Here’s a message I found on an auto recently:
It seems to imply that the person patronizing this service is…a female horse….!
But it’s actually the Kannada-ization of the emphasis on the word customer… (phonetically, "customer-Ey")
Messages like these really add spice to the humdrum day….here’s another romantic message on another auto….
That says, "the mind is full of you"….wonder which lucky damsel the auto guy was thinking of! ⊕
"Will you walk into my parlour?" Said the spider to the fly. "I've spread a carpet of silk and diamonds! Walk in, and don't be shy! Do come along, for I grow thinner... I've LOVE to have you, ahem, for dinner!" Jokes apart, Funnel Web Spiders also called Wolf Spiders, are named because of the funnel-like web they weave...and the second name is given because they are ferocious predators. They build a flat sheet of nonsticky web with a funnel-shaped retreat to one side or occasionally in the middle, depending on the situation and species. The typical hunting mode is…
It was like a rare alignment of the planets: several factors come together to pull me out of my usual Ranga Shankara ambit for watching a play. I had not been to visit Bangalore International Centre, which opened a while ago in Domlur; Bangalore Little Theatre, as part of their "VP 80" festival, was staging "Credit Titles"; the play, written by Vijay Padaki, whose 80th birthday the festival marks, was based on a story by Vinod Vyasulu, an eminent economist whom I've known for a long time, as our daughters share a cose friendship dating from 1988. And last but…
Here’s one I saw few weeks ago.. ” Uncle offeesige ge, Aunty Taakeesige”..roughly translated – “uncle heads to work, aunty sneaks away to the movies”…
Nice! Enjoyed that very much!
Oh man, we should do a full fledged post on this and throw it open for comments. I used to pass time reading forums which discussed these messages in fascinating detail!
My problem with not being able to read in traffic jams owing to riding a two-wheeler got solved permanently. I make it a point to tail autos in sluggish traffic now.
Siri Srinivas….do post whatever you see, too!