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If a person lies to you, it is not the person's fault. It is your fault that you made the person lie to you.

What funda, no? I read this (or some such) on some random 'help yourself' book cover in the train today when a lady in front of me was reading it!

The other day a *blind* vendor came in the train compartment to sell some bangles or some such. He kept telling people " Dekho na madam, dekhne ka paisa nahi lagta"(!!!)

Train journeys are sure surreal!

Comments

Uday Kiran said…
You have not mentioned the author of the quote. Reader cannot risk to say that the quote is a lie as then he will be termed responsible for getting the author to quote it. Intelligently framed to 'frame' the reader.
4:41 AM
Nutan said…
@Uday: :) I am not sure who the author was. Some self-help book author I guess.
6:13 AM
S P Suresh said…
Nothing to beat the graffiti in the Chennai MRTS trains, though! The other day I saw this absolute gem (with even more spelling mistakes that I don't precisely recall now!):

Any love can say that I can understand your feelings, but that is only true love that say “I can feel your feelings.”


Amazing, no! K-ness on earth! There is also this beautifully rhyming thing in Tamil that is the k-est poetry I have ever seen! Srikanth and I just love it! I think I have told you before!

Another complete k that I recall is some DYFI guy trying to rouse people against globalization! He was saying “It's only because of globalization that major ills like MNCs, BPOs, and outsourcing have befallen our country!” “Huh!? Come again!,” I was thinking. I think it was around the time when there was a major brouhaha in the U.S. about outsourcing to India!

Do they have place for ‘sundal’ vendors in Mumbai trains? If not, that's another unique for Chennai!
6:19 AM
A Budding Pest said…
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12:49 PM
Nutan said…
@sps: A superior version of sundal is sold in Bombay trains, namely Bhel :). And a whole lot of vendors pa! But was I talking about Bombay trains at all? What a hardcore Chennai lover you are!!

@A budding pest: Some random being with this identity commented on this post. He/she wrote some joke (have jokes stopped being funny by now?) about sleeping and lying etc. I approved the comment and then ended up deleting it. Sorry about that. But serves you right for inflicting such a terrible joke.
9:19 PM
Anonymous said…
I dont know about A budding pest, but knowing you it comes no surprise at me for you to approve and then delete a comment...you change everything as easily as you change your clothes...
4:40 PM
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