Mooch ado...

Speaking about weirdos... I was waiting at the dentist's when I saw this lady - shabbily dressed, holding a large cloth bag which was almost like a potli - walking up to the two Parsi ladies sitting next to me. She leans in close to the younger one and whispers something which couldn't be heard. We could only see her lips moving.

The Parsi lady says, 'What?'.

The potli-wali says, 'Aaaa oooo eeee ooo?'.

Now the Parsi lady looks around for some help. Then the potli-wali repeats those sounds. Now everyone is curious. The Parsi lady seems very uncomfortable.

Then the potli-wali tries again and this time I could make out the words, 'Are you Hindu?'

Finally, the Parsi lady says, 'No'. The potli-wali moves on and comes to me, leans in almost 6 inches close to my face and asks, 'Are you Hindu?'.

I say, 'Yes!?!'

Then she says, 'For long life and good health, pray to Tulsi mata'

Then she moves on to another fellow sitting next to me. Thus she goes around the room and whispers to everyone.

Now the older Parsi lady is really agitated. She calls out to the potli-wali and asks her, 'Excuse me, why did you ask us if we are Hindu?'.

The potli-wali turns around and says softly, 'Because I'm a social worker'.

Yeah, I know - weirdo!!!

Later when I walk into the dentist's cabin, I notice this young, really short and really fair young girl. It turns out that she is the doctor. She has her face covered in a mask all the time that she is examining me. Then she takes off her mask and I notice the most perfect set of pearly whites I have seen in my life. And to go with it, there was a nice little moustache on her upper lip.

So, she has enough time to take care of her teeth but no time to get rid of her mouthbrow.