Showing posts with label Merlin Flower. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Merlin Flower. Show all posts
Lucky Charm
By Merlin flower
Shyam switched on the Television. “Television is an idiot-box watched by crazy people,” he had told his colleagues. “Well, they‘ll never know I am addicted to it,” he thought.
“….drive out the ghosts,” an extraordinarily pretty girl was telling him on the television, “and taste success.” Shyam was interested, after all, who hated success, and sharpened his ears, “just buy this wonderful pendant straight from China..”
“Should I?” wondered Shayam even as the lady continued, “You can order through VISA or Master cards. Please call our toll free number 011-2233445566 or 022-7788990011.” The scene changed to another face, “I was an employee who became a boss after wearing the pendant for two hours, yes, only two hours. Imagine what it can do for you.”
Shyam was happy to imagine himself in his boss’s shoes-they did smell but who cared-with frequent breaks and two secretaries. Now another man appeared to say, “I married Miss. Ethiopia after wearing this pendant.” No guess, Shayam was hooked now, “If not Miss. Ethiopia, I could get at least a Miss. Kenya or Miss. Bangalore, I am the boss Shyam,” thought Shyam.
He dialed the second toll free number, a sweet voice answered, “This is Lucky lucky lucky luck on-line store, how may I help you?”
“Is this lucky lucky luck on-line store?” asked Shyam
“No, it’s Lucky lucky lucky luck on-line store, you left out one of the ‘lucky,”
“Oh, did I?”
“Well, no problem, how can I be of service to you?”
“I wanted to know about the lucky pendant, you see, I would love to have one..”
“Great, please tell us your address and the number of your card.”
“It’s------“
“Okay, you’ll receive the pendant within three day.”
“Thanks, you don’t know how happy I am,” said Shyam who was quite relieved to have found a solution for his problems.
He checked his balance. “What’s this, the last call has gulped 2K of my money,” Shyam was petrified. He called them back.
““This is Lucky lucky lucky luck on-line store, how may I help you?” the same saccharine voice.
“Didn’t you say it was a toll-free number, then how come I’ve been charged two thousand rupees for my last call?” he asked
“You had called on 022-7788990011 and the toll free number is 011-2233445566,”
“Oh, really, I thought I was fooled,” said Shyam.
He received the pendant after ten days. It looked ordinary, like the one from the roadside shops in Chandi Chowk and not one from China.
“Here comes the boss.” Shyam shouted to himself. He wore the pendant and marched to his office. Immediately, he was ushered into the meeting room.
“Wow, the pendant is working, it is working. I am going to be the new boss of my company,” thought the happy Shyam.
“Mr. Shyam we have decided, on the basis of your performance, to demote you. Your assistant Ram would be appointed to your position.” Shyam glanced at Ram and saw the same pendant around his neck too.
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By Merlin flower
Shyam switched on the Television. “Television is an idiot-box watched by crazy people,” he had told his colleagues. “Well, they‘ll never know I am addicted to it,” he thought.
“….drive out the ghosts,” an extraordinarily pretty girl was telling him on the television, “and taste success.” Shyam was interested, after all, who hated success, and sharpened his ears, “just buy this wonderful pendant straight from China..”
“Should I?” wondered Shayam even as the lady continued, “You can order through VISA or Master cards. Please call our toll free number 011-2233445566 or 022-7788990011.” The scene changed to another face, “I was an employee who became a boss after wearing the pendant for two hours, yes, only two hours. Imagine what it can do for you.”
Shyam was happy to imagine himself in his boss’s shoes-they did smell but who cared-with frequent breaks and two secretaries. Now another man appeared to say, “I married Miss. Ethiopia after wearing this pendant.” No guess, Shayam was hooked now, “If not Miss. Ethiopia, I could get at least a Miss. Kenya or Miss. Bangalore, I am the boss Shyam,” thought Shyam.
He dialed the second toll free number, a sweet voice answered, “This is Lucky lucky lucky luck on-line store, how may I help you?”
“Is this lucky lucky luck on-line store?” asked Shyam
“No, it’s Lucky lucky lucky luck on-line store, you left out one of the ‘lucky,”
“Oh, did I?”
“Well, no problem, how can I be of service to you?”
“I wanted to know about the lucky pendant, you see, I would love to have one..”
“Great, please tell us your address and the number of your card.”
“It’s------“
“Okay, you’ll receive the pendant within three day.”
“Thanks, you don’t know how happy I am,” said Shyam who was quite relieved to have found a solution for his problems.
He checked his balance. “What’s this, the last call has gulped 2K of my money,” Shyam was petrified. He called them back.
““This is Lucky lucky lucky luck on-line store, how may I help you?” the same saccharine voice.
“Didn’t you say it was a toll-free number, then how come I’ve been charged two thousand rupees for my last call?” he asked
“You had called on 022-7788990011 and the toll free number is 011-2233445566,”
“Oh, really, I thought I was fooled,” said Shyam.
He received the pendant after ten days. It looked ordinary, like the one from the roadside shops in Chandi Chowk and not one from China.
“Here comes the boss.” Shyam shouted to himself. He wore the pendant and marched to his office. Immediately, he was ushered into the meeting room.
“Wow, the pendant is working, it is working. I am going to be the new boss of my company,” thought the happy Shyam.
“Mr. Shyam we have decided, on the basis of your performance, to demote you. Your assistant Ram would be appointed to your position.” Shyam glanced at Ram and saw the same pendant around his neck too.
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Daegu on vacation
By Merlin flower
Daegu had never seen any foreign country. And you can imagine his dismay when he read, “Fools don’t travel.” Daegu was no fool but he was indeed shaken a bit to read such a comment. “I’ve got to travel somewhere,” he thought to himself.
He approached the manager for a ten days leave. “But why do you want a ten days leave now?,” enquired the manager.
“Oh, I want to visit some places to expand my horizon of knowledge,” replied Daegu.
“Come on Daegu, you are intelligent even now.”
Daegu smiled to himself. “I did manage to fool them,” he thought but his voice pleaded, “No, I do want to visit some places, please.”
“Fine then, finish off your tasks and then we’ll think about the leave.”
The tasks kept him occupied for the next three days and then he was free.
Daegu counted the days-It remained at ten even after twenty counts. The first dilemma started-to select a destination. He rummaged his brain to locate a favorite place. There were many from Darjeeling in India to Hawaii. “It should be a place I can boast after visiting,” Daegu reminded himself.
“Try the internet, join some on-line travel community,” suggested his friends. And where is Daegu now, no marks for guessing-searching the net for a destination. It took him a day to complete the forms for joining a travel community.
“Gosh, how I hate this surfing,” he shouted at himself. But ask his friends and they’ll tell stories of how Daegu had the knack of visiting ‘YouTube’ and ‘Facebook’ even at work. In fact he was even caught in the act once and by happy coincidence had got an award for the “quickest surfer of the Internet” in his company. Coming back to Daegu, he got twenty replies in five minutes. The destinations proposed were different in all cases. Some had even included photos of their vacation with smiling faces. “They must be selling cheese everywhere,” Daegu commented rather dryly.
“I’ll go to the travel office and get a ticket to the quickest destination,” saying this Daegu landed in a travel agency. The lady there gave him a wide smile and presented a big book full of recommended destination.
“You can visit any of these places,” she said. “We’ll book the hotels and even hire cabs for you.”
“That’s very nice of you, but can you suggest any interesting place to visit?”
“You can visit Sicily or Paris or London or..”
“Never mind, I’ll decide,” said Daegu and opened the book. The first destination given was
South Korea.
“This is it, am a genius” shouted Daegu and booked a ticket to North Korea.
And the story goes that Daegu was sent back immediately as he didn’t know the language and had asked the cab to take him to Seoul. Friends, wellwishers and the messages on social media say he was lucky to escape being branded a spy as the name ‘Seoul’ was never uttered in the streets of North Korea.
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By Merlin flower
Daegu had never seen any foreign country. And you can imagine his dismay when he read, “Fools don’t travel.” Daegu was no fool but he was indeed shaken a bit to read such a comment. “I’ve got to travel somewhere,” he thought to himself.
He approached the manager for a ten days leave. “But why do you want a ten days leave now?,” enquired the manager.
“Oh, I want to visit some places to expand my horizon of knowledge,” replied Daegu.
“Come on Daegu, you are intelligent even now.”
Daegu smiled to himself. “I did manage to fool them,” he thought but his voice pleaded, “No, I do want to visit some places, please.”
“Fine then, finish off your tasks and then we’ll think about the leave.”
The tasks kept him occupied for the next three days and then he was free.
Daegu counted the days-It remained at ten even after twenty counts. The first dilemma started-to select a destination. He rummaged his brain to locate a favorite place. There were many from Darjeeling in India to Hawaii. “It should be a place I can boast after visiting,” Daegu reminded himself.
“Try the internet, join some on-line travel community,” suggested his friends. And where is Daegu now, no marks for guessing-searching the net for a destination. It took him a day to complete the forms for joining a travel community.
“Gosh, how I hate this surfing,” he shouted at himself. But ask his friends and they’ll tell stories of how Daegu had the knack of visiting ‘YouTube’ and ‘Facebook’ even at work. In fact he was even caught in the act once and by happy coincidence had got an award for the “quickest surfer of the Internet” in his company. Coming back to Daegu, he got twenty replies in five minutes. The destinations proposed were different in all cases. Some had even included photos of their vacation with smiling faces. “They must be selling cheese everywhere,” Daegu commented rather dryly.
“I’ll go to the travel office and get a ticket to the quickest destination,” saying this Daegu landed in a travel agency. The lady there gave him a wide smile and presented a big book full of recommended destination.
“You can visit any of these places,” she said. “We’ll book the hotels and even hire cabs for you.”
“That’s very nice of you, but can you suggest any interesting place to visit?”
“You can visit Sicily or Paris or London or..”
“Never mind, I’ll decide,” said Daegu and opened the book. The first destination given was
South Korea.
“This is it, am a genius” shouted Daegu and booked a ticket to North Korea.
And the story goes that Daegu was sent back immediately as he didn’t know the language and had asked the cab to take him to Seoul. Friends, wellwishers and the messages on social media say he was lucky to escape being branded a spy as the name ‘Seoul’ was never uttered in the streets of North Korea.
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