Baba & the new swissbankasana

07 June,2011 06:52 AM IST |   |  Hemal Ashar

If you were saving your money for a rainy day (quite literally) then, now is the time to spend it


If you were saving your money for a rainy day (quite literally) then, now is the time to spend it. Meanwhile, it has been a while since this columnist fished out some inanities and started wondering ufffd Whether we could ever hear a heart break?

Whether the Baba Ramdev school of yoga will now include new asanas like the fastasana and the Swissbankasana?

Whether cold drinks are great businessmen because their business ideas are always 'fizz-ible'?

Whether one cube of sugar tells the other, "do you know there is a movie in our honour called Cheeni Kum?"u00a0

Whether Mr Ratan Tata daydreams just like ordinary mortals do about what he would do once he retires next year?

Whether if cows were to make a movie they would star in a remake of the classic and call it Sound of Moo-sic?u00a0
Whether activist Medha Patkar loftily twist that immortal line from Gone with the Wind, "Frankly my dear, I do give a dam."

Why, in these times, it may be more common to find a damsel in de-stress rather than distress?

Whether Bollywood moms like Sridevi and Madhuri Dixit will earn back their epithets siren Sridevi and dhak-dhak Dixit once they return to the screen in earnest?

Whether one piece of toast would say to another, "Don't try to butter me up, flattery will get you nowhere."

How many parents of children are suffering high blood pressure, blocked arteries and chronic asthma as admissions for schools are underway?

If the Indian elections would ever be held online and the electorate told to click to vote?

Why orthopaedic surgeons have no option but to do the knee-dful?

Whether French Open winner Rafael Nadal's girlfriend sang to him, "Rafa, Rafa dekho aankh meri ladhi hai"?u00a0u00a0

Whether the Bollywood songwriters of old times yearn for poetry, while the young ones are thinking of other uplifting lines like, Character Dheela Hai.

Would families never talk to each other in the near future but only tweet and stay updated about each other's status messages in Facebook?

Whether cyclists are not reborn but can be recycled?

Why, dear reader, even after warning you numerous times, you continue reading this tripe, anyway?

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