tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2460565103147391578.post5060885378536049284..comments2023-10-06T17:24:24.995+05:30Comments on Autobiography of an ordinary man: The African Diaries - The Land of the Watermelon Smugglers ContinuedNarendra shenoyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00435746867801885684noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2460565103147391578.post-56681798830710700562008-03-07T08:35:00.000+05:302008-03-07T08:35:00.000+05:30LOL, catching up on my posts, dude, and looks like...LOL, catching up on my posts, dude, and looks like I started with your last one. Oh well, good thing is that the posts seem to stand on their own.<BR/><BR/>Nice opening passage. Having ridden in small planes, the pogo stick analogy really hit home.Bhel Puri & Seekh Kababhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09195277583355260879noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2460565103147391578.post-38417144488768103442008-03-06T17:25:00.000+05:302008-03-06T17:25:00.000+05:30nice set of posts on Africa. Have heard much about...nice set of posts on Africa. Have heard much about the planes but can see a whole new set of stories can be told about the place.Anitahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15873744946960833335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2460565103147391578.post-65005823612535732772008-03-05T04:44:00.000+05:302008-03-05T04:44:00.000+05:30LOL @ the gujjubhai queries!Oh and "watermelon" pr...LOL @ the gujjubhai queries!<BR/><BR/>Oh and "watermelon" pretty much gave the true picture... you really could've spared us the gruesome details about them being <I>agricultural show first prize category watermelons!!</I>mayGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12093179992893827264noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2460565103147391578.post-24061281760814221392008-03-04T10:42:00.000+05:302008-03-04T10:42:00.000+05:30..well hopefully the gujjus werent smuggling water.....well hopefully the gujjus werent smuggling watermelons in lowwaist jeans ..<BR/><BR/>but give us more details about jacksonheights, NY..you have intriguedCynic in Wonderlandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17544348501114907088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2460565103147391578.post-87129493487732995622008-03-03T18:38:00.000+05:302008-03-03T18:38:00.000+05:3060 year old in low waist jeans. Wait, 60 year old ...60 year old in low waist jeans. Wait, 60 year old gujjubhai in low waist jeans.<BR/>Scary.<BR/>And watermelon smugglers, LOL!Kryptonitehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13819687027852990734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2460565103147391578.post-43448889180608924702008-03-03T14:20:00.000+05:302008-03-03T14:20:00.000+05:30@drenched-The ladies are tres chic. And for some r...@drenched-The ladies are tres chic. And for some reason, most guys are seen wearing business suits even when engaged in distinctly un-boardroom-like activities like selling live chickens.<BR/><BR/>@ok - I do not know the meaning of the word 'no' - especially when people ask me the question "will you have another drink?" ;-)<BR/><BR/>I love gujjubhais actually. They are a barrel full of laughs. I've got enough material for several posts if I want to write about gujjus. Like all generalizations, there are many honorable exceptions, of course. <BR/><BR/>@maddy - gujjus in the US are my favorite. I was asked for my underwear size by one of them in an Indian store at Jackson Heights, New York city. You don't want to know the circumstances.<BR/><BR/>@Vijay - I wish I had photographs. They were not your small, gourmet watemelons. They were the agricultural show first prize category watermelons.Narendra shenoyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00435746867801885684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2460565103147391578.post-14015026049239610842008-03-03T12:36:00.000+05:302008-03-03T12:36:00.000+05:30When you first bought up "Watermelon" in your earl...When you first bought up "Watermelon" in your earlier post, I was racking my brains.. took me until this post to understand it.... you speak from a much higher plain.. lol.. pun intended..Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2460565103147391578.post-3377984482204313962008-03-02T23:37:00.000+05:302008-03-02T23:37:00.000+05:30gujjus here are also very direct - they start with...gujjus here are also very direct - they start with three questions. you live in own house or rented? are you engineer or doctor and you have green card?<BR/><BR/>nicole kidman type? I thought there is reasonably good balance up there keeping the centre of gravity under control..ah i get it! you mentioned serena as well..Maddyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18163804773843409980noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2460565103147391578.post-15444441639929130492008-03-02T23:12:00.000+05:302008-03-02T23:12:00.000+05:30You always seem to have had a drop too much;). Re...You always seem to have had a drop too much;). Reminds me of Harry in Three Men in a Boat.<BR/><BR/>In any case I loved the gujju para. I hate gujjus for the same reason. <BR/><BR/>-OkKD. K Bodhihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07925921697709668236noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2460565103147391578.post-61093388795952214922008-03-02T18:12:00.000+05:302008-03-02T18:12:00.000+05:30Watermelon smugglers? Hahahahaha. This is the most...Watermelon smugglers? Hahahahaha. This is the most hilarious metaphor that I've read in ages!<BR/>And gujjubhais sound a lot like pesky aunties who keep on catching you off-guard by asking personal questions. However, unlike in the case of gujjubhais, polite smiles nods don't suffice. You've to give details. Too bad you didn't bump into one of those.<BR/><BR/><I>The ladies were wearing off-shoulder dresses, halter necks, cleavage revealing tops, the kind of clothes you would find Nicole Kidman wearing on Oscar night. </I><BR/>Whatever happened to leaves and animal skins? And even those bhadkeele-chamkeele African kapde?Drenchedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03098715119908240170noreply@blogger.com