I mean -Enough has been said about all other stereotypes- enough people belong to them- we- the less discussed -the less thought about.We, who have taken the tough decision to stay awake and battle it all out- this blog takes our cause!
And the rest of the world can just pretend to screw up their noses in disgust for all we care but this is who we are- and we know you'r squirming in your seat right now.We'v known it all along ppl! Its official- WAR has been declared!Not us Vs you- silly! Its us Vs them- the ones with the chalk and the walk and the talk-
They declared the war- i maintain-They start with a word, add another word, and then another, and then may be a cuple more and then do it all again!By the fourth round you will find most victims shifting restlessly and another 3-4 rounds later each is into
- humming her/his own tune in the head
- Turning around to see who bunked class(Lucky them!)
- Lovingly patting the edges of ones cell phone
- Wondering what day of the week it is
- Comparing bracelets with ppl 1 row away
- Reminiscing about how one shouldn't have missed that day morning's Dosa in the mess and how one should wake up in the morning the first time the alarm goes off (In my defence- the alarm was soothing to the ear)
- Wondering why the word why meant why
This could like go on-victims are too many- oppurtunities -even more - but the point is that "Ms/Mr Lovingly patting cell phone" by now picks up her/his cell phone and starts punching out the keys with lightning speed,mind numbing accuracy and all this without moving even a single muscle in the rest of(excluding the hand) her/his body.And that, we know, is when the victim recognises herself as being victimised- the first sign of failure!
We, on the other hand, we r still bobbing,let them plough on relentlessly- word after word that they throw at us- we give it back to them.Nod after nod we swallow their weapons, take it with a straight face and still end up looking brave and ready for the next word.I mean, we'v set our inds on staying awake through the entire ordeal-and by staying awake I refer to the "not acting out" of the following acts:
*No shut eye- primary rule.
*No half opened eye that could pass off for the above option either.
*No dropping the head down on the table- it is vital that there be intense eye contact between the victim and the perpetrator in order for both sides to continue waging this hideous war.
We recognise, at this point, that we do take a lot of stress whilst bobbing- and assume that if the bobbing were to become irregular- it would result in the victims(who have by now totally switched off)-not the bobbers- being questioned at random- and that is a scary prospect!(However much we may differ by principle- it all amounts to the fact that we r all students dosnt it!)
And thats why people, that is why we still go on- in the larger interests of the community!
In extreme cases of wartime danger, the bobbers are allowed to doodle on the extreme corners of their notebook's to their hearts content whilst still bobbing the head and looking extremely intrested in the weapons that whiz by.
A word of advice, to prospective bobbers- notes taking is a red herring for the perpetrators and comes as a major relief given the fact that you can avoid eye contact for a while.Also extremely useful is the 3 phase "dropping the pencil-bending down to pick it-never coming up again" act that brings immediate and effective release to prolonged eye contact.However these respites are against the principles of head bobbing and are frowned upon by true blue loyalists!
Meanwhile-Happy bobbing!The defense rests.
4 comments:
Good stuff!!
Notably- You have used simpler and more, erm, whatsthatword, accesible language.
You have (much to my horror) resorted to shortening of words-sms language in places, which, in my opinion, is unacceptable especially coming from you.
Otherwise, great going!! Keep em coming!!!
Found to be thouroughly guilty of above stated crime, however as the defendant pleads guilty (while claiming to have been bestowed with a brain that was half asleep while authoring the said blog) and is also extremely lazy to reedit the blog, with much regret the verdict is pronounced: "it shall stay!!" but yes hari,ill watch out for those!
You know one more thing; you have, by admitting you were half-asleep during the course of penning your little write-up, given further evidence to your dyed-in-the-wool second-bench-head-bobber status; the fact that you have, even in your sleepy stupor, been organized enough to make a neat list of the typical mannerisms of head bobbers....Thou art, without a shadow of doubt, a true researcher into the intricacies of high-school semi-sincere student habit patterns.... Kudos
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