(Ka)yakkity (Ka)yak

Friend to me - So what new hindi DVDs have you bought?
Me - Oh I bought 'Dor' DVD!
Viv - Oh what a coincidence! I bought 'Windows' CD!
Me - :/

So it was a surprise that a guy who usually says things like the one described above can also say things like the one described below.

So Viv and I are kayaking in the middle of Macritchie reservoir on a sunday afternoon when he gets a call from work. I'd been planning the kayaking thing for weeks, and did not want the weekend interrupted by work calls. So he takes the call, but tries to keep rowing with one hand, and soon realises that that's only gonna make the kayak capsize. We have a system, you see. We make a good team on the kayak. Division of labour. He steers and I row to keep the kayak going. He can concentrate on changing the direction without worrying about whether the kayak is actually moving, and I can keep the kayak moving without worrying about where the hell we're headed. And our system, just like the caller's server, had just crashed. So I am pissed as hell, feeling like a fisherman's wife, rowing and steering by myself while he's going, "Yes, yes, the server... something something... the log file... something something!" I felt like snatching the phone from him and saying "Delete everything!" to whoever was on the line, and then breaking into the signature fisherman song, "Ooooooooo maaaaaaajhiiiiiii reeeeeeeeeeee!" just to freak the caller out.

Finally, he ended the call, but we were in trouble. There was a trio splashing about in the water trying hard to get back on their capsized canoe. We just about avoided them. Then an old man freaked me out by shouting out as he came dangerously close to our kayak, "No license! No license!" Whoa. Yet another lady kept yelling out, "Collision! Collision! Collision!" even though her kayak was nowhere near ours. Then we got real adventurous and ventured into an area where we got into some real trouble with a dozen angry red dragonflies. After using up all of our energy trying to row away from the territorial mean machines as fast as possible, finally we relaxed. Got the system back.

So Viv is steering and I'm rowing, and suddenly the dude makes the most random statement ever.

"Hmmm... " he says, "This is like life, you know."

"Huh? What is like life?" I asked, wondering what bad joke was gonna follow.

"This. You provide the energy, and I provide the direction."

Whoa.