Try this for Fiction!
Yesterday, I was talking to a senior colleague R, who pulls my leg quite often. During the conversation, he kidded me about demanding a piece of office equipment ...
R: Go and tell GD that the only thing you need in life is a US-connect+caller-id extension phone, rest everything in this world is going great!
Me: I have no great wish for one [and added as a good measure] Only few days back N concluded that I do not crave for any materialistic thing in this world.
R: [laughs] N must be really happy.
Me: Well, I don't about happy, but yes, it is true, that I am not crazy about anything. Perhaps the only thing I am really fond of is books.
R: [dramatically brightened up] Is this really so? [looks around at the technical documentation lying around] I will give all you these conference proceedings, this techinical literature, these publications, when I leave. You can read them with pleasure!
Me: Hold on! Let me clarify! When I meant I like books, I meant FICTION.
R: So?? Who said all of this stuff is for real? They say, do it in this manner, this works great in this way - it is all actually Fiction!
Me: [straightfaced] It is not fiction. It is FANTASY.
Yesterday, I was talking to a senior colleague R, who pulls my leg quite often. During the conversation, he kidded me about demanding a piece of office equipment ...
R: Go and tell GD that the only thing you need in life is a US-connect+caller-id extension phone, rest everything in this world is going great!
Me: I have no great wish for one [and added as a good measure] Only few days back N concluded that I do not crave for any materialistic thing in this world.
R: [laughs] N must be really happy.
Me: Well, I don't about happy, but yes, it is true, that I am not crazy about anything. Perhaps the only thing I am really fond of is books.
R: [dramatically brightened up] Is this really so? [looks around at the technical documentation lying around] I will give all you these conference proceedings, this techinical literature, these publications, when I leave. You can read them with pleasure!
Me: Hold on! Let me clarify! When I meant I like books, I meant FICTION.
R: So?? Who said all of this stuff is for real? They say, do it in this manner, this works great in this way - it is all actually Fiction!
Me: [straightfaced] It is not fiction. It is FANTASY.
10 comments:
Well, technical documentation is actually not that far from fantasy!
Have a great weekend!
i love fiction too. But i got a friend who hates fiction. This doesn't mean he reads those conference proceedings and all, but he's into autobigraphies and some other 'real' work.
btw who's N? boyfriend kya? :)
guess there is a very thin line between the two..
Ha Ha Ha!!Good one, Sigma!
One person's fiction can be another one's fantasy.
Your on the spot response was brilliant. :)
@Gil: I am sure it is not! I am currently working on a paper, and I and my co-authors only know the reality of the "experimental results" we have added :-))
@Maverick: Well, according to my logic if your friend hates fiction (or fantasy), he'll anyway stay miles away from technical literature :-)
PS: Ha ha! I am past the bf/gf stage ;-)
@Backpakker: Well, I see Fiction as something that is close to, or based on real life, something that is feasible. Fantasy for me is something out-of-this-world :-) Something like I just said to GMG about my "experimental results" ;-)
@LeziB: :-))
@IndicaSpecies: Well, I think that is right! but there are things that anyone would called as fantasy!
lol - just one question was it difficult to maintain straightface while giving that respose....!
Just been on roads....for almost a month...hope to be back home and devote time to blogpages!!
@BTR: Lol! It was not. Since I had to do it only for a few seconds. After that both of us burst out laughing :-D
So, where all you have been to? You dont give us the details of your previous explorations before venturing out on new ones!
yup - you are so right ! I plead guilty .....seriously I have loads from VOF....and already have covered few new places....went to down south - Vellankani (vellangani) saw this beautiful bassilica...a very old fanous (only ) dargah in south....so lost of tales of travel....and no time....yikes.... :-(
haha.. well said, I too feel the same. Keep posting
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