Slander

There I was …....standing near the pillar completely oblivious to the ‘goings-on’ for which I had actually been there. I was listening to something else …actually eavesdropping (which is bad I know)….If you were there, you would have seen an enrapt homosapien listening to the hash session of two Neanderthal pseudo philosophers. Actually one of them could be tagged ‘on-the-way-to-become-a-homo sapien’ Neanderthal!
For ease of narrating I would name them A and B…and also to save them from disgrace…really!!!
A: Do you know that girl in green salwar?
B: Ohh.. that girl right next to frame? She is PQR. She is a bitch. Actually she is also a slut. I hear she was dating XYZ and it seems he had a good time with her. Then one fine day she dumped him. Now she is with that guy..” as he held his head askew hinting at a man to his right.
A: How do you know this?”
B(with the confidence of a king maker): I have my sources. My friends told me about her.
A: So you don’t know her personally?
B: Nope.
A: Are you an idiot? You are a post graduate student and you don’t even know this much. How can you spread such things when you actually have heard it from someone else and probably your source must have had his sources and so on.
B was quiet for a while; then retorted.
B: Come on. You don’t know that girl.I mean …so what if that is not true…I don’t lose anything .You don’t lose anything. And (B winks at A) she has already lost it (you know what he meant). Friend, probably we are the only ones in this room who are still holding on to it. Seriously, man, I don’t care.
A: Cool. If that was your relative, how would you feel?
B: It isn’t...that way. And I don’t have a sister (B muffling his cackles)
A: Don’t you feel bad when you spread such things?
B: Come on! Don’t play the oracle with me. Everybody does that. Do you remember Mr.L?
A nodded.
B: Do you actually think he is a philanderer? I don’t know much about …but I really don’t think …he is. It was just that he was trying woo the girl I was eyeing. See the procedure is very easy. Girls generally don’t know much about most boys. Most of the girls are gullible (he used chu..). If they know you, you tell them anything about any guy …they will believe you …...definitely (waving the hands and gesturing with his fingers). Do you think that she would actually approach Mr.L and ask him whether he is a flirt or not….oh come on…..THINK….most of the boys are shy and some of them don’t care…exploit the situation, dude. Girls would never tell what they were told and guys will never ask.
A nodded but didn’t seem to be interested in boarding the same boat.
He just gave an excuse and bid good bye. Probably he was good or atleast was playing good.
Suggestion:
So next time someone talks bad about a guy or girl who is stranger to you, just listen to it but do not believe him/her. If uou do ...you might lose a good friend ……even before meeting him.
Happy Socializing!!