Verbed-Nouns

OBAMAed Jobs
BUSHed Iraq and Afganistan
CLINTONed Interns
PALINed Russia
MAOed liberties
RAJUed accounts and balance-sheets
BOYLEd (social) reality
GABBERed dialogues

(c) santosh & ameya

Shoeconomics

"No shoes thrown at me during my speech!!" fumes Joamon, the president of Daakland. He rants "This is the third time. Do people not care about me? You have no idea what this is doing to my popularity ratings man! There are no games in the internet about me! This is not just bad for me but also our country's economy". These were the outbursts after the address to the mass of jobless and houseless people.
Daakland has been hit very hard by the recession and economy is in ruins. So much so that either people dont have shoes to throw at their president or they have only one pair left.
But the president doesnt want to remain behind in the world stage. First Bush, the leader of the developed nations and then Jiabao, the leader of the developing nations have had the honour of utmost appreciation from the public. Not so with Joamon though. He vividly remembers the meeting in the UN with other country heads. They all boasted of token public appreciations in their own countries. He didnt want his country to fall behind.
"Arrange a talk show. I want it to be rigged."
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Daakland Talk Show

"What do you think about the incident?' Talk-show Host
"I think it goes on to show the pinnacle of freedom people have nowadays" President.

Jack the first shoe-thrower was jailed. He was released on bail. He got the highest paid job and a hot wife after that.

To audience member " What do you think of the guy who did that?"
" Man that is easy money" quips Joe, the mechanic "if only I had some cheap shoes.."
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"Ben, did you see the interview yesterday?" Dave, the head of Kike shoe company
"Are you thinking what I am thinking?"
Ben replies " A new market segment, a new need"
Dave "Something to boost our sagging sales, may be"
Ben "Spot on"

The new Kike "Hurler". Available in all sizes, infants to oldies. Its light-weight And its dirt cheap. "Kike Shoe Finance" also provides easy loans to buy your own hurler.
Dave smiles "Shoe sales up 80 percent".
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"Sorry sir, we have no vacancy for the next three days. All the auditoriums are booked for some speech or other" Jill , the PR of MNA Event management
"Now all ministers want to give speeches, even in non-election times" Jill says to her colleague
Colleague "More work but at least the company is making good money, my job's safe"
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"Why are you changing the posters? Its a shooting training company aint it " Barbara to her husband"
"Dont worry! Am just repainting the gun to a shoe. Enrollments are more if there is a shoe. Dont you know anything" Husband retorts back
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"Sir, your chances are better if you have thrown a shoe at any speaker or chief guest. The more the status of the guest, the more the bargaining power." a Jobsearch firm
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A few quarters later
Daakland News "The number of jobless have gone down. Public spending has increased and it includes not just shoes. Economy seems to show signs of improvement."
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UN Secret Meet
"Ladies and Gentlemen. As promised to Jack the shoe-thrower, we are gathered here to reward him. Our plan has succeeded. What the numerous bailouts could not do, the shoe did. Certainly ingenious. " UN head

2 Gunshots. Both Bush and Wen with guns.
Jack's body on the floor.
"Now the world will never know the greatest conspiracy theory that saved the world. He he ha ha.." Entire UN laughing

Zamfir..The Pan Flutist

Pan Flute Music..I had never really explored this genre. Was always into Rock. A recent episode in Southpark showed some of this music. The soothing tone of this ancient instrument got me hooked. Some research over the internet and I got this CD by one of the pan flute virtuosos, Mr Gheorghe Zamfir. Not very sure about its origin, but essentially gives a strong Native American feel to it. Zamfir though is a Romanian. One listen to it and my restless mind and soul calms down. The music has a strong solitary vibe to it and interestingly it is not usually played along with other instruments. I put the CD on, lied down and closed my eyes. The disturbances around me died down. I got transported to this lone hill away from the population, the sun was setting down and my horse was tied to the tree beside me. My back rested on the trunk and I put my cowboy hat over my eyes. My silhouette against the dark red sun setting behind the hills was postcard perfect. I so longed the blissful solitude. The music caressed my ears smoothly like a cool breeze on my face, like a soft kiss of a maiden on my lips. I absorb the moment. I tried to grab it. It seemed it was fleeting away, for Sunday was fast ending and Monday was doubly fast approaching. I desperately tried to hold on to it, like the water in my fist. It left me but not before it had cooled my tired hands. The CD had finished. When I finally opened my eyes, the hill was gone, the horse was gone, the sun was gone and my tiredness, my restlessness was gone too. The sweetness remained, the bliss remained and so did the lingering not-so-vivid pictures. Thank you Zamfir




Unforgettable tracks
(1) The Lonely Shepherd
(2) Solitude
(3) Stranger on Shore
(4) Summer of Love
(5) Serenade