Category: Stories

  • For reasons unexplained

    She called first. Then many like her. He hung up rudely. They kept calling, forcing him to ponder. Maybe they called for a reason, maybe they’d data on him, maybe they knew something he didn’t. So, when she called next, he asked earnestly ‘Why do I need a personal loan’. This time she hung up.

    until next time, call waiting

  • Twitter

    He: Sigh, we have company

    She: I hope they don’t create problems for us

    He: yeah, we had trouble the last time

    She: I’m telling you, I won’t tolerate any shit

    And they flew off, leaving me and D to wonder if we’ll be looking at pigeon shit in the clothes we left for drying.

    until next time, pigeons!!!

  • Wild things

    They set out early in the morning, with the cameras ready. As the boat moved silently in the morning, they waitedwith bated breath for the sightings and the stories they could share. The excitement changed to hope and lasted till five minutes before the tour ended. Quite obviously, someone forgot to tell the animals.

    until next time, jungle talk

  • Documentary

    He waited patiently, then impatiently, while they searched. Strange, they said, the document numbers above and below his were intact. Irritated, he wondered why they didn’t convey this when he called up the day before. As they took the documents from a separate drawer, their looks said it all – couldn’t you have conveyed THAT earlier?


    until next time, customer service for dummies

  • Depression

    There’s a sticker that adorns the vehicle of those working in the fourth estate. It helps open gates that’d otherwise be stubbornly closed, and instills a sense of wariness among those who cross its path. But its quite bemusing when another vehicle crashes into it and the driver says, ‘Oops, did I press too hard?’

    until next time, pressing matters 🙂