Apple and Orange - I am available for chat only

This is what happens when Apple who has lot of work to do but do not have the mood do anything useful finds the poor Orange online who can be the perfect punch bag to pass time.





Orange comes online in Gtalk with the status message "I am available"
Apple: You liar! YOU ARE MARRIED!
Orange: what?
Apple: you are not available. Are you?
Orange: what????
Apple: I will have to tell your wife about this unacceptable behaviour
Orange: !! what are you talking about?
Apple: your gtalk status "I am available"
Orange: hmmmm
I am available for chat
Apple: but you didnt mention that clearly

Orange changes his status to "I am available for chat"

Orange: Happy now?
Apple: Still! you did not add "Only". Looks like you are available for more than chat.
Orange: that fine
Apple: that is not fine!
Apple: you must put "I am married and not available"
Orange: r u Apple?
Apple: yeah. I had tuna today.
Orange: then Apple

Orange changes the status to "I am available for chat only"

Orange: now fine??
Apple: thats better.
Apple: But if you are "online" then people know you are available for chat
Apple: why do you keep these stupid messages?

Orange removes the status message and returns back to the default "Available" status.

Orange: now fine???????????????
Apple: You are soooooo typical. Don't you have anything to say about yourself.
Orange: I AM FINE!

Apple gets relieved by passing the tensions to Orange and goes back to work happily.

Daffy Diner - GOAL!!!!!!!!!!!!

Daffy Diner Foosball Championship

Players:

Team 1: INJEY & Nimesh

Team 2: "Sucks" Srikanth & Vinayak the Rookie.

Commentators: Apple and Orange
Venue: Daffy Diner

Date: June 13th 2008, Friday

Time: 6:00 PM

Apple: Hello readers! Its a lovely day as I meet you once again on the daily match between the awesome Duo INJEY and Nimesh vs "Sucks" Srikanth & Vinayak the Rookie. This is your Apple on the air with Orange who has just stepped in.
Apple: Hello Orange. How do you feel today?
Orange: Thanks Apple. I am already feeling that its going to be a great match.
Apple: I too feel the same Orange. The excitement is in the air as every other day in the foosball tournament in this magnificentDaffy Diner room.
Orange: No doubt about that. The players are already holding the bar ready for the final game of the day.
Apple: Yeah! I can see that now. INJEY and the Rookie are in the defensive positions as usual with Nimesh and Srikanth taking the aggression.
Orange: But who knows where the aggression will start. You must be aware of INJEY's zap shots. The ball just passes from the goal keeper to the goal post on the other side at lightning speeds.
Apple: Hell yeah! Orange. Thanks for reminding me. God knows how he does that. But did you notice that we have Srikanth on the offensive side. And you can expect a tough competition here. And of course, those two would be playing in their own area leaving Nimesh and Vinayak with time to finish a beer.
Orange: Well said. Ok. I think the game is about to start. Please recall that it is 2-0 games in favor of INJEY & Nimesh now. Here we go and the ball is in.
Apple: Srikanth takes the first shot as usual.
Orange: And INJEY blocks it as usual. He returns it back to the center of the table.
Apple: Nicely picked by Nimesh. Did you notice, he has a knack of controlling the midfield.
Orange: It goes to Vinayak though. He does the cross shot and the ball passes untouched straight to INJEY.
Apple: Stopped again. Tries to hit straight but stopped by "Sucks" Srikanth.
Orange: Oh no! Here they go.
Apple: Srikanth strikes hard. But blocked. Pulls the ball and sends it cross to the side of the post. *Blocked* He waits while holding the ball.
Orange: This is going to be a tricky shot. And he does that. Right forward passes the ball to the middle man and off the shot goes back to the right end of the post.
Apple: Oh S#%t! INJEY stopped that. He returns it with a straight shot.
Orange: Zap! The first goal. What a shot! I bet the speed topped 30mph.
Apple: Here they compose for the game again and the ball is in.
Orange: Damn! Second goal. Direct shot by Nimesh from the 1st midfielder. No way for Vinayak to stop. 2-0 for Nimesh.
Apple: There was no time even to think. The ball is in again.
Apple: Srikanth zaps the ball to the post. But S#%t! INJEY is there already. He does the cross shot. Stopped by Srikanth. Blocked by INJEY. Held by Srikanth. Shot back to the post. What not. Blocked again.
Srikanth: Sucks!!!
Orange: Here he goes. Now you know why he is called "Sucks" Srikanth.
Apple: INJEY does the cross shot. It reaches the midfield now. Picked up by Srikanth. And he shows his Mid-field Cross court trick. The ball goes at 60 degrees from left to the right corner of the goal post.
Orange: Oh!!!!! That was close. It hit the post and gets to the safe legs of INJEY. Here he goes again with his zap shot.
Apple: That was lucky. Vinayak just happens to be in the right place in the right time for once.
Orange: And he sends it straight to INJEY.
Apple: Did you see that? The ball went very slow. But no one was able to touch that. I wonder how he does that?
Orange: Everyone here have tricks under their palms here.
Apple: The ball is on hold with INJEY. He plans hard and here it is. Hits the Attacker on the other end, gets deflected and jumps inside the post. GOAL!!!!!
Orange: Thats 3-0 to INJEY. It sure was a lucky goal. No doubt about that.
Apple: yeah! But in games like these, you are bound to get one now and then and you can't ignore it.
Orange: The ball is in again. Srikanth takes the shot and once AGAIN, INJEY blocks that.
Apple: A smile on Nimesh's face. INJEY sends it back. Nimesh picks it with his midfielders. The ball hits the corner of the table and back to Vinayak. He hits straight. Blocked by Nimesh. Vinayak holds it.
Orange: I think he is trying for the zap shot.
Apple: But its INJEY's own. Dont think he can..... GOAL!!!!!!! Nimesh does the counterattack to Vinayak's zap shot and now the score reads 4-0.
Orange: I think you should call it 4-L0ve.
Apple: *laughing* Sure Orange. 4-"L0ve forever" ha ha.
Orange: ha ha. Back to the game. INJEY is holding the ball. He hits it but is stopped by Srikanth. Srikanth does the Squeeze-through-the-sides trick.
Apple: Didnt work though. The ball is sent back to midfield by INJEY. Nimesh takes it and fires it out of the table.
Orange: What a shot! Bad it wasnt a goal. The game continues.
Apple: Nimesh blocks Srikanth's midfielder. Sends it to the attacker now. Vinayak gets ready now as the ball is still with Nimesh.
Orange: One mistake they have been doing is slowing down the game to plan. It elimiates the surprise on the opponent.
Apple: But you must understand the pressure inside the game. They have to breathe before they can think.
Orange: Nimesh still waiting with the ball. And flips it.... slow.
Apple: And its a goal! Vinayak moved early thinking its a fast ball.
Orange: And it cost them another point. 5-0.. sorry. 5-"L0ve".
Apple: Ball is in, Srikanth picks up but we know what happened then. INJEY sends it back.
Orange: Srikanth makes the mistake. He hit the ball back to his side instead.
Apple: And Vinayak sends it safe inside his own post. Its a self-goal!!!!!! 6-0.. "L0ve" again.
Orange: You can see Srikanth very furious now.
Srikanth: "Sucks!!!!"
Apple & Orange: AND WE KNOW WHY HE IS CALLED "SUCKS" SRIKANTH.
Apple: Oh my! I love this game. The ball is in "once again".
Orange: Srikanth hits. *Blocked* He sends it again. *Blocked* Tries the slow ball now. *Blocked again* Drags from the side and smashes. *BLOCKED*
Apple: No wonder he is furious. INJEY slips the ball with an angle shot.
Orange: INJEY is at his best today. 6 matches won at a straight already.
Apple: Lets see if he can continue that.
Orange: The ball is stopped by Vinayak. Tries for the straight shot. Blocked, held and returned back by Nimesh. Another score for Nimesh. 7-0.
Apple: Are you thinking what I am thinking?
Orange: Hell yeah! Could it happen? Lets wait and see.
Apple: The ball is in.
Apple: Another shot straight to INJEY. It is as if "He knows" where the ball goes.
Orange: Zap shot again!
Apple: But it misses the post and goes outside the table.
Orange: No one have ever done that remember. 7-0 is itself a record on its own.
Apple: There is always a first time for everything you know.
Orange: 3 more points to decide if today gets to be the first.
Apple: Zap!!!!!!!! This time by Nimesh. What a shot by the midfielder. 8-Love.
Orange: Srikanth is cursing the rookie now. ha ha.
Apple: Poor guy used to be a irritating sensation when INJEY takes the aggression bars. Now he is getting bashed up.
Orange: INJEY and Nimesh seems to be immersed inside the game.
Apple: Thats true. But all they have to do is to be patient and hold their breath.
Orange: .... and shoot a goal.... like this!!!!!! What a shot. Lucky one though.
Apple: The ball was deflected by almost every player on the table. Not sure which foosman should be awarded the goal.
Orange: No one is talking here. Everyone's heart beating in unison as we fight for the final point. 9-LOVE.
Apple: The ball is in. Srikanth takes the shot. Oh!!!!!!
Orange: So Close!!!! INJEY blocks... leaves it as the ball goes again towards the post. But then saved at the last fraction of the second.
Apple: He sends it back straight. Blocked by Vinayak. He returns back. It hits the corner on the other end straight to INJEY's men.
Apple: INJEY hits hard. Blocked by Srikanth and back to INJEY. He hits again and gets blocked again.
Orange: This time it is with Srikanth. He waits.
Apple: I cant believe what will happen if he makes it.
Orange: He goes for the Squeeze-through-the-sides trick!!!!!!
Apple: BLOCKED!
Orange: Phew! That was close. INJEY does the angle shot.
Apple: Blocked by Srikanth's midfielder. Does the Mid-field Cross court trick.
Orange: BLOCKED!
Apple: Returns it back with another angle shot.
Orange: Again held by Srikanth. But this time took over by Nimesh. He sends the ball to the corner.
Apple: Vinayak is there.
Orange: Geez! That was a perfect angle shot. The slow ball went untouched and almost makes to the goal post.
Apple: Sent back by INJEY. This play is extending longer than ever.
Orange: Another heartbeat skipped as the ball bounces back from Vinayak's goal post.
Apple: Lucky for him. Nice angle shot again but blocked by Nimesh's midfielders.
Orange: Yeah! Very lucky indeed. Nimesh shoots to the corner. Taken by Vinayak.
Apple: He tries for another angle shot but blocked by the attackers. He hits it again and this time it passes the attackers.
Orange: ..... and GOAL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Apple: Unbelievable but true! Everyone is screaming now.
Orange: Can you believe the last shot?
Apple: Believe it or not! It happened today. What an end to the greatest game ever played as Nimesh tries Srikanth's own "Mid-field Cross court trick" and almost makes it.
Orange: But thanks to Vinayak's defenders, the ball was deflected to the goal post bringing the awesome game to an end of 10-"LOVE".
Apple: INJEY and Nimesh are giving high-five to each other while Srikanth and Vinayak get booed once again.
Orange: Does this mean that this is the end of Srikanth's trash talks?
Srikanth: Its all fluke man! total flukes!
Apple: Looks like the answer is "No". ha ha. What do you think INJEY and Nimesh would do about that?
Orange: Hmmm! If I know them right, they should let the losers talk. They did not win. Atleast let them do something that they are good at. "Talk".
Apple: Well said! Well said!
Orange: Ha ha. Thanks to everyone for joining us today. We hope to bring you more in the future. But don't hope for a comeback from Srikanth and Vinayak. They are off with just... "Talks". Good bye and have a nice day!

PS: I hope all the players take this post on the lighter side and continue 'talk'ing and try to play as every other day.

Apple and Orange - Words do slip sometimes

There are places where we say things without any thoughts. Deliberate or unintentional, Apple's words always ends in trouble with Orange.




Scene 1:
Apple just changed to the driver's seat which was occupied by Orange earlier and is adjusting the rear-view mirrors. Orange is sitting back in the rear seat of the car complaining about her back pain. Banana is seated in the passenger's seat in the front.
Orange: My back is paining a lot.
Banana: Were you carrying anything yesterday?
Apple finds that all the mirrors are in the wrong position.
Apple: (Completely unaware of the current conversation) MAN!!!
Orange: KABOOM! (hits Apple)
Apple: Adingada. Aana ethuku adikireenganu sollitu adeengada (Vadivelu style)

Scene 2:
Orange: Hey look! They are drawing Caricatures.
Apple: Forget it! How about taking a photo of you?
Orange: POW!

Scene 3:
Orange: (to a good looking stranger) If you dont mind, can you take a photo for me?
Stranger with a big smile takes the photo of Apple, Orange and Banana
Banana: In this huge crowd, how come girls always lend the camera only to "good-looking guys"
Orange: Why? If it were you, you would give it to some "cute-girl"
Apple: Why the hell would I do that? ( thinking "I would probably ask her to join me in the photo")
Orange: BANG! (thinking "I know what you are thinking")

Scene 4:
Apple: Did you notice that X is the only single girl in our group.
Orange: Hmmm.... (then thinks)..... you forgot about me.
Apple: *chuckles* yeah! I forgot you are a girl.
Orange: DOOM!

Apple and Orange - Being Happy or Enjoying Life

This is what happens when Apple who have just come out of home to taste burgers in the free world talks with Orange who enjoys burgers more than bajji and been in Uncle Sam's land for a long time.







Apple: it was so nice at college..
it was so nice in india.
Orange: yeah
it will be so nice in US too
Apple: i want to go bak home
Orange: go home after the project
Apple: when do u have plans to return?
one of my other friend also is here..he si also not returning..
why do u wnat to miss everything and come here......dont u want to see ur family and friends?
Orange: we are visiting family and friends
the point is even in India, we dont happen to meet them much
so it doesnt make much difference
think how many times we have spoken when you were in chennai and me in bangalore
and family too somehow seems ok
Apple: i miss everyone a lot
Orange: who is in everyone?
Apple: family and friends at office...
that friendly work environment
its so lonely
Orange: may be because this is a new change, you are feeling like that
i am just wondering how different you felt after marriage
there would be some difference
might take time to understand and adjust
this is also similar
Apple: might be.....
Orange: it is
but you are right
you might not find same level of friends here
but life goes on
Apple: yesterday we went and put
clothes for laundry
Orange: oh
Apple: thats beside our apt..one guy approached us
and he was speaking for hours.
he is from hyd
Orange: oh
Apple: and did his masters here and workd here and he also tells that theres no one to speak to here
he is here for 4 years and still feels lonely
Orange: even i am lonely
Apple: but ur happy
Orange: i cant say i am happy
i can say i am enjoying here
true happiness is different
Apple: whats the diff
Orange: enjoying is momentory
happiness is everlasting memory
Apple: ofcourse...but can u enjoy when u r not happy?
Orange: do you get the difference now
why not
just for example
when unhappy
people drink
drinking doesnt bring happiness but it is an enjoyment to them
Apple: thats a diff story
Orange: something that makes things easier for them
enjoyment eases life
Apple: thats there,,
Orange: happiness is something rare these days
Apple: why
Orange: not sure
Apple: at chennai, i use to fight and quarrel with Pine-apple almost every day..but still i was happy
Orange: but its kinda difficult to be happy here
Apple: now i am peaceful..no problems..but no people around me..
Orange: you know what
Apple: wht
Orange: we dont feel happiness if we dont have people to share
Apple: exactly
Orange: i think thats the reason
Apple: very true......
Orange: even if we get everything, if it is known only to you, you never feel it
Apple: :)
Orange: so whats the point
whats the catch
Apple: donno.........
atleast i am speaking with you........
Apple: yeah..we speak to everyone and laugh...but thats all not true..some sort of disguise..
Orange: not disguise
but limited
Apple: yes.....
only school and college friends last.........
Orange: cant say
Apple: i got another friend at office..he was pretty close...and now everything has changed.
Orange: i dont have much touch with my school friends
very few
Orange: college too many things changed
office... i know few who i can trust more than college or school friends
Apple: atleast a few people like Banana....
Orange: so its different
yeah
people like Banana remain the same
Apple: everything is changing....except a very few..
and i am really praying that those few should not change
Orange: everything changes
you can just pray that change is minimal that you can handle

*The conversation is posted only after getting approval from both Apple and Orange.

Apple and Orange - Talks on the life after

This is what happens when Apple who has too much time to listen gets caught by Orange who has too much time to think.
If you are wondering whether I=Apple or I=Orange, then you are asking the wrong question.

Just enjoy the conversation.




Apple: hmmm... how long is the contract?
Orange: keeps on extending
Apple: nice na ;)
Orange: boring
Apple: come on paal.. this ist he time to earn...
Orange: when else is it not
Apple: earn all while u can... and play wen be it..
Orange: oh
Apple: after marriage ;)) tht wen
Orange: its horrifying
did I tell you of my cousin
Apple: nope.. wat happened?
Orange: I was driving the car with him and he started talking about marriage plans
.... for ME
Apple: ;)
lucky u.. ;P
Orange: though i expected this when-is-your-marriage talks
he went on to talk planning on when you would come to India and when can we see the alliances
all those crap
had big time avoiding those talks
:(
Apple: Come on da... its good na..
Orange: and scariest thing was, my cousin though my age would act matured all the time
as if he is some 40 year old
all philosohpy and talks
Apple: haaaaaaaaaaaaa... ;)
and wat was ur 40 yr old cousin's advice to U?
Orange: and it scared everything out of me as how people change after marriage
their whole life is around house, cooking, kids and calls with parents
Apple: u'd have to da... beliv me.. i have seen many instances..
Orange: nothing else
and they were about with their kid 24 hrs
scary man!
i was on a vacation on a very beautifulplace and they dont feel like enjoying that
Apple: haaaaaaaa... :)) well there are always something scary and theres always the good part too man
u get Ur better half...
Orange: the term of happiness changed for them
i felt completely left out
damn crazy
Apple: it happens... and wat did u thnk thn?? u wanted some company??!!!
Orange: NO
Apple: dont tell me u too wanted some frinds?
Orange: i wanted to enjoy life
be free
Apple: enjoy life???!!! how long pal..??
Orange: not bad having girl friend
or marry someone who wants to be free like you
seeing around is scaring
and to add to that, i saw few of married colleagues here
too bad man
too bad
they live very cautiously
everything is in closed circles
Apple: cautious eh.... cool term.
Orange: they think twice before spending 5 bucks
thrice before planning to travel somewhere
Apple: yes.. thts one thng about familly.. U learn to thnk for everybody.. ;)
Orange: too bad
you cant think for yourself
i doing now
troubling my life for others
and is that going to continue after marriage too????
so where is our own life????
long lost while searching for it?
Apple: well we don't own a life paaal... we learn for other, work for others....
Orange: and what about others
Apple: first parents, thn wife, thn children..
Orange: do they learn for us
work for us?
Apple: yes... thts exactly the circle of Life..
Ur kids wud..
Orange: damn
now i need a kid to live my life?
Apple: just like Ur parents.. never enjoyed a penny for thmselves..
Orange: too bad man
Apple: this life which U me are living rt now is far far more better than wat used to be there wen our father or grandfathers had.
Orange: so why dont we keep it better
just fall down
why fall down
Apple: thy had to look after their parenz, children and the huge family..........
Orange: i know how that is
Apple: as along maybe thng wud get boiled down eventually ;)) in another 2 or 3 centuries ;))
Orange: thats a promising time
Apple: Welll maybe the care, the love and things tht was shared between the concept of FAMILY in earlier times is too far fetched nowadays..
or deteriorating considerably......
joined becom,ing nuclear... and so on and so forth..
maybe we are adopting or tryingto adopt the east...
Orange: may be troubles, envy, gossip also got shared between the concept
Apple: trubles, envy and gossips.. hmmm.. to thnk of it.. u thnk ppl have time for all these nowadasy?
thy have thngs to do for themselves.. tht keeps thm busy... y wud thy care for someones business?
Orange: if no one has time, why do we bother about it anyway?
Apple: aha... there you go.. its not time tht we bother about here.. its about ourselves tht we are bothered about..
Orange: really?
Apple: maybe man has become /eveloved to be much too self centric
Orange: think again
may be not
may be he presumes too much
no time to know
so he just presumes
Apple: presumes... wat?
Orange: and deducts his actions from that
he presumes everything around him
Apple: well u mean thy are becoming ignorant?
Orange: without knowing what and how it really is going to be
they are not ready to learn as they think they are know-it-all
Apple: haaaaaaaaaaaaaa... exactly.. tht too is a valid notion, if u ask me.. ;)

^*The conversation is posted only after getting approval from both Apple and Orange.