Sunday, May 28, 2006

Life's tiny secret

A few weeks back, a lizard fell into the main hole of the toilet bowl at my house. I pulled out one single stick of a broom and lowered it into the bowl to get the lizard to hold on to that. But the lizard could not interpret my gesture and continued struggling. Even I was struggling as my "pressure" was building up. Finally, I gave up and "dumped" on top of the lizard ... resulting in the lizard dying a "shitty" death.

A few days back, a baby mouse fell into the main hole of the same toilet bowl (wonder what's so attractive in there!?). I took the entire broom and put it into the bowl to get the mouse to hold on to that. The mouse understood and climbed onto the broom. Even when I took the broom out of the hole, the mouse continued to cling to it with all its might. So I was able to walk around with the broom without worrying that the mouse might jump off and get into the house. Finally, I flicked the broom outside the house so that the mouse lost its hold and scampered off on the streets.

Conclusion 1: When inside the toilet bowl, a mouse is more intelligent than a lizard.

Conclusion 2: Both lizard and mouse - once they get into shit, cannot figure out by themselves how to get out.

Conclusion 3: The entire jhadoo is more effective than any single part of the jhadoo.

Conclusion 4: When there is pressure, I think about my pants more than I think about another creature's life.