Comments on: Diwali Schlock Contest! http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2005/11/01/diwali_schlock/ All that flavorful brownness in one savory packet Sat, 30 Nov 2013 11:11:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Enivhsay http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2005/11/01/diwali_schlock/comment-page-1/#comment-32910 Enivhsay Wed, 02 Nov 2005 17:48:59 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=2452#comment-32910 <p>Imagine all of this in gaudy bright colors.</p> <p>Dear ALL, Aapko Is Diwali MEIN. Chandragupt Ki Shakti Meerabai Ki Bhakti Rajchandra Ka Gyan Karan Ka Daan Einstein Ki Buddhi Nobel Prize Ki Siddhi Gandhi Ki Ahimsa India Ki Parampara Vajpayee Ki Maryada Nizaam Ki Sampatti Michael Jordan Ki Salary Abdul Kalam Ki Vocabulary Bhagat Singh Ka Deshprem Sweetheart Ka Amarprem Microsoft Ke Share Rupiyo Ke Dher Tata Ke Senses Ambani Ke Licenses Birla Ka Bangla Daler Ka Bhangra Rajnikanth Ki Style Madhuri Ki Smile Amitabh Ki Personality Ratan Tata Ki Popularity Worldtour Ka Ticket Tendulkar Ka Wicket Administrator Ke Passwords Jokes Ke Forwards Mercedez Ki Car Diamond Ka Haar Aur Logon Ka Dher Saraa Pyar Prapt Ho...</p> <p>Wish you a very Happy & Prosperous Â…Â…</p> <p>DIWALI</p> Imagine all of this in gaudy bright colors.

Dear ALL, Aapko Is Diwali MEIN. Chandragupt Ki Shakti Meerabai Ki Bhakti Rajchandra Ka Gyan Karan Ka Daan Einstein Ki Buddhi Nobel Prize Ki Siddhi Gandhi Ki Ahimsa India Ki Parampara Vajpayee Ki Maryada Nizaam Ki Sampatti Michael Jordan Ki Salary Abdul Kalam Ki Vocabulary Bhagat Singh Ka Deshprem Sweetheart Ka Amarprem Microsoft Ke Share Rupiyo Ke Dher Tata Ke Senses Ambani Ke Licenses Birla Ka Bangla Daler Ka Bhangra Rajnikanth Ki Style Madhuri Ki Smile Amitabh Ki Personality Ratan Tata Ki Popularity Worldtour Ka Ticket Tendulkar Ka Wicket Administrator Ke Passwords Jokes Ke Forwards Mercedez Ki Car Diamond Ka Haar Aur Logon Ka Dher Saraa Pyar Prapt Ho…

Wish you a very Happy & Prosperous Â…Â…

DIWALI

]]> By: DesiDancer http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2005/11/01/diwali_schlock/comment-page-1/#comment-32909 DesiDancer Wed, 02 Nov 2005 17:45:12 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=2452#comment-32909 <p>Runyolarun-</p> <p>somebody actually sent me that e-card!! I immediately forwarded it to Ennis, for a good laugh, but I didn't realize others had suffered through that greeting!</p> Runyolarun-

somebody actually sent me that e-card!! I immediately forwarded it to Ennis, for a good laugh, but I didn’t realize others had suffered through that greeting!

]]> By: bb http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2005/11/01/diwali_schlock/comment-page-1/#comment-32853 bb Wed, 02 Nov 2005 06:26:07 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=2452#comment-32853 <p>Argus,</p> <p>Thank you.</p> Argus,

Thank you.

]]> By: argus_nj http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2005/11/01/diwali_schlock/comment-page-1/#comment-32828 argus_nj Wed, 02 Nov 2005 03:30:42 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=2452#comment-32828 <blockquote>What examples have you noticed this Diwali of egregious bad taste? </blockquote> <p>Does the terrorist attack on New Delhi qualify?</p> What examples have you noticed this Diwali of egregious bad taste?

Does the terrorist attack on New Delhi qualify?

]]> By: Fuerza Dulce http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2005/11/01/diwali_schlock/comment-page-1/#comment-32827 Fuerza Dulce Wed, 02 Nov 2005 03:26:05 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=2452#comment-32827 <p>Here's a couple I wasn't really sure what to say about</p> <p><a href="http://www.123greetings.com/events/diwali/from_all_of_us/allofus2.html">Unity </a></p> <p><a href="http://www.123greetings.com/events/diwali/from_all_of_us/allofus1.html">Our Home to Yours </a></p> <p><a href="http://www.123greetings.com/events/diwali/aarti/diwali4.html">Virtual Aarti</a></p> Here’s a couple I wasn’t really sure what to say about

Unity

Our Home to Yours

Virtual Aarti

]]> By: runyolarun http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2005/11/01/diwali_schlock/comment-page-1/#comment-32818 runyolarun Wed, 02 Nov 2005 00:56:13 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=2452#comment-32818 <p>*sweet, not sweer</p> *sweet, not sweer

]]> By: runyolarun http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2005/11/01/diwali_schlock/comment-page-1/#comment-32817 runyolarun Wed, 02 Nov 2005 00:55:03 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=2452#comment-32817 <blockquote>Personally, I prefer this: but they're both pretty bad.</blockquote> <p>Okay, you may have me beat with the "happiness as sweer as his <a href="http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/thscrip/print.pl?file=2005041602170300.htm&date=2005/04/16/&prd=mp&">laddoos</a>" bit.</p> Personally, I prefer this: but they’re both pretty bad.

Okay, you may have me beat with the “happiness as sweer as his laddoos” bit.

]]> By: Ennis http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2005/11/01/diwali_schlock/comment-page-1/#comment-32815 Ennis Wed, 02 Nov 2005 00:29:21 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=2452#comment-32815 <p>Personally, I prefer <a href="http://cards.diwali-cards.com/cgi-bin/newcards/showimage.pl?no=23708&q1=eoct_diwali_gifts&cat=Events&image=/thumbs/eoct_diwali_gifts/1069-024-04-1071.gif&title=Happy+Diwali+!&backgr=gifts04.gif&tcolor=FFFF00&tsize=5&tface=comic+sans+ms&type=html&subcat=Ethnic+Gifts&log=diwalicards&newbgpath=new&newmuspath=eventsnew&src=&bigimagetype=new&DATE=[%20Nov%201%20]&tempval=Diwali!!diwali.pl">this</a>: http://cards.diwali-cards.com/cgi-bin/newcards/showimage.pl?no=23708&q1=eoct_diwali_gifts&cat=Events&image=/thumbs/eoct_diwali_gifts/1069-024-04-1071.gif&title=Happy+Diwali+!&backgr=gifts04.gif&tcolor=FFFF00&tsize=5&tface=comic+sans+ms&type=html&subcat=Ethnic+Gifts&log=diwalicards&newbgpath=new&newmuspath=eventsnew&src=&bigimagetype=new&DATE=[%20Nov%201%20]&tempval=Diwali!!diwali.pl</p> <p>but they're both pretty bad.</p> Personally, I prefer this: http://cards.diwali-cards.com/cgi-bin/newcards/showimage.pl?no=23708&q1=eoct_diwali_gifts&cat=Events&image=/thumbs/eoct_diwali_gifts/1069-024-04-1071.gif&title=Happy+Diwali+!&backgr=gifts04.gif&tcolor=FFFF00&tsize=5&tface=comic+sans+ms&type=html&subcat=Ethnic+Gifts&log=diwalicards&newbgpath=new&newmuspath=eventsnew&src=&bigimagetype=new&DATE=%20Nov%201%20&tempval=Diwali!!diwali.pl

but they’re both pretty bad.

]]> By: DesiDancer http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2005/11/01/diwali_schlock/comment-page-1/#comment-32813 DesiDancer Wed, 02 Nov 2005 00:27:24 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=2452#comment-32813 <p>with Halloween and Diwali coinciding last year, and near-missing each other this year, I suppose it might have been cheez-worthy if some auntie dressed their kid up as a diya or a rangoli...</p> with Halloween and Diwali coinciding last year, and near-missing each other this year, I suppose it might have been cheez-worthy if some auntie dressed their kid up as a diya or a rangoli…

]]> By: runyolarun http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2005/11/01/diwali_schlock/comment-page-1/#comment-32808 runyolarun Wed, 02 Nov 2005 00:20:23 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=2452#comment-32808 <p>Feast your eyes on this lovely bit of <a href="http://cards.diwali-cards.com/cgi-bin/newcards/showimage.pl?no=5220&q1=eoct_diwali_wishes&cat=Events&image=/thumbs/eoct_diwali_wishes/8455-002-14-1064.gif&title=Joy,+Success+%26+Warmth...&backgr=wishes14.gif&tcolor=7A0101&tsize=5&tface=comic+sans+ms&type=html&subcat=Happy+Diwali&log=diwalicards&newbgpath=new&newmuspath=eventsnew&src=&bigimagetype=new&DATE=[%20Nov%201%20]&tempval=Diwali!!diwali.pl">fromage</a></p> <p>I think they just ran out of things for the last letter 'i' to be doing; poor thing is just jumping up and down.</p> <p>(Notice the flip flops they're all sporting on their feet)</p> Feast your eyes on this lovely bit of fromage

I think they just ran out of things for the last letter ‘i’ to be doing; poor thing is just jumping up and down.

(Notice the flip flops they’re all sporting on their feet)

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