Monday, March 27, 2006

My Footage Woes...

I attended Kailas's (one of my best friends and my roommate) brother's wedding last weekend at Palakkad, Kerala. When we reached there for the fanfare, we were struck with the desire to wear a dhoti (our very beloved traditional dress). Me and Praveen went to the town and bought ourselves a dhoti... Only to realise that i only had a Reebok Running shoes to go with it, which reminded me of the scene in George of the Jungle, where George in his Jungle wear complements it with a Nike Air :)

What Will I wear??

But baring my foot to the sweltering heat was the only option (since i was not as cool as George) and I "dared to bare".

But when the time came to go, i found a battered old sandal, somewhere in the corner of the house, which i decided, was abandoned by some guy who decided to move onto a better option.

So there i had a footwear now, that didnt make me look like an alien who was trying to blend in. I looked just fine...

Lady Luck Shines

But little did i realize that I had broken one of the 10 commandments (no... not thou shall not kill)
"Thou shall not Steal !"
The footwear i was wearing turned out to be of the cermonial priest and i have never have been put to so much shame in so little time. Apologies poured out and he (magnanimously) forgave me my sins and accepted my confession. So now I was clean, but without footwear and i had to walk barefooted, only to amass boils on my legs.

Back to Square One... It hurts
(The Circle of Life)

6 comments:

DDey said...

That's what I call unseen 'footage'. ;-)

Raghu said...

:)

Ragul said...

hey, u guys knw wat his new name is... CK , expanded to Cheruppu Kallan (Footwear Thief)

anuprakash said...

Cherrippu Kallan ...good name.......Koooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

John said...

That's so funny...the priest must have had a good laugh.

Raghu said...

He did, after he knew what happened. He actually thought someone stole it and was very pissed. He was actually (comically) relieved to see the truth