My Akshaya Tridhiyai!

That was hilarious Sri sir!:rotfl
Your hunch that the lizards must have hidden en masse knowing how troublesome these humans can become, must be true.

I really admire the genius behind the sweet shops ad. That person really knew what appeals to the public and really made money out it.

I recall the movie "Miracle on 34th street" where the CEO of Macy's says, " ... the people should look upon Macy's as the benevolent store; the store that puts customers above profits....thereby we make more profit..."

 

Dear Mr. Viswamitra
This theory of vacuum foot pads has been proven incorrect.
Actually the lizards adhere to the walls with the help of tiny bristles in their foot pads called setae.
Below is a small quote from wiki:
The toes of the gecko have a special adaptation that allows them to adhere to most surfaces without the use of liquids or surface tension. The spatulae tipped setae on gecko footpads facilitate attractive forces called van der Waals forces to arise between the β-keratin lamellae/setae/spatulae structures and the surface

Trust you are not offended; that is not my intention.

 

Cheeniya sir
I initially thought you have written a fresh snippet on Akshaya thrithiyai 2012.:spin
Well times have changed and your "sweets" kingpin has opened 2 outlets in T.nagar in the last couple of years.:thumbsup
I decided to do some "real akshaya thritiyai "shopping (yeah.. a few kilos of rice!) and was stranded for about 15mins near a jewellery major.(I was on foot.. matters would have been worse if I had driven around.) Now that's my AT celebration update.

Enjoyed a re-read of a beautiful,humourous snippet after a long time.

Thanks
Sowmya

 

Thank you for correcting my misunderstanding. I did not know that until I read your quote from WIKI. I welcome your note and I will never get offended. As matter of fact, I am all ears for learning something new.

Viswa

 

Cheeniya sir
:rotfl:rotfl:rotfl:rotfl
Akshadai thridhiyai indeed!
In a way..I map to kumbakarnan too.Just out of hibernation.:hiya:hiya
I just wanted to have my rice drum full all through the year,hence the conscious decision. (Now please don't think I am not going to cook at all!)

Enjoyed your reply sir.
Regards
Sowmya

 

Though you have taken the Kumudam gisu-gisu writer's route to carefully camouflage the identity of the sweet shop, it is , alas, as clearly apparent as the enhanced assets of a kavarchi nadigai. Grand Sweets is the only sweet stall in town audacious enough to issue religion-centric, community- centric ads. (Don't know why they stopped shy of adding : " Entry barred to Atheists and Religious Minorities", like the Brit-Indian clubs that once kept out "Dogs and Indians" ) I have seen their ads tabulating which flower / oil bestowed what boons when used in worship on which day / to which god etc. And wondered why is it that God , who created all flowers and all oil seeds , would choose to be partial to the mediatory services of only a few ? ) But dont remember seeing this absurd one ( the Limit !) about sighting Lizards on Akshayam day ! ...They say whatever you bring home/ receive on that day, augers an endless replenishment of the same , for ever. Hence the insane rush to get home gold ( and , of late, that over rated white metal, platinum, endorsed by a very popular, venerable astrologer - figure out who !) Having an akshayam of gold or whatever is ok, greed is understandable. But what if , by the same logic, you stumble upon a lizard on that day and end up with an Akshayam of lizards forever ? Unless you are pottering around in Amazon Rain Forest , on a grant from National Geographic or Discovery channel, I dont imagine anyone would be thrilled with such a bounty.

Too bad the sneaky Lizards cheated you out of the promised luck ! LOL ! They probably intuited that sighting a human on the Akshaya Tritiyai day is inauspicious for them, so they all moved , enmasse, to brighter locales, to fill their eyes with more lucky sights ?

I am neither scared of nor repulsed by lizards . Not that i am frightfully fond of them either, but I find their mind games with their targeted quarry ( a moth or fly ) quite fascinating. And their ability to just detach their tails from a tight spot and saunter away in nonchalant tail-lessness is truly awesome. That is real a-kshayam !

Enjoyed reading this post Sir. Would have really liked to see the look on your face when the blessed lizards gave you unreserved darshan on the NEXT day !