Did you know Angry Birds is the most popular video game these days.... I knew, but never thought of the havoc it can create in real life.
So, it happened this Sunday when we were visiting a supermarket. While we were looking for other important stuff, Piku caught glimpse of Chuck, the famous yellow coloured "angry bird' on one of the boxes.
"Papa, I want angry bird game" he said... I chose to ignore any kind of sound voicing similar to this and hurried towards the next aisle.
Piku repeated with a louder voice "Paapaaa... angry bird". I don't know whether it was the sentence's literal meaning or the devil inside made me do this, I looked at him and pointed towards his mother saying "Beta you've already got one". Unfortunately, wifey saw me through the corner of her eye and I immediately fired a correction turning the pointing finger towards myself "Beta you've already got me. Me... you've already got me!".
"He he he... I was just teasing him" I tried to justify. "I was really teasing him" came another justification. "I was pointing towards me only" yet another one. "Shut up" my brain told my blabbering mouth but another alibi came out "I was not pointing towards you...". The brain fired next instructions to my hands (to cover my mouth), but it was too late till then because the mouth had already blurted: "I mean, I was not calling you an angry bird".
Anyhow, dear wifey (the 1st angry bird) decided to ignore all this for the moment ( read - save it for later), and spoke to Piku "we will get you this game, but you will have to be a good boy till tomorrow".
Piku said "I'm a good boy, now can I have angry birds game?"
I said "No, you'll have to be a good boy till tomorrow; and you will have to promise that you will not cry".
Piku immediately made one of those BIGGG-innocence-filled-eyes expressions and said "Pleeeeezzz papaaaaa....I will not cry, now can I have it.... pleeeeezzzzzz.....".
Ignoring his charm, I said "No, you're about to cry. I will get you this game only if you promise not to cry".
Piku said softly "I'm not crying...",
then repeated with little flatness "I'm not crying",
then again with slight sadness "I....am.... not...crying... ",
then his voice grew louder "I'm not cryinggggg....",
then "I'm not cryinggg....",
then "I'm not cryinggg...."
I wasn't even getting a chance to speak or think, and within minutes he was on crying on top of his lungs "I AMMMMM NOT CRAAAAAAYYYYYINNNNNNNG......." 2nd Angry bird .
All I wanted now is to wrap him up in a blanket and run away from the store, but that would've given some other impression to the on-lookers resulting in me being inside jail. So, I was just trying to say "Piku, piku, pikuuuuuu, peeeekooooo...." but he was not even listening to me.
Finally, I gave up and grabbed the Angry Birds game and heard " " (Piku's voice was instantly put on mute).
I thought that I've gone partially deaf, because I was hearing only one long beep "-------------" (remember good old Doordarshan's beep sound). This happens usually when a high-decibel-noise goes mute instantly .
Wifey came to my aide "we shouldn't give in to his blackmailing like this. Let's not buy this. This would set wrong example... etc. etc. etc.". I "feel" that she must have been saying such things because I was still hearing the beep sound only.
Anyhow, while still looking for the MRP on the box, I moved towards the next aisle when Piku said "I want that big gun toooo...................".
No points on guessing angry bird #3.
So, it happened this Sunday when we were visiting a supermarket. While we were looking for other important stuff, Piku caught glimpse of Chuck, the famous yellow coloured "angry bird' on one of the boxes.
"Papa, I want angry bird game" he said... I chose to ignore any kind of sound voicing similar to this and hurried towards the next aisle.
Piku repeated with a louder voice "Paapaaa... angry bird". I don't know whether it was the sentence's literal meaning or the devil inside made me do this, I looked at him and pointed towards his mother saying "Beta you've already got one". Unfortunately, wifey saw me through the corner of her eye and I immediately fired a correction turning the pointing finger towards myself "Beta you've already got me. Me... you've already got me!".
"He he he... I was just teasing him" I tried to justify. "I was really teasing him" came another justification. "I was pointing towards me only" yet another one. "Shut up" my brain told my blabbering mouth but another alibi came out "I was not pointing towards you...". The brain fired next instructions to my hands (to cover my mouth), but it was too late till then because the mouth had already blurted: "I mean, I was not calling you an angry bird".
Anyhow, dear wifey (the 1st angry bird) decided to ignore all this for the moment ( read - save it for later), and spoke to Piku "we will get you this game, but you will have to be a good boy till tomorrow".
Piku said "I'm a good boy, now can I have angry birds game?"
I said "No, you'll have to be a good boy till tomorrow; and you will have to promise that you will not cry".
Piku immediately made one of those BIGGG-innocence-filled-eyes expressions and said "Pleeeeezzz papaaaaa....I will not cry, now can I have it.... pleeeeezzzzzz.....".
Ignoring his charm, I said "No, you're about to cry. I will get you this game only if you promise not to cry".
Piku said softly "I'm not crying...",
then repeated with little flatness "I'm not crying",
then again with slight sadness "I....am.... not...crying... ",
then his voice grew louder "I'm not cryinggggg....",
then "I'm not cryinggg....",
then "I'm not cryinggg...."
I wasn't even getting a chance to speak or think, and within minutes he was on crying on top of his lungs "I AMMMMM NOT CRAAAAAAYYYYYINNNNNNNG......." 2nd Angry bird .
All I wanted now is to wrap him up in a blanket and run away from the store, but that would've given some other impression to the on-lookers resulting in me being inside jail. So, I was just trying to say "Piku, piku, pikuuuuuu, peeeekooooo...." but he was not even listening to me.
Finally, I gave up and grabbed the Angry Birds game and heard " " (Piku's voice was instantly put on mute).
I thought that I've gone partially deaf, because I was hearing only one long beep "-------------" (remember good old Doordarshan's beep sound). This happens usually when a high-decibel-noise goes mute instantly .
Wifey came to my aide "we shouldn't give in to his blackmailing like this. Let's not buy this. This would set wrong example... etc. etc. etc.". I "feel" that she must have been saying such things because I was still hearing the beep sound only.
Anyhow, while still looking for the MRP on the box, I moved towards the next aisle when Piku said "I want that big gun toooo...................".
No points on guessing angry bird #3.
