This happened when I was in Class X, right before the AISSE exams.
A gang of us, 6 girls, used to share food and eat together during lunch break everyday. One such day, we had a social studies mock exam for 2 hrs right after lunch. So, we wanted to finish lunch quickly and do a little last minute discussion for the exam. We were all really tensed and the teacher was considered not-so-lenient. Although the six of us were studious(in a non-geeky way), we made our share of noise and trouble in school days. Anyhow, here is the incident.
12 noon - lunch break; we start eating; 12.20 pm - we all finished eating and were about to get water. We went to the door and turned back when one of us was missing - Anu. We look back and Anu was just finishing up - u know, packing up her tiffin box and all of a sudden....:-))... took her water bottle, poured a little water in her hand, sprinkled it on the wooden writing desk and started gathering it...(Yechal Ittu, Peraatti ?...not sure...). Among the six of us, 3 were Brahmin Iyers and did this at home all the time. So realized what she was doing as soon as she poured water in her hand and started laughing but didn't disturb her concentration. We were on the floor laughing while the other three didn't understand what was happening (being Jains and from Rajasthan...). The five of us stopped and were waiting to see what Anu was going to do next. She finished the whole process gathered everything in her hand (which was nothing at all since we usually spread kitchen towels over the table before eating) and then looked at us. Finally it dawned upon her. :-). None of us could stop laughing after that for the rest of lunch break and forgot all about the tension of the Social exam.
Till date, nothing beats this incident among my school friends. Some things just make you smile....thinking of the good old days!!
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LOL :)
And did a guy do the "water-in-hand", circle the food 3 times thing?
:)
Taruna,
I think you can start a "High school memoirs" series. Seems like you have a lot of stories kaivasam :).
This one was funny.
Yechal ittu is okay. What is peraatti ?
Prabhu - nee solradhu pariseshanam. Adhu per marandhu pochu nu sollaadhe da !
@Prabhu
I dont remember any guy doing Pariseshanam.... but, it could have easily happened too!! Funny to imagine :-))
@Dinesh
"High School Memoirs"....maybe something to do in future...a book or a collection of short stories like RS....:-)
I think while 'yechal ittu' is Iyer lingo, 'yechal peratti' is Iyengar lingo. Not sure though...
shd the post hv been named " Brahminish" or "Iyengarish"....? I bet she must hv been an iyengar girl..I don know what to say..That was my-kind-of-a-girl characteristics....btw, ppl give me weird glances when i do parishejanam in marriage dining halls!!!!
ROTFL !!!! oooppps... my manager almost heard that.. :D
this is probably one of the funniest incidents i've ever heard happen in school days.. nice post !
@Ara
Who said anything about Iyengar/Iyer..... and what do u mean 'must have been an Iyengar girl'..... being an Iyer myself, I am not sure if I shld take this lightly.....
Things apart - even my dad does pariseshanam in marriage halls.. they dont look wierd in Brahmin marriages for lunch.. but for receptions and buffets .. :-)).... I dont know anyone wearing suit and doing that, do u?
@Zepp
Thanx!
yeah.. I cannot stop smiling everytime I think about this incident....the whole thing took place in less than 5 min.. but was a highlight...
Nice post :) ..
Its not bad to follow customs. And its not bad to laugh at ourselves either :D
@Vinod
I concur.... its not bad to follow customs but ....a wooden writing desk at school is no place for it...Isnt that right?
Right! Thats when we have to laugh at ourselves. Old habbits dye hard :)
@Magesh
Finally.... u dropped in..
no, she didnt do that....but that would have be something too!!
btw, thanx for the comment!!
@Vinod
Yes!! Right, old habits die hard!!
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