The One With B52

This is one of the funniest incidents of my life…………

It was close to 4 months after my transfer from Mumbai to Nagpur & I was back in Mumbai for Diwali break. A good 2 week break, especially if you take it after a year and half of back breaking field work.

So we decided to meet for dinner at our favorite restaurant. One of the things common amongst us was that we were all foodies or food hoggers I would rather say and not to mention that we were highly spiritual if u know what i mean.

It was Me, Pratik, Salil, Cliff, and Amit. we met at barbeque nations, it was almost a decade since we knew each other and things had really changed since then. Earlier it used to be road side Chinese stalls, local dhabas and now it was BBQ Nations , Pizza Huts, etc... we upgraded ourselves spiritually also from Zingaro beer Mcdowells and Alkazar Vodkas to Carlsberg, Chivas Regal and Smirnoff or Simranoff. (as Rakhi sawant would say)

So here we were discussing as to how desperate we were for a change of job thanks to RECESSION!!! and then came our first round of drinks, it was the TEQUILA for starters. We gave a countdown to it.

5 4 3 2 1 Gulp……Gulp……….Gulp

And we were back to snacking and discussing stocks, movies, professors, old college pranks etc…. then it was time for the 2^nd round of drinks. This time we decided to order drinks for each other. It was something we had never done before. It could be anything on the menu.

So the order was

Amit for Salil: Chivas Large

Salil for Amit: Long Island Iced Tea

Pratik for Cliff: Cherry Rum Fizz

Cliff for Pratik: Mojito

Well we were only 5 that day so Pratik decided to order for me

Pratik for Me: B52

B52 hmmm………….. I had never tasted it before but the name sounded quite interesting.

Actually if u Google B52 you will come to know that it’s an American fighter plane used for bombing enemy territory, I knew this (sometimes too much information leads to over imagination u will come to know why???) so I thought that this drink would be something like the B52 airplane.

It would be so strong that would make me feel as if I were flying or it would bomb my brain’s out, expecting to be a strong mix of all drinks, some sort of a large drink.

What came was an absolute brain shocker, I expected it to be a 300-400 ml drink it turned to be a 30 ml shot.

Just to confirm I even asked the waiter “ Baaki ka drink kidhar hain” he very calmly said sir “B52 itna hi aatta hain”

Everyone off them burst out laughing especially Pratik. Even the waiter couldn’t stop laughing

Well the second shocker was the price of that drink Rs.350/-ONLY. All of a sudden as if recession had struck me. These people laughed even more after knowing the price…

I have experimented on food before like bitter salads and kulfi @ Sheraton may be I will talk about them later but this ones the most laughed about………….

Well i can't forget these incidences cos some people wont let me forget them !!!!!

Hope u had a good laugh..

Cya till the next time