Yeh Hai Youngistaan Meri Jaan
Over the past two years I have been running into a lot of "Cool Dudes" around my house. This is probably due to the Cafe Coffee Day that has come up very close to where I stay. The density of cool dudes around my house has increased to such an extent that I thought it worthwhile spending some time trying understand the "cool dude way of life". I wish to pass on my knowledge to my readers and hope to convert some of them into cool dudes as well. At this point, pramodbiligiri seems most vulnerable.
So how does a cool dude look ?
Cool dudes come in all shapes and sizes, but they tend to have a great deal in common.
A cool dude typically has hair that is spiked and is given a lavish treatment of the latest gel in the town. Two days ago, while I was waiting for an empty trolley at a local super market, I met a cool dude who had come to buy hair gel. Surprisingly, he was waiting for a trolley too ! Sometimes you aren't sure whether the pleasant smell coming from a cool dude is due to the deodorant he uses or the hair gel that is dripping from his forehead.
He wears a T-shirt that is meant for guys who are twice his size. Often, the shirt is let out and isn't tucked into his trouser. I wonder why one needs a trouser when one can wear a cool dude t-shirt that is long enough to cover one till the knees.
Adorning the wrists of a cool dude are metal chains that have been presented to him by his best friends. I figured that these chains mean to lot to him and remind him of the intense friendship he shares with his friends. The first thing a cool dude does when he wakes up in the morning is to kiss his wrist chain. Very cool indeed. I hope my best friends are taking note of this quirky cool-dudey behaviour. Since I am not a cool dude, a gold wrist chain will do for now. Once, while sipping cold coffee with a friend at coffee day, I inquired about the wrist chain concept with a dude seated at a table next to ours. To my surprise, he became very emotional talking about the chain and started weeping at the table. Apparently, the wrist chain that he was sporting was presented to him by his seventh girlfriend and was meant to symbolize the strong affection that they had for each other. It is a pity then that the girl ditched our cool dude for a cooler dude, just one month after they had met ! Imagine this... in just about a month's time, our cool dude and his cool girl were able to pledge strong affection to each other, exchange cool gifts and break up ! Very cool indeed.
A cool dude takes pride in wearing denim trousers that are extraordinarily ill fitting, and loose fitting if I may add. The trousers are so loose that I wonder whether he wears a trouser or steps into a gunny bag. Evolution is lop-sided for those in the male apparel industry. My father wore a dressy trouser to work, I wear denim trousers to work and the cool dude wears denim gunny bags to work.
The cool dude believes that the best gunny bags...err trousers..are those that are torn the most. He likes to pay more and get less in return.
A cool dude's head, limbs and lips are generally in a state of perpetual motion. I have read somewhere that when music of a certain kind is injected into a cool dude's ears, his head and limbs start shaking vigorously and he starts mouthing lyrics that are more often just sounds than words. Faster the music, the more vigorous the shaking gets. My grandmom had once mistakenly forced a piece of iron into a cool dude's closed fist thinking he had an epileptic attack. I had to then intervene and remove the headphones covering his ears. Appreciating the timely help, the cool dude said "Yo ! Thenks fa savin me bro". His name was Harikrishna Subramanya Cheluvarajendra Pillai.
A cool dude also has very high affinity towards head bands and wrist bands. So, while the wrist chain rests on the right hand, a red wrist band decorates the left. Not to forget the black band that goes around his forehead. Last winter I saw a cool dude wiping sweat off his head band using his wrist band. He wasn't sweating really, but he thought it was cool doing that.
After writing all this, I realised that I have misspelt the word KEWL. How un-kewl is that !
[In case you are wondering why I am telling you all this, I am just setting the stage for my next post Kewl Dude on the Road]
So how does a cool dude look ?
Cool dudes come in all shapes and sizes, but they tend to have a great deal in common.
A cool dude typically has hair that is spiked and is given a lavish treatment of the latest gel in the town. Two days ago, while I was waiting for an empty trolley at a local super market, I met a cool dude who had come to buy hair gel. Surprisingly, he was waiting for a trolley too ! Sometimes you aren't sure whether the pleasant smell coming from a cool dude is due to the deodorant he uses or the hair gel that is dripping from his forehead.
He wears a T-shirt that is meant for guys who are twice his size. Often, the shirt is let out and isn't tucked into his trouser. I wonder why one needs a trouser when one can wear a cool dude t-shirt that is long enough to cover one till the knees.
Adorning the wrists of a cool dude are metal chains that have been presented to him by his best friends. I figured that these chains mean to lot to him and remind him of the intense friendship he shares with his friends. The first thing a cool dude does when he wakes up in the morning is to kiss his wrist chain. Very cool indeed. I hope my best friends are taking note of this quirky cool-dudey behaviour. Since I am not a cool dude, a gold wrist chain will do for now. Once, while sipping cold coffee with a friend at coffee day, I inquired about the wrist chain concept with a dude seated at a table next to ours. To my surprise, he became very emotional talking about the chain and started weeping at the table. Apparently, the wrist chain that he was sporting was presented to him by his seventh girlfriend and was meant to symbolize the strong affection that they had for each other. It is a pity then that the girl ditched our cool dude for a cooler dude, just one month after they had met ! Imagine this... in just about a month's time, our cool dude and his cool girl were able to pledge strong affection to each other, exchange cool gifts and break up ! Very cool indeed.
A cool dude takes pride in wearing denim trousers that are extraordinarily ill fitting, and loose fitting if I may add. The trousers are so loose that I wonder whether he wears a trouser or steps into a gunny bag. Evolution is lop-sided for those in the male apparel industry. My father wore a dressy trouser to work, I wear denim trousers to work and the cool dude wears denim gunny bags to work.
The cool dude believes that the best gunny bags...err trousers..are those that are torn the most. He likes to pay more and get less in return.
A cool dude's head, limbs and lips are generally in a state of perpetual motion. I have read somewhere that when music of a certain kind is injected into a cool dude's ears, his head and limbs start shaking vigorously and he starts mouthing lyrics that are more often just sounds than words. Faster the music, the more vigorous the shaking gets. My grandmom had once mistakenly forced a piece of iron into a cool dude's closed fist thinking he had an epileptic attack. I had to then intervene and remove the headphones covering his ears. Appreciating the timely help, the cool dude said "Yo ! Thenks fa savin me bro". His name was Harikrishna Subramanya Cheluvarajendra Pillai.
A cool dude also has very high affinity towards head bands and wrist bands. So, while the wrist chain rests on the right hand, a red wrist band decorates the left. Not to forget the black band that goes around his forehead. Last winter I saw a cool dude wiping sweat off his head band using his wrist band. He wasn't sweating really, but he thought it was cool doing that.
After writing all this, I realised that I have misspelt the word KEWL. How un-kewl is that !
[In case you are wondering why I am telling you all this, I am just setting the stage for my next post Kewl Dude on the Road]