I was having no luck getting an auto-rickshaw yesterday, and was resigned to a spirited sprint in the rain (admire the alliteration?), when I saw one just ahead of me, with the disembarking passengers paying the driver what they owed him. As I ran towards the auto, I thought I caught a smirk of sorts from one the passengers as he walked away.
The driver leaned across and said something in Hindi that I couldn’t catch. I thought he was saying that he couldn’t go, or wouldn’t go, or some such thing, and I geared myself up for another one of those fights – till I realised that what the driver was saying to me was “Bhaisaab, mujhe abhi number 2 jaana hain”.
Which is the Hindi Victorianism for “Dude, I so gotta take a dump right now”.
He’d apparently told his previous passengers to get off as well…..and that is why they were laughing as they walked in the rain.
Shit happens.
The Quirky Indian 
September 8, 2009 at 6:26 pm
ROFL !!!!!!!
it happens… and when it happens… all others can take a walk !!!!! LOL
why is everyone talking about shit these days… !!! 😛 😛
September 8, 2009 at 7:46 pm
@ Your antar-aatma: Is it shit only when it happens to other, eh?
Ask your soul honestly, should shit not happen?
Crap like my comments should also happen! 😉
You could’ve taken a Rickshaw-joyride! 😉
@ Your post: Interesting (to read)!
September 8, 2009 at 8:13 pm
ROFL! That poor auto-driver! Having to explain to so many people 🙂 I so don’t envy him 🙂
September 8, 2009 at 9:10 pm
And I’m sure the nearest public toilet bore the brunt of his bowel assault.
All posts eventually lead back to the one about Indian toilets.
September 8, 2009 at 9:44 pm
Number 2… I thought only our family used this term 😀
My son though calls it ‘Dum aati hai’
Shit happens… literally!
September 8, 2009 at 10:13 pm
You got to go when you got to go 😉
My cab driver gets on the DND expressway, stops the car, and goes out to pee amidst the trees. Not the first time, mind you. Its his favorite spot on the entire 40km route. Its so royally disgusting.
September 9, 2009 at 3:15 am
God,
Shit does happen, at times literally …
September 9, 2009 at 5:45 am
Ha..ha..ha..
imagine the torture if you were in that auto.
September 9, 2009 at 7:00 am
ROFL!!!
True, shit happens…
September 9, 2009 at 9:24 am
ROFL!!!!
I was thinking to write my woes with auto rick wallah’s and here to he has a totally genuine reason for not going!!!
😀 😀 😀
September 9, 2009 at 12:40 pm
ROFL!!!!!!!!! dude… loved the english translation 😛 😛 😛
September 9, 2009 at 1:32 pm
I have read four of posts on the subject.
… one by Monika, and one by Hitchwriter, your own train experiences and now this one 🙂
September 9, 2009 at 1:48 pm
LOL! I wonder what sportsmen do if they suddenly have the same urge in the middle of the field? 😛
September 10, 2009 at 12:52 pm
🙂 Sweet story
September 10, 2009 at 2:41 pm
You got dumped by an auto-guy? =D
September 11, 2009 at 11:55 pm
Why didn’t he just squat by the side of the road alongside all his brothers?
September 14, 2009 at 7:30 am
Hey QI:
Brilliantly told little story. Very funny indeed. I have missed your blog of late and shall chastise myself for missing out on your humorous style.
Liam
http://chickenmonkeydog.com
September 14, 2009 at 9:27 pm
ROFL! Born to be brilliant!
Certainly admired the alliteration.
Top title too.
😉
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September 15, 2009 at 1:14 pm
Too funny 🙂
September 17, 2009 at 3:48 am
Eventually he did shit…. or not? Aage kya hua?
September 17, 2009 at 5:17 pm
hahahaha!!
laughed out embarrassingly loud for work!! 😀
cheers!
September 21, 2009 at 9:26 am
😆 😆
September 22, 2009 at 12:56 pm
@Dhiren(no bhai): It seems there were a lot of posts on this subject around this time….started by you!
@Ketan: Crap does happen. All the time! And thank you for listing me amongst your favourite bloggers. Quite an honour!
@Smitha: I was surprised at his patience….he actually repeated the sentence when he saw I didn’t get it the first time….perhaps the matter wasn’t urgent enough? 🙂
@Vegetable: Welcome here and thanks for your comment. I hope it was the nearest public toilet and not the nearest bush by the railway tracks!
@Rakesh: Number 2 is fairly common….and how did the phrase “Dum aati hain” come about?
@AD: Well, the guy irrigates his favourite trees….obviously has concern for the environment.
@Taz: Quite literally! 🙂
@Solilo: Ha ha ha….strange sounds and smells in a confined place? I am glad I walked! 🙂
@Bones: 🙂 It happen, lah!
@Smita: I hope it was genuine. I didn’t want to risk finding out though…. 🙂
@OG: Ha ha ha….glad you like it, my friend.
September 22, 2009 at 1:07 pm
@IHM: 🙂 Yes, it seems as if there was a lot of this going around!
@D: In tennis, I know they take ‘bathroom breaks’….but what happens to a sprinter? A swimmer? A boxer?
That’s a very interesting question you’ve asked! 🙂
@She’sturningblue: Nice to see you again. And thanks! 🙂
@Balu: Better dumped than to suffer that particular ride…. 🙂
@Desiderata: I think he would have headed straight for the nearest railway tracks! 😉
@Liam: Good to see you again. Thanks!
@Pal: You’re quite an ‘alliterator’ yourself…and thank you!
@Ronak: Thanks!
@Vee: Maine peecha nahin kiya :-)….but I suppose he would have done the job….he refused two sets of passengers for that.
@Abha: Good to see you again. And thanks!
@Sakhi: Thank you!