Worship me not, my fellow beings........

Movie Review: Ghajini (Kiran's Ishtyle)

2008-12-29T03:29:00.000-08:00

Now apparently, theres been a lot of hype and hullaballoo over this remake's release, so i'm surprised my mom just phoned up a theatre and got tickets...
One tip for watching Ghajini: Watch it in a local theatre where there are seats available for 25 bucks or less, its a more wholesome movie experience with advice being shouted out to the characters, and whistles at the "hero" or "heroine" 's entry or growls and catcalls at a "villian" 's dialogue of threat... plus its cheaper than going to Imax and shelling out 200 bucks for a ticket to watch madagascar 2 (a good movie btw, but the price kinda ruined it for me)...
Ghajini is the name of the antagonist (a fancy name for the "villian"). Aamir Khan is introduced to us as a bald headed, mindless, beast who seems to want to reduce India's population to half with his bare hands... A police officer's trip to his house reveals partially his past, where he romances a bubbly, cheery and slightly airheaded model, Kalpana. Aamir Khan is Sanjay Singhania, a man with retro grade amenesia, wherein he forgets everything ( except his now dead girlfriend) after 15 minutes. How he gains vengeance by killing the perpetrator Ghajini forms the rest of the plot. Jiah Khan as a medical student who helps him also has a minor yet significant role.
Watch it for:
a) A.R. Rehman's Music
b) Some really slick fight sequences
c) Asin, the lead actress
d) Fun
Stay away because
a) The bad guy may be badass but he isn't really that frightening
b) Laughs where there shouldn't be any, like the part where, Sanjay beats the shit out of six men and then forgets why he did it...
c)The do-gooder Kalpana is slightly irritating in her Miss Goody two shoes act.
d)Its basically a frame to frame copy of the Tamil/Telugu version (if your a dumbass, you might not realise that this point is only for people who haven't seen the original and/or can't understand Telugu /Tamil)

All in all, a good watch though....

Wham Bam, thank you spam!

2008-12-25T07:12:00.000-08:00

A guy went to this girl and openly declared his status as a grade 'A' nimrod by telling her how he felt about her in a long and winding fashion...
but more about that some other time....
Merry Christmas Y'all! The Vatican has recently gone on and told the whole world to protect itself from the 'evils' of homosexuality.... and we actually shut up and listen!!?
My pre finals have gotten over (finally) and im sitting at home with nothing to do, which is why im here of course...
I am currently facing a severe case of writer's block making recession hit my brain too...
so this is an appeal to all readers....
Comment, and thou shalt be given an article in reward...
give me a topic, a situation an example anything for some much needed excercise for the sarcasm muscle.....
cheers and go easy on the eggnog guys...

I've been ratted out...

2008-12-23T19:37:00.000-08:00

OK!!
Long time since a post.
with good reason too.
Now I'm sure no one actually reads this blog but anyway, I'll continue posting because I feel like it.
My dad yesterday, discovered this little bunker of mine and accosted me after dinner.
He said he found out after one of his friends told him but more than likely ( read actually), he must've seen the address in the favourites list.
Pride really does have its fall!
Worse, he mistakes the time of posts (US, I think...) to be IST and asks me what I'm doin out of bed at 6:51 A.M typing 'crap' (Yes, I have a huge ego) while I'm supposed to be asleep or in tuition or both (:D, Its a joke, dad, seriously, I pay attention during tuition).
I remember finishing wave theory of light in physics as preparation for my SAT exam, and am profoundly thinking of the time when scientists were scratching their head over whether light was a wave or particle until the dual nature theory came around. Also, I'd recommend "The theory of Everything" by Stephen Hawking as a must read for anyone wwith at least a vague interest in science or space or the origin of the universe.
I would also like to rate, When Darkness Falls, by Ruskin Bond as the most beautiful book ever written, not the best mind you

Que Sera Sera .... or some bullshit like that...

2008-12-17T21:03:00.000-08:00

What will be will be....
I have my biotech prefinal II tomorrow.... and im sitting here and writing some nonsensical post (??)!
the creative and sarcasm muscles are in dire need of excecise... and i cant get Green Day's American Idiot outta my head....
BTW, anyone who knows how to play the D Power chord please comment with the tab....
Yes, the title has nothing to do with the post and I wasnt very happy with "random crap XCIIVVI"

dum de dum dum de dum....
alllrite, im upto my ass in preparatory work so... happy 18th of december...

Humour perhaps.....?

2008-12-10T04:58:00.000-08:00

DRIVING LICENSE APPLIKASON PHOROM NOTE: If you dot knows, please copy from another applikason phorom.For phurthar instructions, see bottom applikason. Please do not soot the person at the applikason kounter. He will give you the licen.

Last name:
(_) Yadav
(_) Sinha
(_) Pandey
(_) Misra
(_) Dot no
(Check karet box)

First name:
(_) Ramprasad
(_) Lakhan
(_) Sivprasad
(_) Jamnaprasad
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Age:
(_) Less than phipty
(_) Greater than phipty
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Sex: ____ M _____ (F) _____ not sure _____not applicable
Chappal Size: ____ Lepht ____ Right

Occupason:
(_) Politison
(_) Doodhwala
(_) Pehelwaan
(_) House wife
(_) Un-employed
(Check karet box)

Number of children libing in the household: ___
Number that are yours: ___

Mother name: _______________________
Phather Name: ____________________ (If not no, leave blank)

Ejjucason: 1 2 3 4 (Circle highest class attended)

Dental rekard:
(_) Ellow
(_) Berownish-ellow
(_) Berown
(_) Belack
(_) Others - Give egjhakt color
(Check karet box)

Your thumb imparesson
(If you are copying from another applikason pharom,please do not copy thumb impression also. Please provide your own thumb impression.)

PELEASE DO NOT USE PHINGERS OF YOUR LEGS
Use thumb on your lepht hand only. If you dont have lepht hand, use your thumb on right hand. If you do not have right hand, use thumb on lepht hand.

NOTE : IF YOU DONT HAVE BOTH HANDS, YOU CANNOT DRIVE. WE ARE VARY ISTRICT ABOUT THIS

*laughs like a maniac*

Random Crap I

2008-12-09T02:38:00.000-08:00

Nope, this isn't the title for some terrifyingly B-grade (note the positioning of the words) horror movie.. this is an infinite series wait...
*mission: delete maths from system*
*report: mission accomplished*
*elapsed time: 0.00001 seconds*
and now that im done with that little formality, lets get back to wat i was sayin...aaah much better :P
nyway, whenever, i get the urge to rant.... random crap (insert vague roman numeral) will be the working title...
im also gonna tag this post so u can later go through all my random crap (HAHAHAAHAHAHA ooof gotta lay of that novocaine now...)

I LIKE A GIRL CALLED _______________________________

maybe now someone will read this blog.....
YES! I AM....... CAPTAIN DESPERATION!!!!

so kids, stay tuned for the next )*&%(*% episode of RANNNNDDDDOOOOMMM CRAP *echo*

MUMBAI'S HIT!!!!

2008-12-02T08:20:00.000-08:00

By now most of you have already seen news on tv or read the newspaper or heard from others about the recent havoc in Mumbai.... if not your either dead, not concerned (is that possible??) or under 6 years of age.
Therefore, I will not write a huge post on it for two reasons:
a) I was too late and whatever I write will be old news
b) As i am very opinionated,this is a very huge topic with various facets.
So keep checking back as I'll be composing many a post regarding this incident broken down.

For now let us remember all the heroes who gave their life to rid Mumbai of those rats and in the process, laid their lives.

It's not possible to note all their names but may their souls rest in peace over the fact that this mishap has united the people of India who are all collectively saying "JAI HIND!!".

Let us light a candle in memory of these brave souls and in light of this (I cant even stop making puns when I'm serious dammit!) let us also vow never to forget this as we did to every ohter incident after a week.

Stuff that jumps up when you least expect it to...

2008-09-13T01:14:00.000-07:00

I was given the not so enviable task of cleaning out the topmost layer of a glass cabinet in my house when I found a bunch of dusty medals.
I took the things out and dusted a face of one of them to see the figure of a tennis player engraved on it.
Not so surprising as my dad plays tennis and won a few tournaments when he was a lecturer at a College ten to twelve years ago and played when he was a boy too.
Imagine my shock when I cleaned the medals thouroughly to find the symbol of IIT Madras winking up at me!
I knew my dad had attended IIT Madras one of , if not the most prestigious institues in the country, but I had no idea he had won medals there and knew even less that he was also apparently a badminton player as well(2 golds and a silver)!!!!
The largest of the medals was engraved with the symbol of the 25th annual inter IIT sports meet, arguably the country's largest sporting meet between colleges.
I think you can imagine me swelling with pride as I pictured my father receiving medals at a national level competition.
As to why they lay there forgotten, I have no clue. But I'm happy I've found them!
Now I can brag to my friends that my dad was a national level gold medallist in Badminton and Tennis!
Wat too cool, na?

I declare...

2008-09-02T06:19:00.000-07:00

After millenia of existence, humans have come to a point where, I feel there is no going back.
At least until the 80's we had a chance to realise our faults, rebuild nature and strive for peace.
Hippies were an enlightened lot.
Man continues to hunt whales, kill tigers and ruthlessly slay with brutal torture, innocent baby seals (www.furisdead.com) for wearing their skin, eating them, using their fat...
I honestly declare that I am ashamed of being a human, with naive natures of clashing religion, countries, fundamentalism, slander and degrading environs.
I wish I were a tiger or some other majestic animal, actually any animal other than man is definitely majestic, with a dignity far above that of man's but with far less a trusting nature as to trust man, who these days is quite capable of selling his own mother for a few pieces of paper.
Till about 5-6 years ago, whenever I felt like this, I would look at certain individuals and fell less ashamed, glad that at least some remained with some shreds of... (I wish there were another less human word for ''humanity''...)
But now the numbers are rapidly receding and man, the abominable and destructive creature that he is, after fininshing with peace loving animals, looks at himself and others of his kind and proceeds to destroy his own species for their different beliefs, skin colours, dress, religion...
And slowly nature too is getting tired of man and his repulsive ways, and showing its anger through its own mighty resources, acid rains, avalanches, hurricanes, tsunamis and what not.
I wish so fervently that I were some animal, thought by man to be savage and incapable of intelligent thoughts but in reality much much more mature and wiser than man himself can ever hope to be.

I need an output for my feelings, so sorry..!

2008-08-28T08:28:00.000-07:00

Nostalgia
or
Those Good Old Days
I
When the mind reels back,
during lazy hours spent mulling
about those days gone by,
those good old days...
At times, memories come back
some strong, some hazy,
shrouded in the misting eddies of time,
dulling the brain, numbing the senses...
Memories that make me look back with wonder,
at those good old days...

II
Years spent as a toddler, seen by all
judged by all,
bearing the expectations of generations gone by
on those frail shoulders,
and yet, enjoying gentle loving care
of a doting family...
Memories of things trivial
memories of things important,
my first words and
my first joyride...
bring back to me a smile
as I remember,
those good old days...

III
Memories of joining
my first school, my first class
my first friend and first foe,
succumbing to the pressures of friendship
and at times struggling,
with loneliness, memories, even painful ones,
bring back to me a smile,
as I think of,
those good old days...

IV
And now, a man soon to be
on the threshold of the world
waiting and beckoning,
full of as many traps as
gold mines, waiting...
A choice to make, a decision to ponder,
indecisiveness abounds, tiring the mind
and thats when I rest,
Sit back and think about,
those good old days...

this might make me look like an old man trapped in a 16 year old body but, I'm that king of a guy!
Everything from anecdotes of Ruskin Bond to childhood remebrances of my mom or granny, make me feel as though I was actually there.
I mean, how can you miss somrthing you haven't even done?
perhaps its the great storytelling skills of these people or it could just be my rarely shown emotional side...

THAT DOES IT!!!!!!

2008-07-24T04:02:00.000-07:00

SINCE THE TIME OF CREATION OF THIS GODDAMN BLOG, I'VE EXPECTING AT LEAST MINOR RESPONSE! EVEN IF THAT IS DENIED TO ME, I DON'T SEE THE USE OF PUBLISHING ANY MORE POSTS AFTER THIS UNLESS I GET SOME KIND OF RESPONSE, EITHER IN BLOG HITS OR COMMENTS!

My next piece of (fresh) crap:

2008-07-23T06:01:00.001-07:00

My inspiration for my next dreadful poem i was.....
nothing!
I just wanted to c the look of relief on your face when I reveal that there is no poem.

Next up:
A review of Jefferey Archer's A Prisoner of Birth

"Rupai Rupai, 2 for 1!!!!!!!! 2 for 1!!!!

2008-07-22T08:15:00.000-07:00

Nope we aren't at the Rythu Bazaar
It's MPs we're buying.
Ever since the trust vote was announced, Mayawati along with the BSP and Manmohan and his congress started to collect MPs faster than 7th graders collecting the latest tazo bullshit.
Shibu Soren stayed quiet for just the right time so that a nice offer qould come by his way. Shahid Siddiqui got bought, leashes were put on Conker....
If MPs were a national commodity, the sensex would have frickin' pumped up by a zillion points.
Everybody knows that the MPs are giving away their votes for cash, kind, that new wig they always wanted or a cabinet post, hardly caring that the outcome of the vote may affect the country for generations to come. Why then did the BJP have to make such a huge issue about some spare cash the SP chucked in their faces for a few extra votes. Coming to parliament and dumping wads in front of the speaker, in a script which would have done any filmmaker proud.
Worse still, I'm beginning to suspect that this was their own money being chucked aroung with false allegations in a defamation assault on the UPA(+). No one seems to have cared about what happend to the cash after the dumping was done. Check out NDTV for more details. Of course, this could always be a result of the fermentation of the bhindi curry I have in my stomach right now.
Unless something monumental happens, expect less posts on my political views comin' up.
Meanwhile, I'm wondering if anyone actually reads this. If you do, please leave a comment.
Hail Me!!

Done Deal...

2008-07-22T08:05:00.000-07:00

Its official!
While somehow managing the task of eating and reading Jefferey Archer's A prisoner of Birth at the same time, I happened to look up at the TV and saw that the government kicked the opposition's ass by 19 votes with 10 of the hooligans with a valid vote abstaining.
That certainly puts paid to Mayawati's hopes of being the PM. Also, egg is being served plenty on the faces of various people like Shahid Siddiqui, Chandrababu Naidu, and Conker(see previous post 'State of the Matter') to name a few.
The Ndeal goes through
The left's in the loo
Mayawati couldn't keep pace
Conker has egg on his face

While I certainly do not endorse the idea of the Opposition killing the deal, I do have some views on it.
The deal might be good for India but the ramifications of the Hyde act still loom on the horizon.
Hope the government can sort it out.
Next up: A post on the great Indian MP bazaar

What do I write about???

2008-07-21T05:56:00.000-07:00

Comment leaving topics on which you think I should publish some posts

State of the Matter

2008-07-19T10:14:00.000-07:00

A delicate thread is what usually seperates a party from a win and a loss in an election. Unless, something sensational or somthing with vast implications for the future happens which can be an electoral boost for the top brass in charge.
One such issue in my native state of Andhra Pradesh is the Telangana issue.

A man called K. Chandrashekhar Rao (I'll call him conker for easier reference and other obvious reasons), with his pink draped men shows up every other day at some party's door pledging support if the party promises to grant them a seperate Telangana state.
Let me clarify for the unknowing reader.
'Tene kanna teeyani bhasha Telugu'
English: ' Sweeter than honey is the language Telugu'
Called the 'Italian of the East' by the British, Telugu was the chief language of a region in the South - East part of India. During linguistic classification of states, Andhra Pradesh was created as a seperate state from Madras (Now Tamil Nadu). This was achieved by showing proof to some narrow brained politicians that there was as much difference in Tamil and Telugu as in Bihari and Punjabi (Chak De! India). In an attempt for further classification, Conker and his men, are demanding another state claiming that Telangana, a form of Telugu, to similiar to it to even be called a dialect (Telangana has been part of Telugu culture and I have no animosity towards it. I even feel that it is a vital part of what Telugu is made of.). Now Conker and his band form a relatively minor part of the voting population but a very vital one. So now, his time is spent going to whichever party he thinks will win and declaring undying loyalty towards them only to desert them when he finds out they are reluctant to grant his wish after coming to power. The reasons for his demands he says, are that Telangana people have their seperate identity and need to be given a seperate state to improve their conditions. He has also included Hyderabad in this state.

What people may notice is that his party while being a minority cannot give him enough power and authority which he can easily get if he has a seperate state to lord over. Meanwhile, he keeps the other parties on their toes by shuttling back and forth between them. His antics have included the creation of a flag, a seperate Telangana Talli ( Telugu Talli is the traditional Godess of the Telugu language literally meaning Mother Telugu) and frequent bandhs, disrupting traffic and educational institutions alike.

When our country can shake off issues like these and become the United India it was made out to be is anybody's guess...

Democracy huh?

2008-07-19T09:53:00.000-07:00

Watching breaking news on NDTV while playing the melodious strains of John Lennon's Imagine in your head can create quite a ruckus in ol' cranium.
The BSP woman Mayawati has brought SP MP Shahid Siddiqui over to the dark side.
In atrocious and baseless logic, Mr. Siddiqui tried to prove that he had NOT in fact, crossed over for money. 'The nuclear deal is not good for Muslims', he belched into a mike in New Delhi to NDTV. How the nuclear deal, a hot topic for discussion by the young and the clueless alike for the past few months, affects only a certain set of human beings is lost on me. Just a few months ago, I was thinking the same thing when Mr. Siddiqui stated that the deal was 'good for the muslims'. I was further enlightened by my dad who pointed out that the Muslims were opposed to the deal because they mistrusted the USA over the issues in the Middle East.
Also, in a shameless display of power hungriness, the TRS president Mr. K. Chandrashekhar Rao along with the TDP president Mr. Chandrababu Naidu were suddenly found next to Mayawati endorsing her as the next PM!! I swear, turn the cameras away and they'd be down on their knees in no time. This was something I had not expected from Mr. Naidu. But then again, after seeing things like this I begin to lose faith in the human race and turn to a place like this where people can read what I think. The mere mention of the TRS brings me to another topic for a post and I will be posting one soon. Until then, keep your fingers crossed that someone will instill a sense of national duty into these MPs who are selling their voted for big bucks. Its high time they realised that their vote may decide the fate of the nation for generations to come. Not that most of them can actually understand what the hullabaloo is all about ( I doubt half of them can read!).
God save our nation!

PROCLAMATION

2008-07-19T08:27:00.000-07:00

Who the *&^% are man united?
\m/ Arsenal \m/

A feeble attempt at something supposed to be..... aahhh what the heck! read the post!

2008-07-19T06:59:00.000-07:00

HI PEOPLE!!
Happy july the 19th!!
seeing that there is still a lack of comments, I wanna put something so provocative that you'll have to comment:

A man witty and wise be
A man much wittier than me
Indeed he was always one up
everything was his teacup
Always a step ahead of me
annoying and irritating as can be
I decided to teach him a thing or two
told him he was cuckoo in timbuktu
*&^% he said in colourful language
To me it sounded like an adage
thats 'go forth and multiply' son
so go out there and have some fun
Im better than you, he commented
Poof! He vanished, distended
For he just broke the golden rule
Im not open to ridicule
Do not insult the reason for your creation
your just a piece of his imagination!

If that doesn't get me letters asking me to burn in hell, I dont know what will
O yea, this is what happens if you take a vague set of rhyming words and construct sentences with them.

THIS IS NOT POETRY!!!!!!

I really need a few hits......

2008-07-18T07:58:00.000-07:00

In the hope that someone will actually view this blog when something intelligent is finally posted, I hereby publish this post.

I strongly feel about this whole reservation buisiness. I really do. The whole logic behind all this flim flam is completely baseless. I mean when some groups of people were abused long ago in the past and refused a few privileges, isn't it better to say sorry and make amends without doing something stupid like this?
Reservation immediately after independance was a good move to encourage education among "backward" groups but I feel the amount of reservation should have been steadily reduced as the years rolled by. I mean, when a guy is given a ciggie everyday and the amount of ciggies is increased, won't he become addicted? Still worse, he won't move his ass all day knowing that his daily dose of smoke is being provided on a platter without him having to lift a finger.
This ideology stems from a particularly good response to an sms poll I once saw on NDTV.
The sender maintained that if the goverment keeps providing easier opportunities to a person from backward groups ( notice I don't like to use the word 'caste'), he/she will cease to work hard knowing that his next education opportunity is guaranteed through reservation.
What some people fail to see is the possibility that the goverment is using the reservation issue as a vote bank, increasing reservation quoatas to appease the members of these backward groups who after successfully emulating certain rodent species in regard to prowess in the reproduction department ( there's another thing no government has been able to do: teeach the common man that go forth and multiply doesnt mean we two ours twenty) have grown into a large portion of the population. What we need for a change is an impartial comittee to oversee this damning issue. Hell, we even have movements by these so called "backward" groups demanding reservation. If they are that eager to study, let them do it by their own sweat. If they can't, why set up reservations that help doctors who don't know the difference between the Hippocratic Oath and a Hypocritic one pass ?
These questions will be unanswered for perhaps as long till someon with at least a shred of sense of national duty gets elected, something I see not to be happening any time soon.
This is also a reason for the brain drain. Why do so many students want to go to the USA or the UK, because over there they know that if they work hard, there is no "scheduled" group with a reservation that denies them a seat which is rightfully theirs.
I end this post with the hope that I will be able to see an India without such shams....

Nostalgia isnt all good.....

2008-07-18T06:40:00.000-07:00

Ok, ye of at least a little faith.....
today was my first day in action of my prefect duties
Vital tip:
Escorting little monsters from classes 1 to 3 around the school campus will result in a look of total disbelief from you when someone reminiscences about your toddler years. Stay away......

Badminton is quite nice to play and its quite a faux pas to call a shuttle a cock in front of moderately intelligent prudish girls.

LONG WALKS RULE!!

I can look her in the eyes all day long.......

2008-07-17T04:54:00.001-07:00

I'm just.... well "gaga" wouldn't suffice

A verse of praise will not suffice.
No building or sculptured edifice
can be enough for beauty so great
enough for the soul to meditate.
Eternal grace and loveliness divine
are but words for this love of mine.

Greenko Quiz Contest

2008-07-17T04:36:00.001-07:00

THIS HAS BEEN RIPPED OFF FROM AN ORKUT POST AND I AM NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY ATROCIOUS GRAMMAR OR TYPOS!!!

did you guys check out today's edition of hindu (main ed. page 2)?
[http://www.hindu.com/2008/07/08/stories/2008070857460200.htm]

An open quiz is being jointly organised by the Greenko Group and Hyderabad Quiz Club for all the quiz enthusiasts in the city at Hari Hara Kala Bhavan on August 2.

The quiz will have three-member teams taking part in a written elimination round, where they will have to answer about 30-odd questions. Top eight teams from the preliminary rounds will be selected to participate in the finals which will include audio, video and visual rounds.

Participants should send in their team name, participants name, contact numbers and e-mail id and register at ‘ www.hyderabadquiz.org/openquiz’.

Or send a snail mail to Greenko Group, Plot No. 1071, Road No. 44 Jubilee Hills, Hyderabad 500 033. For more information contact 3291 5858.

interested anyone?

I've been called up!!!!

2008-07-17T04:22:00.000-07:00

Yes my faithful followers, it is a time to rejoice!
Your Messiah has been chosen as the Literary captain of Chinmaya Vidyalaya.
Hope I can....
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abuse my power and goof off!!!!
haha!

Seriously though, I do wanna goof off!

A proper start............................................... and not the improbable end, I hope....

2008-07-17T03:56:00.000-07:00

OK!!!
So, there are a lot of people I've met who've been astounded that I don't maintain a blog (properly at least). So, for people who don't know me, this is my introduction.
Unlike other egoists, I consider myself the 3rd most important person in the world..... after I and me that is :P!!!
People with brains they excercise will notice the well coveredd pun in there and I would like to beg their forgiveness.
To know all you can about me you can check out my orkut homepage:
http://www.orkut.co.in/Profile.aspx?uid=4550902175347597752

For those without an Orkut profile, register or ask someone who's a member if you're that desperate to know me.....

So, pip pip, tally ho! and let's get on with the bloody thing!!

This is my um....... third blog I think and the previous two were poorly maintained and fell into ruin. But I promise I'll be regularly posting here. Of course, I promised that on the previous two too, but this time I mean it. Really!

I'd like to end this inaugural post with the last words of Carl Panzram, a convicted serial killer as a reply to the executioner who asked for a last request:

"Yes, hurry it up, you hoosier bastard, I could hang ten people while your waiting!"