Monday, March 19, 2012

Coinkidinky


Coincidence: Noun. When 2 unrelated things happen together. (2? Just 2?) Example:
8.28 am:  I was getting 1 kid’s medicine into his screaming face,
When the other one told me he’d got chewing gum in his school shoe
When S had taken off in my car since his own was in the service station
When the intercom rang to say the school bus was leaving
When the phone rang to tell me the new mattress had arrived
When the painters arrived to start doing the doors
When the tea boiled all over the stove, the tabletop and the floor
When the water ran out!!!
When the water tanker got a flat on the way in
When the locksmith landed up to fit a broken lock - right now or never
When the electricity decided to go off!!!
When the plumber admitted he had broken a pipe while trying to fix it
When I burnt 2 fingers trying to lift the bloody boiling tea off the bloody boiling stove
When my cook did not land up
When the dhobi landed up instead, wailing for instant payment
When my laptop slipped off a pile of magazines and landed on its head
When the gas freakin cylinder arrived after 2 weeks of pursuing them right THEN
When the dog decided to help  by chasing the painter off his ladder
When a client called to discuss a floppin’ pending job
And said, ‘But why can’t we discuss this now? You’re at home and free anyways, right?’
Should I read him the riot act, or read him the entire unedited definition of a coincidence (with expletives added for effect)?

22 comments:

  1. You forgot .. A friend on gmail chat shouting at you where the hell you are? hahahaha

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    1. haha, i did, ira, i did. and forgot also that marco polo ate Ma's plants and puked all over the floor!

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  2. Should I envy you...for having such a happening life Jane? Everyone in your life is a comedian with the perfect timing! What wouldn't directors give to achieve this effect in the films and it happens so effortlessly in a day in Jane's life. Write an autobiography now...or hire a biographer...eh? ;)

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    1. Not a day - Puja - this all happened in an hour or less. I could do with a less happening life. ... Are you offering yourself for the last-mentioned post? :P

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  3. oh Jandy, Jandy, Jandy! such comic timing! Charlie Chaplin would have been proud of you. But only you can bring out the humour in such a situation! Loved it!

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    1. Too right, Keyamom. Comic timing looks better when it's happening to someone else. (preferably to Charlie Chaplin and not to me) :)

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  4. there seems to be an order in chaos :D
    just how mundane and slow it would be otherwise.

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  5. Kudos to you Jane that you are sane enough to write this blog after you went through all those "coincidences"!

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    1. jyotika. you know me long enough to know 'sane' and 'jane' don't sit together.

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  6. Kudos to you Jane for being sane enough to write this blog after you went through all the "coincidences" in an hours time! You are awesome!

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  7. ...and chatting with 5 men at the same time and telling each one '5 min' ;-) Oh I still love you LJ:-) Ira, I hope you are listening to me ;-)

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  8. I hope the client is not 'us' :) lol

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    1. no way. you are great clients. i've got monster clients too - with whom i don't share my blog links. heh.

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  9. Hope the irritating Client is not CCD :)

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  10. ha ha ha... and I was a witness to yet another of your "happening" experiences yesterday, albeit over the phone. Hats off to you for taking it all in your stride my dear. I would be a basket case ;)

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  11. Ha ha ha...And I was witness to yet another of your "happening" experiences yesterday, albeit over the phone. Hats off to you for taking it in your stride my dear - I would be a basket cae ;)

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  12. in case you are too polite to mention it, Hathi Patani, I am a basket case. ;)

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  13. This would make a brilliant TV serial. Why don't you write one?

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