Things Thing Says

Conversations with a (not so) little weirdo called Thing

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On enthusiasm

“Would it kill you to be a little more enthusiastic?” ... 1 minute later <acts enthusiastic> <makes choking sounds> “Mum, I’m dead”

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Hindi is still awesome

What was said: What is that movie where Imran Khan plays Billi with Tommy and Silly?

What was meant: Matroo ki Bijlee ka Mandola

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Justin Bieber sounds like a disarranged cat.

What’s that?

A cat whose vocal chords are in the wrong place.

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Mahm & Thing

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At the store

Friend: How do I stick this frame? 

Me: Knock two nails in and hang it. 

Thing: Yeah, they did that to Jesus too.

:|

I blame Mix

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"I'm growing up so fast. I never want to stop being your baby." 

"You'll always be my baby. Even when you're 90." 

"When I'm 90 you'll be dead." 

OKAY THEN

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One small boy whispers, "she didn't cut a cake, she killed a cat."

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Happies

"Good morning Joolian, it's my birthday." " " "Good morning Bottle, it's my birthday." " " "Good morning Huckleberry, it's my birthday." " " " " " " "See if I wish any of you cats on your birthdays."

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Can I do a sleep over?" "No" "Can I stay up late?" "No" "Can I watch a movie?" "No" "Can I ..." Crime Master Gogo Thing in da house

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50 years olden

"Did they celebrate birthdays in olden days?" "Yes." "Not when you were a child. Really olden days." "How long ago?" "50 years ago."

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"I want to watch the play again." "But you already did and hated it" "My friends are in there. I'll hate it with them."

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She still calls it Pista Piss <3

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On "The man who knew infinity"

“Stop kidding. Why would they name a movie after a mall?”

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Full circle

He’s singing a capoeira song, something he seems to do *all* the time lately. A.L.L. T.H.E. T.I.M.E. “I’ve actually come to miss you singing all those annoying Hindi and Tam and Mallu songs. Whoever thought this day would come”, I say, gulping down a sob. Thing: “There, there. You’ll live.”

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“My leg has gone cuckoo in the head.”

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We're at a restaurant. I'm chatting with friends and she's perched on my knee, drawing. "My knee's gone to sleep", I whisper in her ear, "Why don't you move to a chair?" She turns to me, my wicked grin plastered across her face, "That's okay Mahm, I'll just move to your wide awake knee."

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"BrusWen, you love-scratcher, pollogise to Dada for scratching him!" (A love-scratcher is a cat who loves to scratch.)