Just Past Midnight, ground floor boys hostel
ME (Enter stage right, walk up beneath first floor railings look up and shout): Mansoooooooooooor. (Repeat thrice)
UNKNOWN FEMALE VOICE 1 (A tinny tone): MannnnnnnnsooooooorME (Enter stage right, walk up beneath first floor railings look up and shout): Mansoooooooooooor. (Repeat thrice)
UNKNOWN FEMALE VOICE 2 (huskier): Mannnnnnnnsooooooor
RANDOM PERSON 1 (shouts): Mansoooooooooorrrr
RANDOM PERSON 2 (shouts): Mansoooooooooorrrr
PRANESH (looks up, shouts): Maaannnnnnnnsooooooooooorrrr.
MANSUR pops out like a beaver from his den. Looks dazed. Leans over the railing.
MANSUR: What is it?
ME: Which movie are you watching?
MANSUR: I'm doing work man, not watching any movie.
KARY (formerly unknown female voice 1): What about my write ups?
MANSUR: Huh!! (leans over a bit more.)
GORDON (in Mansur's ears): Mansooooooor.
ME: Mansur, don't jump. Pleeease.
A sizable crowd has collected. Unknown Female Voice 2(shrieks). Verghese comes down to the first floor. Everyone eggs him on to jump.
PRANESH (Opening his arms): I'll hold you.
Verghese climbs over the railing and jumps. Pranesh moves away. Jandhyala steps in, but puts a hand between Verghese's legs to catch him.
VERGHESE (screwing up his face): Dude, that's not the way to hold a person!
All hold their sides, laughing. One sleepy soul, woken up comes out to check the fun. All disperse. He makes a sad face and goes back to sleep.
I come back to my room.
Song for my mood: 'Round Midnight by Miles Davis.
2 comments:
I know this guy. I sure do.
And of course as we change the names accordingly as Arun, Gadda, Shom, Abhirup, Laha, KS etc.... well, things don't change, do they?
Of course, my song for those moments used to be "All along the watchtower"
by god ki kasam
MDI ka yeh kisne banaa diya - maa, main aa raha hoon :)
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