Re: Budget goes up in smoke!

[Guest guest]

Nice (real life) story...Kishore !

Favorite part -

<<even between books, which were used less for reading and more as a

safe deposit vault. Gray's Anatomy, Boyd's Pathology and later Love

and (depending on which year you were in)suited this purpose

admirably, with an extra bonus space in the spine of the binding!>>

Ashok 1984 : ))

Shah wrote:

The budget has just come out, and except for Manish Kothari, I do not

think that it has had much impact on any of us. But back in those good

old days of Sevagram, Budget days were dreaded by all my friends.

I'm sure that you must be confused. Why should some student doctors,

who do not earn even a single rupee, leave alone invest in stocks and

bonds, worry their heads about the budget? Well, the answer is simple.

What did the Red Indians do to show peace? What screen is used to

camouflage things? What comes out when you go too rapidly on a slide?

The answer to all of these is " smoke " !

Yes! The budget was dreaded in our student days by all the smokers of

our batch. Prices of essential items could go up or down according to

the whims of the FM, but the one thing which always got more and more

expensive every year was cigarettes. Even before the date of the

budget, people would start hoarding up their cancer sticks. I was a

non-smoker, so my room was a safe place to hide their stock away from

prying lips. I'm sure that pre-budget if our hostel rooms were

searched, I would have a tough time explaining how a non smoker like

me had over 100 fags in his room.

My friend K. T. Patil of 76 batch had many ingenious hiding places for

his precious 'beedis'. Cigarette smokers are bound by a code of honour

to share their fags. But they have a higher code of addicts : Share as

little as possible! People hid their stock in pillows, blankets and

even between books, which were used less for reading and more as a

safe deposit vault. Gray's Anatomy, Boyd's Pathology and later Love

and (depending on which year you were in)suited this purpose

admirably, with an extra bonus space in the spine of the binding!

However, KT Patil hid them in the legs of his bed, in the hollow of

curtain rods and even in the toes of his shoes. (How he managed to put

such an item in his mouth is beyond my comprehension.)

Another interesting cycle of smokers was the month long behaviour.

Dates 1 to 10, Wills Filter tip Royal blend. Dates 11 to 20 Charminar.

Dates 21 to 25 Beedis. Dates 26 to 31 Yaar ek kash lagane de na!

Toilet hi nahi aati uske siva!

One day, KT Patil came rushing to my room. He said, " Kishore, Please!

Quickly! Its an emergency! "

I was startled. " What happened? "

" My mother has come. You take her to your room and entertain her for

15 minutes. "

" Yeah! I'll do that. But why don't you take her to your room? " I was

puzzled.

" Yaar, you know my room! Its full of Cigarette butts, ash and fumes.

Give me 15 minutes to clean up. She is waiting at the main gate. The

watchmen came and warned me! "

So I took over the responsibility of entertaining Mrs. Patil while KT

Patil, with the help of 3 of his friends went into overdrive. Dot

after 15 minutes, KT Patil sauntered in and exclaimed, " Oh Aaee, you

are here! I have been searching everywhere for you! The watchman told

me that you had arrived. "

His mother gave him a puzzled look and asked, " Didn't he tell you that

I was with Kishore? "

KT had goofed. But he was very clever. " Oh! There are two watchmen.

Maybe, this other fellow did not know! "

Then we went to KT's room, which never in its entire life had looked

so clean and smelled so sweet of recently sprayed fragrance. The only

smoke that we could see was that of a couple of Agarbattis in front of

Ganapatis photo in the cupboard.

My friend Panditrao recently had a talk with KT Patil. He says that

even today half his budget goes up in smoke. This is the first budget

which did not hike tax on tobacco. Cheers KT!

Kishore Shah 1974

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Website: www.mgims.org

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[Guest guest]

Nice (real life) story...Kishore !

Favorite part -

<<even between books, which were used less for reading and more as a

safe deposit vault. Gray's Anatomy, Boyd's Pathology and later Love

and (depending on which year you were in)suited this purpose

admirably, with an extra bonus space in the spine of the binding!>>

Ashok 1984 : ))

Shah wrote:

The budget has just come out, and except for Manish Kothari, I do not

think that it has had much impact on any of us. But back in those good

old days of Sevagram, Budget days were dreaded by all my friends.

I'm sure that you must be confused. Why should some student doctors,

who do not earn even a single rupee, leave alone invest in stocks and

bonds, worry their heads about the budget? Well, the answer is simple.

What did the Red Indians do to show peace? What screen is used to

camouflage things? What comes out when you go too rapidly on a slide?

The answer to all of these is " smoke " !

Yes! The budget was dreaded in our student days by all the smokers of

our batch. Prices of essential items could go up or down according to

the whims of the FM, but the one thing which always got more and more

expensive every year was cigarettes. Even before the date of the

budget, people would start hoarding up their cancer sticks. I was a

non-smoker, so my room was a safe place to hide their stock away from

prying lips. I'm sure that pre-budget if our hostel rooms were

searched, I would have a tough time explaining how a non smoker like

me had over 100 fags in his room.

My friend K. T. Patil of 76 batch had many ingenious hiding places for

his precious 'beedis'. Cigarette smokers are bound by a code of honour

to share their fags. But they have a higher code of addicts : Share as

little as possible! People hid their stock in pillows, blankets and

even between books, which were used less for reading and more as a

safe deposit vault. Gray's Anatomy, Boyd's Pathology and later Love

and (depending on which year you were in)suited this purpose

admirably, with an extra bonus space in the spine of the binding!

However, KT Patil hid them in the legs of his bed, in the hollow of

curtain rods and even in the toes of his shoes. (How he managed to put

such an item in his mouth is beyond my comprehension.)

Another interesting cycle of smokers was the month long behaviour.

Dates 1 to 10, Wills Filter tip Royal blend. Dates 11 to 20 Charminar.

Dates 21 to 25 Beedis. Dates 26 to 31 Yaar ek kash lagane de na!

Toilet hi nahi aati uske siva!

One day, KT Patil came rushing to my room. He said, " Kishore, Please!

Quickly! Its an emergency! "

I was startled. " What happened? "

" My mother has come. You take her to your room and entertain her for

15 minutes. "

" Yeah! I'll do that. But why don't you take her to your room? " I was

puzzled.

" Yaar, you know my room! Its full of Cigarette butts, ash and fumes.

Give me 15 minutes to clean up. She is waiting at the main gate. The

watchmen came and warned me! "

So I took over the responsibility of entertaining Mrs. Patil while KT

Patil, with the help of 3 of his friends went into overdrive. Dot

after 15 minutes, KT Patil sauntered in and exclaimed, " Oh Aaee, you

are here! I have been searching everywhere for you! The watchman told

me that you had arrived. "

His mother gave him a puzzled look and asked, " Didn't he tell you that

I was with Kishore? "

KT had goofed. But he was very clever. " Oh! There are two watchmen.

Maybe, this other fellow did not know! "

Then we went to KT's room, which never in its entire life had looked

so clean and smelled so sweet of recently sprayed fragrance. The only

smoke that we could see was that of a couple of Agarbattis in front of

Ganapatis photo in the cupboard.

My friend Panditrao recently had a talk with KT Patil. He says that

even today half his budget goes up in smoke. This is the first budget

which did not hike tax on tobacco. Cheers KT!

Kishore Shah 1974

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Website: www.mgims.org

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[Guest guest]

Please convey to KT my thanks for not making an omelette of me!

Kishore Shah 1974

Re: Re: Budget goes up in smoke!

Dear Neeti,

> And,Kishore,guess where will you be if KT happens to read this

writeup?

> Up in the smoke,of course :-)).....just kidding!!

> Neeti'86

After reading your comment I was curious about

the

whole thing. Really what will happen if KT reads the mail? How Kishore

will

look while going in smoke? By the way KT stays at Chalisgaon and he is

a

well reputed ENT Surgeon. Ofcourse he is a drama person (Now doing

nothing

of drama ) with a witty brain!! ( After all he is OUR freind!.....)So

I took

over the responsibility to convey him the message in toto!

He laughed and laughed and laughed and laughed

!! "

Saala yeh Kishore Aisahi Hai ! I was not remembering this incidence in

so

much details! Isne kaafi Masala Dalake Omlette Banaya Hai. Thoda woh

Bajoo

ge Na to Sachcha Anda bhi Dikh Sakata Hai!! Magar yeh Kishoe ka

Aisa

Haina Yahan Moorgine Ande ke Jagah Sidha Omlette hi Diya Hai!!!?

So now Kishore where are you ? Not on the

smoke of

Cigar but on the smoke of Agarbatti!!! He has thanked you for

reminding

good old days!

Mukund (1974)

[Guest guest]

Please convey to KT my thanks for not making an omelette of me!

Kishore Shah 1974

Re: Re: Budget goes up in smoke!

Dear Neeti,

> And,Kishore,guess where will you be if KT happens to read this

writeup?

> Up in the smoke,of course :-)).....just kidding!!

> Neeti'86

After reading your comment I was curious about

the

whole thing. Really what will happen if KT reads the mail? How Kishore

will

look while going in smoke? By the way KT stays at Chalisgaon and he is

a

well reputed ENT Surgeon. Ofcourse he is a drama person (Now doing

nothing

of drama ) with a witty brain!! ( After all he is OUR freind!.....)So

I took

over the responsibility to convey him the message in toto!

He laughed and laughed and laughed and laughed

!! "

Saala yeh Kishore Aisahi Hai ! I was not remembering this incidence in

so

much details! Isne kaafi Masala Dalake Omlette Banaya Hai. Thoda woh

Bajoo

ge Na to Sachcha Anda bhi Dikh Sakata Hai!! Magar yeh Kishoe ka

Aisa

Haina Yahan Moorgine Ande ke Jagah Sidha Omlette hi Diya Hai!!!?

So now Kishore where are you ? Not on the

smoke of

Cigar but on the smoke of Agarbatti!!! He has thanked you for

reminding

good old days!

Mukund (1974)