Friday, February 6

Bad Jobs to do on a Late Night Shift

  • Host a live game show on National Television
  • Sell magazines at traffic signals, ie if anyone stops to buy them
  • Practice wild life photography. With the right exposure and shutter speed you might hit it big at art circles
  • Sell credit cards over the phone. Ask for a reference if the party is not interested
  • Conduct research on solar energy
  • Achha sorry PJ tha. Bas kya?
  • Work for a call center. That's just generally a bad idea with the recession on
  • Deliver couriers, don't expect a hefty tip
  • Become the telephone attendant for Love Line Reloaded
  • That's not such a bad job actually coz there's unlimited stock of hilarious personal problems
  • Play test cricket for a living. But whatever happens, do not accept any role in Hurman Baweja movies

Birthday ideas for Abhishek Bachchan

  • Gift him an exact replica of the Padma Shree Award. This will ease egos at home
  • Gift him shaving cream, that stubble just makes him look like a wannabe Ranvijay
  • Send him to Dr. Watsa for sexual counseling :P
  • Tell him how PETA found Aishwariya's "Pink Panther" offensive
  • Gift him 6 maps of Delhi
  • Spread some daanas where he parks his car, the kabootars will do the rest
  • Challenge Abhishek to a sword fight
  • Ask him if he's seen luck by chance, by any chance
  • That's not a birthday gift. It's just generally a good conversation starter
  • Anyway, while you are having that conversation, please also ask him what 'masakalli' exactly means
  • Crank the volume up at his birthday party and have the cops raid it
  • That will be complete celebrational attayachaar

Bad times to say touchwood

  • When you’re driving behind a truck, by chance
  • Every time someone asks for directions
  • When you’re around a carpenter
  • In bed, with your GF/BF
  • When you meet Woody Allen
  • As a complimentary close on your emails
  • While talking to yourself
  • In the middle of a patriotic song
  • While hitting on women, “you have beautiful eyes, touchwood.”
  • If you are in a furniture store
  • While watching dostana
  • During an interview when you’re telling your boss about your work experience
  • Hope you had fun reading this, touchwood – oops :P

THINGS TO DO:In a Cab

  • Ask the cabbie for his name, age and experience before occupying the cab
  • Purposefully mispronounce your destination
  • Sit at the back and tap on his shoulder till he looks back
  • When he does look back tell him to focus on the road
  • Ask him if he’s on Orkut. You’ll be surprised to know :P
  • Insist that he stops the meter every time the cab stops at a signal
  • If you’re with a friend, call each other by a different name after every few sentences
  • Switch places with your friend at regular intervals
  • Ask the taxi driver if he’s seen Taxi Driver.
  • BTW, have you seen Taxi Driver? Robert De Niro ka awesome role hai usme!

WHAT IF: You're New At The Gym

  • If your coach wants you to work on your ‘upper thigh’, appoint a new coach
  • If you feel your supporter is just two sizes too small don’t wear it
  • Do people look at you every time someone says “I need a bigger dumbbell”?
  • If the treadmill refuses to start for you, look around like nothing’s wrong and make a quiet exit
  • Remember that men also use the leg curler
  • If they’re out of punching bags, don’t go, just don’t go to gym. It’ll do your health a world of benefit
  • When there are members of the opposite gender in your changing room. Doesn’t work if you’re K Jo
  • Do not take the term ‘bench press’ too literally
  • When a fat lady tells you she needs help with her leg lifts, run away.

WHAT IF: There’s a Cross Connection on Your Phone

  • Fake a foreign accent to convince your caller that it’s an international call
  • Sell insurance, read the offer documents carefully before investing
  • Ask him if he’s seen Kismet Konnection
  • Ask for his ASL but don’t call him that
  • Say you’ve got another call waiting and put him on hold
  • Act like you actually know this guy, by chance :P
  • Change the topic every fifteen seconds
  • Repeat everything he says, only louder
  • Tell him this is the number for MTV Loveline Reloaded and dig out his personal problems
  • Say “Kabeera speaking” in a very husky voice
  • Press random buttons and annoy him with the beeps
  • That will be full on Connectional Attayachar

How To: Make Money During Recession

  • Apply for a job at the employment agency
  • Touch your nose with your tongue and ask for money
  • Sell Yoga Training DVDs
  • Start writing the Tickr and call it a job
  • Copyright a common phrase like ‘hello, how are you’ and ask for royalties
  • Appreciate art, paintings and poetry
  • Teach people how to rap
  • Sell your soul; but if you’re looking for long term income rent it out
  • Make a squishy sound outside a public toilet
  • This won’t earn you any money, although it will make you look less jobless
  • Volunteer for security duty at any Hurman B film
  • Work at the canteen during recess - and save money for recession
  • Model for before and after weight loss pictures
  • Be a financial adviser to Satyam
  • Ask for money after writing all your friends an Orkut Testimonial