I was coming when I got a call from Vasu and I had to stop myself.(Stress on C.u.m.m.i.ng)
How many of you have mobile phones? I know it is a stupid question in this day and age but humor me. How many of you have mobile phones? Put up your hands. One, two, three, two thousand one hundred and fifty. I am not a professional counter you know.
Ok. How many of you don't have mobile phones? (Based on the results, interact with audience). Don't worry. If we were in the pre-twenty first century you would've have been in the majority. (Point to a visibly young person in the audience and say)... Hello! You wouldn't have even existed. (Can build this for a couple of more lines)
(Point to a couple in their 40s and ask them). Do you still give missed calls? You remember them... Cheapo.
Back then, messages were expensive. We could buy half a litre of petrol for every message we sent. That's how texting language was invented. We removed the vowels... from the words. How (Spell) became hw (Spell)... they (Spell) became thy (Spell). Do you remember reading something in English Literature that went like this - "What crimes are committed in thy name!" (Act like you have a realization) Remember someone had said that in our India, advanced technologies were there since vedic times. Shaayad texting tab mehenga hua karta tha. Shayad issi liye language bhi aisa hi develop ho gaya, You ka ye kar diya. Often ka oft ho gaya. Hus ka matlab house tha. Rith ka matlab right tha. Bahut bacha hua. (Can play with it further)
Coming back to the cost of messages, in the 1990s and 2000s we had to sell our ancestral properties to speak to our girlfriends. All those people who didn't use cell phones are now rich people... they have their own telecom service... the Jio.
Anyway... so does anyone know the specs of your phone? (Interact with the audience. Ya. Who does? Ya. How do you know?) Just while we're talking, a new phone is out in the market. These days it is impossible to figure out whether you're get the best deal out there. I just got a phone for my mom-in-law. And in less than two weeks, the price had dropped by a 1000 bucks.
Just when you think you have picked out the right phone with the latest OS, 4 GB RAM, 128 GB internal memory,(??? specs and features, which are absurd...) one piece of information sneaks behind you and kicks you on the butt. It says "Check the processor". Once you find that out, you have to crawl inside your shell and pat yourself to sleep. By the way I see no logic in buying a TV every couple of years. I am from Generation X.
(To be continued...)
How many of you have mobile phones? I know it is a stupid question in this day and age but humor me. How many of you have mobile phones? Put up your hands. One, two, three, two thousand one hundred and fifty. I am not a professional counter you know.
Ok. How many of you don't have mobile phones? (Based on the results, interact with audience). Don't worry. If we were in the pre-twenty first century you would've have been in the majority. (Point to a visibly young person in the audience and say)... Hello! You wouldn't have even existed. (Can build this for a couple of more lines)
(Point to a couple in their 40s and ask them). Do you still give missed calls? You remember them... Cheapo.
Back then, messages were expensive. We could buy half a litre of petrol for every message we sent. That's how texting language was invented. We removed the vowels... from the words. How (Spell) became hw (Spell)... they (Spell) became thy (Spell). Do you remember reading something in English Literature that went like this - "What crimes are committed in thy name!" (Act like you have a realization) Remember someone had said that in our India, advanced technologies were there since vedic times. Shaayad texting tab mehenga hua karta tha. Shayad issi liye language bhi aisa hi develop ho gaya, You ka ye kar diya. Often ka oft ho gaya. Hus ka matlab house tha. Rith ka matlab right tha. Bahut bacha hua. (Can play with it further)
Coming back to the cost of messages, in the 1990s and 2000s we had to sell our ancestral properties to speak to our girlfriends. All those people who didn't use cell phones are now rich people... they have their own telecom service... the Jio.
Anyway... so does anyone know the specs of your phone? (Interact with the audience. Ya. Who does? Ya. How do you know?) Just while we're talking, a new phone is out in the market. These days it is impossible to figure out whether you're get the best deal out there. I just got a phone for my mom-in-law. And in less than two weeks, the price had dropped by a 1000 bucks.
Just when you think you have picked out the right phone with the latest OS, 4 GB RAM, 128 GB internal memory,(??? specs and features, which are absurd...) one piece of information sneaks behind you and kicks you on the butt. It says "Check the processor". Once you find that out, you have to crawl inside your shell and pat yourself to sleep. By the way I see no logic in buying a TV every couple of years. I am from Generation X.
(To be continued...)
