1. Be it school, be it college, the case was always the same - Last hour preparation. The only difference was, in school, the last hour preparations used to be before each term exam, but in college it used to be only before the semester exam. It was the term exam before half yearly exam. The paper was English 1 and a sure shot detail from "The man who saved pumplesdrop" was expected. I knew nothing about that prose and didn't make any attempt to know it! So I went to school early on the day of the exam and asked my friend Gopinath to explain the prose. He had already explained it to 2 other people. He said he'll just give a gist as he had to do some revision work. As he just finished explaining, Venkatraman entered the classroom and asked Gopinath to explain the prose. Gopinath told him an entirely different story. This is what he said: "Pumplesdrop was once a prosperous town. It's economy, popularity etc decreased over the years and was no longer prosperous." Let me say the remaining of what he said in Tamil to give it a better read. "adhukaparama oru nal, andha oor le irrukure ellarum thanni adichittu paduthutange. Adutha nal andha oor munneriduchu(Then one day, the entire town boozed and slept. The next day, the town became prosperous)". Venkatraman believed the entire story and wrote exactly what he heard from Gopi in the exam. Venkatraman faced a fierce reprimand from the English teacher when she distributed the answer paper. I still can't help laughing when I recollect this incident.
2. Gadhadharan, when asked to tell the gist of the prose Albert Einstein, accidentally said "a girl asked Einstein to spend a NIGHT with her" instead of "a girl asked Einstein to spend an EVENING with her".
3. Vamsi Krishna was sent out of the class by different teachers for an entire day. First hour was maths. Vamsi Krishna was doing physics assignment during maths hour. He was caught and sent out. The next hour was physics. Vamsi was sent out because he was doing physics assignment during maths hour. The next hour was again maths and he was sent out for the same reason. The fourth hour was chemistry. Vamsi failed to answer a question so he was sent out. Fifth hour was computer science and Vamsi was sent out because he didn't bring his text book. The sixth hour was Sanskrit. Vamsi's parents were supposed to meet the Sanskrit teacher who happened to be our class teacher that afternoon but didn't show up. So vamsi was sent out. The last 3 hours were computer lab sessions and he was not allowed to enter the lab because he didn't bring his text book.
2. Gadhadharan, when asked to tell the gist of the prose Albert Einstein, accidentally said "a girl asked Einstein to spend a NIGHT with her" instead of "a girl asked Einstein to spend an EVENING with her".
3. Vamsi Krishna was sent out of the class by different teachers for an entire day. First hour was maths. Vamsi Krishna was doing physics assignment during maths hour. He was caught and sent out. The next hour was physics. Vamsi was sent out because he was doing physics assignment during maths hour. The next hour was again maths and he was sent out for the same reason. The fourth hour was chemistry. Vamsi failed to answer a question so he was sent out. Fifth hour was computer science and Vamsi was sent out because he didn't bring his text book. The sixth hour was Sanskrit. Vamsi's parents were supposed to meet the Sanskrit teacher who happened to be our class teacher that afternoon but didn't show up. So vamsi was sent out. The last 3 hours were computer lab sessions and he was not allowed to enter the lab because he didn't bring his text book.
4. I was asked to tell the gist of the prose "Water the elixir of life". Instead of saying "the author stood on the Libyan desert", I said "the author stood on the lesbian desert". Thank god the teacher didn't hear it clearly. :)
5. It was Anirudh's birthday. His girl friend greeted him saying "Happy birthday". He responded by saying "Same to you".
6. It was English II hour and the teacher went on with the story of Oliver Twist. She caught Venkatraman laughing. Upon asking why?, Venkatraman responded by saying "I laughed because Nancy died". The teacher was stunned and the whole class burst into peals of laughter.
5. It was Anirudh's birthday. His girl friend greeted him saying "Happy birthday". He responded by saying "Same to you".
6. It was English II hour and the teacher went on with the story of Oliver Twist. She caught Venkatraman laughing. Upon asking why?, Venkatraman responded by saying "I laughed because Nancy died". The teacher was stunned and the whole class burst into peals of laughter.
