I feel like a tiger. Not like the ones in Mumbai. The real ones. In other words, I’m endangered.
But there’s no need to start mourning celebrating (Note: Edited to reflect popular opinion!) just yet…..I have 5 million more years to go (which is considerably more time than tigers have), according to Prof. Jennifer Graves of the University of Canberra. Prof. Graves has confirmed the inevitability of every woman’s secret and guilty sci-fi fantasy: a world without men.
Another blow to my macho sensibilities came from a study conducted in Israel by Prof. Marek Glezerman. Not only am I endangered, it turns out I’m not even a tiger. I am a wimp. A tabby. WTF?!
I mean, it’s bad enough that I have no future, but then you rub it in by telling me that I’m weak and that manly is actually, well, unmanly. Like I said, WTF??
But let’s make the best of this; let’s not go out without a fight (no pun intended!)…..we should start organizing ourselves, demanding rights and privileges – including protected habitats where I can scratch my crotch and smash things without fear – so that our unique way of life can be preserved. Next demand: Reservations, as in quotas. Not as in habitats. I am also currently accepting subscriptions and donations for the WWF (World WeakerSex Fund!)…… please give generously!
The Quirky Indian 
May 29, 2009 at 1:18 pm
5 million more years to go???
Shucks my celebrations were wasted!!!!!
May 30, 2009 at 8:12 pm
Smita rotfl 🙂
May 31, 2009 at 4:56 pm
😉
May 29, 2009 at 1:19 pm
ha ha ha … that is hillarious !! I read bout the Y chromosomes vanishin in some million years and thought the same.. WTF !!! lol… 🙂 😆
May 29, 2009 at 1:19 pm
On a completely different note.
How do you come across such wonderfully different & amazing research’s???
How??? 😀
May 29, 2009 at 1:46 pm
LOL! That is a long wait though 🙂 LOL at World WeakerSex Fund 🙂
May 29, 2009 at 3:19 pm
Boy ! It is like a Y Bomb . You should read the story this lady , Srividya wrote . Something similar , but fictitious . Male infanticide has to stop
May 29, 2009 at 4:14 pm
Yes, QI, seems that Y is the new X chromosome. And all along, we were taught that the weaker sex is called so because of the second X chromosome. It may have so happened that the father of genetics had a case of temporary dyslexia….and transposed the Y with the X, leading to the wrong sex getting labelled as the ‘weaker’ sex.
What took Prof Graves (the name’s ironic, isn’t it?) this long to dig up, our marketers figured out many years ago. No wonder MTV and the others came up with Gen ‘X'(and not Y)…a clear case of foresight.
But why waste so much money on such research? Ask any married man and he will tell you the same thing – women will always have the last word!
May 29, 2009 at 5:47 pm
HAHAHAHA! i cant wait! 😉
May 29, 2009 at 5:57 pm
He he, IHM should read this!!!
May 29, 2009 at 6:00 pm
as flies to men
so are we to the gods
they kill us for their sport
May 29, 2009 at 11:20 pm
why should you be worried – you’ll be dead and gone by then…In case you still are,
you can think of starting a “green striped kachcha campaign’ on the lines of the ‘Pink Chaddi campaign”
May 30, 2009 at 8:08 pm
Sraboney somebody is working hard for your Gem Picker Award 🙂
And I like the idea of ‘Green Striped Kachcha Campaign’.
May 30, 2009 at 10:06 am
Let’s meet up and drink to the death of man. Oh wait why am i getting worried, its about the mortal men right?
May 30, 2009 at 11:10 am
😆 no, no, don’t misunderstand me. I am not happy that one day, this world will belong to just, us, girls.. I am happy to read your post.. thats all! 🙂 😀
@smita
LOL
May 30, 2009 at 8:35 pm
Hmm..so in 5000 years the balance of power might shift and the AMUL ad might come true!!
Prasanth
May 30, 2009 at 10:36 pm
Good bye! Finally peace.
😆
June 1, 2009 at 9:44 pm
And who would you drool on then??? Indy? 😀
May 31, 2009 at 3:03 am
And what will you do with the funds ? pray (prey? 😆 ) tell us 😛
reservations in habitats should be the way to go 😀
atleast we can choose which *ahem*
particular specimen we want to ogle at 😀
Johnny Boy and Hrithik *drool* *sigh*
May 31, 2009 at 10:47 am
😉
May 31, 2009 at 10:49 am
ARgh…pls don’t post that. :))))
June 1, 2009 at 10:51 am
@Smita: Ha ha..glad I gave you something to celebrate!….and it might be even earlier than you think!
@Dhiren: We’re on the road to extinction….and look how happy people are! 🙂
@Smitha: All good things take time. Patience, patience! 🙂
@Kislay: Thanks for the link. It’s a great story.
@Anand: Here’s a thought: who will women have the last word with when there are no men around! 🙂
@Preetischronicle: 🙂 Happy to be the bearer of good news!
@Rakesh: It turns out this the best piece of news women have heard in a long time. 🙂
@Astralwicks: Well said, Sir Will!
@Bones: Why am I worried? For the same reason that all the women are celebrating! 🙂
June 1, 2009 at 11:02 am
@Che: This news deserves the Green Fairy. Any of that left?
@Sakhi: Ha ha…well tried…..but I know why you can’t stop smiling! 🙂
@Prasanth: 🙂 But don’t give up hope. Even in man’s darkest hour, all is not lost. Wear AMUL Kacchha Baniyan….and regain your lost glory! Ye to bada toing hain!
@Solilo: I’m hurt! You too? 🙂
@Indyeah: Good question. The money is to help preserve the male way of life, the male culture. So, to that end, I will buy myself a couple of fancy cars, a couple of big houses, and probably start a construction business. We’ll also ship Johnny and Duggu to protected enclosures, and charge you a fee to ogle at them. It’s all for a good cause! Please donate. 🙂
@Anita: 🙂 Ye to bada toing hain. 🙂
June 1, 2009 at 9:03 pm
This is on the lines of that advertizement of a banian brand… its very similar… the pressures of being MAN.
:p
June 1, 2009 at 9:17 pm
and you forgot to add the demand to protect the species that pees everytime it sees a wall..
June 1, 2009 at 9:28 pm
Ladies should open door for us weaker sex and even offer seats in bus. And yes no more dutching even ladies should pay the bill.. Oh boy this sure sounds like utopia. extinction ke naam pe…
June 4, 2009 at 6:31 pm
5 million years is a long way to go.
I don’t think the human race will survive that long.
June 5, 2009 at 1:15 am
All the women should be careful what they wish for. Once men are gone, who will then be the cause of all the world’s troubles? My wife has already starting lobbying for my continued existence for no other reason than to make herself feel less like an idiot.
June 6, 2009 at 8:42 pm
This is one blog coming straight from the heart. I really like the flow of the words. Keep up the good work
June 13, 2009 at 5:45 pm
We thought you’d accept the truth more gracefully 😉
June 16, 2009 at 2:58 pm
Ha ha! An endangered non-tiger? Grrrr!
Totally enjoyed this post 🙂
And a brilliant comment from Astralwicks there!
June 16, 2009 at 5:25 pm
@Priyanka: Oh, the pressures of being a man…. 🙂
@Mampi: Brilliant! How could I leave out that critical aspect? Yes, that’s a fundamental right that we men should have: peeing against walls….
@Balu: Sounds like a good plan to me.. 🙂 Nice to see you back!
@Abhishek: You might have a point there!
@Supercynic: We do have our uses, don’t we? Which is why the spontaneous outburst of joy from the women on reading this puzzled me! 🙂
@Tarunshri: Welcome and thanks…
@D: Gracefully? I’m a man, remember? 🙂
@Pal: Thanks! 🙂