Saturday, March 21, 2009

Tea. A True Story.

So. You had a long day and you're tired and all you can think of doing is just going back home, throwing yourself into that great fluffy and comfy couch and sip a great cup of tea! But a man in the kitchen, by nature's law, is almost never going to produce something good. Or even edible for that matter. That's why God created pizza parlours and coke. Of course, exceptions are always there.

But lets take a look at the different scenarios, where a man tries to make himself a good cup of tea after the long day that he has had. Remember. We're talking about the male species here.

Scene 1

  1. Goes into the kitchen.
  2. Gets dazed by all the different, weird shaped and shiny apparatuses, that is supposedly used to cook food.
  3. Gives up and then calls for pizza along with coke.

Scene 2

  1. Somehow, manages to pick the right vessel.
  2. Pours the milk into it while spilling most of it all over.
  3. Puts the milk on stove to boil.
  4. Goes and watches a little TV while waiting for the milk to boil.
  5. Completely forgets about the milk while watching How I Met Your Mother.
  6. Realizes much much much much later, that burnt milk is of no use, even to the cat. So...
  7. Gives up and then calls for pizza along with coke.


Scene 3

  1. Puts milk in the vessel.
  2. Puts eggs along with a little bit of oregano seasoning. Puts 3 teaspoons of tea powder and 2 teaspoons of salt. A pinch of sugar. A bowl of half ripe tomatoes cut into squares. Throws in last night's pizza topping. Removes the cheese though.
  3. Realizes he doesn't know what the hell he is cooking.
  4. Throws it away.
  5. Calls for pizza along with coke.

Scene 4

  1. Calls his beloved mother on the phone to ask her how to make tea.
  2. Realizes he has no balance on his phone.
  3. Goes to the nearest pizza parlour and orders for a pizza along with coke.

Scene 5

  1. Picks the right vessel.
  2. Pours exactly the right amount of milk with the right amount of tea powder and sugar.
  3. Waits for exactly 2 minutes before he gets the perfect brown colour that a perfect cup of tea is meant to have along with the perfect aroma.
  4. Decides he wants to have pizza and coke instead.
  5. So he orders a pizza along with coke.

Scene 6


These are the exceptions that I mentioned before.


So, after thinking about it for a long time, I have decided that I will marry a beautiful wife, who, apart from listening to all my non-sense and putting up with all the "manly" stuff that I do, will also happily make me a cup of great tea at the end of the day! While I, continue to do what the male species is best suited to do - watch TV, throw smelly socks all over the couch, burp, refuse to take a bath, burp yet again and basically make the world a better and a happier place to live in.

6 comments:

Arpan said...

Tea !!! Oh great...my fav drink !!! Must say...a neatly penned feelings...probably most of us go through the various scenerios u mentioned...and many of us don't...!!! Well u've got a long way...to get married so that ur wife can prepare Tea for u...instead for the time being enjoy the refreshing tea that aunty prepares (i miss it a lot)!!!

Keep blogging !!!

Jeet said...

hehe...thanks!!

The Seeker said...

yeah!! that was a good-read,e xactly what men are !! But bro! tell you sth, do learn to cook, I mean the basic stuff, such as fixing up sth for the time being eat... And come on,don be too modest, Men do really some good work too apart from burping, smelly socks, they can easily break down something that is perfectly working. And thats why! My mom never asks me to do anything...

Jeet said...

haha! well said man! mum's are always like that...specially when it comes to cleaning ur room i guess!
thanks for the comment...glad u liked it!

Cheers!

Anonymous said...

damn..
i dunno know to cook..
what is my poor poor husband gonna do... he probably wont marry me.. hee hee....i dunno what that meant...
but fear not!! i shall be the best cook very soon... umm...very soon means in about a lifetime.. but i definitely wanna make burnt cakes togther with my husband someday...ofcourse, only he will eat it...

Jeet said...

haha....anyone can cook a good meal. a few can even manage to cook a delicious meal! but only a true cook can manage to make burnt cakes and make someone eat it out of free will and not out of force! Karen Sharma! I am officially honouring you with the title of the best cook in the world!

Just keep slices from dominos in hand...just in case! :)