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While you were playing 29...
What be this 20ninetwenty9?
Kolkata, 2009: Its official. Jadavpur University is now completely overrun by hordes of 29 playing addicts. Everyday scores of college goers (and many more outsiders) converge upon the steps of the Vivekananda Hall building to create one of the largest card throwing forums on Earth. In fact, Google Earth experts have likened the spectacular overhead shots of President Obama's Inauguration to the region outside Cafe de Milano, Jadavpur University at 1700IST on a working day.
Consumed by their passion for flicking cards into a pile, these boys and girls are slowly losing touch with the outside world. Do they know this? Of course they do! After all, they cluster together in large numbers to create the 'I'm not the only one so it can't be all bad' bubble.
According to one radical new theory, in a few thousand years, this card playing addiction will directly affect the evolution of our species. The theory states that every well developed individual who is inducted into this university will undergo a startling transformation. The average JU graduate will begin to resemble an invertebrate owing to the newly acquired hunched back posture. The legs will gradually fuse into a circular structure that will form a highly stable but rigid base. However, the arms will slowly shrink, losing most of its muscular mass, but retaining enough strength to shuffle a deck of cards or to hold a cigarette. Interestingly, these individuals may gain several new, pincer-like outgrowths called 'holders' between the digits in order to help the player clasp a greater number of cards.
The theorist, Dr.Dhingra stated, "It will be like putting Darwin's theories of evolution on steroids. Or maybe absinthe."
This blog will serve as a portal to the outside world for those 29 addicts who're reaching out for help. You may call it The 29 Rehab blog if you want, but its here to remind you (borrowing the Smirnoff tagline) 'Life is Calling. Where are you?' Its time to mobilise the troops, to join hands, to come together for a cause that is no less important than Greenpeace's Save the Whales campaign.
Save the 20ninetwenty9ers! Are you with us?
Consumed by their passion for flicking cards into a pile, these boys and girls are slowly losing touch with the outside world. Do they know this? Of course they do! After all, they cluster together in large numbers to create the 'I'm not the only one so it can't be all bad' bubble.
According to one radical new theory, in a few thousand years, this card playing addiction will directly affect the evolution of our species. The theory states that every well developed individual who is inducted into this university will undergo a startling transformation. The average JU graduate will begin to resemble an invertebrate owing to the newly acquired hunched back posture. The legs will gradually fuse into a circular structure that will form a highly stable but rigid base. However, the arms will slowly shrink, losing most of its muscular mass, but retaining enough strength to shuffle a deck of cards or to hold a cigarette. Interestingly, these individuals may gain several new, pincer-like outgrowths called 'holders' between the digits in order to help the player clasp a greater number of cards.
The theorist, Dr.Dhingra stated, "It will be like putting Darwin's theories of evolution on steroids. Or maybe absinthe."
This blog will serve as a portal to the outside world for those 29 addicts who're reaching out for help. You may call it The 29 Rehab blog if you want, but its here to remind you (borrowing the Smirnoff tagline) 'Life is Calling. Where are you?' Its time to mobilise the troops, to join hands, to come together for a cause that is no less important than Greenpeace's Save the Whales campaign.
Save the 20ninetwenty9ers! Are you with us?
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So what you're essentially trying to say is, that there are dozens of little orgies happening in front of Worldview all day, everyday?
ReplyDeleteWow. :O
Oh, I'm not saying anything. I'm merely throwing some kid's bizarre presentation at the 20ninetwenty9 community. ;)
ReplyDeleteHowever, I'd probably taking it down a few notches from your orgy interpretation. Its more a dating platform (with a elaborate courtship of card playing), don't you think? I wonder how many of the 20ninetwenty9 people actually hook up.
Kingshukda and Jogu would be an iconic example.
ReplyDeleteThat makes one think how far this culture goes back in time. How it has even shifted venues: Long-live-The-Bridge was there, and the JUDE corridoors themselves used to be littered with 20ninetwenty9 huddles a few years back, oftener during off period breaks that could thus be whiled away.
Yes. This is true. But people like Kingshukda, Jogu and the people from our time in the department had varied interests in life. Hanging out with them never felt like it does now -- like you're trapped in a mobius strip.
ReplyDeleteHa. Aage it was like people who anyways would have hung out with eachother, happened they to share a liking for 20ninetwenty9, would also coalesce into twenty nine groups. Now people begin hanging out with people 'cuz of the game, and then find out if they have anything else to talk about amongst themselves.
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