Tuesday, February 15, 2005

Tom the wise cat

I was watchin' Tom & Jerry this Sunday and enjoyed myself immensely - so, what's new? :)

One of the stories that I watched was about a million dollars that Tom is to get on the condition that he doesn't harm anyone (including a mouse). And of course, the only mouse that Tom knows is Jerry. And this means that Tom cannot dare to even intimidate Jerry if he wants the money. This is the situation/context. As usual, our good old Jerry can't help but tease Tom. So, the saga continues. Every time Tom loses his cool and gets near Jerry to strangle him or give him a whacking, Jerry pulls out a paper (from nowhere) with the condition and highlights the "should not harm even a mouse" part of it :). Finally, Jerry gets on Tom's nerves so much that the latter tears up the sheet that states the condition, holds Jerry's tail with a single strong finger (which prevents Jerry from running away) and looks at me (the audience) with a forlorn face and says - (these are golden words!)

"Gee! I am throwing away a million dollars!" and then the expression changes from false disappointment to ecstasy and he goes on to say "But, I am HAPPY!"

:-) Think about it!

PS: Errr.....I guess I have to provide an explanation here (see Veera's comments). :) I did not mean that it is a great thing for Tom to 'harm' Jerry rather than clean up a million dollars! :) I love the little mouse. And for that matter I love the cat too! I can't imagine life without Tom 'n' Jerry! The message here is actually just the last quote (by Tom) and not really so much associated with the context as in the intention to harm someone! :) Hey, come to think of it, Tom and Jerry are actually great pals! They just play around and can fortunately do just about anything (put the other on the oven, run down the other with a truck, push the other down a 100-storey building... :)) to each other without getting involved in a murder or hospitalization. Hee Hee :) The message is simply that money is not everything; Being happy is what makes all the difference. You can shoot down an offer for a million dollars to safe-guard the friendly fights with your best friend, man!

3 comments:

Veerapathiran said...

Thought about it..but am not getting it..
Do yo think one'll be more happy harming others than take money? gee..i've lost a lot of happiness 'cause i didn't know of this one so far..i'll follow it the next time i've a chance!

Veerapathiran said...

>>You can shoot down an offer for a million dollars to safe-guard the friendly fights with your best friend, man!

Thought about it again! but still not getting it!!

why should somebody offer a million dollars so that you dont fight with your Best Friend..i mean million dollars is not small amount..is it legal to offer something like this..what's the motive..cant you strike a 50-50% deal with your BF so that you 2 dont fight with each other and both of you are happy..questions..questions..lots of questions remaining unanswered in this..

btw, if you know anyone offering such a deal, lemme know! I'd be glad to take that offer..certainly i dont want to fight with my friends('cause i'll loose anyway) and getting a M$ is real sweet :-)

Veerapathiran said...

Hi, Just wanted to let you know that in case you're planning to write PPS for my 2nd comment, please dont do it! sorry, i cant keep this going forever and we've to break somewhere..let it be here:-)

btw, if you think you can make me learn a lesson here, think abt it..you may like TomNjerry, but i seriously follow calvin.. "Live and dont learn, that's me!"
http://www.geocities.com/s_veerapathiran/calvin_gifs/dont_learn.gif
:-(