Kids in Bengal, who come from properly educated families, grow up with the book 'Ha Ja Ba Ra La' (wiki link here. The word 'Ha-Ja-Ba-Ra-La' is actually five Bengali consonants (H,J,B,R,L) strewn together and it means gibberish). Influenced by Lewis Carroll's famous Alice in Wonderland, our own Sukumar Ray wrote this story of a little boy meeting strange and super crazy characters in a world of dreams. the same author also has a collection of nonsense rhymes called 'Abol Tabol' (meaning weird and random), some of which I have memorized even now!
Both 'Abol Tabol' and 'Ha-Ja-Ba-Ra-La' mention the impossible. Other than having talking animals, who are pretty smart and sassy at times, they also open the gates to a world where you can just be yourself. The opening poem of the collection 'Abol Tabol' takes you to this place where you can be yourself without any inhibition, especially for borderline crazy people like me, being yourself is the most important thing I crave for after my basic necessities of food and clothing are met. In 'Ha-Ja-Ba-Ra-La' too, you come across characters that people generally think are not possible to meet in real life.
But they are wrong.
I know some people, I am very pleased to call quite a few of them my friends, who can very easily be added to the list of characters from 'Ha-Ja-Ba-Ra-La' and they would fit in there perfectly well. We have compiled a list of comments with the theme of "out of context", which have actually been spoken by people. If you read through them, you will certainly know for yourself who I acquaint with nowadays, and why I feel so comfortable around them.
“I am plural now”
"I need a human aurora near me”
“My head would be a terrible place to be”
“I’m sorry I have mass.”
“I asked him if he wanted a new coffin”
“Stop taking showers and you don’t have to worry about it all”
“My friend had a very very small aorta”
“If you stay at it long enough, it turns into a koala”
“If tofu and cheese had a kid”
"Do you create your own lightbulbs?"
"You should name your sock."
"Do you speak for all yetis or just yourself?"
"All rainbows are circular. Have you ever thought about that? No! You only think about yourself!”
“Have you experienced issues with the sun before?”
Now, you will know why I feel like I have come to the right place :)
Both 'Abol Tabol' and 'Ha-Ja-Ba-Ra-La' mention the impossible. Other than having talking animals, who are pretty smart and sassy at times, they also open the gates to a world where you can just be yourself. The opening poem of the collection 'Abol Tabol' takes you to this place where you can be yourself without any inhibition, especially for borderline crazy people like me, being yourself is the most important thing I crave for after my basic necessities of food and clothing are met. In 'Ha-Ja-Ba-Ra-La' too, you come across characters that people generally think are not possible to meet in real life.
But they are wrong.
I know some people, I am very pleased to call quite a few of them my friends, who can very easily be added to the list of characters from 'Ha-Ja-Ba-Ra-La' and they would fit in there perfectly well. We have compiled a list of comments with the theme of "out of context", which have actually been spoken by people. If you read through them, you will certainly know for yourself who I acquaint with nowadays, and why I feel so comfortable around them.
“I am plural now”
"I need a human aurora near me”
“My head would be a terrible place to be”
“I’m sorry I have mass.”
“I asked him if he wanted a new coffin”
“Stop taking showers and you don’t have to worry about it all”
“My friend had a very very small aorta”
“If you stay at it long enough, it turns into a koala”
“If tofu and cheese had a kid”
"Do you create your own lightbulbs?"
"You should name your sock."
"Do you speak for all yetis or just yourself?"
"All rainbows are circular. Have you ever thought about that? No! You only think about yourself!”
“Have you experienced issues with the sun before?”
Now, you will know why I feel like I have come to the right place :)
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So we are back. "Why, at times I think of six impossible things before breakfast!"
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