It is said that laughter is the best medicine
in the world. But would the same be said if its mindless uncontrollable
laughter.
This incident happened when I was in college.
My friend and me would go to college in her scooty. Just like you see regulars
in joggers park these days, there were few regulars whom we had noticed during
the daily travel. One of them was a girl who went to another college nearby.
There was this girl whom we saw, every day. Let’s say, she wasn’t the usual
kind of girl, and you could notice her in a small crowd very easily. Usually,
we saw her in the traffic signal, and the day we din't see her, we would wonder
if she was ok, or has she bunked college, and nothing much.
One day, we were waiting for the signal to
turn green, as usual, and next to us was another 2 wheeler. And we saw this
girl. We were not people who would judge others by their appearance. We were
normal looking as well. So I am sure, it was not about how she looked. To
describe – She was this plump girl (a little overweight), with a bald head and
she wore a hat (like how umpires wear), and fat spectacle (it used to be called
Soda glass at that time). We both were looking right. And as her vehicle neared
ours and came to a standstill, a few seconds later, we turned our faces to left.
The signal turned green, and this girl zoomed past us. We both burst out
laughing. We had no idea, what triggered it. It was definitely not her
appearance, since, this was her routine and we were used to seeing her this
way. Infact, we used to find her cute, cuddly like a teddy bear. So, there we
were, laughing like maniacs, on a 2 wheeler. Some elder people on the road were
already looking at us nodding their head in disagreement (these shameless young
kids).
We laughed till we reached home, and it did
not stop there. Every few minutes we would remember the signal and laugh, or
look at each other and laugh. We got stomach ache and still couldn’t stop
laughing. We were actually rolling on the floor too. When mom asked what it was
about, we couldn’t explain it to her, on why we were laughing. The reason – We din’t
know. We seriously did not.
I don’t remember how and why we stopped that
ridiculous laughter marathon. But I vividly remember the scene at the signal. I
remember she wore a beige colour salwar kurta. Heck!!! I don’t remember what
either of us wore or what colour was the scooty. But this scene is etched in my
mind.
To the cute teddy girl, we are really sorry
for laughing, but it was definitely not at you. We know you din’t know we
laughed that day like mad, as we controlled until you drove away. But just in
case you saw in the rear view mirror and thought we were laughing at you.. Then
its definitely not you. And, yes, every time after this incident, we saw you,
you have only brought smile on our lips. Even now when I think about you, I can
only smile.