Dating back to 2nd year in UG. Like i had mentioned, we were 5 of us in our group - some duffers chose to call us famous five. Im sure our department faculty called us 'notorious five'. My take - we did not need to be branded, Thank you! So back to 2nd year. Needless to say we were back benchers. We had 3 others with us, who were equally crazy. The last row was reserved for us. I dont think anyone even wanted to sit there :). Nah we were nice fun people.
Sathya was the shortest among the 5 of us. And we've taken her trip no end thru the years. She had and still has a wild tongue and 9 out of 10 times, would land her in trouble. We had a free hour and the general gossip, discussions were going on. Needless to say, Sathya had to make it a point to comment on something and this time it was on some statement of Rajul's.
Rajul and I go way back to 6th grade. We were even punished together during Biology Class. Our friendship was both in class and of course on the Basketball Court - for 10 long years!!! Rajul being the tomboy that she was (then/now married with a kid - OMG!) would obviously not allow Sathya to get away with her mean comment. Sathya was sitting on the floor, Rajul in a deft move picked up Sathya's slippers and threw it on the sunshade, on the other side of the wall.
We had 10 mins for the hour to end and had to walk to another dept for General English, which obviously meant Sathya needed her slippers. I still admire Sathya's valiant attempt - here are the details.
With eyes set on getting her slippers, Sathya rose from her meditating pose. She just had to get it. Had she been a little taller, she could have bent over the wall and would have just been able to reach those slippers. Unfortunately Ms Lilliput tried, and what ensued was a sight - of a person dressed in black jeans and a grey tshirt, dangling on either side of the wall, legs one side, arms on the other. Her feet wouldnt touch the ground, neither would her hands reach the slippers. Peals of laughter, not just from the back benchers, but by now the whole class was rolling. I still admire Sathya's confidence :)
We obviously couldnt allow Sathya to remain dangling. We had to sort of pull her back to get her feet back on the floor. Rajul's revenge was done - withut further delay she quickly got Sathya's slippers back. Needless to say there was a chase after that!
Lesson - remember if the wall is 3/4th your height, acrobatics on it, across it...errr is not a 'wise' decision.
