Ever done a prank with a friend? Well most of us do that.
And needless to mention that evil cell phone adds to your capability to prank
with someone. The basic ingredient required is a cold ruthlessness in executing
your plan . And the victim is forced to
believe a canard and act accordingly. Simple isn't it? Thankfully No. Another
prerequisite is something related to the “art” aspect of the game i.e. an
individual’s capacity to execute the science of prank.
I have come across many such great pieces of art. And many a
times have been on receiving end too. Whether it was that day when I felt a
kiss of vertigo upon being informed that I was booked under some IT ACT for
using a free message center number resulting into free SMS, or the most recent
one which I am going to give a short account of soon, the best part was a
sensational enjoyment they produced after the disclosure. But nonetheless, I have crafted some of the
great pranks with folks as well. Following story takes you into what happened
on an office day.
A friend, Suresh (name changed), who is in dire need of a
switch, got a call. On the other side was a soft spoken guy identifying himself
as Aashish from Relocation Department, Accenture (the funny thing is that no
such department exists in reality). Suresh had actually appeared in an
interview at Accenture for the job switch. Aashish informed him that he had
been selected and is required to make a choice between Amsterdam and Tokyo as
his posting location. Having never been to a foreign land and a deep
commonplace desire to work from onsite, made Suresh to gasp in orgasmic joy. A series
of subsequent calls at regular intervals containing strict formal questionnaire
made Suresh nothing but to incline towards the verisimilitude of the story. The dimension of his smile was getting larger
and larger with Aashish’s slow and careful revelations of add-on perks e.g. a
complete honeymoon package after he married.
But this smile was short-lived as Aashish made his final
revelation that it was a prank and he is none other then myself calling from a
different number. A beautiful imaginary outline created in air out of a white smoke
of incense, howsoever charming is ephemeral. Isn’t it Suresh (name changed)?
Now at 8:30 in evening on same day, when I was beaming with
high spirit, I got a call. Dr. Saumya was on other side from emergency
department MAX Hospitals, Noida. The same morning I had visited the hospital
for an ultrasound of abdomen as suggested by a doctor, while the report was
still to be collected. Saumya began with inquisitive cross questions like what actual problem you have been facing in abdomen area? I replied to her with
obvious anxiousness. She then asked
whether I have been on heavy medications? Then she went into technicality of
things asking me if I have ever had swollen lymph nodes. My morale had , by
now, started sinking like an unfortunate boat. I, while collecting whatsoever amount of
courage I could, with a never experienced kind of stammer in my voice, said “Ok…Ca
ca can you …pa pa please tell me the... what exactly the …problem is?” She replied
with a professional medico’s balance of tone “Look Pratik we have found some
swollen lymph nodes in your stomach which is not a good sign , plus there is
some swelling in your liver. We would request you to please take it seriously
and come at 9 o’clock in the morning so that we can go for some confirmatory
tests.” I felt like collapsing on the floor. My body felt weightless.
I went to Suresh and a few other friends and attempted to
narrate it with clear-cut horror on my shrunken face. They got concerned too and Suresh asked
me to come with him in his car to MAX Hospitals. Other friends accompanied me
too. On the way, I felt myself lifeless
with no energy to even speak a word. My blood sugar probably went down and my
pulse rate soared up. Somewhere in Atta market, Suresh came out of the car in a
pretext of tire puncture suspicion. And he opened the door of car where I was
sitting and said with a devil’s smile “Chal
aaja…Prank tha.” I would not describe how I felt later to leave it upon you
to imagine. But yes I said that this was the best prank I ever fell victim to. You
see what a professional I am apart from
being a great admirer of this form of art.
Comments
Post a Comment