Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go

23 Jan

Conversations at a family wedding:

With my brother-in-lawyer:

OJ: What happens to the victims who don’t receive compensation or a response?

b-i-l: We’re filing a PIL on their behalf.

OJ: You’re such a blessing in this family of social Rumpelstiltskins!

…..

With my fashionista cousin:

OJ: I got myself a Bottega Veneta tote.

Cousin: *gasp* *scream* OmigodOmigodOmigod!

OJ: You’re such a blessing in this family of style Rumpelstiltskins!

…..

With my theatre actor/director cousin:

OJ: The synopsis of “Aftermath” gave me goosebumps.

Cousin: We’ve been rehearsing intensely, do come see the plays and tell your friends about them.

OJ: You’re such a blessing in this family of literary Rumpelstiltskins!

…..

And then I spent the rest of the evening making sure they didn’t talk to each other.

19 Responses to “Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go”

  1. D's avatar
    D January 23, 2009 at 9:44 pm #

    And you’re such an all-rounder!

  2. Aunty G's avatar
    Aunty G January 23, 2009 at 10:25 pm #

    And you’re such a one amongst us Rumplestiltskin bloggers!

    :-)))

  3. dipali's avatar
    dipali January 23, 2009 at 10:33 pm #

    Genius!

  4. Piper..'s avatar
    Piper.. January 23, 2009 at 11:25 pm #

    ha ha! 🙂

  5. rads's avatar
    rads January 24, 2009 at 3:09 am #

    🙂

    I awarded you the ‘butterfly’ at my place. It’s perfectly alright if you didn’t want to do the tag.

  6. Orange Jammies's avatar
    Orange Jammies January 24, 2009 at 6:28 am #

    D: In plainspeak, I think that would be called ‘fraud’. 😉

    Aunty G: You live wires all of you? Perish the thought!

    dipali: I imagine that was said in passing, with a thwack to the skull…much like my older cousins would say “bookworm” as they traipsed off to the beach. It only made my nose fall in deeper. 🙂

    Piper: How is your dad doing?

    rads: Err….umm…. tag? Honey, refresh my memory? 😳

  7. rads's avatar
    rads January 24, 2009 at 7:04 am #

    ah, my bad. Apparently the award’s a tag. But there isn’t a rule that you ought do it. Check my blog? 🙂

  8. Aunty G's avatar
    Aunty G January 24, 2009 at 8:46 pm #

    Have lots of fun
    Come back tunn
    With heady memories
    Then start a series
    And tell us all about it, Hon!

  9. Piper..'s avatar
    Piper.. January 24, 2009 at 10:31 pm #

    Thanks for remembering OJ. Physically I guess he`s much better. But he`s been so completely demoralized. Its difficult to see him that way. I`m clueless. Dunno what to do..

  10. Kiran Manral's avatar
    Kiran Manral January 24, 2009 at 11:21 pm #

    Omigod omigod omigod you’ve got to get the Bottega Veneta tote to the next IH meeting!!!
    And we can discuss the PIL.

  11. Shivani's avatar
    Shivani January 25, 2009 at 12:13 pm #

    You have a uber-cool , eclectically artsy family I must say OJ 🙂

  12. the mad momma's avatar
    the mad momma January 26, 2009 at 8:18 pm #

    LOL! but why? I so badly want to know what would have happened if they did talk to each other…

  13. Orange Jammies's avatar
    Orange Jammies January 27, 2009 at 9:09 am #

    rads: Will do. 🙂

    Aunty G: I will say this, Aunty G, it was a very special, badly-needed weekend.

    Piper: With your permission, I’d like to write to you about this. May I?

    Kiran: And that’s the end of the meeting. 😉

    Shivani: Oh they’re just a bunch of crackpot Parsis, really.

    the mad momma: 1. They’d have chased me with chopsticks. 2. You know I can’t run in a saree. 3. No OJ, no blog.

  14. In love with my life's avatar
    In love with my life January 27, 2009 at 12:33 pm #

    “How to run in a saree while being chased by chopstick weilding family…..”
    That would have made for a very entertaining post:-)

    Hope your weekend was good.

  15. Orange Jammies's avatar
    Orange Jammies January 27, 2009 at 11:14 pm #

    In love with my life: 🙂 I’m sure. Except I can barely get past two lines these days. My weekend was fabulous, thanks.

  16. Piper..'s avatar
    Piper.. January 28, 2009 at 11:51 pm #

    hey of course. I would feel priviledged 🙂
    On a serious note, I could do with some serious talking myself 😦 My email is piperish@gmail.com.

  17. Orange Jammies's avatar
    Orange Jammies January 29, 2009 at 5:18 pm #

    Piper: Thanks! Will write.

  18. Mamma Mia! Me a Mamma?!?'s avatar
    Mamma Mia! Me a Mamma?!? January 30, 2009 at 3:35 pm #

    Hehehe. Sounds exhausting!

  19. Orange Jammies's avatar
    Orange Jammies January 30, 2009 at 8:37 pm #

    M4: Oh perfect way to burn off all those wedding calories. 😉

Here's a bar of chocolate. Now talk to me. :)