Sunday, Funny Sunday: Part I – Pizzas, Beer and the Stranger

Note: This is part of a series. 

3:00 p.m.

By the time the Hatter had arrived the others, on pizza and beer, had thrived. He joined them at the table and the thing he did first was to order a pitcher of draft to quench his thirst. He then ordered a pizza of chicken barbeque, and then excused himself to visit the loo. On his returning to the table the waiter lifted a jug, and poured a pint of the golden liquid into a mug. One long large sip… ten seconds later… there was a quiver on his lip and he was feeling much better. He took a look around and smiled at them all… some of his good friends and Dr. Ethan Noel!

Wine Red Rose was in the mood to shell out some cash, so there was free booze ’n food in the name of a birthday bash. Nez d’Lavodkar was recently employed to do a job that he always dreamt was fit, so in the name of celebration he said that the bill he would split. Chica Cocktail was obviously there smiling like a flash at every joke however clean or however brash. L3B too sat at this table, the ambience and sea breeze kept him comfortable. Also, the party would be incomplete without Rose’s cousin Jack and his girlfriend Jill who—by the way—lived downtown by the sea and not on a hill.

They were all there to celebrate and their taste buds to satiate, and there was evidence in the bill that they were borderline gluttons to the core – except for the Hatter who was thirsty, hungry and evidently poor!

A few days earlier a law banning smoking in restaurants was passed by the government. So, if one had to smoke during a drink or meal one had to smoke outside to avoid imprisonment. This is exactly what the Hatter and two of his friends had done – excusing themselves to smoke in the afternoon sun. On returning to the table they saw Jill, Nez and Chica laughing at Jack who, with a frowning face, was just staring back.

Now I’m not sure if it were the clouds of nicotine which filled their lungs and noses that caused a whole lot of curiosity to clog the minds of L3B and Hatter… and even Rose’s. Because while plopping on their seats smelling of smoke they asked together, “What’s the big joke?”

“Jill is pissed with Jack, so she’s punishing him by not allowing him to smoke,” said Nez.

“Ya! And if he does she’ll leave,” continued Chica, “so he’s going to do as she says!”

Everyone laughed at Jack’s plight and the ultimatum given to him, while Jill sat around giving a cunning winner’s grin.

“I don’t have a choice, now do I?” complained Jack, “This is all so unfair! Baby, why can’t I have just one smoke?”

“Of course you can have one,” Jill replied back.

“But beware of the consequences if that affirmative was meant to be a joke,” the Hatter said and now the beer was getting to his head.

Of pizzas and beer they’d had their fill and the time had come to pay the bill. The bill was paid and the waiter was tipped, thus marking the end of their luncheon; that’s when they noticed one stranger, a lookalike of Amitabh Bachchan!

…Continue to Part II

~ by Prick on February 13, 2009.