The Idea-smithy

Vineet was an ordinary young man with one remarkable talent that came to fore only in his late teens in college. It all started with an inter-collegiate festival.
His college and the hosting campus had a long running feud and the annual festival was both, a new episode in the war as well as a chance [...]

Mum’s been looking for a whiteboard to replace the one that fell off her fridge door for awhile. I bought her one of those write-and-wipe boards that they sell on trains for kids, thinking it would serve the purpose. Apparently it let out dad’s inner child as well as he took the scribbling to [...]

Last night I was trying to sleep but a stupid mosquito kept buzzing in my ear. This despite the fact that the mosquito repellent is plugged in just above my head. WTF happened to MMR (Mosquito Mortality Rate…I kid you not)??!! So I switched on the light to swat it. Of course the bloody (and [...]

Come join the charity drive in honour of @tbitch
who suffers deeply from a lack of a sense of humour and originality.

Share a funny joke (not a mean one)
or an original idea with her at @tbitch.

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Based on a true story!
Okay, only a part of it…my words, that is. Mercifully the guy (unlike the cartoon dude) is smart enough to get the point and wise enough to guffaw. But for those specimens that are not and who guile you with their malintentions, here’s putting pretentious linguistics [...]

I spotted these on the gates of a villa/bungalow-type of place. I always thought people who lived in such palatial housing in Mumbai had to be nose-up-in-the-air snooty and lacking of a sense of humour. I was wrong.

Yes, this one made me smile. Chuckle actually and even snigger a bit. But well, you gotta admire the guy’s guts (gall?), don’t you?
Who cares about making a statement on one’s tee-shirt? (remember those black tees with a humongous picture of the middle finger? Sooo unclassy, so un-I Style! ish). Move over animal-print underwear, here’s [...]