Babu's Curse

I was watching this extremely erudite discussion on Fareed Zakaria's show on CNN today. He was discussing the terrible situation in Mumbai with an expert on Indian-Pakistani relations by the name of Ashley Tellis. Both Tellis and Zakaria are from India and have accents that are eerily similar to those of Babu Bhatt and his friend back in Pakistan. So naturally my mind starts to drift to this consversation:

Episode 55 - The Visa

Babu and a friend are sitting at a table in an outdoor cafe in Pakistan.

Babu: So his friend got the mail but she did not give it to him. And then he came to visit me. Said the lawyer was called to help, he said the wheels were in motion, but there was no motion. There was nothing. And so they sent me back here.

Babu's Friend: This is a terrible story, Babu. What are you going to do?

Babu: I'm going to save up every rupee. Someday, I will get back to America, and when I do I will exact vengeance on this man. I cannot forget him. He haunts me. He is a very bad man. He is a very very bad man.

New Blog (Old one was lame)

Having received some criticism regarding the lameness of my last blog (Pissed Off In Pittsburgh), I have endeavored to launch another blog with an entirely different focus. However, I was beginning to have second thoughts as I was standing in line this morning at the supermarket self-checkout line behind some moron who was letting her little kid scan the merchandise like it was playtime and taking forever to do so. But, I thought, let it go, your blogging future lies elsewhere.

Anyway, this blog is easy for me but lurkers should be forewarned that it is only suitable for Sienfeld aficionados. The premise is simple. Every day of my life, without fail, something happens to me that reminds me of a Seinfeld episode. This blog will simply document these episodes and provide a suitable citation from the original Seinfeld script.

Today I was making rounds in the hospital and I was presented with a new admission with the surname of O'Brien. His mental status was on the stuporous side, and I was envisioning him suddenly awakening from his coma shouting "I am not O'Brien, I am not O'Brien."

From episode 36, The Limo:

Cut to George in front of a news camera, the on screen graphic says 'DONALD O'BRIEN Leader of the Aryan Union'.
George: I am not O'Brien! I am not O'Brien! I'm not O'Brien! Ask anyone! Jerry?! Jerry?!!