Tuesday, July 07, 2009

New phone resolutions

Once upon a time there lived a girl. She had a phone, not that she didnt, but it was ancient and pulling on on life support. She'd decided to do the kind thing by pulling the plug, but couldnt actually do so until she had a replacement. So she looked high and she looked low and she asked around and she got utterly confused. She was fuzzy on the requirements, she was fuzzy on the budget, she was fuzzy on why she needed a phone at all! (Dont tell anyone, but her STD bill for the last month was 10 rupees.) Then one day she saw an ad in the newspaper for a phone that looked decent (that was important to her, who woulda thunk), matched some set of requirements and budget, and her brother did not threaten her with - its either me or the phone. So one fine Sunday she went and bought it.

That night, the God of mobile phones, in an attempt to regain territory from the God of equipments bought in a fit of passion that then spend all of their shelf life in a box on a shelf came in her dream and gave her one tablet with 5 commandments.

1. Thou shalt carry thy phone. Everywhere.
So she does. Everywhere. And when she forgets, she crosses floors without a thought to go get it.

2. Thou shalt not miss calls.
She doesnt. She simply cuts them off. And then follows commandment 3.

3. Thou shalt call people up.
She does. Even though she knows people are likely to fall off their chairs in surprise and break their legs if she calls them up just like that. She believes they will agree it was worth it. After all, as she knows from personal experience, breaking a leg is not as bad as it is made out to be. She can see herself running out of people though. (Damn you you yes yay and you kay and germany. Gimme my people back!)

4. Thou shalt charge thy phone
She does. Religiously.

5. Thou shalt know thy phone
She is getting there. Already she can set the alarm and play the radio (which she still thinks is the coolest part of the whole thing) and take pictures and use the dictionary without throwing the phone at the wall in frustration. She next plans to tackle the bluetooth monster.

Its been three days and so far, the God of mobile phones has no cause to complain.

7 comments:

Unknown said...

hehe..nice post...:)

any prob tackling ur phone...n we r here...:)

Mohsin said...

nice post..
u can probably put the story (after a bit of tweaking) on ficly.. :p real life fiction.. :p

vinaya said...

Tenk you :)

I did figure out an alt-tab equivalent on my phone all by myself. But i also panicked when my phone rang and i didnt know how to answer it. So i might still need your help!

Ashwin said...

lol, good luck wid da phone.

vinaya said...

Yeah, i need it!
(The dictionary is becoming my friend now. Today i taught it to spell Manish!)

Ram said...

hehe very funny..Liked this post..you didn't mention which phone it is..Don't tell me it is iphone

vinaya said...

Thanks :)
Nope, not iphone. It'd be totally wasted on me. Sony Ericsson, C510.

 
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