Sunday, September 16, 2007

Oh Gee..! Mr. Gee

He was a man who was as contended with himself as a spectator of beauty peagent . Very few things stirred him. He was one of those not known for his humility. Even while counting sheep to go to sleep, he had a smile knowing that the sheep he conjured was one of the most perfect, beautiful specimen of this world. Yes, that was our man.

He got an invitation to join an online book club from a friend. Not a voracious reader himself, he still decided to join it. Hmmm…Now, he was one who liked stimulating his brain every now and then and was happy when he had to choose a name for the user id. Something that defined him just right, neither too flashy nor too humble. He was called a Geek by many and decided on the name “GeeKey”. Why, one may ask. Why not, Geeky? As I said, our man always has a smug look on his face, knowing that he is always a tad bit different than others and prides himself over it. Once joining the book club, he saw that there was a “Send Invite” button , helping him to invite his online friends. Little did he know that the software had automatically selected all the members of his contact list, a list which included a bunch of friends, professors, professionals, people he had rarely spoken a word or two to ,people he had never met, people he hated, people he would rather not keep in touch with, past colleagues and so on. And out goes this mail inviting every one to join his book club. Nothing embarrasses our man easily, but this one scored it. To mend things, out goes another mail to everyone apologizing for the previous mail. But, the contact list also had some persistent lot who wanted to know who Mr.Geekey was. Oh!! Gee !! What happened to Mr.Geekey , you may ask. He is busy answering to all the mails from friends, professors, professionals, people he had rarely spoken a word or two to, people he had never met, people he hated, people he would rather not keep in touch with, past colleagues and so on. And not so self-satisfied any more, are we Mr.Gee?

7 comments:

Unknown said...

@ Survivor: lol...rotfl...GeeKey=Mindframes i'm guessing...

BrainWaves said...

Funny..Funny Funny.. This blog takes it all..I could not stop laughing!

From now on I am sure Mr. GeeKey's time will be well spent on maintaining the new(?) acquaintances :)

bumblebee said...

What a scheme to get reacquainted with people!

The blog was a great read. Well written!

Manohar said...

@survivor: One must advise mindframes, Idhukku dhaan pondatiya wrong panna kudaadhu.

Interesting to see that mr.frames has not left a comment to your stone throwing? Not enough taunts in it?

Or is he thinking by being silent- it will die down automatically?

survivor- vaazhgai

Striver said...

Hello, dear Mr.Geekey,
You have been as swift as a Suzuki;
hope there ain't too many accidents,
Its ok, it happens, such incidents!
Survivors do not forgo a chance,
To make hay while the sun shines;
Lets give credit to those funny lines,
And watch as she changes her stance!!

Suresh Sankaralingam said...

@survivor: In my humble opinion, the website has a stupid user interface..;)... The funny part was that, most people read GeeKey as GK, which blew me off...:)

@mano & sri: dei, veettu pakkam thaniya vaanga, gavanichikiren... mano, modhalla nee ozhunga tamizhla ezhudha kathukko...

@hema: the poem is pretty good! the only thing that got my attention was that I am swift as a suzuki..:)

nourish-n-cherish said...

This is a hilarious blog Shoba. though I am partially responsible for Geekey's embarassment, I have to join you in teasing him!

Mindframes.....what were you thinking ;)