Daily Anecdotes

Friday, October 28, 2005


This picture belongs to the amateur phtographer.

Something funny happened in front of my eyes and my ears this morning. I was in a photo gallery which belongs to a good friend of mine, needed to talk with him. A respectable Indian family, from the astonishing land of India, was there, wanted to take a family picture. They were grand parents with their two sons a daughter and four grand children I suppose. They all were handsome and chic and talked and laughed all the time; seemed quite happy and vivid at least till they got bored by the fresh man, by the young photographer. Seemed that the grand dad had come recently, or maybe not. May be he and his wife, like most people who immigrate in mid-age, couldn't or, quite rightly, didn’t like to loose their original accent, or may be they had come just for a short visit, to see their children, I don’t know.
Anyway because the master photographer was talking to me his right hand man, he was his left hand man I realized later though, went to take the pictures. I was looking at him as we were talking and I saw that he was not comfortable at all. Was it his big break to take a picture of so many people together, all look nice and all in focus? We don’t know. He looked a bit too much nervous for the simple job he was doing and ... I’m sorry I forgot to tell this for those of you who are not familiar with the accent: The grand dad pronounced some words a little different; for example he pronounced words like “lotus”: "lot-us". Instead of "low-tes".
After a while, after waiting too long in fact in silence, in front of the camera and watching the apprentice sweating and messing with the camera and lenses, the “grand ma” lost patience and asked her son in an irritated but controlled tone:
"What on earth is he doing?"
And his husband who too looked uneasy and worried answered before the son opens his mouth. He said:
"I think he is going to focus now."
The mother asked, horrified:
" ALL Of US?!"

13 Comments:

  • As usual, very funny. Yes, I live in San Diego GazanKhan, and I don't think that I know anyone named Saeid. What is your cousin doing?

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at Sat Oct 29, 07:14:00 AM  

  • back when I was in US, I had a close indian friend. His accent was ok but I have a clear image of accents when they are mixed...

    As for Indians, the first thing that comes to my mind, is the nice-spicy indian food :-)

    By Blogger Dr O2, at Sat Oct 29, 07:28:00 AM  

  • Thanks Aydin, Saeed is a computer guy, an internet freak, you can say. He started serious weblog business years ago. Named his site IranSuper after the first big super market in TAKHTEH JAMSHID avenue. Pay him a visit some time and tell him I said Hello! thanks. [iransuper.com]
    Hi doc! did you get it?

    By Blogger GazanKhan, at Sat Oct 29, 07:49:00 AM  

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    By Blogger Shirin, at Sat Oct 29, 02:10:00 PM  

  • I think you are defending my friend with good intention but he doesn't mind polite questios I'm sure.He is intelligent and a logical man.And I don't know how can you make it shorter and people still get what you mean.May be you can skip the first sentence.Anyway I apologize for saying that it was funny, I didn't mean to lie, it's really funny to me, honestly. But people have different tastes; good thing you didn't swear at me! my friend, my hero artist.

    By Blogger GazanKhan, at Sat Oct 29, 02:41:00 PM  

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    By Blogger Shirin, at Sat Oct 29, 04:51:00 PM  

  • yep surely :-) it was all abt the focus ;-)

    By Blogger Dr O2, at Sun Oct 30, 06:54:00 AM  

  • It brought smile on my lips too. Thank you.
    It remids me of a joke said about Prince Charls and his mother, Queen Elizabeth the second:

    Once Prince Charls came to Canada to open some sports funcion in the city of Ragina, in the province of Saskachwan. In any of the official or non-official gathering he went he was dressed in a nice striped suit and a fox hat. Eventually, he was asked by a close friiend about the the reason for wearing that unmatching fox hat. He said, "Mother said to wear it."
    "Really?!" he was asked.

    Yes, Truly. I asked mother what should I wear when I go to Canada for the opening of their aboriginal games. She asked in what city those games were going to take place.I said in Regina. She said wear the fox hat. (Explanation for polite people: Actually, the Queen has asked 'where the fuck is that?!' but when this phrase is said rapidly it sounds the way the Prince had heard it.

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at Mon Oct 31, 03:07:00 AM  

  • wow! that piece was great Nasser!

    By Blogger Dr O2, at Mon Oct 31, 06:52:00 AM  

  • Hello and welcome dear Nasser!
    I haven’t been on line for a few days, busy! and now that I’m back I find your comment; that’s very nice my friend, a real surprise.
    You flattered me with your first appearance in the web world by commenting on my site and with a story better than mine too, but not true like mine though! Thank you. Now that you've been such a good boy, I tell these good people here that: my friend Dr.Nasser Shojania has written a book that you cannot find in ordinary book shops, you have to order, you don't have to, of course, but it's better if you do; for him that is, not for me! I don't say anything about the book itself here, not yet, because Nasser hasn’t paid me for that too yet, just kidding. Nasser can leave the address here as a comment; just once though! Kidding again! Kidding all the time!

    By Blogger GazanKhan, at Tue Nov 01, 08:43:00 AM  

  • Your cousine's got an interesting website, Gazankhan. Hope you will write again soon.

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