Saturday, February 23, 2008

Spam Filter

OK, my next entry, you had to write a hate mail to your gf/bf who had dumped you, venting out your feelings for her/him. This is the result of a couple of hours in the CC and some help from Aditya(thanks!):

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Dear 'It was not you, it was me',

Hey there! How are you? Today is just such a beautiful day. I woke up in the morning to the sweet sounds of birds chirping, made more beautiful by the conspicuous absence of a certain someone. Then I went to the bakery and had a slice of delicious cherry pie, man, that would have awakened the calorie-counting freak in you. Hehe I still remember when we in the restaurant that day, you had said "Oooooooooooooohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh there are SO MANY 'EFFING CALORIES in the cup of coffee here, I mean it is more fattening than greasy pork fat covered in greasy pork fat with extra mayonnaise. I sweeeeeeeeeeeeeear I'm putting on too much weight, I mean I've added like 36 grams since last week. " Then I walked past the supermarket, one of your favourite haunts........I'm still haunted by it. How many shopping hours per day was it again? 1? 2? 12? Speaking of numbers that describe your vanity, completed your daily quota of 19 beauty parlour visits yet? I swear the parlour's owner's kids worship you every night, I mean their daily supply of essential commodities like chocolate cakes(with glaze icing, yum!) and sports cars would stop without your 'funding'. Speaking of funding, hope Mr. "Pardon me miss, I seem to have lost my phone number, could I borrow yours?" has enough money to support your jewel fetish. You know I've always wondered as to how you can carry all those precious stones on you without imploding into yourself like the twin towers.

I still remember surprisingly vividly your very intelligent quotes that were told to me when we broke up. "We want different things", I think you said. I mean yeah , I want a girl and you a guy so its kinda obvious really but whatever. "Maybe this is not the right time for us." Yeah, you're right, I just read your horoscope and it says something about getting brain tumour on being in a relationship with a 6 foot 1 inch tall Aquarian with black curly hair, brown eyes and a small hook-shaped scar on the lower part of the left thigh. And my personal favourite "I love you, but I'm not in love with you. " Man, that was DEEP. I mean, I could practically drown in it.....and almost did. It was deeper than the deepest ocean times 10. Mariana Trench is like a rain puddle compared to it. You should write poetry, seriously.

I hope you're happy with your Mr. "Did it hurt? When you fell from heaven?". You two are as compatible as Elton John and Britney Spears....oh wait, never mind. So you DID fall from heaven, huh? Surprising how you never told me. How was the weather there? Saw any cute cherubs? Wonder why they kicked you out in the first place hmmmmm. Maybe they wanted you to suffer for what you did to a certain someone........never mind that either. I heard that this new "boyfriend" of yours, Mr. "Hello, I'm a thief, and I'm here to steal your heart(Do you need extra cheese with that Big Mac?)" has been a regular customer of a place I should not be mentioning. Anyway Mr. "So, you're a girl huh?" and I met yesterday.........a most chirpy and gay fellow I must say. I mean, he was practically rope skipping down the road singing some Backstreet Boys song. All he needed was a pretty red frilly skirt with flowery designs and the look would be complete. We ended up having a very "intellectual" conversation about politics, religion and the big Ken-Barbie breakup and how it profoundly affected our social lives-well that was him mostly. You know, Mr. "Be unique and different, say yes" reminds me of a cross between a boy band and Karate Kid. Oh and his skin is oilier than an Arabian oil rig and has more craters than the surface of the moon and no skin cream accident will ever change that. And his hair, oh Lord! You could deep fry more than a dozen chicken legs in that greasy lump.

I really wish you guys hit it off. I mean, I know for one that he will really love you. I mean, who could not like your 16 layers of make-up? Mr. "Would you touch me so I can tell my friends I've been touched by an angel?" also loves your absolute dominating nature, I could practically see the antennas coming out of his head whose remote is in your hands as I write. I mean, he probably has to take your permission every time he wants to rearrange his doll collection(which he does with alarming frequency, I've heard). I hope you're not being too hard on the poor guy. Mr. "Damn! Somebody needs to write explosive on you, because you are the bomb!" doesn't look like he'll live through half an episode of Pokemon, so your absolute supremacy over him may put his chances of survival below that of a kid in Michael Jackson's bedroom(hey wait, I'm not supposed to be explicitly explicit but what the hell). He may not be as trustworthy as your spare make-up kit or as handsome as Tom Cruise in Spandex but at least Mr. "Baby, if you were words on a page, you'd be what they call FINE PRINT!" is trying really hard to cope up with your Hitler-esque demands.

And what about me? Life goes on, I guess. You were totally right about " We don't do our emotional business in the same way." and "We are not really cut out for each other." I mean, you ARE a cut above the rest so......"How will I know I want to spend the next 50 years with you unless I date other people?" I mean who can stop you from saying that to the next guy.....and the next, and the next....... but hey, who am I to question. You had, I believe, also said "I can't see myself with you when I am eighty." Yeah well, eyesight can be a fair-weather friend when you get that old. "Dating you is killing who I am." Wow, I didn't know that killing you was even possible, I mean I don't think you're mortal enough to have a soul. "Yes, I love you, but I really, really hate you too." Hey, more DEEP(SOS!) poetry! Have you taken my advice on being a poet yet?

Well, here's wishing you and Mr. "You know what I like about you? My arms." a long time together. Maybe he will do a better job than me and actually pass the hundred plus tests you set before him like so many precarious land mines. But hey, if he doesn't, you'll just find someone else. We're all the same dummy dolls anyway. I really hope you're happy after all that you've done because if you aren't, well, tough luck, it's all over. Well, I've taken WAY too much of your time with this (isn't it shopping hour #9 already?) so I'll just say so long, be happy and thanks for all the fish.

Yours no more,
The guy who wasn't 'The One'

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Writing this one was TONS of fun, all the cheesy pick-up lines just made our day :)

Chicken Burger v/s PETA's Veggie Burger

OK, so there was this creative writing competition in IIT last week and being the jobless people we are, I and Saketh HAD to participate in it :) So this was one entry we wrote together. The topic was about which burger is better between veggie and chicken........instead of going all ethical, Saketh got the idea to poke fun at the topic and I was all game. This is the result:

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Well, its time for the grand showdown. You may have already read many of the critical comparisons of the two most tummy-rumbling food products of our time . The two burgers from either side of The Divide provide a yummy debate as to which is the better product. Not since the discovery of The Sliced Bread has the world witnessed such a spicy controversy...But the duck stops here. We provide the definitive answer to the Question with our thorough analysis...


1)The Look
The first thing you do with a burger? Eye it malevolently and do a quick-approximation of whether it will satisfy one or not. It happens within a fraction of a second, and my scientist friends has proved that it doesn't matter at all. Well, Bullocks to my scientist friends as ...


Veggie Burger ~ In the green shorts, we have..The Veggie Burger!(Cheers and plant-chants!)...With a lot of mean green..Soy!, Does this food-product pack a lot of crunch. Veggie Aficionados contest hotly that the Veggie Burger has been the most mouth-watering invention of man since The Water-Bottle. Sandwiched between two juicy buns fresh from the oven..are layers of lettuces, onions, tomatoes, patty...with mayonnaise, mustard, ketchup added as per the sampler's taste. Together,they form a mosaic of breath-taking colors (thats why we discuss the smell separately) more eye-catching than the word Mississippi(eye-count : 4). If you don't believe in love at first sight..well,you'll have to see it to believe it.

Chicken Burger ~ In the other corner,we have ..in the red shorts..theeee Chicken Burger!(Beers and cat-calls!). Looking much the same, fanatic fans of the Chicken Burger claim it has all that the Veggie has...and more. The very look inspires visions of feather-flapping tongue-clucking chickens all waiting to be devoured. But well,that's kinda nauseating. Not at all inspiring. Round One to the Veggie Burger!

But, as they say don't judge a Burger by its outer crust.

Veggie Burger 1-0 Chicken Burger

2)The Aroma(Ahhhhhh)
As already mentioned, these products are breath-taking to say the least and outright lung-bursting, to say a little more. Both have that aroma that wafts through your nostrils, elevating one to the upper-echelons of Gourmet Goodness. But we are doing relative grading here, and the most lenient of the infamous IITK Prof's will agree that what matters is not how you perform, but whether you outperform. And with that little teeny-weeny extra tinge of Chicken ...the Chicken Burger wins by a short beak.

Veggie Burger 1 - 1 Chicken Burger


3)The Taste
As we come to the third category in our much-anticipated Burger-Showdown, the fight sizzles just like 'em Burger Patties being golden-fried in oil on the grill. But when it comes to taste, both deliver what they promise . Mind Blowingly tasty, they send your taste buds to Taste Bud Heaven and back. But the chicken does it again, with an amazing 1 out of 1 person, Mr.Atep Itna(name withheld) saying that the Chicken Burger grossly out-tasted the Veggie Burger. Thats a Whopping 100 % folks! A Landslide victory...



Veggie Burger 1- 2 Chicken Burger
4)McDonalds Bout
Well, You gotta admit, What an average person eats is not what they make at home or the Burger-By-The-Road. As for Burger King,they can be ignored as a negligible variable. What remains constant is that most people go to that big-friendly ubiquitous yellow M to have their daily meal. And seeing as the average guy has a less-than-average IQ, what they like is what sounds good And whether they choose to Super-Size it or not,The McChicken Burger is a much more awesome name than the McVeggie Burger. McChicken sounds all Mc'cky and Chickeny..whereas the McVeggie just sounds plain mucky and gives you the heebie-jeebies. McChicken rules the roost!



Veggie Burger 1-3 Chicken Burger
5)The Big Question
"Why did the Chicken cross the road?" must be one of the most funny lines in Humor History ever. With a billion funny off-springs, it must be one of the most enduring timeless master-pieces. And whats funny is, it actually IS funny, unlike many other jokes(I'm looking at you,knock-knock). Just the fact that there ain't no"Why did the Veggie cross the road?" classic is enough to give this one to the Chicken Burger.



Veggie Burger 1-4 Chicken Burger

6)Google Fight 1


Veggie Burger is the best....300,000 results
Chicken Burger is the best...278,000 results

Veggie Burger 2-4Chicken Burger


7)Price
Not every man can afford that burger-a-hour. So cost counts and counts a lot. After all, it boils down to whether you can actually pay for that sumptuous Burger of your choice, and as is universally known, the Veggie Burger wins this one wings down.



Veggie Burger 3-4 Chicken Burger

8)PETA Expansion

"People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals" are a well-meaning warm-hearted group of blokes standing up for what they think is right. Well,most of them at least. "People Eating Tasty Animals" on the other hand is a distasteful expansion, though it is just about remotely funny. Veggie Burger forever!


Veggie Burger 4-4 Chicken Burger

9)Coin TossWe all agree luck matters a lot.
Coin used~Standard One Rupee coin. Heads to the Veggie burger, Tails to the chicken Burger.


THHTTHHTTH

Tie Breaker-T.


Veggie Burger 4-5 Chicken Burger

10 )Ethics

After all, we should take the chicken's point of view into consideration as well. I mean, who would like to be roasted and eaten. The Veggie Burger is as nutritious and comes cheaper. And whatever extra proteins Chicken has, vegetables do too. And agreed, plants might feel pain too, but cmon, don't tell me animals don't feel it more. And if we can live comfortably by being vegetarian...isn't eating non-vegetarian food uncalled for? Especially when the animals are treated so badly...I think almost all of you agree that the Veggie Burger is more ethical than the Chicken Burger ...

Conscience pursues us to give it to the Veggie Burger.

Veggie Burger 5-5 Chicken Burger
11) Google Fight 2

Eating Chicken Burger will help you get laid ...73,800 results
Eating Veggie Burger will help you get laid..153,000 results

That does it. End of Story.

Veggie Burger 6-5 Chicken Burger


So, there you have it, folks! The Big Burger Battle is over! Eleven rounds of nail-biting edge-of-the-seat action, and the Veggie Burger emerges the deserving winner 6-5. Close..but the Veggie Burger manages to win it at the last moment. So its the Veggie Burger that rules the roost after all. Thats it for this issue...so long, and thanks for all the burgers!



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This article is meant to be taken in a very light vein, as was our mood when we wrote this. It was fun putting in totally random stuff in what should have been a serious debate on morals and ethics and what not. Saketh was the major contributer in this one, lemme know what your opinions are.