 2012

It’s a buffalo on ebay

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It was 4 in the evening and the weather outside was frosty. The sky was laden with heavy clouds and everything seemed gloomy. You know the kind of weather that makes you want to cuddle up in front of fire with a cup of coffee and Emily Bronte’s Wuthering Heights. But wishes don’t always come true, do they? So, I was sitting at my office, staring at my laptop screen or rather at the write-up on ox car sticker (What is an Ox car sticker BTW ? Don’t ask me!) waiting to be edited and then a press release to be filed…

Well, was trying very hard to concentrate but all of a sudden BB (my colleague+HR) came bursting into my room and said “email ta check koro!” Very obediently I opened the inbox and saw a message from our Creative Designer and an image of a buffalo! “What’s wrong today? As if dealing with a write -up on Ox-whatever wasn’t enough and now I have to excruciate myself by going through an email on Buffalo?” grudgingly I muttered.

Anyways I opened the image and clicked on the link. And I saw a buffalo being sold on ebay! A young black buffalo which gives 20l milk per day. Pretty efficient I would say. Though the stuff was funny it made me wonder what if such things (you know selling cattle) become online. Well, the thought was voiced by one of my colleagues who hails from Uttarakhand and said “ Mere ghar mey teen bhais hay. Agar mujhe kal ko koi bhais bechni hay aur online bechne ka option hay toh phir isse better option kya ho sakta hay.” If we can sell  coal online then why not cattle?

BTW ebay India has removed the listing.

The image was shared  by many on Facebook, if you missed it then don’t worry. You can take a look at it here 🙂

Buffalo on Ebay

 

Madhuri Dixit is getting waxed at Tussauds! She does mani & pedi @ Eiffel Tower

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I am a big Madz fan and was quite excited when I heard that her wax statue would be included in the Madam Tussauds. But my excitement soon became a roller coaster ride of laughter and digging up Wren and Martin – courtesy newswallahs! Two biggie newspapers (India Today and Headlines Today) carried the story with a super headline that said Madhuri Dixit to be Waxed at Madame Tussauds. So, Madz goes all the way to Tussauds to get her waxing done! My next question – where does she go for her mani and pedicure? To Eiffel Tower! And BTW since when Tussauds became a celebrity beauty parlor?

Seriously, whoever wrote the headline did not know the meaning of the word ‘waxed’  or was trying to be funny in a lewd way.  Then there was this Bollywood portal called desihits which posted a video with the headline –Video: Madhuri Dixit is Getting Waxed! While going through these headlines a thought struck me – Madam Tussauds should have zeroed in on Anil Kapoor! What helluva news it would have made – Anil Kapoor getting waxed at Tussauds.

 

Let’s see what does Oxford dictionary tell us what does ‘waxed’ mean when it’s used as a verb –

1) Cover or treat (something) with wax or a similar substance, typically to polish or protect it: I washed and waxed the floor

2) Remove unwanted hair from (a part of the body) by applying wax and then peeling off the wax and hairs together: she waxed her legs when necessary

So, going by the headlines it means either Madhuri is getting covered with wax!! or she is going to the wax museum for yeah, you know hair removal! Sounds, gross, doesn’t it?

P.S. – I am not  a grammar nazi.