"Daily Encounters" - a collection of short stories and tall tales by high profile chowkies...

chudtahai started it. others chimed in. do we have a bestseller at hand?

Post by CreateAlpha on Jun 29, 2009 10:40:29 pm
So sadna here is what happened. So I am having breakfast today and who is sitting next to me...none other than Mr. S. Tharoor....so he orders like a egg and toast and shyte right....while I am having a masala omelette with fresh fruit and toast. Then all of a sudden, one of his aides starts talking about Africa. And I am like....fk...If the indians are invading africa, I got to liquidate my position on the Nairobi Stock Exchange....right? Anyway, so then another aide of his pulls out a fucking map of africa...and starts using a pen to make marks over it....,ow I am like really worried/yet excited...thinking sala maybe there an opportunity to supply some small arms to RUF and shit, right? .....so then I realize I am staring at them....and then all of a sudden they hurriedly fold the map back up, shashi smiles and I walk out backwards from the room....don't want to get whacked by RAW.

All I wanted was breakfast

Post by scout_new on Jun 30, 2009 11:48:37 am
atif, once a long time ago, i ran into ali azmat at jfk, and he put his arms round vaneeza a bit tighter after seeing' me, i walked away backwards, it was all very surreal

Post by atif2 on Jun 30, 2009 11:52:14 am
yeah, once i walked by warren buffet as he was having coffee at Lincoln airport's starbucks. he scrambled to cover his business plans laid out on the table with his coffee mug. I walked backwards out of the starbucks.

All i wanted was a cup of coffee

Post by scout_new on Jun 30, 2009 11:58:45 am
once i saw Al Roker on a flight to La Guardia from somewhere, i forgot where, he was on his laptop, as i was passing by to go to the economy section, i swear i saw him glance at me from the corner of his eye, and then suddenly he closed his laptop and started staring out the window, i'm positive he was afraid i'd steal his latest report or leak it out to ABC or CBS

Post by Kulharee on Jun 30, 2009 12:24:09 pm
I once urinated next to Al Pacino at the Winter Garden at the last performance of Cats. He looked over the waste divider, checked mine, and gave a nod. This is a true story. He is a distinguished man. This was in 2000. One time I was sitting next to Willem Dafoe in the subway, also a nice man. John Turturro lives near me and his kids play soccer with mine. John is an extremely down to earth guy.

Topic started by Salim_Chauhan on Jun 30, 2009 8:33:20 pm
Atif, so I was having breakfast at Chez Neembu, when ...
I put aside the sausage that was part of my breakfast combo. As I was proceeding to devour the remnant of my breakfast sambich, I noticed a beautiful lady approach my table. "Sir, can I have your sausage" she asked me very politely and with eager expectation. "Sure - and if you are hungry you can have the rest too" I responded - thinking that some homeless woman was seeking nourishment and succor. When I looked up, I could not believe the vision staring me in the face. I shared my breakfast with none other than Elisha Cuthbert.

Post by atif2 on Jun 30, 2009 8:47:53 pm
salim, i once was walking in a park in boston and guess who walks by?! None other than Kiera Knightley!. as she walks by me, she looks at me from the corner of her eyes as if sizing me up (that took a while!). so get this, i see her turn around, raise her one eyebrow and begin her hip-swaying catwalk straight in my direction. at this point i am rolling my eyes and going "gosh! not another stalker!". so i walk backwards out of the park and get into my car and drive away.

all i wanted was just a walk in the park

Post by Salim_Chauhan on Jun 30, 2009 9:03:54 pm
Another morning I made a business trip to Ankara and yes I was again having breakfast - I seem to do this every day. So, as I was munching on my olives and cheese, I notice a man in a beige jacket open a map of the middle east. He was sitting two tables away so I could see what he was doing. He started to put pins in the locations for Haifa, Tel Aviv, Akko, Ashkelon, Beer Sheba, and Ashdod. I walked over nonchalantly to get a closer look and suddenly he spoke to me in Farsi - "Che me goi?" Yes, it was Mahmoud planning the coordinates for his upcoming missile tests.

Post by atif2 on Jun 30, 2009 9:14:02 pm
ok get this, so i am sitting in a plane heading to paris and i look to my side and guess who is sitting next to me? None other than Bill Gates! so i get up from my seat and start walking backwards. the flight attendant says on public address system "hey asshole in business class aisle! you are not supposed to walk during take off!"

all i wanted was just a peaceful flight

Topic started by anil on Jun 30, 2009 9:49:43 pm
Another flight to London on a business trip to India, and yes I was again trying to finish off my meal before snoozing off – I like to do this on each long flights. So, as I was trying to enjoy my dinner, I noticed a very elegant woman looking across the isle, she was looking at me from the corner of her eyes as if sizing me up (that took a while!). So get this, she asks the flight attendant if she the empty seat next to me in Virgin upper class was unoccupied. The next moment I saw her occupying the seat next to me. She was no other than the authoress of “The First Wives Club”, pen name Olivia Goldsmith. My sleep was gone, and we just talked and she told me about the book tour she was starting in London. She asked for a date for the evening in London. It was clear from her talks that she had this crush for Kashmiri men, and had been going to India and had met several. In the evening we met her at her hotel, she came down in her ravishing blue dress. I escorted her to this exquisite Indian restaurant at St. James Court for a memorable dinner, wine and great conversation. Time just flew Justine Randel’s company. Her real name being Justine Randel. We walked the neighborhood and took the taxi to her hotel around mid night. She invited me to her room for the night, being tired from the sleepless flight, I kissed good bye and took a taxi to my friends place instead.