Wednesday, March 11, 2009

Idle thoughts of a Holi afternoon


I loved the copy on this jolly old website. The original, I am told, was something like

"Other Games

For the lovers of indoor games we have Table Tennis, Chess, Carrom, Billiard/Snooker, Card table, Carrom, chess, Brain wizard Scrabble, Table tennis, Table Tennis, Chess, Carrom, Billiard/Snooker, Card table, Carrom, chess, Brain wizard Scrabble, Table tennis, Table Tennis, Chess, Carrom, Billiard/Snooker, Card table, Carrom, chess, Brain wizard Scrabble, Table tennis,Table Tennis, Chess, Carrom, Billiard/Snooker, Card table, Carrom, chess, Brain wizard Scrabble, Table tennis etc."

but some diligent editing did the trick. Brevity, they say, is the soul of wit.

And here's my holi limerick
(The rhyme scheme works best with a mallu accent - joe-lee for jolly and foe-lee for folly)

I like the good old festival of holi

It can be very colorful and jolly

As I watch it from afar

From the seclusion of my bar

Because participating, in my opinion, is folly

14 comments:

Idling in Top Gear said...

It's kind of like in smaller restaurants in Tamil nadu, where you to ask for what's ready during breakfast time, you'd hear the waiter go, "idli, vada, pongal, poori, dosa, idli, pongal, vada, poori, etc..." :)

PS:In my old age, I find composing limericks mentally taxing. So, please to assume that I said something funny in limerick form. :)

Anonymous said...

Ah, looks like we spent and identical holi.

What joy to stay colorless, golly.

Anonymous said...

Oh no saar, you're varry wraang
To stay away from the colors and bhaang
Though I haven't had that latter
But that's another matter
May the ishpirit of the feshtival live laang!

rofl@ idling's PS

Anonymous said...

Nice one -- if you cant join them, watch them ! :-)

Anonymous said...

why this holi er than thou attitude? its not fun to watch from the sidelines..

Pitu said...

'Tis a drag and a bore
To dress up in a white chador
Only to get spattered
And pretend it mattered
To celebrate a festival of yore :p

Cynic in Wonderland said...

you are becoming a fashionable poet. Lord Naren Byron?

SRK said...

Me not too impressed with this Holi
where ppl drink thandai with bhaang ki goli
Me much prefer that dandiya raas
where 'items' whom we term jhakaas
dance away in shiny little chaniya choli!!!

Lavanya said...

There was once a man called shenoy
A man, I very much liked to annoy
So in his blog i typed many rhymes
Which made him pull his hair at times
And finally pack his bags to Hanoi


Happy holi :D

Lavanya said...

A holi carol :

Deck the halls with bowls of holi
Falalalalalala
TIs the season of rangoli
falalalalalala
Gonna hit you with pitchkaaris
falala lalala laalaalaaaaa


Merry holi to you, sire :D

Anonymous said...

Seclusion of the bar?!

No taking off your shirt and singing bhang bhang bhang, bhang bhang zamaana bole ala Sallu bhai?

Bhel Puri & Seekh Kabab said...

Holi a Folly? Folly??!
Oh golly,
So solly,
You just a jolly old fogey

Zlaek said...

beautiful clean limerick :D

you'll are funn!

Maddy said...

hey shenoy garu - u seem to hv got the poet out from all of us with ur limerick..it was fun reading it. btw i follow your advise scrupulously, though we never got a chance to play holi though we all play holy) for a long time..