Tuesday, November 08, 2005

Life's Mastercard

Boarding the 10 am route no. 623 everyday: Rs.8
A bunch of flowers along with a box of chocolates: Rs.75
Bribing the girl's hostel guard for 3 years: Rs. 1,500
Small marriage reception consisting of friends: Rs.3,700
Honeymoon in the backwaters of the Venice of the east: Rs.42,000
Four months of court hearings for alimony settlement: Rs.5,00,000
Waking up everyday hoping to find her on her side of the bed: Priceless

25 comments:

Casablanca said...
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Casablanca said...

That was hilarious :D

Though I did think it was autobiographical till the 'bribing the hostel guard' ;)

Madame Mahima said...

i agree with casa on the autobiographical bit =D
but this story is too sad

Anonymous said...

Something’s are truly priceless. But hey atleast there's MasterCard for the rest. :)

M (tread softly upon) said...

hey...why do priceless things have to end in such sadness? Would have loved a happier ending. (Forgive me, I'm a romantic at heart)

totti said...

You could have added this to the blog tale :). i don't have a mastercard.These things seem to happen only to people with Mcard so i am staying from Mastercard.

Mary said...

Great job! that was very funny :D

Rohan Kumar said...

@casablanca Thnk u, I'll make sure i put up some clarifications the next time round :)

@Mahima Nope its not autobiographical :) (look for an alternate story ending at the end of these comments)

@ad Very true I absolutely admire the creativity with which those ads are made, I wish they had a mastercard with whic i could buy ll the priceless moments

@M No the priceless bits are always funny on heart warming on the TV ads (look for an alternate story ending in the end of these comments)

@totti I am sure you have seen happier tales of Matercard holders on TV (plzzz dont get em to sue me citing loss of business)

@Mary thnx a lot

Boarding the 10 am route no. 623 everyday: Rs.8
A bunch of flowers along with a box of chocolates: Rs.75
Bribing the girl's hostel guard for 3 years: Rs. 1,500
Small marriage reception consisting of friends: Rs.3,700
Honeymoon in the backwaters of the Venice of the east: Rs.42,000
Four months of court hearings for alimony settlement: Rs.5,00,000
Installing a caller id after days of crank calls: Rs 500
Tracing all the blank calls out to be hers: Priceless

Madame Mahima said...

hahaah now THAT's hilarious :D

Casablanca said...

Noooo... its still sad. Atleast twisted. They are already divorced :(

Swathi Sambhani aka Chimera said...

i sorta liked the story in ur comments section better...
nice one there n that ad of Mastercard is too good.

Miss M said...

Very creative! The first story was wayyyyy too sad! But the second was just hillarious! lol. Nice one. =D

Prerona said...

lol. good one. but one internet fwd spoiled me for mastercard sequences forever :)

I'm sorry I missed the link. I've added it now. Check. U dont mind that I overran the limit?
Also, I wasnt sure about something in the bit that teleute added, but i just assumed something and went on. :)

Rohan Kumar said...

@Mahima Glad u enjoyed it, hope M agrees

@Casablanca I have held out an ounce of hope (she has all the dough though so it aint so sad ;) )

@Swathi Thnk u I luv those commercials too

@medha Thnx, I guess there's bit too much escapism in the 2nd one but I guess it appeals to all :)

@Prerona I know that fwd was really neat, I did read ur bit and commented on it too neat job (I wouldnt worry too much abt overrunning coz there was no limit)

M (tread softly upon) said...

this one i like....priceless!

Casablanca said...

No dont get me wrong... I have nothing against sad endings. I'm a realist, you see ;)

Rohan Kumar said...

@M Awww u r too kind thnk u thnk u

@Casablanca But of course you do, ur post proves the same ;), but realism doesnt mean sad endings necessarily (the alternate story can so easily be the real ending u see)

Casablanca said...

Funny you should say that, your own elevator story didnt really have a 'happy future' :)

As for my post... hmmm, it was misunderstood in certain ways. Just did a new post to explain part of it...

(See, I'm picking up the publicity stunt as well ;) )

totti said...

Man!i can't say a full sentence without being challenged.I can't bowl a ball without being sledged. I thought you would take it as a compliment :p. See, then you would have written something about everything!!! And, i can surely find three instances of where you quoted your own post.It is not even a challenge :))

Rohan Kumar said...

@Casablanca oh it had the best future ever i thought ;)

@aristera How abt a handpicked lot along with a Cadbury's box available anywhere in Delhi (ho says they have to be the priciest lilies and Godivas)

@totti I accept ur compliments wholeheartedly, the challenge stands flagged down in the light of ur sissy attitude shown in taking it up

Susu said...

for now all of our VISA or AMEX have failed to get us a girl at AISLE 5:( so that too can be added to the priceless' list...

totti said...

WTH Sissy?Thats it.you are going down.
Can we re-state the challenge for the sake of record? It is good for you that i am a lot busy than i ought to be.And, there is no PCG.I would have taken out your bowling instead.*Muhahaha*. Pointy, back me on this

M (tread softly upon) said...

the second ending was inspirational...remembered some of my priceless moments on my blog. Thanks Rohan!

Rohan Kumar said...

@Susu I thought the girls End Zone accepted all the 3 mentioned cards ;)

@totti You sounded most SISSY in your defence (like Butters of SP), as I said the challenege has been flagged off for you (it had a PG 13 rating u see), and U busy with ur 'experiments' (hahahahahahahaha)
BTW incidentally both you and Pointy have faced the wrath of my batting sword on the cricket field

@M Aha priceless moments from a priceless blog :)

Casablanca said...

Susu,
Use the credit card first at Tiffany's... after that I'm sure the girls wont be 'priceless' anymore ;)

Totti,
What is this? You are giving in? You disappoint me, young master Gandalf!