Thursday, November 20, 2008

'Local Warming' scientists feel left out, ignored.

While Global Warming has rightly been recognized as an issue of worldwide importance, scientists who have been warning people about the relatively lesser known phenomenon called 'Local Warming' are upset that they haven't been given their due. “Idiots. Fools. If we carry on like this, we run the risk of areas like T.Nagar, Abbotsbury and Kalakshetra Colony being completely submerged by the melting of nearby ice caps (refer photo). And we'll all be atop Annanagar tower, saying 'We told you so'!”, said a scientist representing Hardcore Association of Local Warming Activists (HALWA). Apparently, Annanagar is safe from a similar fate, because “You get everything in Annanagar itself. It's completely self-sufficient.”


“It isn't fair. These annoying 'Global Warming' snobs get films made by the likes of Al Gore and Edward Norton. And us? Even R.V.Ramani hasn't given us a call. No Michael Muthu play. No David Pascal charity concert. Zilch. Nada. The big empty.”, said another HALWA representative, foolishly refusing to pick up a call from noted theatre personality Kaveri Lalchand. “Perhaps we'd be better off positioning it as 'Glocal Warming'.”, he pondered, looknig greedily at some corporate looking guys in the vicinity.


However, according to sources, even HALWA seems better off than the plight of researchers working on the obscure phenomenon of “Gokul Warming”, where everyone named Gokul would eventually be submerged by the melting of nearby ice caps.

7 comments:

Salil said...

No quote by S.U.Saravanakumar?

Anand Ramachandran's Evil Twin said...

Salil - Sara doesn't have the time to give us his trademark 'quotes' for mere snippets. Only full length posts get the Saravanakumar coup-de-grace!

Anonymous said...

“You get everything in Annanagar itself. It's completely self-sufficient.”

If I got a rupee for everytime I heard this, I would have still lost it in the market. Great going! The Ragi Malt article was brilliant too.

Anonymous said...

Forgot to add, I always got hunger pangs when I hear the name Abbotsbury, maybe it reminds me of Cadbury. This could be a good question in GRE: Find the odd one out in the series: Veppery, Abbotsbury, Otteri, Kodambakkam Answer:Kodambakkam.

Arjun Sharma said...

'Gokul warming'

Man, that has to be the best joke I've heard this year.

(Because yesterday, I read your 2006 one about Giri-Giri and ace wildlife photographer S.U.Saravanakumar's comment that he should actually be V. Giri V. Giri. Heh, that was insane.)

Anand Ramachandran's Evil Twin said...

Anonymous - hahaha that 'Kodambakkam' GRE question would pwn if someone actually used it.

Madhu said...

For yet another take on local warming, check this out: http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/yossi_vardi_fights_local_warming.html