Friday, August 14, 2009

By Toutatis!



My latest obsession, these couple of weeks, has been Asterix.
There you go ---> ********************.

Sorry, just kidding. I meant the comic.
Picked 4 Asterices at King's Circle after a wholesome Mysore Cafe meal two sundays back. Read them one by one, slowly, relishing each and every frame of mind-blowing detail and endless punning. Laughed at every single drawing and more importantly, every single Gaulish name -
Chief Vitalstatistix.. wine-seller Localpolitix.. Roman legionaries Gastroenteritus and Arteriosclerosus.. Fishmonger Unhygienix.. Bard Cacofonix..the list is endless.


Now, last weekend, Bambu, Atku, Sayantan (who's rumoured to be getting married in August, by the way), Sigmaxxe and I went for a trek. The previous night had been a little..err.. profitable.. for a certain public house in Mumbai. Like people tend to do on treks, we started this crazy game of coming up with Gaulish names for people we knew. So many names came up, I felt like putting them up here.. I take credit (or blame) for most of them. Wherever the idea belongs to someone else, I have duly referenced it. So here you go:

Yours truly: Toomanydrinx!!! (this was contextual, and irrelevant now)
Bambu: Logistix
Sayantan: Mario Augustus (Roman)
Toto: Drumstix (ref: Sigma)
Sigma: Sigmachix (first female machaxxe member)
Sumit Kumar: Highermathematix
Pallu: Telepathix
Seb Morris: Esoterix
Teelu: Sarcastix (I wanted this for myself, but Gubbs overruled)
Phreejo: Sonofabix
Foojzi: Campootergraphix (ref: Gubbs)
Prasoon: Pickupchix
A girl I know: Vartix

And now, my favourites:

Arjun Shetty: Sixbysix
Gubbara: Dbabnix (ref: Vanshika (?!) ..how the hell did I not think of this!!)

Phew.. this is kinda tiring.. Readers are welcome to suggest more..
Till then, I'm off to have some wild boar and bash a few romans. Hic.