Tuesday, October 28, 2008

Happy Diwali and 380 words Ramayana

A Very Happy Diwali to All. May this Diwali and New Year bring Joy and Prosperity to You and Your Loved Ones.

Meanwhile have a chuckle on how an American ABCD might explain Diwali to his friends.
So, like this dude had, like, a big cool kingdom and people liked him. But, like, his step-mom, or something, was kind of a bitch, and she forced her husband to, like, send this cool-dude, he was Ram, to some national forest or something. Since he was going, for like, something like more than 10 years or so, he decided to get his wife and his bro along, you know, so that they could all chill out together. But Dude, the forest was real scary shit. Really man, they had monkeys and devils and shit like that. But this dude, Ram, kicked ass with darts and bows and arrows so it was fine. But then some bad gangsta boys, some jerk called Ravan, picks up his babe and lures her away to his hood. And boy, was our man, and also his bro, Laxman, pissed. And you don't piss this son-of-a-gun cuz, he just kicks ass and like and all the gods were with him. So anyways, you don't mess with gods. So, Ram and his bro get an army of monkeys. Dude, don't ask me how they trained the damn monkeys, just go along with me, okay. So, Ram, Lax and their monkeys whip this gangsta's ass in his own hood. Anyways, by this time, their time's up in the forest and anyways it gets kinda boring, you know no TV or malls or shit like that. So, they decided to hitch a ride back home and when the people realize that our dude, his bro and the wife are back home they thought, well, you know, at least they deserve something nice. And they didn't have any bars or clubs in those days so they couldn't take them out for a drink, so they, like, decided to smoke and shit and since they also had some lamps, they lit the lamps also so it was pretty cool, you know with all those fireworks. Really, they even had some local band play along with the fireworks and you know what, dude, that was the very first, no kidding, that was the very first music-synchronized fireworks, you know, like the 4th of July stuff, but just, more cooler and stuff, you know. And, so dude, that was how, like, this festival started.

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