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Monday, Moanday




Limp, insipid, lame, stale, soggy, callow, soppy, langorous, somnambulist, thesauritically surfeited lazy Monday. Pages and pages of convoluted content. Mind getting fussy and stupid. Time getting susky and sore.

And then, conversation in adjacent cubicle:
Very very senior writer to whittle twittle rookie: I want you to do some groundwork before you begin storyboarding.



Rookie: Yes?

Senior: Take this book. I want you to brush up on colons.

Rookie grimaces: You mean...

Senior smiles: Grammar.

Would have been interesting to see the picture in rookie's head.

Comments

Hyde said…
The picture? Two large nails, placed in a vertical fashion. Just like a colon.
karmic said…
Moanday sometimes feels worse when it's a holiday for a lot of people (President's day) but it is not something your company observes.
So you still trudge in, bleary eyed and in need for a coffee and not quite ready to hit the ground running. Oh well..
PS: Mukta, I found this food site, lot of focus on food from A.P. Check it out folks if you so please. Good pics of recipes as you cook. It helps a lot if you are trying out something new. -> Recipes from India & the world
Chitra said…
"Limp, insipid, lame, stale, soggy, callow, soppy, langorous, somnambulist, thesauritically surfeited lazy Monday" HA HA HA HA ... kya description hain !!
Mukta Raut said…
hey hyde,

I was thinking of the biological colons. imagine a new writer being asked to brush up on that! he he!

hey karmic,

I most certainly will check it out! thanks

hey sen,

liking the song, eh? good good. Now try and get your hands on 'You've got Mexico'. You'll thank me for that. :-) By the way, hows the food at your canteen?
karmic said…
hey hyde,
I was thinking of the biological colons. imagine a new writer being asked to brush up on that! he he!

Talk about a major ewww..factor right there... Oh the imagery...Oh the imagery..
*Must get it out of my mind....*
Mukta Raut said…
hi chitra,

hee hee!

Hi jay,

hee hee hee!
Mukta Raut said…
:-)

Come on..it's never that bad.

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