My roomie is normally a silent individual. now note that silent can come with a bunch of other adjectives, some of which are pejorative, some praising. A few examples are: 'strong and silent', or 'silent, saturnine', or 'silently vengeful'.. well, you get the drift. Anyway. The esteemed roomie (hereafter referred to as ER) is none of these things. He is simply, silent. (sorry, I could not resist the alliteration). Sometimes, however, the pent up silence expresses itself in rather interesting aphorisms, and sometimes, even more interesting actions. At which point, I am usually happy at being a spectator, for such experiences broaden ones horizons, and one walks away a better man. Sometime during a work break in the coffee room, we all happened to be discussing the possibility of a road trip to UP (not Uttar Pradesh, Upper Peninsula), and someone mentioned that we do not have any free time apart from weekends. And ER came up with 'the problem with weekends is that they come only once a week'. Get the picture? A very fresh perspective on life, this kid has.
The other evening, we were at the bus stop seeing off a senior after an afternoon of cricket. There was a supermarket shopping cart nearby. On impulse, ER climbed into the cart and asked to be pushed around. I was still busy assimilating the fact that this bloke, was, in fact, in-side the shopping cart. Well, pushed around he was. To the accompaniment of the sound 'whee'!! It was nice to see. I wish I could show you pictures of this, but maybe next time.
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