After effects of World Cup Soccer
After a rather long car ride, I eventually reached my brother-in-law’s house in Kharagpur where my inlaws are now staying. I had gone completely unannounced. Needless to say, everybody was very surprised.
None were, however, as surprised as the maid servant at their place. The poor lady had never seen a middle aged man in shorts and shining shaved head in front of her. Curious, she discreetly asked my sister-in-law “Uni ki Bombay thekey esechhen?”. Evidently, she had guessed that I have some connections with the movie world.
She accurately guessed that she was way off. Her first hint was my sister-in-law’s uncontrollable laughter 🙂 So, she promptly corrected herself “Oh! Football kheltey esechhen, na?”!!!! She thought I was part of a soccer team and had come to play in a local tournament!!!
You can’t blame her. I am sure two months of World Cup soccer on TV is enough for anybody to associate shorts and shining pates to soccer players. The fact that I was wearing a two-tone panel shirt and old pair of running shoes did not help matters either 🙂
Movie star? Professional athlete??? Like your head isn’t big enough!!! 🙂
All those headings of the soccer ball over the years have swollen the head, Roger 🙂
Good one!
Good one…you were supposed to come to Kolkata too…Jodi ashis , janas ba dekha koris
Do you have a snap of your dress which made the maid go mad? Pls share if yes.
Sure Biplob. Here it is…
This dress anyway can make a maid in kharagpur go crazy man. She has grown up seeing mohun bagan in green & maroon, east bengal in red & yellow and mohamedan sporting in black & white. So green & black shirt (may be jersey even), black or green shorts probably and sports shoes obviously indicate a footballer. Kharagpur is years behind USA and the maid is probably from somewhere in midnapore, which is light years away from USA.
She just can’t believe even that a “damra” lok total baldy can drive down from long distance in such outfit.
I think this could be the colors of Mohammedan Bagan!!
Single-layered or multi-layered….. 🙂
You do look like that funny referee with a shaved head..
#kuntal Pagluci!!!!!
I think this the best story so far from your latest India trip, I love it. As I also have some similar look, need to keep in mind this story during my next visit to India.
Oi maid servent-ke sotti dhonnobad j se tor sothik mullayan koreche. Tobe toke movie-r Hero mone koreni ata nishchit. Khalnayak hoyto vebechilo.
Rajib let’s sponsor Mohamedan Bagan in next year ISL