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Aristocracy

October 9, 2008 | 20 Comments

A Sophisticated Insult for those who talk about the special quality of blood flowing through their veins. The type that says “My great-grandfather was the Sultan of Multan” and waits, expectantly, for you to genuflect. I’d say:

“Democracy is so incredibly boring. What do these liberals have against harems and slaves?”

To the person who told me “You are now married into a Brahmin family!!” as if it was a grand achievement, I’d quote David Gerrold:

“The problem with the gene pool is that there’s no lifeguard.”

- b.

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  1. Ricki says:
    October 9, 2008 at 7:46 pm

    Love that second one! For some reason it reminds me of Lily Tomlin’s famous quip, “The problem with the rat race is that, even if you win, you’re still a rat.” ;)

  2. Nirmala says:
    October 9, 2008 at 8:07 pm

    :D
    :D
    :D

  3. arundati says:
    October 9, 2008 at 9:10 pm

    i get that second one a lot!! and loved the retort…..am sooo going to use it now!!

  4. sailaja says:
    October 9, 2008 at 9:14 pm

    :) :)

  5. Jen Yu says:
    October 9, 2008 at 9:35 pm

    i am loving these posts.

  6. Manasi says:
    October 9, 2008 at 10:38 pm

    :) )- super!

  7. linu says:
    October 9, 2008 at 10:54 pm

    where do u come up with these replies? :D

  8. Priya says:
    October 9, 2008 at 11:15 pm

    ha ha b,
    i have never commented in your blog..but this one made me too…nalla vayiru valika sirichen…abt the gene pool…:)) keep it cmng..

  9. Nirmala says:
    October 10, 2008 at 1:12 am

    And guys please announce the theme for CLICK Oct!

    there is no theme.

  10. sunita says:
    October 10, 2008 at 1:55 am

    I hear you on this :-D

  11. Mamatha says:
    October 10, 2008 at 4:55 am

    Love ‘em, especially the second one.

    To Shreya:
    It irks me no end when I hear people discussing skin color – sadly, it’s almost always Indians. When I was waiting in a line at a movie theater once, an Indian lady in front of me was discussing her children’s skin color with an other lady. The daughter was slightly darker than the son (something I noticed only after the following statement by the mother and am only bringing it up to put it in context) and the mother goes, and I repeat verbatim, “She’s dark -she should have had his color and he her’s”. It took me a lot of will-power to not get into an altercation with her. Not only was she discriminating against her kids but somehow seemed to indicate that dark skin was less desirable on girls than boys. Just thinking of that inane conversation makes me mad.

    Sorry B/J, for hijacking your comment section. Do you have an insult I can use on such people?

    “Dark is dark and light is light, but stupid is forever.”

    sorry, shreya, your comment got deleted by mistake when i was about to reply. if someone asks me for my last name, caste and if i was north or south indian, i’ll say, “It’s Bush. I’m native Indian and a casteless wonder.”

  12. Happy Cook says:
    October 10, 2008 at 5:11 am

    I love this serie you are doing.
    Waiting for more of this

  13. Uma says:
    October 10, 2008 at 8:29 am

    Superb! Especially the second one!

  14. sonia says:
    October 10, 2008 at 9:27 am

    You are funny! I wish you lived near, I would have begged to be your non-virtual friend :-)

  15. Manisha says:
    October 10, 2008 at 9:41 am

    Bee, you’re Bush? No!!!
    In that case, I am Obama.

  16. Purnima says:
    October 10, 2008 at 9:56 am

    B, ‘stupid is forever’ apt! (frm reply -Shreya’s query)
    both ‘I’s’ made me smile! Wish cd use them ‘on spot’ like u did! :)

  17. Soma says:
    October 10, 2008 at 11:40 am

    :-D Keep going u guys.. loving every moemnt of it.

    Following an incident my 7 yr. old daughter once said “mama I have a light chocolate face..”
    Me: “It doesn’t really matter what color face u have.”
    Her: “Can I call them Vanilla Face?”

    I was actually overjoyed..

  18. Bharti says:
    October 10, 2008 at 2:25 pm

    “Dark is dark and light is light, but stupid is forever.”

    How I wish I had heard that line when I was growing up. Did you make it up yourself? Its brilliant.
    I wish I could say it to all those aunties now.

  19. Siri says:
    October 13, 2008 at 1:24 pm

    I second Bharti. wish I had known this (‘“Dark is dark and light is light, but stupid is forever.” ) during my school days! My mum still has this feeling that I am darker than my own sister..:) just donno what to say then. Phew!

    Love this series Bee.

    Siri

  20. pooj says:
    November 27, 2008 at 10:13 pm

    I am loving this…I am married into a bramhin family and i hear it ALLLL the time.
    Please make these posts a regular article.



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