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Wednesday, May 16, 2012

On being fruity


Solom: Zainoo is STRAWberry, Mehreem is baNANA, Aun Bhai is WATERmelon.


Me: Wow! And Baba?


Solom: Baba is CHOCOLATE.


Me: Yum!!! And Mama?


Solom: Guava.



13 comments:

  1. ? so ? C'mon ! guava is gooood ! Better than banana and watermelon anyway. :D

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    1. Very kind of you but NO!!!!! Guava cannot be better than banana or watermelon... even KIWI is better than guava! Squash is the only fruit that might possibly be worse. My brother-in-law has a theory that guava is a vegetable masquerading as a fruit.

      Plus, my husband was CHOCOLATE!!!!!!

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    2. CHOCOLATE!!!!! Versus GUAVA!!!!! Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!!!!!

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  2. I am very offended because guava ,alongwith mango and grape ,is my favourite fruit. It's yummy ! Slice a guava into four pieces and add some salt and lal mirch to it. And then tell me you don't like it ...... If you say you still don't like it, I'll label you wierd ! :P :D

    What's the big deal about chocolate anyways ? If Solom had said " Pani puri " then maybe i'd have understood your concern. Right now, i just don't ! :P

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    1. How... HOW can a person who understands the greatness of mangoes like GUAVAS? *shakes head sorrowfully* Now see, what do you put salt and lal mirch in normally? SAALAN! Ergo the guava is a vegetable.

      Shhhh... don't say anything against the institution of the chocolate. Hallowed ground...

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    2. HOW can a person who understands the greatness of mangoes like GUAVAS?

      Lemme tell you how - Just like a person who loves reading P.G.Wodehouse also loves reading Shobhaa De. You know what I mean ? :P
      What's salan? Salad ? Is it a hindi/Urdu word ?I'm an Indian; I don't speak too much of hindi.

      Vegetable or not, guavas are simply delightful.Didn't you ever steal guavas from your neighbour's garden as a kid? :O I remember how as kids,my classmates and I would rush to the guava wala uncle outside school and eat 2-3 guavas each every single day.This is the first time it has ever occurred to me that guavas may not be very popular.

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    3. This is hilarious because I literally JUST finished the Wodehouse omnibus and I've never read Shobhaa! Lol.

      'Saalan' is gravy, btw.

      One of the great regrets of my life, incidentally, is that I never stole anything from anyone's garden. Very boring childhood that way. My cousin used to steal imli from her neighbour's tree. See? I must live through her childhood experiences. She also tried to take out the car once during a slumber party and drove it into a ditch.

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  3. Guava is not a vegetable. See, you can have potato ki sabzi,bhindi ki sabzi,tamatar ki sabzi,gobi ki sabzi etc etc but can u ever have guava ki sabzi ?Can you imagine having Roti with guava ki sabzi? No. Ergo, it is not a vegetable ! SCORE ! :P :P :P

    These are such silly comments but silly stuff, i've realised, is very good for health. :) :) :)

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    1. My mother made a KHARBOOZAY KE CHILKAY (melon skin) ki sabzi once. It was delicious, although everyone sort of freaked out once she revealed which 'vegetable' they were eating!

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    2. Ok. Ok. You win.
      Your hubby is chocolate.
      You are guava.
      And we've just established that Guavas are boring.
      Now does that makes you happy. :P

      P.S. - I hope you've been eating mangoes. I eat 5 a day. Surprisingly, i'm still fine !

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    3. Mangoes aren't here yet! Which part of India are you in to have access to mangoes already?? *jealous*

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  4. Mangoes aren't available in pakistan as yet ?!

    The Mango season (which is in full swing right now) in India begins in April and ends in june.I'm in the South.

    When is the mango season in Pakistan? Once the mango season here is over, i'll import some from there. :P

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    1. Haha! Mango season here starts for real in June, although some wannabe mangoes do start trickling in in May. Lucky duck. Enjoy.

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