Tuesday, January 22, 2008

Show me the Money, Honey

(Phone rings)

"Hello?"

"Miss Anamika?" the man enquires.

"Yes."

"You had placed an ad to sell your car?"

"Yes."

"My name is Honey. Can you describe the car?"

And so the conversation continues. I talk money. He talks less money. Finally we decide on having him come over to see the car. As I'm about to hang up, I say, "Well, alright then, thanks. Bye Honey." And in my head is this voice telling me how silly it sounds. Nevertheless, it has been said.

"Ermmm...Ma'am, my name is HaneeF".

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A good friend advises me that if I call them all Honey they will surely buy my car.

Many people I told this to laughed at me for thinking his name was Honey. But I'm from Delhi, where plenty of self-respecting Punjabi men are called Honey, Lucky, Jolly and even Goldie! (And sometimes, they're called Sukhwinder, but that's no fun!)

12 comments:

dipali said...

Mere paas Honey hai!
Join the gang, Anamika. We also hear strange things:)

Suku said...

and i knew of a guy whose name was LOVE!

that was funny, honey!

s

the mad momma said...

Pehle Maa ab Honey. Earth to Anna...

Anonymous said...

Did he? Did he? Did he?...........................................................................................................................................................................................buy the car?

Thinking Cramps said...

Dipali: Thanks for the sympathy. There's a gang? Yay!

Sbora: Heh heh. I guess there's no end to funny names. But was he Love or Luv as in Luv-Kush? :)

MM: Anna to Earth. Mayday Mayday...

Aunty G: Sadly, No. I guess all the saying honey in the world won't get me this money!

Unknown said...

Anna,

LOL - brings back memories of college and all the Sagginess!!

Diligent Candy said...

:) ha ha ha ha ha ha ....i still can't get over it ...

*cough* it is a genuine mistake anyone could have got it wrong...*cough* *cough*

remember another honey's tee...HANDS OFF GIRL!!!!

Suku said...

it was LOVE and hence it stood out. Love Chowdhary to be precise.

Rishabh Kaul said...

Reading your blog after a long time And you made me laugh.

Nice post

Sue said...

LOL!

That's why I don't like being called Sunny... feels like I ought to be a Sunny Singh. :(

Unknown said...

Ha ha - did he ... um buy the car ??

Thinking Cramps said...

Melanie: Obviously the Sagginess prevails and will continue to do so. Your diagnosis continues to hold true :(


Candy: Oh, how can I forget her!!!

Sbora: Yikes! Imagine telling people, "Hi, I'm Love".

Rishabh: Hey! Welcome back. Where have you been?? :)

Sue: Ouch. Sunny Singh would not be nice. (With apologies to the Sunnys out there!)

Eve's Lungs: Sadly, no. But my dining table went yesterday. Sob sniff.