A blog in Lines

Captions, 4 liners…. Somehow these were the things which kept us busy in 4 years of BTech... I used to have this fascination for limericks long back… Did a lot of research.. Read a lot of them.. But never did it click that each 4 liner we made in college were just another one of those limericks which I used to read about... But I realized one day how long it’s been since I made one of those... All thanks to the book I’ve been trying to finish for so long. For the fantasy fascinated and the Hitchhiker fan I’d recommend this series. Simoquin Prophecies, Manticore’s Secrets and the Unwaba Revelations (I’m on that one right now). There’s one whole chapter dedicated to a yeti and her 4 liners... You can’t call it a poem; it’s just an expression of facts in rhymes. Here’s an example. Made this one up after I got an irritating mosquito issue resolved. You’ll agree that no amount of poetic romanticism can be found in this:

“No more mosquitoes will bite me at night
Coz of the coil in the morning I did light
I opened my door to find it full of smoke
All thanks to the coil about which I spoke” :P

That’s when it hit me: that any situation, any issue could be expressed with one of these rhymes. Not necessarily would all these lines make any sense to the facts being quoted but after all we DO speak a lot of crap in the middle. At least those that do listen to me will agree that I do. How about this one:

“Thursdays and Fridays are my weekends off
5 days I’d work regardless of headache or cough
One day I had decided that every week I’d blog
Alas, I did nothing but surf and hog.”

Here’s more:

“In college there were, many problems all rated
I know by now it’s all outdated
I shouldn’t bring it up after so long a time
But give me a break I’m just making a rhyme”

“Whizz did we to Kuntala by road
To the water falls, an Alto I rode (Tip: Using homophones are not very effective)
Hope did I, the Sun would be less hotter
So at the falls, we could see a little water”

“I live in LA* with Nikhil and a Chinki
Tolia, he was named, whole of him and his pinky**
Along with us there was one Pai
No! It is not the one that went high”
:D
*LA = Lotus Arcadia
**Pinki = I mean little finger!!

"You must have heard, about this mallu Chinki
Tarun, Maninder, we also called him a donkey
Famed were he and his green shorts
The one with the flowers and the white polka dots
There was with him, one who shared his bed
Law did permit but they were not wed
Coz this was Pai,known to be confused
But we all know its an act;all induced.
Though, on one side stood the beloved chinki,
We all know who had Pai by the pinki
Small but mean she had him in control
Quite a laugh, real funny on the whole"

Couldn't help it, it just kept going after the first 4 lines...sorry guys.. :D


“Attempt to crack did I, many a joke
Until people started ignoring whatever I spoke
Now I’m thinking I’ll write some down too
I know you’re all going “Get lost! Booo!!””

“I could go on all day adding another line
Even if together you all did whine
But for now I’m stopping this ridiculous blog
Please do comment or at least add some dialogue”

Well I guess that’s another feather to my blog.. Until I start spontaneously again.Bye. :D