SHE – But what’s wrong with gifting an AC?
ME – Look, all that an AC does is sucking the interior temperature and pushing it outside! Implication? The outside temperature continues to grow! That’s global warming!
SHE – Yeah.! I know the science!
ME – But knowing science is not enough. You would continue to use AC because the globe is warming and the warming continues.. Look.. Any Invention should, if possible, eliminate its need and not strengthen its necessity!
SHE – But I didn’t invent an AC! Willis Carrier did!
ME – Yeah.! But you are strengthening its necessity!
Silence…
SHE – So what should we gift them? A ceiling fan?
ME – That won’t help the humidity!
SHE – But this is hill station! It’s never humid here!
ME – But what if after a year, they move to a coastal place? That would be humid!
SHE – That’s a maybe case! And maybe they have better things to pack and move than a ceiling fan!
Silence..
ME – Let’s not gift them a ceiling fan!
SHE – Okay.! But you wanted to gift them something that would help them in the summer! You don’t want to gift an air cooler because it takes in water and in summer there might be water crisis! No to an AC because it would strengthen its necessity! Ceiling fan would not help in humidity! What’s left? Ice packs?
Silence followed by an exchange of mild laughter….
SHE – Let’s stick to my first plan! Let’s go for a bouquet and a gift voucher!
ME – That would be a fall back option, if we can’t decide on anything!
SHE- We better decide now! Once we cross the city, there are no shops near the resort to buy any gifts!
Silence… As I begin to think..
ME – Let us go-to a nursery!
SHE – Nursery? To gift an admission to their future kid, kids?
ME – No.! The plant nursery!
SHE – You planning to gift them..
ME – (interrupts) Yes.! You guessed it right! Planning to gift them seeds.! (Pause) and a pot! They can sow the seeds in the pot!
SHE – But I thought you would say plants, at least!
Awkward silence..!
ME – That’s not a bad idea! We could gift them the plants!
SHE – Seriously! You want to walk into a wedding hall holding a flower plant!
ME – I had mango plant in mind! You know, with mangoes in them!
SHE – Seriously? Mango plant with mangoes in it? That’s called a mango tree! And I am not carrying a mango tree into the wedding hall
ME – Why not?
SHE – Two reasons! One, I don’t want to carry a mango tree into a wedding hall. Two, I can’t carry a mango tree! Not into a wedding hall, not into a restaurant! I can’t carry it anywhere, because I am not a superwoman!
She was right. How can I gift them a mango tree, if I can’t carry it.?
Silence…
SHE – Unless…
ME – Unless..?
SHE – Unless it’s a Bonsai..
Bonsai is not a bad idea, I felt!
ME – That’s exactly, what I had in mind! Bonsai, that’s the word and the gift that I was looking for!
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After buying the bonsai tree..
SHE – But you were so adamant about gifting them something that would help them beat heat!
ME – And who does it better than plants? The bonsai mango tree will live in their room, suck all the CO2, and give out oxygen! That would be cool! You know what; I should name this – The Mangold Star AC.!
SHE – ha ha… Like the Goldstar AC? That’s lame!
ME – May be its lame, but it’s still cool..! (Pause) And oh! Wait! Whenever the girl feels like having a mango, she need not climb the tree or pelt stones! Because it’s a bonsai tree and the fruit will be at hand’s reach!
SHE – And when the tree has no mangoes left?
ME – She can buy them from the market!
Laughs..
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After arriving at the resort..
ME – What happened?
SHE – The receptionist is telling that they have only two rooms left and only one of them has AC.!
ME – And what did you say?
SHE – I told her that she is wrong!
ME – What?
SHE – Yes! They have two air conditioned rooms!
ME – Okay! Then we don’t have a problem right! Everything is sorted!
SHE – Yes! I shall be taking the one with the Bluestar AC and you will be taking the one with the Mangold Star AC..!
A moment of silence..
ME – That would be cool! (Laughs)
-CHAN
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