Gibberdom

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Location: Madras, India

Thursday, August 23, 2007

Shorter Messaging Service

Hae baby tz meh i knt txt u koz i gt no crdt..I wnt ta b wid u 2 baby i luv u baby i wna hld u tyt 2..Txt bk ta my fne..Buh i knt reply hw am i gnah gt hld ov u?Knt u ring my cel pwez?

Laughed at this SMS for days. Who the hell is that desperate soul?
For some reason this SMS reminded me of Kabir and Tulsidas’s dohas and Tiruvalluar’s kurals. Seems we have come a long way from the days when people used to write verses about God and goodness. I guess the current hot topic is ‘baby’.

Was that message actually from the sender to his/her ‘baby’? Or, was that a tease? I do not think somebody who grieves ‘koz i gt no crdt’ would spend 20 cents on SMSing a stranger. Looking back, I realize that I have somehow avoided on-the-face teases all my life. Well, except for the one time, long back, when those three whistling girls uncontrollably laughed at me. Other than that, I guess people prefer laughing behind my back. I think the credit should go to my just-out-of-asylum looks.

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