Hangmen!!!

Back to college! New semester, New subjects which surely means NEW TEACHERS!! (not all of em though..:( ) Well "new" has never been expectation-fulfilling in the past and that was all set to remain unchanged this semester too or maybe not ;)


After the usual mix-up as to where we were supposed to go, we finally settled into the usual penultimate row in one of the (class)rooms at the newly constructed IT block, praying beyond hope that at least this semester, the benches would be filled randomnly with the same sex in not more than two consecutive rows. But as if it were unwritten laws of the institution, the benches got filled with birds of same feather flocking together. Great! Where is the “co” in “coeducation” people??


I tried convincing my mind to remain attentive in the class, failed miserably and ended up playing Assassin’s Creed or FIFA 08 in my mobile. Warily looking out for the teacher’s eyes, I progressed through each level. I almost shouted out “Goal!” at an instant, when the Cmp (or mobile! ;) ) scored an own goal. The class was unusually full, studious studs being present as usual and those big time bunking blokes too present to assess their new teachers and to plan their usual moves. That’s when she came. No one seemed to notice her and the very few who did, exchanged smirks with me. She appeared to grin at me, generating a sense of déjà vu. She stayed for what seemed to be an eternity, and out she went, without even looking at me this time. Yes! my mobile had switched to power-save mode after sending a startling sms tone ;)


We also learnt that our inevitable, not so eagerly anticipated results were due on Friday. Me, having messed up the exams as usual this time. Well, u can’t blame me this time. I sat LOLing after reading the question paper “Explain the Marie-Langevin Relation” :D Oooh.. I don’t mind answering it, but I bet Monsieur Curie won’t be a happy man! ;) And thank god it wasn’t “Langevin-Debye Relation”, otherwise I would have been ROFLing.. ) I tried staying optimistic for a miracle to occur. The afternoon session was by no means anywhere near to interestingness and so, Sai, Sowmi and me resorted to a game of Hangman (or) Hollywood (as they called it), based on football player names. ELANO, NZOGBIA, PEPE, HEINZE, DJIBRIL CISSE were a few among the questions. We soon understood that, the shorter they are, the harder they become! ;) Ah! yes! Memories of first sem. Hangman games with Swami and Nivas during those Basic "_" classes resurfaced, what had been certainly few of the best days of my life. Hmmmm...
Ever wondered why HANGMAN, despite being one of the most popular mind game among students, played as an anti-boredom activity never got legal recognition? Must be due to the following reasons i guess: 1. Well movies involving numerals such as “300”, “Se7en” and single alphabets such as "XXX" have been almost virtually impossible to guess!
2. The questioner could also change the name of the movie based on the total number of sequels to it or the total number of movies in a series. For example, in the Scary Movie series, if the player has found out “SCARY/MOVIE/_” the last “_” could well be changed between 1 to 4 as and when required, thereby the player having no chances of winning!
3. Movies of similar spelling, such as “SAW” and “JAW” could be easily tainted too. ;)
Well if Tic Tac Toe, Hangman, Bingo, Join the Dots were played on a bigger stage, people could fill every single nanosecond of their free time. Then, neither would i be writing such craps nor would u be reading it! ;)