284. Jim - The idiot
Tuesday, January 27, 2009A young boy, Jim also lives in our street. He is quite dumb and poor compared to the other kids. The other kids never play with Jim because he is very poor and cos he is dumb. Jim would also stand near us and watch the kids play. The other Kids would call him " Idiot Jim". He would just smile at them. I would feel like hitting the other kids, but I never do that because the kids are rude and arrogant indeed. What if they beat me up? So I always keep quiet.
The kids would tease Jim all the time, calling him names, and punching him on the shoulder as they passed. To mock him for being dumb, they would offer him a One Rupee coin and a Ten Rupee currency note, telling him he could have just one. They said he always took the one rupee coin because it was heavier and that it would not get torn.This continued for so long. I would pray that he picked the Ten rupee currency note at least once and teach all the kids a lesson. But It never happened
This weekend, after Jim took the One rupee coin, I pulled him to one side and said, "Hey Jim, don't you know they're making fun of you? They think you don't know that the Ten rupee currency note is worth more than the One rupee coin. Are you really grabbing the One rupee coin because it's heavy, or what?"
"No," Jim said, "but if I took the Ten Rupee currency note they'd quit doing it!"
I felt like an idiot...From now on, I would enjoy watching the kids tease Jim everyday..That clever little boy...
... JIM
-Chronicwriter
Jim rocks :)
Would you have punched those other kids if you have had some inspiration? like some oceanic bikini babes?
:P
Arv 26 January 2009 8:49 PM
yeah.. Jim rocks!... street smart kid
Unknown!!! 26 January 2009 8:58 PM
Wow, are we the idiots or what?lolzzz
nice one, Jim-I confess, it didn't strike me either!
Great Chriz-I liked this anecdote a lot:)
Mithe 26 January 2009 9:07 PM
The "idiots" are more often than not clever li'l chaps dude...Street smart u see....
Wish we were like them :)
Anurag 26 January 2009 9:07 PM
Is dis a real story? :O
Shimmer 26 January 2009 9:14 PM
"I would feel like hitting the other kids, but I never do that because the kids are rude and arrogant indeed. What if they beat me up? So I always keep quiet"
haha nice lines...Buildinggum strong illa Basement um stong illa pola!!
Suyambuvel. M 26 January 2009 9:34 PM
hey nice bro.....
but u have written well......lol guess u were an idiot to ask him.....hez clever :p
The Solitary Writer. 26 January 2009 10:04 PM
Smart one Chris .... I liked it
Sivaram 26 January 2009 10:04 PM
he he! he's a clever boy for sure! :)
Ria 26 January 2009 10:56 PM
JIM is the hero.. :D
the pink orchid 26 January 2009 11:36 PM
i see a George Bush in Jim!!
...the so-called 'idiot' who ruled the world and got away with everything...
How long has Jim being playing at this?? i bet he has made more money picking that one rupee coin everyday, than i have in a year of slogging...
"who's the dunce now, eh?"
*<:(
Nachi 26 January 2009 11:46 PM
Nicely presented bro! ;)
Most creative (business minded) ideas are inspired outta slums! :)
Sree 26 January 2009 11:54 PM
Talk about out-smarting those smart-asses... ;)
Good on ya, mate!
Kartz 27 January 2009 12:49 AM
Chriz!!!
u sure r a storyteller:):)
as street smart as Jim or probably more, eh ?
Vinnie 27 January 2009 3:29 AM
that s a clever boy indeed! MAn, u have some many stories to tell, where do they come from?????? from ur unstoppable imagination??
tc
Cess 27 January 2009 4:40 AM
that boy surely has some brins. and 1 rupees each day makes 10 in 10 days. so patients gets the money and more than the boys of offering him :P
s4n705h 27 January 2009 6:16 AM
@ Chriz
trust me Jim will be a lawyer tomorrow- reasons
1) He is smart & clever;
2) He lied;
3) BEcause of his lies he earned money :P
Lancelot 27 January 2009 6:42 AM
Jim really is intelligent..!!!
i would have never taken the one rupee coin when i knew 10 rupees is of more value than the coin....!!!;)
nice post Chriz...!!!
keep writing..!!!
yamini meduri 27 January 2009 7:13 AM
nice one!!
abhishek 27 January 2009 7:58 AM
too much!
The Mahathma 27 January 2009 8:34 AM
Really clever poor kid!
Sri 27 January 2009 9:03 AM
But sounds like a good editing from the forwarded mails..!
Sri 27 January 2009 9:41 AM
"I would feel like hitting the other kids, but I never do that because the kids are rude and arrogant indeed. What if they beat me up? So I always keep quiet"
Honestly, did you feel that way?:P
Muse 27 January 2009 9:53 AM
jim the rocker :P....was it fiction..
urs..hemu..
Hemanth Potluri 27 January 2009 10:06 AM
That's so sad. I felt really bad for the poor child :( , can't u do anythin for him?
Crowscious 27 January 2009 10:22 AM
i'm touched really... poor child... :(
im in the office and been reading blogs... have to say, every blog offered a quality read!
Thanks for sharing this Chriz... and i see i've missed so much on ur blog... i'll catch up pretty soon :)
WarmSunshine 27 January 2009 10:28 AM
feel sad for the first part .. but the rest i have read as a forward already :)
Pretty Me!! 27 January 2009 10:40 AM
I think I have read it before but this is an excellent narration by you.:)
Sneha 27 January 2009 10:49 AM
whoa!!Jim Rocks:)
me likes:)
santasizing...Fantasizing 27 January 2009 10:51 AM
@arv
yes such a character.. if only he truly lives...
@unknown
kids like that guy do exist
@mithe
yes.. had to end with that line
@anurag
yes wish i was him too
Chriz 27 January 2009 11:06 AM
@shimmer
all posts in my blog are figment of imagination of blown up twists of famous inspirational posts... this one is not real.. but wrote in such a way that it sure passes the message.. it was inspired from a similar story from a korean movie
@suyambu
yes.. thats y i wander
@stephen
its a virtual street with me and jim on it :)
Chriz 27 January 2009 11:08 AM
@shiva
most of my present posts are inspired from movies or some talks we had shared men.. ellam karpanaiyae.. with masalas added as usual
@ria
dont ya think so?
@pink
he will get his lady love one day
@nachi
i saw this scene in a korean movie a couple of years back... dunno how long he was playing the trick though?
@sree
thats true sree.. i agree with ya.. i have seen the best stand-up comedians in slums around my place.. if only they had the right stage to project their ideas, they would surely make it big
Chriz 27 January 2009 11:11 AM
@kartz
you should see this movie man.. it was really touching indeed..
@vinnie
more.. obama would have been like this
@cess
creativity is absorbing things from different places and reproducing the same with your own touch...
Chriz 27 January 2009 11:13 AM
aww..sweet.. kids are just phenomenal these days.. the bad ones are brats and the good ones are gems..:)
Lovely Almond 27 January 2009 11:15 AM
@santosh
i am planning to play this game now
@arun
what is the case you are dealing with right now? i have ta see you performing lies too
@yamini
thanks a bunch sista...
@abhisek
thanks bro
Chriz 27 January 2009 11:15 AM
@mahatma
jim?
me ?
or
you?
@sri
mail chain too?
i have heard this story in management meets and have seen this scene in a korean movie too.. you ought to see this for sure.. really touching..
@muse
haha... that was a line i added for the sake of adding.. this is unreal
Chriz 27 January 2009 11:18 AM
@hemant
yes it is .. a movie screen... if only it had happened in my life ,..
@crow
did you read the story fully?
@warm sunshine
haha .. yes keep reading and do come by often
Chriz 27 January 2009 11:21 AM
@prettyme
and i have watched this in a movie too.. you should watch it men
@sneha
tried doing justice to what i visualised ... thanks men
@richa
me too likes
@anly
i am a gem>?
Chriz 27 January 2009 11:24 AM
@ Chriz thalai
cant tell it in public- will take u to court when there is a case i am argiong :P
Lancelot 27 January 2009 11:28 AM
@ chriz..
Wishful thinking is really great too..:P.
oh..to answer your question..You are not a kid..you are older..:)
Lovely Almond 27 January 2009 11:42 AM
Like they say,don't judge a book by its cover
JollyRoger 27 January 2009 11:44 AM
@arun
karuppu coattu
vandumurugan dialogues..
it should be awesome..would love to see man
@anly
a grown up with a kid of a heart!
@clement anna
yes true.. you spoke the words.. that would have been an apt title for this post
Chriz 27 January 2009 11:49 AM
Jim is a rockstar saar.. :)
Little life lessons from a kid.. :)
good for you and thanks for sharing it.. :)
take care...
Nikhil
MultiMenon 27 January 2009 11:51 AM
cute stuff.. but damn good!
Sneha Divakar 27 January 2009 12:00 PM
a gud one!!
Jim is clever than u chriz ... :P
but yeah, u r clever in writing that.. :)
Swetha Padakandla 27 January 2009 2:39 PM
huh.. nowdays evryone's gettin inspired by korean movies :O
bt nice story though :D, it shouldnt be Jim - the idiot
bt
Jim (and) the idiot .. hehe JK :D
Shimmer 27 January 2009 2:41 PM
aaaaaaaaaaahhh! good 4 jim dat d other guys r so dumb!
Trinaa 27 January 2009 3:06 PM
my pop used to say " Mental retards are not idiots and Kids are actually not Dumb.. u get to learn more from them"
JIM proved this... learn from him, Chriz...
The Rat... 27 January 2009 3:17 PM
This is the post inspired by your comment :
http://ofsomethingsomething.blogspot.com/2009/01/i-walk-alone.html
Thanks for the prompt !! I had long wanted to write this to a friend :)
Pretty Me!! 27 January 2009 3:28 PM
wow.. Jim is the idiot, but we are all idioters :P
Richa 27 January 2009 4:25 PM
Onnum solradhuku illai..
"I would feel like hitting the other kids, but I never do that because the kids are rude and arrogant indeed. What if they beat me up? So I always keep quiet"
unake kevlama illiya?!
Thoorika 27 January 2009 5:08 PM
hi,
nice one chriz. its wise to act dumb and shut up in certain situations.
sorry for not being frequent. have a lot going on....keep writing.
-Nita.
Random Ramblings 27 January 2009 6:40 PM
awesome!
HP 27 January 2009 7:17 PM
@multi
jim is indeed a rockstaa
@sneha
you should watch the movie.. its very good
@shimmer
yes jim and the idiot. :)
@trinaa
yes... there is a jim in everyplace
Chriz 27 January 2009 7:41 PM
@rat
pops learn from their kids
@pratibha
cool one.. will come down and read your lines
@richa
and idioterest too
@thoorika!
unakku? enna mariyaadhai illama pesikittu.. i dont like it i say!!!
to answer your question... yes vetkam illai..
@nitara
yes welcome back and do update your posts.. the tag post is the last one u did... if i remember.. thanks for coming.. do come again..
@
Chriz 27 January 2009 7:45 PM
@hp
thanks ladeee potter
Chriz 27 January 2009 7:46 PM
it is indeed ur best post chirz.
i loved it so so so much.
this single post reflects so many things.
Preetilata【ツ】 27 January 2009 7:53 PM
super! lol jim is smarter than u.. i like that!
Elithraniel Arawion 27 January 2009 7:56 PM
@preetilata
:) if only it was my original.. it was from a korean movie.. i drew the storyboard for it in script form...
@anusha
yes jim is wiser than us
Chriz 27 January 2009 8:08 PM
Awwww! Lovely... just so smart and in your face!
aZoed 27 January 2009 8:54 PM
Hmm...jim is a smart boy, so creative and so intelligent. How I wish I could apply this during negotiation of salary :) but I can't do that.
gayathri-vishwanathan 27 January 2009 9:50 PM
awww :)
Phoenix 27 January 2009 11:26 PM
awww its been so long i read ur post. today also i havent read and m commenting :| i think i forgot to put u on folow up and dnt even find u online.. boy u r always invisible..
m leaving blore this thursday.
had been to mumbai to see a doc.
Nidhi 27 January 2009 11:45 PM
Smartie Jim !Lovely one Chriz !
PurpleHeart 28 January 2009 2:44 AM
Ithu taan padichavanukkum padikkadavanukkum vithyasam...!!!!
Nice post.. well narrated...
Cheers..!!
S
S 28 January 2009 6:54 AM
@azoed
that was a different name bro.. thanks for coming..
@gaya3
negotiation of salary.. we prepare a lot on this ground.. but the interviewers/bosses are always tricky
@phoenix
meow
@nidhi
so you are here finally.. i got pisd and went offline.. take care men
@sandy
yea thanks mayte
@S
Padikaadhavan padam paartha effectaa?
Chriz 28 January 2009 9:47 AM
Beware of Jim! ;-)
knottygal 28 January 2009 12:29 PM
I am having doubts, were you the jim??? Lol, jokes apart, nice fiction and jim is not dumb after all!!
moi 28 January 2009 12:45 PM
Wow! Jim is a rock star!
I wanna hug him :)
SUPERB POST, Chriz
Swats 28 January 2009 12:48 PM
lols!!
Jim is surely smart!!
First time here...and I kinda like it!!
Take Care
Akshat 28 January 2009 2:16 PM
@josie
yea! :)
@moi
haha..
@swats
:)
@akshat
keep coming bro.. thanks fopr visiting..
Chriz 28 January 2009 2:28 PM
I love you JIM :) nice post buddy :) sorry for stayin silent for sometime now. I wont say am busy but I don have proper net access. HUGS buddie :)
preeti 28 January 2009 3:24 PM
Awww! Smart and clever Jim, really could not think of that response! Give him a hug on my behalf. :)
Tara 28 January 2009 5:52 PM
hello Chriz!
Lemme begin by thanking you for making your presence felt in my blog spot. Now about your blog. It's very interesting. By the way did you sing 'only you'? Nice! happen to be one of my favs. :)
Shalini George 28 January 2009 7:38 PM
Goodness :)...
Jim is a real smart one....
Charmed One! 28 January 2009 8:58 PM
on boy!!
This is so good!!
enchantinganki 28 January 2009 11:21 PM
:))) yeah u better let them mock everyday & dnt risk urself in the hands of the "angry youth" ;P
((btw gt here bloghopping..))
verbivorehere 29 January 2009 9:13 AM
Another smart one from you :)
Jim is one kick-ass guy :P
Harshita 2 February 2009 5:22 PM
whoa!..
some time back i was solving riddles on the net for my GDs and stuff..
i m getting pumped up now..to show such cleverness in front of my interviewers!!!
Prachi Bansal 30 March 2009 12:48 AM
Jim the idiot.... Nice post... really inspiring.. very clever jim is...
Sowmi 30 April 2009 5:00 PM