Category: A10 — AMMULU STORIES AND OTHER FUN FOUNTAINS

Ammalu, did Ammini come here?’

‘What work has she here early morning . She does’nt supply us milk or vegetables’

‘I have some urgent work with her’

‘Then you should go to her house. But remember there, her husband Nair will ask you the same question slightly modified- ‘what work have you here early morning? Have you come to milk our cow or carry milk for door to door sales?”

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Ammalu, I belong to a high intellectual group and my talk will be always at a scholarly peak, with annotations, quotations, notations etc.. tell me whether my coffee is ready’

‘Talk sensibly if you want first decoction
Coffee ‘
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‘Ammalu, is there any relationship between us other than that I’m the husband and you, my wife?’

‘You tell me, if any?’

‘Admitted your failure?

‘Admitted’

‘Ok, you good for nothing woman! There is another relationship . I’m the boss and you my subordinate ‘

‘How I forgot it! Thanks for reminding boss!
I will prepare a demand notice for the payment
Of my salary, with interest plus annual increment, bonus , cash for not availing any leave including maternity leave and other dues from you with compound Interest for forty years four months and eight days’

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‘God gave me beauty and budhi. He gave you Asooya and kubudhi. You—-‘

‘You are struggling to get words, SP. Refer a dictionary and come. I will wait here’

‘Ammalu, I have certain problems in life. I don’t like to discuss with you as there in no meaning in doing so. Wondering where to find an educated, intelligent woman to share my problems’

‘Advertise in the Matrimonial!’
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‘You have a bad habit of peeping into my bedroom at night. I don’t like it. You think I’m writing love letters to my friends?’

‘Reading!’

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Ammalu, from one side you look like my mother and from the other side, like my elder sister’

‘You’ll never come out of the habit of looking women through a corner of your eyes!’

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‘So late for my second coffee, old lady?’

‘Young man, this coffee is for me. I saw you rushing to kitchen and making coffee, when I went to the gate to buy vegetables’

‘You have eyes at your back too, Ammalu?’

‘I have eyes all over my body, when it comes to watch your movements’

Cartoon courtesy Ramki, Chennai

‘My father never used to do this job of slaves- carrying umbrella for his wife!’

‘I agree. He was the master of the house’

‘What? If not me, are you the master of our house?’

‘Mistress is the correct usage, SP!’

‘What? Have I to learn the fundamentals of English grammar from you?’

‘Hold the umbrella properly please’

‘What is there to smile mischievously Ammalu? I’m carrying the umbrella for me and not for you’

‘While holding the umbrella for you during the Kasi yatra, my naughty brother advised me, ‘ ensure that SP holds umbrella 🌂 for you throught your life’

Cartoon courtesy. Ramki, Chennai

‘Got a doubt all of a sudden, Ammalu- whether Earth surrounds the Bhoomi or the Sun surrounds the Earth’

“SP. you are blabbing. Who surrounds whom is not my concern, and as long as you don’t surrounds me and delay my cooking, I will be thankful’

‘Ammalu, I came to seek your help in solving a genuine doubt and you misunderstand me ‘

‘Ok. If your doubt on the planetary movement is genuine , your Science degree is fake. And had you genuinely expected me to answer your question which was erratic, you need immediate attention of a clinical psychologist . If romanticism was there behind your action, you chose a wrong time’

‘Ammini ‘s  new house looks grant!’

‘My contribution is also there’

‘Your contribution? You gave some ideas on the kitchen platform construction’

‘No, I contributed in cash’

‘You contributed money! Ammalu, why did you do it?’

‘Ammini threatened that she will release the book she wrote about her office days’

‘Let her. In what way are you concerned?’

‘As you were her boss!’

‘So, Ammalu, you were blackmailed! You don’t trust my past?’

‘I do. That was why I had to shell out my cash’

‘Ammalu , wherever I turn, I see only your face. Even in the water
In the copper vessel, your face, only I see’

‘There is no water in that vessel. Wear your glass properly and see. And no breakfast today, for telling a Himalayan lie,
Soon after completing your SandhyA, morning worship ‘

cartoon courtesy. Ramki, Chennai