Between the BF and me while we were at the resort.
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Me: Let me take one snap of you with the green background.
BF : No
Me : Please. Whay are you so grumpy?
BF : I’m not!! I just don’t want any snaps taken.
Me : Pretty please.
BF : No way. I hate posing for snaps. And you know that!!
Me : C’mon! I promise I won’t put it up on the blog.
BF : Well, okay then 🙂
Me : Wha..?!!! 😐
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Between my high-end tailor,HT (the one to whom I give expensive stuff for stitching) and a customer at his shop, G ( a young girl, about 21 years old and definitely educated. The conversation took place in English )
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G : I want to give these two pieces for stitching.
HT : (looking at a cloth piece in green colour) You want a shalwar of this?
G : NO!!! It is SILK!! I want a nice oopar-wala[sic] of it .
HT : You mean kurta?
G : Yeah yeah. You stiched that dress for Michelle, no? The yellow one with that side design? I want same design.
HT : But that Kurta was a different material. I can change the pattern a little for this one, add a little lace to the hem…
G : NO! I want it exactly like Michelle’s dress. Her oopar-wala did not have lace. Actually, I don’t like lace.
HT: Ummm…
G : I’ll ask Michelle to lend the dress. You can see and make this oopar-wala like that only.
HT : Huh?! No need. I know how that dress was. I’ll try making this same way.
G : It should be exactly like Michelle’s dress. I like that dress very much. I wanted that for myself 🙂
HT : 😐 Huh! Ok.
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LOL!! That part about the “lace on the oopar-wala” had me struggling so hard to control my laughter, I snorted a couple of times. The girl was oblivious to it 😀 !!
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Between my low-end tailor LT (the one who stiches regular everyday clothes) and a well-endowded woman (about 35+ in age) ,WE , at his shop
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WE : Bhaiyaa…mujhe yeh do dress stitch karane hain. Yeh white cotton wala dress mujhe urgent chahiye.
LT : Jaldi nahin hoga. Time lagega. Agle hafte aa jao.
WE : Achcha theek hai. Lekin mujhe yeh dress mein na, aaj kal fashion chal raha hai na, puff-sleeve ka, waisa chahiye. Uske neeche elastic lagana. Frill achcha aana chahiye.
LT : (Blank look. Probably mentally visializing those biceps in puff sleeves) Errmmm..actually, kapda utna nahin hai. Normal sleeves banega.
WE : Nahin Mujhe waisa hi chahiye. Aur kurte ko side mein cut mat dena.
LT : Kya?!!
WE : Haan. Mujhe woh cut nahin chahiye. One piece mein stich karna.
LT : (Folding the kurta piece length-wise and holding it up to the woman to see) Dekho madam, iska gher zyada nahin hai.
WE : (petulantly) Lekin mujhe waisa hi chahiye.
(All this while, I’m grinning behind the woman’s back. The tailor’s having a tough time keeping a straight face while talking to the lady 🙂 )
LT : (finally gathering courage) Madam, yeh style aapko suit nahin karega.
WE : KYON?!
LT : (now resigned) Theek hai. Banata hoon.
WE : (Grins in victory)
(And I go home laughing all the way. I’d SO like to see the lady wearing that dres!! )
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