D: do you think Amazon is the public face of [whispery sinister voice] the GCC dot dot dot?
R: the warriors?
D: oooof, the website!
R: (doubtfully) what is the GCC dot dot dot?
D: don't say the name out loud! Say [assumes aforedescribed voice] GCC dot dot dot.
R: (dropping voice) what is it?
D: it is... the Global Capitalist Conspiracy of Rid Us of Our Hard-Earned Money.
R: ooooh!
D: (urgently) so what do you think?
R: ohmygod, I think you're right! I just like completely against my will totally involuntarily spent 200-something dollars on it last week.
D: did you feel this strange seductive pull? Like you couldn't close the tab even if you wanted to? Like the "recommendations" were yanking at your soul?
R: yes! Oh god, oh god. I ordered From Hell in hardcover.
D: told you.
R: and a camera. And a 8 GB memory card with it. And a recorder. And the Pullman trilogy from Amazon UK, so the spellings would be right. And my own The Sandman Companion. It's rubbish, by the way.
D:I know. Bender is a twit. This Saturday I bought a turntable...
R: nice.
D: ... and suddenly, completely to my surprise, with no intention to, Buffy 6 and 7.
R: you idiot! You can watch pirated episodes online!
D: (coldly) just like you can read scanned Pullman online?
R: (mumblewumble)
D: hey! What if big brother's listening? Right now? To us talking about GCCdotdotdot?
R: ooh! I bet they're despatching "agents" to "silence" us even as we shake in our slippers.
D: we can seek shelter from the KGB.
R: (exasperatedly) they no longer exist, stupid.
D: that's all you know, moron! The truth is, they've gone undercover. They've got ops all over in India... as GKB.
R: (is astounded) oh!
D: they thought they'd cleverly disguise themselves by mixing up the letters in their name...
R: but you were too smart for them!
D: exactly. Opticals, panopticon. Doesn't take a genius.
R: but, but... what do we do till we get to the GKB?
D: hide under our beds?
R: good idea!
Otoeb ei bochhor khaater nicher dhulo aar makorshar jaaler modhye thekei amar noboborsher preeti o shubhechha grohon korun. Ki aar kora? Praan aage na okhadhyo American Desi puli-pitha aage?
Wednesday, April 15, 2009
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Hahaha GKG KGB
i am wondering why you be posting so regularly. =P
i be knowing.
wait...WHAT? AMAZON?!
You are lying. There is NO way you got all that from AMAZON for below $200.
How much did you REALLY sink?
amazon? i think google is the poster child
shhh...
Indeed. As Andy Grove famously said, only the paranoid survive.
Did you notice Amazon's newest services are aptly acronymed CC? They are calling the platform "cloud computing", but we all know what it really stands for.
Kintu edeshe to bhalo khaater talao paaoyaa jaayna. ki je hobe.
shubho nabobarsho!
Srin--yes. You had no idea, did you? Now you know. Shh!
Diviani--I be also knowing, alas. And I didn't spend less than 200. I spend MORE than 200. Bujhechho? :P
Roy--amazon. Believe me. Amazon.
Dipanjan--shei holo kotha. No culture without a proper khaater tola can be the true patron of horrific things. Kaeno je loke bojhena.
ami ekkhuni ekkhuni 1984 porechhi. ekhon ami sobkichhutei conspiracy dekhi. amar chokhe dhulo dewa sombhob noy chhnora.
sorry, chhnuri.
can i borrow the sandman companion when you come back home for summer? pliss pliss?
ahahatyghjn
also, btw, Amazon's utter fail about LGBT books just saddens me.
Eta classic!
lol
Just got ur blog url from Indiblogger...
and defn it was a nice read...thank god I am not much in online shopping thing...
shubho naboborsho to u too :)
btw did ya watched the program on NGC abt google real time maps...gosh there won;t be any privacy from then on
i love the way u post and write ....
मेरी कलम - मेरी अभिव्यक्ति
Bimbo--haha, chaliye jaa. Only the paranoid survive, you know =D
Mandy--of course.
Rhea--not exactly Amazon's fault, na? Or maybe it is. Who nows how Big Brother functions.
Soumik--na? =)
Daydreamer and Anil--welcome to the blog. I hope you keep dropping by :-)
Daydream--I haven't, actually. But I shall take a look immediately.
Anil--thank you very much :-)
Bheeshon kharaap.
Do it over again from the beginning!
will defn keep dropping as I blogrolled u...
and denf wanted to make a comment on ur new post but since u disabled it for a reason.. i will respect that..but just a thing to add.. the words were touching and beautiful...
ohh!! India launched its spy satellite now u can't even hide under the cot :P
Achchha - boi kenata ki nehati proyojoniyo - public library gulo te je edike dhulo jomchhe. Ja porar ichhe thake public library te binipoishai poro.
Aami to shei kon kale Amazon er moho maya katiye LA Public Library'r card duliye shoptahe tin te kore boi porchhi.
Swati--arre, amake arektu centrally located hote dao, tarpor amio Public Library'r card dulabo. Right now I can't go to the library without an uphill-downhill hour-long walk :-(
ei jonnye na khuli amazon, na khuli ebay. haath nish pish kore... jai hok!!
american desi puli-pithe?? bhalo sheta jogad hoy!! ekhane kebab diye kaaj chalate holo...
coming around after a really long hiatus, shubho noboborsho!! :)
ROTFL!
Get out from under that bed, you scruffy child you!
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