Oops

Arunarc · Jul 2, 2010

Dear Meena
Thanks for this wonderful post you have encouraged all the ladies here to speak less when something goes wrong:biglaugh:biglaugh
Instead on explaing around why it happened or why did your forget just say Ooops...hahahaha

I pity those old writers who use spend hours together to put in or discover a new words to be written:hide: it would have been so easy na for them if they too had used Ooops:biglaugh

sujanags · Jul 2, 2010

Meena,

Hilarious one...I think you should keep a game now that to count the occurrence of "oops" throughout this snippet. Everyone's reply has a "Oops" attached.. so let us see who finds the count correctly

meenasankaran · Jul 2, 2010

Thank you dear K2S.

// :rotfl:rotflYou are on a roll here Meena!//

With all this rolling, you would think that I would shed a pound or two but alas, the powers above are determined to keep me chubby. shakehead

//She taught me that day what an Oops button was on a computer keyboard. It is the BACKSPACE key!!!........//

Totally priceless!

meenasankaran · Jul 2, 2010

@ Mindi: Thank you, my friend. Once you start using this miracle word, your vocal chords will be forever indebted to you, trust me.

@ Aruna: Thank you. I am happy that you were able to enjoy the humor in this post.

@ Sujanags: Welcome and thank you for your comment. If you agree to be the moderator, let the 'Oops' counting game begin! :cheers

iyerviji · Jul 2, 2010

Dear Meena

Oops, you missed to give reply to my fb

love
viji

meenasankaran · Jul 3, 2010

My dear Viji aunty,

I am very very sorry for the oversight. A very big 'Oops' for not replying to your Fb. :bonk:bonk:bonk That is the sound of me boinking myself on the head.

I am glad that you enjoyed my post and found it hilarious.

Did you have company for your walk today?

Kamla · Jul 4, 2010

Hey Meena...

Help...we at FP nominations are under a 'meenattack'!! :biglaugh

Your posts are invading our nomination forum and for once, we need not complain!

"Ooops" made me laugh. I think it is a brilliant post. Loved the way you took pity on the bard for his 'lack of vocabulary'...apt ones at that. Well, your concern was misplaced dear gal, if anyone had to be pitied for the late appearance of our 'oops', it is us. Imagine all those hours we poured over the troublesome Shakespeare to get that required note on our English papers when one simple 'oops' could have saved us the tears!

L, Kamla

meenasankaran · Jul 5, 2010

Kamlaji,

Welcome and thank you for taking the 'meenattack' in stride. What can I say in way of apology except that I am simply having fun here at IL?

//"Ooops" made me laugh." //

I need no better compliment. I write to tickle/coerce a smile or (if I am lucky) a chuckle from my readers. If you are laughing, that is even better. Sort of like a big juicy cherry on top of an already fabulous bowl of ice cream.

jaishvats · Jul 12, 2010

Great post!!!!

Remanambiar · Jul 12, 2010

meenasankaran said: ↑

If I had a nickel for every time someone said 'Oops' in my family, I could have easily joined Bill Gates on the list for the top 10 wealthiest people in America by now.

'Oops' now heads the list of commonly used words and phrases in our day to day life such as 'No', 'OMG', 'I am hungry', 'Can I have a snack?', 'Do I have to?', 'Are we there yet?' and 'Stop bugging me'. The reason is very simple. We believe in cutting to the chase and 'Oops' allows us to do that.

To my question ‘Why didn’t you switch off the stove 5 minutes after I left like I told you to?’, instead of a long winded explanation like ’Are you sure you told me mom? Coz I didn’t hear you at all. May be I had the MP3 on. Next time make sure I don’t have my earplugs on before you leave me with a responsibility like this. Gosh mom, all you have to do is tap me on the shoulder before talking to me. That would have saved you the saucepan’, my eldest daughter now simply says 'Oops'. What brevity in expression! Smart girl!

Before the advent of the word 'Oops', English language was elaborate, descriptive and tiresome. It took an eternity to say anything. For example, BO(before oops) if you had wandered into your dining room at 7.00 am one Saturday morning with eyes still half closed, dressed in your worn out pajamas, scratching your legs and the drool not yet dried around your mouth, only to discover all your neighbors sitting around your kitchen table staring at you because you forgot that it was your turn to host the monthly neighborhood watch meeting, you would have had to say something along the lines of "Hi...............what are you...I..........I just.........I didn't...I mean........." and run out screaming. But now voila, simply say 'Oops' and walk away for that says it all. For such a seemingly small and simple word, it sure packs a lot of meaning.

It is a shame that Shakespeare, Milton, Keats and Shelley were deprived of this miracle word during their time. How the history of literature would have changed! If I tried a bit, I could almost hear the wistful sighs floating from their graves. Let us take a look at Shakespeare’s play Romeo and Juliet.

Act I

Romeo has come disguised with a mask to a party at the House of Capulets, the sworn enemy of his family, the Montagues. Juliet sees him and wants to know his identity and sends her Nurse to find out some information about him. When the Nurse comes back, the conversation goes like this:

Nurse
His name is Romeo, and a Montague;
The only son of your great enemy.

JULIET
My only love sprung from my only hate!
Too early seen unknown, and known too late!
Prodigious birth of love it is to me,
That I must love a loathed enemy.

Come on! All the girl had to do was say 'Oops' and move on. Why all the big words that no one can understand? Shakespeare could have saved himself barrels of ink and lots of wear on the feather. Poor guy!
Coming back from the 16<sup>th</sup> century, let me tell you why I think ‘Oops’ is an indispensable word for our family. Our vocal chords have been resting easy ever since we stumbled upon this tiny miracle. Reading below, you will see the wisdom of speaking less and saying a lot.

Me: Did you remember to wear your eyeglasses at school?
Daughter: Oops

Me: Did you mail the tax payment to the IRS?
Husband: Oops

Daughter: Where is the binder for my Math class? Did you forget to buy it at Wal-Mart this morning?
Me: Oops

Husband: How long are you going to be blogging? Is lunch ready?
Me: Oops

Hold on, folks! I am getting a call on my cell phone. Will be back to blog in a second………………………

‘Hi sweetie. What? Are you waiting for me to pick you up at school? Oops.’

Run run run run run………………………….
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Hey Meena
Oops i really forgot what i was supposed tosay .Okay got it ...what a lovely post .I use oops a million times and have got berated for it .But you have opened my eyes toview it with a new look .Thanks .Ill go for the long winded explanations which may drive the listener away

Love
Rema