Bang head on key board and continuing the following post in the numbness ....So You own a car ? Big deal, every one does these days.
Chances are the corner panwala owns a bigger vehicle than you, a more expensive one, chances are the guy you despise everyday, yeah the same fictional imaginary guy who quints his eyes when you pass by him, he owns a bigger stretched vehicle than yours.
Your friend may own a vehicle larger in size,shape and price than yours.
And dont get started on which uncle in what locality owns what exotic vehicle, the same you had in your dream last night !! ( if you are a man it's easier to corelate to this last sentance :d ).
Now you own a small teensy weeny fuel efficient vehicle, a pride symbol, something very close to your heart after all, you bought with your own money ( or are working to pay it off in monthly installment style ( do excuse the head bang, previous numbness started fading off here).So we have a car, do we have a parking space ? The word "No" involves 2 letters, "Yes" involves 3 letters. We chose Yes and No, depending on where we are.
Outside a movie hall / office /residencial building/visiting some restaurant / new spot in town / anywhere/ everywhere/ the list continues .... so try parking your vehicle on the streets, better still make it a sunday or a holiday and add in late night time ( 11 pm would do fine).
The friendly pan spitoon friendly yet "sidey" Pay & park guy emerges from a dark corner shows up in a filthier than the rag picker on the street "uniform" shirt, with a machine in hand that makes funny noises and prints everything except your vehicle number, day,date and time. Besides that, you get some numbers which do not make any sense to any one without numbness in the forehead, the charge is always "extra". 
You know its extra amount not the real amount, he knows its extra, he pretends you don't know it, and you pretend you really don't know it YET you just pay it off to him , just to get rid of the guy . 
Open the door for your beloved one ( i am presuming you did not go to the movie/party/occasion that ends at night/some meaningful event.. alone you creepy mind , and if you did then you fought with the pay & park molestor ) 
Back to the vehicle, your sanctuary of peace and solitude on the streets. That is you paid the guy Or else you could have parked your car in some discrepit lane where your stereo and tyres /car logo/ miscellaneous are stolen the moment you leave the autocop beep locked. 
Now cars are very sacred to Indians, its sacred to me, I have a bell *ting ting * in my car. The lord is with us in our heart and car. I've seen stickers of various deities/gods/goddesses. Trucks have "Horn Ok Please" rest of us have our versions of the same. Recently i am seeing a lot of "Baby on Board" stickers. Now I need to figure out whose the bab?, The girl driving the vehicle or is that the mother ?Couldnt figure this one out on that car atleast. Some people have a sacred deity idol of small / medium size and i have even seen a small temple with 3 colored (red green and blue ) bling bling lights in a mercedes at a signal next to me.The same bling bling light plastic shelter minus the lord icon was again seen by me, second time in a Taxi. I scratched my head both times, in the taxi due to a dirty head roof and my blading head allergy to dirty taxi roofs.The car is a luxury not a necessity some say, but those who have 1 and only one automobile possesion claim it is a necessity not a luxury. Roads bumpy however they be a reminder of what roads used to be. Need to drive Get a road not a car is the motto the world will realize soon. ( you read this concept first here)
Pay & Park a novelty concept indeed.Pay what and park what/where/why?I could ramble more , but then i guess for today these words mean enough. The pain is coming back which means either i bang head on keyboard more and continue, but then that means i could need a new keyboard. :P
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