Another Car!

Ved Prakash Grover offers Shekhawat a bite of car-samosa

Ladies tease Arora relentlessly for his T-shirt

Last Tuesday, Ramila Mistry celebrated her new car, a HONDA Amaze. Two days later, Angad Singh announced that he too had bought a new car – a TOYOTA Corolla. Today, it was Shekhawat’s turn to celebrate his new car – the “latesh model” of HONDA City... What’s happening?
Someone above must have gone mad. How else can anyone explain that a Mumbai ‘laughing club’ is suddenly blessed with not one, not two, but three high-end cars, all in a space of one week?
This isn't normal.
But then, we are no less mad. What would have passed off as another “car-peda” treat (to borrow Harbans Kaur’s phrase) turned into a hilarious exercise in extortion with the ladies demanding a now-or-never party from Shekhawat. And it should not be pedas again. Ultimately, Shekhawat fished out Rs500 and Arun Patil kick-started someone’s scooter parked outside the garden and was gone looking for some eatery open early morning.
Till he returned, Srichand Arora had to bear the brunt of the ladies’ pranks. Monthi Serrao picked on his T-shirt, wanting to know why he was wearing something with ‘Crude Oil’ written on it. “Is that why you are rude?” she asked cheekily. Quick on the uptake, Arora pointed to the word ‘Refinery’ also on the T-shirt (though in small print) in the hope she would take him to be a “refined gentleman”, only to expose himself to a host of barbs from all the ladies. Ultimately he gave up, realizing he was outnumbered. “Today is your day to take phirkee… my time will also come,” he declared before departing.
By then Arun had returned with a packet of hot samosas and chocolates. But still, the ladies were not satisfied. They went around checking whose car is how old, hoping to start a practice of celebrating “car birthdays” from now on. Anything for a treat!
Jagmohan Papneja:
It seems that the car manufacturer, HONDA is offering handsome discounts on various models. This has obviously created a buying spree in Big Laaf's members.
Harish Wadhwa:
Congratulations Shekhawat-ji for the car. Monsoons have set in and so picnic in the new car toh banti hai!