Sunday, February 17, 2008

Muzayun & Snails

She killed about a million snails in her two year 'snail killing spree' in NID...crushing them with a distinctive 'crunch' every time she saw one (or many) trying to cross the pigeon path (or, well, any other path), or in a 'dead-brother-eating' communion!

I thought it was odd to kill so many for no apparent reason, all these slimy little snails (big actually) did was cross roads, eat others (and sometimes even sauce) or have sex (they are apparently quite good with orgies). What harm can these poor crunchy (while dying) things do!

But today that mystery is resolved! Muzayun killed them because she couldn't eat them! YES...that’s the reason! It’s not really 'in' or even fashionable (though killing them certainly is) in NID, so all she could do was kill them and dream about eating them.

However, this January her long cherished wish to eat them (without the distinct crunch though) was fulfilled when she was in Helsinki for the Nokia conference. She devoured many soft snails with bare hands (well, they were dead and cooked, so it’s not that big a deal) and even had the audacity to compare the experience to eating some great chocolate that melts in your mouth! I was rather confused by this and by the time my brain figured that I should perhaps ask her only for a plausible explanation, she had moved on to her next favorite animal (edible, of course) - mollusk! I had had enough of this 'soft-slimy-animal' eating discussion and so moved on to another mint-chocolate candy. I finished the entire pack of chocolate during this, so don’t really regret the conversation, apart from enlightening revelation about her reason for killing snails for so long...

8 comments:

  1. u actually had so many of those mint chocolate candies without getting grossed out...? they seem pretty similar to muzayun's description... crunchy on outside n soft gooey inside... he he hheehe

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  2. u the one of the cheapest species on earth sid, just that i was quite elaborate in describing the snails and the chocolates too

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  3. come to ahmedabad again during the monsoon and kill a few more of these slimy little things :)

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  4. @HajiBijBij: Its quite a weird tale...you really found such an old post to read, am really glad :)

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  5. why not? i cannot finish up read all in one day...so...and i think there is an extra 'A' in my name now. if its difficult...you can call me Shruti

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  6. Thanks a lot Shruti, this is so much more convenient now :) I really like oldie piece, sadly not many people ever read it...am glad that you did!

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  7. old stories will elaborate on your life earlier...small little things that happened sometime...somewhere...i get to know people more like this...atleast try to :)

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