Perfume Shopping

Couldnt keep this dialogue between the hero (of my book) and the saleswoman.

The hero goes to buy a perfume.
Saleswoman: What kind of fragrance do you like Sir, musk, aquatic, woody or..?
Hero: Umm, something really strong that can cover my f**t.

The girl shudders, her jaws drop, but somehow she gathers herself.
"Ahem, let me show you some of the brands we carry Sir..."
He cuts her short "You know, something, something really strong and long lasting. Which one do you think will suit me? And mind you, I want to test it, here, now."
"Yes Sir, I will help you test it."
"Ha ha, I doubt you will be able to help me with it."
"Then Sir, I suggest you go to the trial room and try it out!" She replied, visibly irritated.

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Few more dialogues after which the guy buys a perfume. True to his traits, he buys the brand Fcuk.

Facebook fad about Bra Colors! Red, Black or Zebra Stripes?

We all must have seen the Facebook status messages mentioning colors. Red, Blue, Black, Silver, Gold and what not! Thats the latest fad. And innocent creatures who never really understood what they signify have been trying haplessly to find out the meaning of these colorful mumbo-jumbo of statuses! To give you a light-humored joke, there are males who never understood what these colors meant, and they put up colors as their status messages, only to try and hide under their desks when they were laughed at by friends! Apparently, its like a mystery which has been decoded and posted on Yahoo Answers and all over the internet too. Again apparently, its about spreading awareness about breast cancer. And how is this been done? Female facebook users are supposed to mention these colors and spread the word among their lady friends.

I wonder: Just creating an aura of mystery about some arbitrary colors and gathering 'oohs' and 'aahs' about them are by no means a way to spread awareness about breast cancer! Also, going by the kinds of comments on these status messages, if the motive is also to show how bold you by trying to create a peek-a-boo visual imagination of a colorful bra on a public forum, trust me, its not boldness to a nanoparticle! Let me ask you, Where is the boldness if you just mention 'red,' 'maroon,' 'fuschia,' 'Vibgyor,' 'tiger stripes' as your status? I'd rather say the 'Pink Chaddi' campaign was bold.

I dont even think the actual motive of spreading awareness is anywhere noticeable! Where is the awareness if my lady colleague comes to me and asks me 'what is this hoopla with colors as facebook status messages?' Maybe 30% of the women don't even know what this is all about! It appears to be just the farcical peer pressure of displaying how fashionable you are.

If awareness about a constant raging disease has to be spread, get up and gear up for it. Go to schools, talk about it, set up ways to have free testing for rural women, spread the awareness about it in your own home first. Its a noble cause. If you want to spread awareness about it, care for yourself and dont create a patchwork of colored status murals on facebook.