I was flying over the clouds yesterday. Speed-breakers........Black and white Speed-brakers thankyou! And a special mention of thanks to my chariot...THE CYCLE!
Money is scarce, was too, so I ended up buying a nice second hand Ladybird for a huge sum of 800 rupees plus tyre changing charges of 200/-. It was good to me for almost a year and suddenly of late it started performing even better. First of all the mudguard started to bend and a nice scrapping sound was heard. Clunck...Screech...Clunk.....Schreech. It was music to my years and of course I got a lot of attention; thanks to my faithful cycle.
Then one day the cycle shop anna told me......One of the gear tooth of my rear wheel decided to break, so I learnt to ride my cycle in a differant way! Well, I pedal it 3 times without friction and then the wheel gets engaged and starts moving. If I stop I have to repeat the same procedure to coax my cycle to move. Otherwise stated it would be like me doing exercise in the middle of the road on my cycle without moving. Sounds funny, but i bet you will enjoy the experience.
Then the day dawned when everything seemed to be fine and I thought I had completely understood my cycle. But the coochycoo cycle turned out to be smarter than me, its brakes refused to work... Well of course I didnt know that!I wanted to withdraw money from the ATM which is on a steep slope (put it scientifically about a 30 degree slope); at the end of which is a speed braker followed by another one some 10 feet away. Me as usual went down the slope thinking I will stop in front of the ATM. Instead I zoomed past it, I was bewildered. I wanted to shout Watch out! Watch out! like what happens in some movies.
But all I did was stare at the road with shock. (Oh! I forgot to mention my cycle doesnt have a bell) , some school girls fluttered like confused chickens seeing me approach at such a speed. I wanted to stop and apologise but I CUDN'T... Then the speed braker hit me with such a speed, I was flying. I didnt stop even after the second speed-beaker. But at the end of it I was relieved and had time to laugh so much that my stomach burst!
On a serious note- Iam selling my cycle. (Negotiable) Contact me and I will be happy to supply you with a wonderful cycle which will keep you busy always either at the cycle shop or at the hospital! Dont miss the golden opportunity!
Money is scarce, was too, so I ended up buying a nice second hand Ladybird for a huge sum of 800 rupees plus tyre changing charges of 200/-. It was good to me for almost a year and suddenly of late it started performing even better. First of all the mudguard started to bend and a nice scrapping sound was heard. Clunck...Screech...Clunk.....Schreech. It was music to my years and of course I got a lot of attention; thanks to my faithful cycle.
Then one day the cycle shop anna told me......One of the gear tooth of my rear wheel decided to break, so I learnt to ride my cycle in a differant way! Well, I pedal it 3 times without friction and then the wheel gets engaged and starts moving. If I stop I have to repeat the same procedure to coax my cycle to move. Otherwise stated it would be like me doing exercise in the middle of the road on my cycle without moving. Sounds funny, but i bet you will enjoy the experience.
Then the day dawned when everything seemed to be fine and I thought I had completely understood my cycle. But the coochycoo cycle turned out to be smarter than me, its brakes refused to work... Well of course I didnt know that!I wanted to withdraw money from the ATM which is on a steep slope (put it scientifically about a 30 degree slope); at the end of which is a speed braker followed by another one some 10 feet away. Me as usual went down the slope thinking I will stop in front of the ATM. Instead I zoomed past it, I was bewildered. I wanted to shout Watch out! Watch out! like what happens in some movies.
But all I did was stare at the road with shock. (Oh! I forgot to mention my cycle doesnt have a bell) , some school girls fluttered like confused chickens seeing me approach at such a speed. I wanted to stop and apologise but I CUDN'T... Then the speed braker hit me with such a speed, I was flying. I didnt stop even after the second speed-beaker. But at the end of it I was relieved and had time to laugh so much that my stomach burst!
On a serious note- Iam selling my cycle. (Negotiable) Contact me and I will be happy to supply you with a wonderful cycle which will keep you busy always either at the cycle shop or at the hospital! Dont miss the golden opportunity!
14 comments:
hehe. pretty nostalgic. Makes me remember the fun times I had with my cycle.
oh thanks a lot..my honour that u dedicated the post to me..i am privileged..well mam.."pedaling without friction 3 times then engaged" too good..all th best with ur destiny with this cycle.
another good one.. everyone has lots such incidents in life.. but u have a humorous way of writing it.. ur posts r simply too good.. expecting more ...
The incidence reminds me about some of my experiments with cycle during my child hood. You wrote it very nicely. The picture is too good. You created it with mspaint or some other softwares? Then it is really great yaar. The picture adds a lot to the story.
wow this was so dman good !!! and hey how do u manage to get such nice cartoons up for each of ur posts :)
what is taking the ladybird's place dearie? your not-the-first love, a scooty maybe :)
me back blogging and doing great! keep coming and keep commenting sweety..
wonderful drawing again! you are such a wow artist man.. :) keep it up!
Err.. are you alright?
That was fun reading.. :D
So if you sell your bicycle how will you commute.. :p..
Nice picture btw.. I like illustrations.. esp funny ones. :-)
@Dhanvanth: Iam having too u bet!;)
@raj: u r welcome and thanks i hope i will be fine next time when i post a blog
@shiva: Somehow I like making ppl laugh, so im happy u ppl have a nice time reading my blog
@karthik: u dont blog?? & thanks
@deepu: i used mspaint, i love painting!
@anuj: i think i just get it! ;)
@radhu: money is scarce very scarce, just the walk to work funda hereafter till I start working!!
@Leon: thanks, Im very fine except i had some embarrasing accidents though minor enuf not to cause me injuries
@all: Thanks all for commenting, hope to keep u happy always with my posts!!
sugee, so, is it nataraja service for your transportation needs now?? :)
First time to ur blog Sugee
The pic was damn funny..the bewildered look...and the way u say it...u r too good
Btw..who was the illichvaayan to have bought that??
first timer here. You have a very interesting blog. Your narrations are very nice !!
indha post-ku andha cartoon padam top tucker... :-)
sema expression andha face-la.. you've caught it good..
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செந்தில்/Senthil
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