Friday, January 19, 2007

Mosquito... parasito... Shockito... Finnito!!!...


I am absolutely perplexed by the sudden inflammation of the mosquito population in Chennai. I have never seen so many of them in all my life. They are in every nook and corner of every one's house... It is as if the mosquitoes are here for 'Payback'..... First there was DDT, and the next generation of mosquitoes got stronger and DDT got concentrated in the food chain... and making the next generation of humans less stronger...
We kept making more toxic chemicals to eradicate mosquitoes... and the process continued... resulting in stronger mosquitoes and weaker humans... we had everything from mosquito mats to the most recent ' ALL OUT - Adhi naveena german technology' or what ever crap that is... hence its a vicious circle... stronger mosquitoes, weaker humans... the last big mosquito 'Attack' being a particular disease called 'Chikunguniya'... It was kinda similar to how it was when the tsunami struck.... a majority of the people dint even knew that such a thing existed, but after the unfortunate disaster, everywhere u went, there was talk about it... likewise for 'Chikunguniya'.
I have always been this person who would not hurt other living creatures unless it is extremely needed, like in self defence... So in the initial stages of this 'mosquito pay back', i preferred not to harm the mosquitoes... after all, sucking blood is what they do for a living... However, people in my house would go berserk... killing mosquitoes as if they were destined to do so... i would always ask them not to kill the 'poor creatures' (being the Buddha that i am lol)....
My 'indifferent' behavior to 'Operation- Kill 'em all' invited a hell lot of criticism, especially from my mother... She could have as well been the commanding officer of a human 'retaliation' against the mosquitoes....
This was when a very innovative and effective device came to the market.... Behold...'The Mosquito Bat'... It is like this small badminton racket... Electric current passes through the net of the racket... So when you swing the bat in a place where there is a swarm of mosquitoes, they get electrocuted and die on the spot... quite and ingenious solution to the domestic mosquito problem... and my mom bought this product to help her in her struggle....
The bat proved to be a boon to her killer instincts... every two minutes i could hear a 'ZAAP PHAAT PHAAT PHATTTT' (the mosquito being electrocuted and then bursting into a flash)... I was never an admirer of the bat (being the Buddha that i am)....
It happened a couple of weeks back... The time was 11:55 pm, and as usual, i was sitting in front of my computer watching a movie.... the mosquitoes decided to make their attack then... They swooped in from every corner of the room... like the British Royal Air Force... and landed on my skin... i was too involved in the movie that i did not notice at first... Proboscis after proboscis after proboscis pierced into my skin and started sucking an innocent man's blood.... The tingling sensation lifted me off the trance that the movie had put on me... and i was terrified to see the incredibly huge number of mosquitoes had turned up for 'the night's party'.... This is exactly one of those situations where self defence comes into play.... where you can not show compassion to the creatures that is inflicting so much pain... a creature that sucks on your blood... Survival of the fittest... and it was time to show who was the fittest... Me or those mosquitoes.... I got hold of the bat, like a Jedi wielding the Sabre Light Sword for the very first time.... I poised myself for attack.... FIRE!.... I swung the bat in all directions... electrocuting all the wretched mosquitoes... "ZAAP ZAAPP PHATT PHAATT PHAT PHAT ZAAPPP ZAAPPPP DIE YOU BLOOD SUCKING BASTARDS! DIE DIE DIE!!!! ZAPP ZAPPP PHATT PHATT" It was a blood bath in there....
After i was done killing them all... I was left with a sense of euphoria... i had done it... i had mastered the use of the mosquito bat... and i managed so save a major portion of my blood... and i had taught the mosquitoes a lesson... Muhahahahahahahhahahahahaha......... I am more happy about the fact that the mosquito bat is indeed an invention that could actually break the vicious circle.... There is no way these mosquitoes can become resistant to few volts of electricity.... or could they???............ maybe in a few thousands of years we will know.....

12 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

hey kd,
great blog..would call it euthanasia tho..;)u took mercy on yourself and killed them lol budda;)

9:56 AM  
Blogger Lavanya said...

Lol! Cool post! Just that I had to endure my sis's torment - she actually drew an anatomical sketch of the mosquito and labelled the Proboscis for me and went into a detailed monologue abt DDT and how the mosquito bat works! Science I tell you can be painful especially when you live with little miss perfect:-)

10:01 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

lol..good one..btw..these bats hav been around fre bout 4 yrs i guess..sigh got bored with them these days!!

1:46 AM  
Blogger Sundararaman said...

the worst think abt this bat is that i invariably get electric shocks. it has already happened twice for me.. so only coils @ home.

2:27 AM  
Blogger Li'l Lite said...

Where do u get these bats i very badly need one..show 'NO MERCY' on these mosquitoes.....grrrrrrrrrr

10:12 AM  
Blogger Kedhar said...

you get in a lotta places... china bazars in particular

10:16 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

man i got one 4 mee too..lol

2:45 AM  
Blogger Anu said...

ure post is really funny!!! the sound and image init are awesome!!! jedi huh? no harm in killin some blood sukers and having fun along the way!!!:)
and talk about paradoxes... the DDT-mosquitoes-weaker us- stronger them!!!

7:14 AM  
Blogger Anu said...

talk about paradox!!! mosquito-ddt and us!!!
pretty funny post... the sound n imagery was very good.. was laughing thru out... keep it going!
:)cheers!

7:16 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

rightly said kd...keep it up ;-)...ur blog is kooooool man...

1:09 AM  
Blogger Unknown said...

hehe..funny post..btw keep updating...all the blogs r very touching..:)

11:06 AM  
Blogger Reni said...

hehe...wat did u call urself again?a peace lovin-afraid 2 kill-buddha...man! i prefer 2 call u "terminator in hibernation-bware"....

1:42 AM  

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