Rish's Diary: October 2005

Housewarming party

Well, perhaps "party" is a misnomer. I don't do "parties". I associate the word "party" with preppy American kids drinking beer out of plastic cups, shagging in Mom and Dad's bedroom and vomiting, well, everywhere.

Anyway, we had our housewarming on Saturday. It was a bit of a race against time to get the garden finished on time, but I managed it. What a trooper.

There weren't a huge amount of people who came, but quality is more important than quantity I suppose. There were a few who couldn't make it, which is always a shame. The whole thing kicked off at about 3pm, and the last stragglers (including me) bedded down at about 1am.

Mistakes I made:

- All the vegetarian food went first, leaving some people hungry. Sorry. To be fair, there was a veritable array of tasty snacks which people tucked into.

- Bought too much food. Better too much than too little, I suppose...

On the whole, it was fun. It was commented that there were some rather bold topics of conversation, such as why men's bike saddles are unsuitable for ladies, and the merits and demerits of Charmin loo roll. And it is always good to finish the evening off with pizza!

Indian food hits

OK, in an idle moment, myself and my friend Mohan were thinking about song titles featuring Indian food. This all stemmed from when we were in a band together at university. Someone once commented that one of our songs sounded like the Smiths, and as all of us in the band were of Indian or Pakistani origin, this led someone to quip that we should play "Girlfriend in a korma".

Anyway, recently we were thinking about this, and realised that we could do better. So, in no particular order, pop-pickers, here is our Indian food chart:

Justin Timberlake: "Karahai me a river"

T'Pau: "Channa in your hands"

Radiohead: "Rice dream"

One Giant Leap: "My kulcha"

Lesley Gore: "It's my chapatti and I'll cry if I want to"

Kylie Minogue: "Tears on my pilau"

Culture (Kulcha?) Club: "Korma Chameleon"

Dusty Springfield (and lots of other people): "Tikka 'nother little piece of my heart"

The Beatles: "Paperback raita"

Elvis Presley: "Aloo lonesome tonight?"

ABBA: "Dhansak Queen"

Placebo: "Puri morning"

Lenny Kravitz: "Aloo gobi go my way?"

Justin Timberlake (again): "Rock your bhaji"

The Beatles (again): "Tikka to ride"

The Commodores: "Three times a laddoo"

Sylvester: "You make me feel methi real"

INXS: "Sui-sag blonde"

ABBA (again): "Wat-aloo"

And finally for now:

The Killers: "Glamorous bhindi rock 'n' roll"

Any new suggestions/abuse, please click on the "comments" button below... Thanks to Mohan for his ideas, and to POD for his marvellous T'Pau suggestion.