Two days back , I was busy in the kitchen when Arno walked in...
Eyes bright , big smile, excited face.
"Mama , I just understood who invented Tom tom!"
Arno is a great Tomtom fan. For him it is like the "in-car entertainment". He cranes his nect from the back seat and tries to follow the tomtom screen throughout any journey. He believes that it is TOMTOM who takes him to places, Mama and Papa have no clue where the destination is (have to admit that at times its true!!). He gets excited when he sees the "knife-fork" restaurant symbols, he gets upset when the "red triangle" traffic jam sign pops up, he intructs his dad to go slow when the "camera" sign blinks and he has his most beautiful smile on when Tomtom proudly announces "You have reached your destination".
However,at times, this "continuous tomtom monitoring " over the shoulder can be quite difficult for the person on the drivers seat!!
Since "Daddys chill " is a myth, Mama handles such situations. [Because "Mamas are cool" is a fact!]
anyway...
"So, who invented Tomtom? "
"Tom and Jerry".
[Dear reader, you know by now that Tom and Jerry are almost family for us]
"But in that case they would have named it TomJerry, not TomTom, right?"
For a moment I thought, I got the better of him...There was a split second of silence. Eyes narrowed, eyebrows furrowed, smile turned to frown,....and then,
" I dont know Mama, maybe the surname of Tom is TOM"
Rolling on the ground ... can't stop laughing!
ReplyDeleteThere you go!!happy to see my fan back..
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chaliye jao arno....ma babar mukh ujjal korte ar beshi din baki nei tomar!!!!
ReplyDeleteSuch a sweet story! Akash does exactly the same thing with GPS.... infact on roads I dont need the GPS, he insists that I turn on the navigation system so that he can analyze the street maps etc on the screen. you know how annoying it can be when a voice keeps telling to turn left, turn right when U are near your home
ReplyDelete@gsm-boston :Hi , Can FULLY imagine how it feels Gargi (thats you,right?) when the little one starts being the Tom Tom!!
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@manisha: Eta ke mukh ujjol kora bole?? heheheh..
Everybody knows Tom's surname is TOM. We're endowed with a particular clan in the remote corner of Kolkata (near College Street where books of all kinds are sold) where a genuinely pleasant person could be found with a first name "Hizibizi" and last name "Biz". Furthermore, in that clan everybody could have the same disposition, although, occasionally, they have used the name Takai or Biscuit to delineate each other at times. It's confusing, but perhaps one could ask Arna for his thought. He'd have no problem in explaining such simple things.
ReplyDeleteWell done Arno!! :)
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