I have a virtual date in London
Yet another one of those late night chats in which I set up a virtual date for apple pie and ice cream with a Canadian grad. yours_truly00_2000: Hi root_node: Hi yours yours_truly00_2000: :-) root_node: What’re you doing, up so early? yours_truly00_2000: early?? root_node: 9:30 yours_truly00_2000: it’s like 9:00 pm hea in Canada root_node: Gosh, that’s late then. Get to bed! yours_truly00_2000: lolz root_node: You from Mumbai? yours_truly00_2000: 9 o’clock ain’t that late ;P yours_truly00_2000: nope root_node: Indian? yours_truly00_2000: btw…… whatcha doin’ up so early yo ‘self huh?? yours_truly00_2000: yes, an Indian root_node: Me, I’m not awake. I’m sleep-chatting yours_truly00_2000: :-D yours_truly00_2000: yeah , that makes sense yours_truly00_2000: hehe root_node: Where in Canada are you? yours_truly00_2000: B.C. yours_truly00_2000: are u from Bombay? root_node: In Bombay, not from. yours_truly00_2000: :-P root_node: Where are you from? yours_truly00_2000: I thought I told ya yours_truly00_2000: didn’t I ? root_node: I mean where from India? yours_truly00_2000: oh yours_truly00_2000: I’m a Gujarati yours_truly00_2000: ;-) root_node: Does the ID “tony_bam_bam” ring a bell? yours_truly00_2000: ummmmm…..no. yours_truly00_2000: I don’t think so root_node: The reason I ask is, a couple of months ago… root_node: this guy came over to this chat room, and asked root_node: if there were “any Patels around” yours_truly00_2000: lolz root_node: He wanted to learn Gujrati, so he could impress his root_node: GF, who was at college. root_node: The best I could do was help him out with Hindi. yours_truly00_2000: lolz root_node: Hope the poor bloke never tried it out yours_truly00_2000: hehe yours_truly00_2000: he probably ended up gettin’ a slap on his face root_node: That would’ve been the start. root_node: You ever slapped anyone? (Or got slapped?) yours_truly00_2000: The guy’s GF…" Tane Gujarati nati aavadtu!!! " *SLAP* yours_truly00_2000: ooooh , that’s neva been da case for me root_node: What does that mean: “Tane…” yours_truly00_2000: " You can’t speak no Gujarati !!" yours_truly00_2000: hehe root_node: And why is that “neva been da case…”? yours_truly00_2000: just cuz I’m a goodie goodie root_node: Gosh, never thought I’d meet somebody goodie goodie on the Net!! yours_truly00_2000: have u ever been slapped? yours_truly00_2000: lol root_node: So, you’ve never sneaked a cookie out of its jar, have you? yours_truly00_2000: maybe earlier when I was a kid root_node: Yes, I’ve been slapped all right. 3 times, if I remember. root_node: But that’s by my mom, and for not being goodie goodie! yours_truly00_2000: but I wouldn’t get slapped for that! yours_truly00_2000: lol@ 3 times root_node: No, actually, I’ve been slapped once after that. yours_truly00_2000: really? root_node: I was driving my scooter to college, and yours_truly00_2000: who slapped ya? root_node: I banged into this aayah who was crossing the road. root_node: Not that I meant to, but… root_node: And she slapped me so hard, that my glasses fell off! yours_truly00_2000: awwww, u poor thing root_node: I ran away, of course. (Left the scooter behind) yours_truly00_2000: lol root_node: She seemed a bit too formidable. yours_truly00_2000: btw…. wot’s an aayah? root_node: Um… sort of like a maid-servant? yours_truly00_2000: a maid slapped ya?? root_node: Pretty hard yours_truly00_2000: how could she!?!?!? root_node: Can’t demonstrate, I’m afraid. You’ll have to use your imagination yours_truly00_2000: lol root_node: Are you in school? yours_truly00_2000: uni. yours_truly00_2000: u ? root_node: I just graduated. Working (and earning money! wow – feels so good) yours_truly00_2000: :-P yours_truly00_2000: what sorta work do ya do? root_node: I’m a consultant. :-( yours_truly00_2000: why the :-( ? root_node: Well, lots of people don’t like consultants. root_node: You know the jokes, right? root_node: A consultant takes your watch and tells you the time. root_node: A consultant comes uninvited and tells you how many sheep you have, root_node: and takes your dog, Etc. etc. etc. root_node: BTW, which univ are you at? root_node: A couple of my friends are at York and McGill yours_truly00_2000: <—— likes consultants though yours_truly00_2000: .. or maybe a consultant yours_truly00_2000: I go to UBC root_node: <—- likes yours_truly :-x yours_truly00_2000: awwww, that’s sweet yours_truly00_2000: :-D yours_truly00_2000: :turns away from root_node and blushes. root_node: <—– waits to get slapped… yours_truly00_2000: LOL root_node: What’s your major? yours_truly00_2000: Business Admin. root_node: Ouch!! yours_truly00_2000: whaa? root_node: I just did my MBA too. That ain’t good…. yours_truly00_2000: ;-) ...