Randomized Thoughts

It was half past ten in the morning a typical lazy Sunday when I got out of bed. Surprisingly, Saddy was already up and was watching movie songs in Sun Music. Half an hour later, with usual morning duties complete, I joined him in our usual Sunday morning siesta. Shankar, my other roommate, came out of his room with his helmet in his hand. Put in a nutshell, Shankar was a guy who wanted to project himself as a DUDE. As he had a helmet and going out, we prompted him.

Me : "Dey!! Where are you going?"
Shankar : "Machi, very bored da. Simply going on a ride."

Saddy was surprised.

Saddy : "Rideaa... Where?"
Shankar : "Chumma jolly.. No particular place.. Wanna join?"

He gave us the usual look that a teacher would give to his class expecting an some reaction at the end of a boring and sleepy lecture.

We were just too lazy to do such a thing.

Me : "Poda.. Not interested. You go."
Saddy agreed with me.

Shankar : "Ok machi... I will see you guys later."

With this he left. We then occupied ourselves with our usual non-occupation. Half an hour passed with nothing particular to remember when I received a call. It was Shankar.

Me : "Hello.. What da?"
Shankar : "Machi petrol over. I am stranded in Ring road."

I was amused. I told Saddy. He started laughing his heart out.

Shankar : "Machi bring some petrol da. I will be waiting for you. Please hurry."
Me : "Ok da. We will start in 10 minutes."

With this our conversation ended. Saddy was still laughing.

Me : "Saddy we need to go NOW!!. I cannot drive holding a bottle of petrol in one hand."
Saddy : "Dey! I thought of going for an Oil massage today. Its 11:40 now. I will come back in a jiffy then we will go. We can have our lunch while coming back."

I have to admit that till that second Saddy had not uttered a single word about "Oil massage" as a part of his morning itinerary.

Me : "Machan, it will be late. Shankar will be waiting."
Saddy : "Machi, you worry too much da. I will be back in a jiffy."

With this Saddy left the house in a renewed enthusiasm. After Twenty five minutes he was back.

Me : "Shall we go?"
Saddy : "Dey, after Oil massage one needs to take head bath in warm water. That's what Boger had said before dying."

I really did not want to argue with Saddy about Boger. So I let him have his say on things. Meanwhile I was getting missed calls from Shankar, and the interval between two missed calls was decreasing. I have to confess those calls were deliberately missed by me.

After following all good advices of Boger, Saddy was ready to leave. I checked my watch. It happily showed 1:00 PM. With little remorse we went out to help our friend. Poor Shankar was stranded for almost 2 hours waiting for help from us. We made up few excuses for our delay on our way. It was 1:20 PM when we met him.

I was expecting Shankar to screem at us. On the contrary he was very calm and collected, even though he was shooting venomous looks at us. Five minutes later, with the petrol in his Hero Honda Splendor, he sat down to kick his engine to life. He made few attempts.

Kick. No response.
Kick.. Kick.. Kick.. Again no sign of the engine getting started.

Saddy and I were unusually silent. I was little disappointed because Shankar did not scream at us for being late. We had made some brilliant and comical excuses to tell him, which became useless. Anyways, everything was alright by then.

Kick.. Kick.. and this time the engine sprang to life. Shankar was a very relieved and happy man. He looked at us and thanked us.
In return I went up to him and asked, "So.. How was the ride?"