Monday, November 06, 2006

Saturday pataka!!

Yesterday was the annual St Joseph’s College fest “Equinox 2006”. Quite an enjoyable day at the college grounds. I missed last years fest as I was working that Saturday, so we i.e my friends and me decided to go this year. The last show on the menu was various bands playing their music. The ground was packed. Since it was threatening to rain, we decided to keep to the periphery of the crowd so that we could make a dash for it when it starts pouring.

The band was in full swing and suddenly one of the band members, a chubby guy, got caught up in the heat of the moment and took a swinging dive into the crowd. He must have been inspired by similar stunts by popular bands as seen on TV. Inspite of the ground being packed something strange happened. The crowd parted like Moses parting the sea and the band member fell flat on his face onto the ground.

I just collapsed laughing.

The crowd helped him to his feet and tut tuted at the plight of the poor guy. He limped back bravely to the stage with a strained smile, waving bravely at the crowd. Everyone was commiserating while I could only clutch my aching tummy and laugh. That was Saturday pataka after Friday Dhamaka.

What a weekend!!

19 comments:

Jagan said...

ha ha ..poor chap...may be a thinner guy jumping cud hav made a difference :-)

Anonymous said...

:D :D :D Wish i was a witness to either one of those episodes
-Vaish

Mind Curry said...

lol..thats soooooo funny..it happens only in india..

good there was a rain chance..else you might have been holding the mr.chub on your head.

geeth said...

He fell down and you laugh at him? Very bad! *shake head* :)

Anonymous said...

Lol...u seem to have a penchant for being around when "paavam" souls of the male kingdom make a fool of themselves!...hey....hey stay away! ;-)

- GT

pophabhi said...

Every fall is followed by a peak. Hez gonna be the Michael Jackson of India.

Poor guy. When everyonez chasing for flat - Flats, Flat Panels, Flat TVs etc etc, all he got is a flat face. My condolences!

silverine said...

Jagan: I think the cushioning saved him :))

Vaish: That was double dhamaka for me :)

alexis:"but you should appreciate the courage to take the plunge LOL

mind curry: lol horrible thought!! :))

geetha: My friends too were left shaking their heads as I wouldn't stop laughing. My bro was cursing himself for having left the fest early :))

GT: Wot to do, I am sooo lucky lol

Pophabhi: That was a good one :))

Unknown said...

Is the mere prescence of Silverine making the environment intoxicated or drugged that these guys start doing foolish things???

Unnikrishnan G Nair

Amey said...

Ouch... that was bad.
Has somebody told you that "events" happen when you are around? I wonder why...

£ijo Isac said...

Me just wondering why these Dhamakas happen when you are around. This happens only in Bangalore . Again let the poor guys in Bangalore survive yaar :).

Amey said...

And now I see not somebody, but everybody has told you that. And your reply is...

silverine said...

Unni, Flieger and Li: It not my presence but my observation powers...did you notice no one in the ground laughed but me? I was the one who caught onto the hilarity of the situation :)) Flieger I rest my case.

Alex said...

Pavam!

CarbonMonoxide said...

Ahem .. Why is it that the guys who rock the crowd are'nt allowed a crowd surf ? As MC sez it happens only in India.

mathew said...

"The crowd parted like Moses parting the sea and the band member fell flat on his face onto the ground.
"

Lol!!ah..that visualised was so comical..is it like watching the real "Tom n jerry"!! :)

silverine said...

alex: lol wish I could commiserate!

the dawg: Very true!!! Selfish crowd!!!! grrrr
:p

mathew: lol so you can imagine my plight when it happened in front of my very own eyes :))

Amey said...

Ok, so it is not you but your smile that does it...

Anonymous said...

This should explain to you why Steve Tyler from Aerosmith WILL jump into the crowd and be carried around and why someone like, lets say, Meatloaf will NOT attempt such a stunt.

Funny, funny and like Mind Curry said, it happens only in India.

silverine said...

fleiger: ?

G:Very very true LOL