Sanskrit ‘Ko-ha-m’, ‘Who Am I’, can have ho-hum functions
Last week I acquired a name from an unknown quantity. The voice is as cheery as a telemarketeer’s, additionally opening with a chummy ‘Hello Bachi’. Immediately on guard, I reply with my insta-freeze ‘Yes’. But it doesn’t begin flogging deluxe flat, medical health insurance, termite remedy. Instead, it exclaims, ‘Guess who?!’ This caller-type I hate and dread. Because, in contrast to aforesaid annoyers, you possibly can’t promptly disconnect. Or, extra satisfyingly, topic to livid tirade. Instead, with spurious enthusiasm, you could undergo the foolish recreation. Jury’s out on whether or not telephone inquisition is preferable to in-person: the unrelenting ‘Come-on, say-it-if-you-know-it’ grilling you get from the acquaintance you meet however whose title has gone embarrassingly AWOL. Both sadists take their very own infuriating time to reveal their identification and finish your distress.
My Mystery Caller says non-helpfully, ‘I was your neighbour in X Apartments.’ Dude, I’ve issue putting guys who reside in my present housing block, and also you count on me to recall somebody from 4 a long time and as many addresses in the past?! He goes on, ‘I was the man who always won in the monthly Housie.’ Yeah, like that makes him Mr Forever Unforgettable. The miffed torment goes on, ‘Ouff, how you still cannot remember me? Your son was always at my flat, only. You were a working lady, no?’ Wow! So now it’s not solely my reminiscence, however my parenting too that’s being despatched on a guilt journey.
On cue, he pulls out that ideal-mother as aide-memoire. ‘Achha, I’ll offer you one other clue. My spouse Reema was with you in school.’ OMG, is he mad or wot? This goes even additional again than these far-apart flats. Disembodied voice of Un-remembered Reema butts in with ‘But, hey, I was miles junior.’ Really?! Now they’re being ageist too.
Still-Mystery Man has begun having fun with my audible discomfiture; he gleefully pulls out one futile prompt-card after one other. Finally, triumphantly he lets me off the hook; He TELLS ME HIS NAME. ‘Arre!’ I say as smarmily as potential, ‘Of course, I remember you!’
Yes, you guessed proper – I don’t.
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Alec Smart stated: “Lord Ganesha, please clear epic obstacles in path towards Maha Bharat.”
Disclaimer
This article is meant to deliver a smile to your face. Any connection to occasions and characters in actual life is coincidental.
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