The Shaving Set

We are a gang of 10 freinds who call themselves as the "Shaving Set". To our credit we own a google groups and an Orkut community of the same name. The description about the group goes like:

"This group is formed by destiny. There is no escape or relief for its members to evade from it. Well known for its Poor Jokes. Each one is capable for cracking some non-sense in the name of jokes and make your head reel. Meant for nuts and cracks. it is members pride, non-members envy."

We hang out together right from our college days and we try and come together for all the possible occassions and the latest get together was at my house warming ceremony (which I had blogged about a week back).

The group never runs out of sad, sadder and saddest jokes (which we call "Mokkai" in Tamil vernacular). This is one such episode which was cleanly consolidated by the "King of mokkai" one of my closest buddies Mayilvaganan. For those of you who cannot read or understand Tamil; or those of you who are out of the wavelength of the group the following exchanges will be greek and latin, but it evokes a great deal of laughter everytime I read it.

Adi reaches Sab's house @ 3:am in the morning
- Sab appa shows the bedroom to him and just leaves to take lungi for him and when he returns he finds him sleeping in the room
... next day he feels to all -"Illappa, ippadi thongaravangla naan paarthadhu illa"

Talks about Sivaji is going on
Venkat: Machi, sivaji-la Shreya yeppppadi irukka - hmm, Ahaaa - chance-ey illa
Mehta (a kid in Sab's House): (appavi thanamaga) yennaga Poochi kadichuducha...
... all agree unanimously to call venkat as "Poochikadi Venkat" henceforth

Karthi anna had bought Kouton branded shirts
Adi: Like Kouton, there is a brand called Cotton (and he goes on) - the font and colors will also be same
Venkat: Ama, naan paarthuirukken - C pottu round potturukkum...
Myl: Machi, appadi pottuirutha adthu Copyright -da

While going in Cab
Myl: inga yellam Black-soil -a
Venkat: itha kettu nee enna panna pora
Myl: illada, black soil-na Bengal gram yellam nalla mulaikkume adhunala ketten... anyhow.
Apdi mulaichulum ivange "Pollachi gram"-nnu than soluvange... (I agree - above one was damn mokkai)

During a foto session, Sab
Naan ungalukku korangu-a (monkey) kaamippen, yellarum parkkura mathiri fotovukku pose kodukkanum...
(After the foto was taken, everybody sees in different direction, Adi exactly in the opposite direction...) - Pavi upload that foto for others.

Adi takes a foto in 10 x camera
Adi: Pinnadi ponga..
Adi: Innum pinnadi ponga..
Adi: Innum konjam..
Myl: Ivannukku ithey velaida... pinnadi ponga ponga solli kadaichiya zoom panni yeduppan...

During Trekking, Guide (Srini) shows us
Anga parunga... Kaattu yeruma, anga parunga... kaattu Koli, anga parunga... Kaattu panni After it'z over...
Somebody: Ivanga yedha parthalum adukku munnadi "Kaattu..." sethukkurangeda
Praveen just arrives before the group
Subbu: Athane... praveena kaattula partha udane avane "Kaattu praveen-nu" sollidaratha...

Praveen & Subbu keep calling themselves kaattu Subbu & kaattu Praveen each other and the next day they come to a settlement
Praveen: Nee ippa sonnathukkum, naan unnai kaalaiyela (morning) sonnathukkum sariya pochu...

Sab: oruthar yanai thorathi moocha-ve (urine) poittar
Praveen: Avvalavu avasarathiluma...

We hear "Yaanai Piliral" sound in the morning
Venkat: Yaanai sombal murikkuthu
Somebody: Pirandu padukkuthu...
Venkat: (with expression) ama yeluthuruchu.. 'oh! innikku sunday thane porumaiya yeluthirukkalam' nu thirumba thoongum pola

Praveen couldn't take the foto of a "Pulli Maan"
Venkat: Avanala spotted deer spot panna mudiyala

Somebody: Yeppadi subbu unga appa ippdi fit-a irukkaru
Subbu: Treadmill-a oduvaru
Myl: Yenna periya visayam yenga appa windmill-ulaye oduvaru..
Joke extends... and adi appa, pavi appa gets rice-mill and mavu-mill

Venkat, Adi, Karthi anna (carrying water bottle), Myl - walking to the main room for breakfast
Venkat: (boasting abt his shitting) Kalaiyula yeluduruchu free-a poittu vandhutten
Karthi Anna: thannikku yenna pannine...
Venkat: Bottle-la yeduthuttu poiten
Karthi: Unnakku andha thanni paththuchha...
Myl: Adula avan meethi thanni vera kondu vanthan...
Karthi: Aiaiye....
Myl: Yenna aiaiye... atha than ippa neenga thookittu varringa...
Karthi immediately disposes the bottle.

Talking about somebody who has got 2 cars
Venkat: Machi, Avanellam 2 car vacchu yenna panna poran
Praveen: Mask of Zorro-la varra mathiri intha kaila onnu antha kaila onnu oottuvannu irukkum
Venkat: (as if he missed the scene in that film) yeppada andha scene varum
Praveen: Mask of zorro-vula yedhuda car... appdi kuthiraiya (horse) than ottuvaan...

Praveen, Sab, Myl & venkat sit in the front row in the cab - Congested
Subbu: Praveen - nee pinnadi ukkaru (lean backward)
Sab - nee munnadi ukkaru (lean front)
Myl - nee pinnadi
Peter - nee munnadi
Venkat: Sorry pa, nambanala intha Fibbanocci series yellam maintain panna mudiyadu...

... After some time, Venkat moves forward
Myl: Machi, ivan move pannina vudan dam-a thorandhu vitta mathiri kaathu varuthu da... everybody agrees and says "Correct.. yengalukku yellam kuda kaathu varuthu"

A red "korangu bommai" - full of fur - hangs in the cab - the hands of it are more reddish than the body parts
Myl: pavam itha korangu bommai... thongi thongi kaiyellam sevanthu pochu... (most of them laughed).
Subbu: nee adikkura intha mokka jokukku nanga than sirippom...
Myl: Porakkaila yenda kolanthaiyum mokka podurathilla, Athu mokkaiya varathum, varathathum - athoda friends nala than, (Adade Achchiriya kuri...)

Talk abt expectations of our future spouse
Subbu: Mayil, unnakku yeppadi ponnu varanum ninaikkure
Myl: vandha podhum, subbu
Subbu: Peter unnakku
Venkat: Naan romba yedirpakkala, yenakku parkkable-la irunda podum... (he meant parkkura madhiri irunda podhum)
All in chorus: yennadhu park-kkablelava -> Nanga yeppadi peter unnakku parkable- irukkuma illaiya paththu ponnu paakurathu...

Venkat: Shreya-va paru yevvalu alaga irukka... kadavuloda (God) padaippe padippu than
Myl: yenda dai, neththu full-a unnai Kaadu, Malai, lake, dam yellam suththi kaamichom appalam unakku kaduvuloda padaippu theriyala... rascal