Laughter

According to Doctors, one of the best ways to increase our life span is to laugh daily till our stomach hurts. Smiling or laughing affects everyone around us. When we see babies, the initial reaction is to smile. That is because babies reflect pure happiness and feeling of being content. So, smiling is connected to being happy and who would not want to be a happy person? So, here I am today, trying to spread that happiness among my readers. I will be telling funny experiences which happened to me and my friends. Some were extremely embarrassing whereas others were downright hilarious. I hope I succeed in making you smile.

One of the best things about being clumsy is, I end up falling each and everywhere. So most of my funny moments are where I fall or spill or in the worst case make others fall (Thankfully, the third case hasn't happened yet). When I was staying alone in Bangalore, I had to eat lunch at college from Canteen. Getting the plate from crowded canteen wasn't a problem for me. The main problem for me would arrive when I would sit comfortably at one place to eat. Because I don't remember even one single day when I did not spill anything on my tshirt or jeans. And the incident would not end there but continue with me cursing everyone around me including the person who made the lunch. And my poor friend Divya would bear all this in the name of friendship. Sometimes, I wonder how did she tolerate me those 3yrs in college? Because my clumsiness does not confine to spilling. I can not drink while I am walking. So if we go to buy Hot Chocolate or Coffee then I would walk 2 steps and stop to drink. The distance between the Kiosk and the classes was quite a bit which would end up us being late for class almost everytime. The rush and the sound of bell would always speed up the heart rate and the fear of missing our attendance was so great that many times I would just gulp my coffee and run to class. I would always ignore the burning tongue, because nothing was more important to us than getting attendance.

Once, I had gone with my best friend for dinner to a Chinese restaurant. We sat beside window thinking we will get nice cool air and good view. As soon as we ordered our dinner, I felt someone dancing on my lap. I looked at my best friend thinking it must be one of his funny trick. But he was so engrossed in the menu that there was no possibility he would pull of such a trick. I lifted the table mat and when I looked down, I got heart attack of a life time. What I saw on my lap was 1 huge rodent jumping from here and there and quite enjoying himself. Thank God that I did not scream but I jumped from my seat and started hopping around. When my friend saw the rodent walking away from me, he howled with laughter and no person could stop him afterwards. I was so shaken and tried to tell him that Dancing Rodent was quite scary but no force of nature could stop him from laughing at me. Finally even I gave in and joined him in his laughter.

The other incident took place when I was shifting from PG to my home in Pune. It was a really rainy day and me and my friend hadn't eaten for whole day amidst packing. It was almost 7 in the evening and we decided to have lunch plus dinner outside. It was a rainy day and whole floor had gotten wet. I was careful while walking but being me I slipped. The way I fell was so comical that I went high in the air and came down with a crash. Even the dog, which PG owners had got scared and whimpered away from me but all the other spectators started laughing so hard and doubled with laughter when I said- owww my back is paining. Only Shadow (the dog) came near me and showed any concern. Rest all were busy laughing.

These kind of small incidents have occupied my life almost at every stage. Specially the spelling mistakes I make while typing will haunt me forever. Once while speaking to my brother I typed Renukai Bhalerap by mistake, since then my life has become a hell rider. Because my brother has made sure everyone comes to know about this typo and now they all call me as Kai or Bhalerap. They have gone as far as to say that we will even open a wikipedia name by this name. Now, even I wonder what my actual name is. These examples will go on and on. I hope I have succeeded in my endeavor to make you all smile atleast a tiny bit. To conclude this post, here is 1 joke and a quote about laughter which i liked.

Best Diplomatic lines for the person you Hate- Its not that I hate You but lets just say, If you were on fire and I had water, I would drink it because of my thirst.

Laughter is a tranquilizer with no side effects. ~Arnold Glasow