Since the day Munna asked for air to be turned towards him (you need to watch the movie to connect) the fan has “reached new heights”…no pun intended. Over the years, the manufacturers of this mechanism, to circulate and recycle stale air, dust etc have been able to come up with all kinds of sizes and shapes…like, the palm sized shaky whirr in the suffocation chamber (read:STD booth).The zero effect of any “breeje” is complimented with the sweat drops (on your feet) which have managed to pick up some of the dust, coaxing the corners of the plastic chair (you had to sit) while the voice on the other side seemed like Nithyasree’s in Sangamam…..well close enough.There are other “veritees” which I shall choose not to praise too much …..considering my nature to digress…
As I was growing up (almost make it sound like an example from the grammar book – continuous tense), I got used to the big brown blob above our heads with the Shaktimaan blades, that seem to oust nothing but a lot of dramatic noises….“Fan taa gechhe” …The fan is gone – literal translation !! (though for many years my friends used to think Ma was talking about the soft drink). Not to worry, call up the local “electreeshian” with the magic hands.
Enter Raju, with his tools and a Pan Parag® smelling smile – “Didi, kemon achhen?? Ei baar election e keu jitbe naaa” (Hi, how are you.This time around no one is going to win the election).
In a need to be polite and foremost to restore sanity – “Keno Raju” (why Raju??)
“Eto garam…… ke vote debe, sob to more jaabe” (No one will survive the heat to vote)…..nice.
Now that he has established the phunny “connection”, he proceeds to assault the “beast”. Meanwhile all of my “get rid of that piece of sh@#” requests are effectively ignored. The silent observer (that will be my Dad) wipes the sweat droplets from his glasses and resumes his conversation with Ruskin Bond and his narratives from Simla….
Fast forward to a few years later …..
The Huntington® 5 blade, extra RPM,lights with fancy covers,remote control ceiling fan was eligible for Free Super Saver Shipping.No need to think beyond this.Ridiculous amount of time (read:two whole minutes – time needed to convert waxy starch to ready to eat Maggi® ) need not be taken away from other tasks (of lesser importance) in deciding which model and so (without further “deelay“) the online shopper (that will be me) clicked on Order Now. Warned the nice people – I am expecting a package, (a rather heavy one – like anyone would care to pick it up from our front door). ” It is my weekend project” – coy submission, almost like the kid in the Horlicks® commercial.!! It is a good feeling, actually great feeling – when people think you are super active, when in reality your enthusiasm is limited to the walk towards the case of beer(a man must stay hydrated at all times) before “me-shun impauseebell”….
It has been a good eight weeks and I cannot believe I am saying this …. “I miss Raju or anyone who could fix that ceiling fan for us”. All my brave efforts to tear open the box were given the cold treatment when I started reading the “how to assemble” instructions. In delirious haste, I consumed unavoidable quantities of alcohol which resulted into further low esteem and immense doubt in the love that any electrical device and I may ever foster …..the fact that I have, not one, but two solid degrees in Electrical Engineering (gulp …..) seems to be of no consequence whatsoever.
“When the going gets tough, the tough gets going” I told myself and then made sure that I repack the contents in order and hide “Fan taa” in the closet…..!!
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This song is all about the “expected result” of a good quality fan ……
meshun impauseebell …..
June 23, 2009 by le embrouille blogueur (leb)
Dont beat yourself up, the techno maniacs go faster than light to come up with gadgets! Nice post and reminds me of how much I miss my iron walla …
I am lost. Why is this meshun required in Detroit of all places. Let me speculate. Le embrouille blogueur needs fresh winds to blow off his "embrouilleness" ! Or he wants keep his output from his kitchen underneath it and let the scent of macher jol permeate the whole house. Oe else he's perfecting his new hairdo of wavy hair. Or else ….
hilarious.. i read this post twice and there were so many subtle (?) humor points .. from the way Nityashree sounds in Sangamam to Fan Taa.. i enjoyed reading this every bit..one a serious note, we do miss all the 'one call away plumber, electrician, et all' sitting in foren, dont we?btw i hope u do get to putting the Fan together and then may be u can do a victory post?
@ TFT : I miss every bit of those luxury elements …..aaaaaa @ Ramesh : I need it because it is summer and we want to conserve energy and not use the air and try and keep the windows open …hence the need for air circulation and the "beast"@AJCL : I sure hope I can get to putting it together ….@ all of you : It is 2:51 am and I just got back from the last party of this project …cannot sleep till I have checked all comments ….thanks to selfish me ….thanks to you for being supportive of my rantings …as for the macher jhol…Ramesh …how the heck do you know so much about the Bengalis ??
Breaking up a fan is easy. Always happens with fans of Aishwarya, Katrina, Bebo etc. etc. Assembling one is mighty difficult….as the doctors will vouch for.Cheers 😉
Haha …true though I am not sure if Bebo ever had any fans …..thanks for the visit ROFL ….
why are you a fan fan all of a sudden? I dont miss fan, i have it in all my rooms and are dust coated.The place i live is so freaking hot that a fan is worthless. Nothing but good ol AC…:))))))
Ha, incidentally we too had a Pan parag smelling smiling electrician, Sudhakaran…
Well, like I told Ramesh …. we are trying not to turn the air on…also …the fan is still needed for the noise it comes with …!!!
Ohhh, This was a nostalgia post, i See…. i too remember old over sized fans, making grumbling noises round the light, as if singing a lullaby for us…Nityashri? Bengali actress?, i missed the pun!!:))
No Nithyasree is a South Indian vocal artist …she lent voices to Rahman's tunes in a Tamil movie called Sangamam…
LOL…I miss those fans too, and our very own electrician, whenever there was any bulb/tubelight/fan prob we wud call for Repair Srinu (that was how he was known)…the stupid AC cum Fans we have here do not circulate enuf air and return huge bills…and i can imagine how tough assembling cud be in the summer heat when houses are like ovens…hope u succeed…and btw my hubby has two degrees in Electronics Engg but he cannot even format a laptop, so it happens i guess…
Repair Srinu …I am in tears …on the floor laughing … funny how simple posts can bring out all the fun stuff in our lives …I guess then I should not feel that bad..there are others like me too ….lol
Like how you asked Ramesh earlier, how the heck do you know so much Tamil stuffs?
I lived in Chennai for a few years … and I fell in love with the music (blame it on ARR) and then the movies (for technical expertise) …..and have been hooked since ..another primary reason is because my wife speaks both Tamil and Telugu …you know the rest …
Lived in Bengal for 6 years. Consumed 1,468,532 rosogollas than , which qualifies me as a half Bengali !!
@ramesh- the numbers u churn out.. mgmt guy to the hilt..1,468,532 rosogollas it seems..
@ Ramesh …that is ~ 27.94 rosogollas per hour …..nice going …..khub bhalo !!!
That explains it. I was kinda puzzled by innumerable references to Tamil in your prior posts. Interesting!