{"id":86,"date":"2009-04-17T10:47:00","date_gmt":"2009-04-17T10:47:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fridaynirvana.com\/fiction\/2009\/04\/kids-being-cool.html"},"modified":"2009-04-17T10:47:00","modified_gmt":"2009-04-17T10:47:00","slug":"kids-being-cool","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fridaynirvana.com\/fiction\/2009\/04\/kids-being-cool.html","title":{"rendered":"Kids being cool"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We\u2019re driving along after school one day, and a nice desi song plays on the CD player. My son starts to hum along with it, offending his sister who would rather listen to the original. After several attempts to quiten him down, she finally hits upon a novel idea. Here is how it goes :<\/p>\n<p><strong>She : <\/strong><strong><em>Do you want to be a part of my club ?<br \/><\/em><br \/>He : <\/strong><strong><em>Which club ?<br \/><\/em><br \/>She : <\/strong><strong><em>Its called MSBKQ.<br \/><\/em><br \/>Mom (that\u2019s me) : <em>What does that mean ?<\/em><\/p>\n<p>She : <\/strong><strong><em>First you have to tell me whether you\u2019re in or not.<br \/><\/em><br \/>Mom : <\/strong><strong><em>I\u2019m not. Not if I don\u2019t know what it is.<br \/><\/em><br \/>He : <\/strong><em><strong>I agree with Mom. I\u2019m not in either.<br \/><\/strong><\/em><br \/>And while I drive along placidly, I can see him in the rear view mirror seething with curiosity. Finally :<\/p>\n<p><strong>He : <\/strong><strong><em>OK &#8211; I\u2019m in. Now what is it ?<br \/><\/em><br \/>She : <em>It is \u201cMake Stupid Brother Keep Quiet\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>He : <em>MOM ! She called me Stupid.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Mom : <\/strong><strong><em>Hey ! You can\u2019t call him stupid.<br \/><\/em><br \/>He : <\/strong><em><strong>She\u2019s mean !<br \/><\/strong><\/em><br \/><strong>Mom : <\/strong><strong><em>OK, OK, why don\u2019t we make it MSSKQ \u2013 Make Silly Sibling Keep Quiet ? Then, she\u2019s silly too.<br \/><\/em><br \/><\/strong>He nods. And she, now relenting, agrees.<\/p>\n<p><strong>She : <\/strong><em><strong>So now since you\u2019re a part of the club, you have to be quiet.<br \/><\/strong><\/em><br \/>I agree. Silence reigns. He, outfoxed, doesn\u2019t know it. I see her smile.<\/p>\n<p>After a while :<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mom : <em>Want to be a part of my club ? It\u2019s called BC.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>He : <em>I\u2019m in. It\u2019s Be Cool, isn\u2019t it ? <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Mom : <\/strong><strong><em>Yes, unless you\u2019re Ekta Kapoor \u2013 then it\u2019s BK \u2013 Be Kkkkkool !<br \/><\/em><br \/>She : <em>Who\u2019s Ekta Kapoor ? And why does she talk funny ?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/tracker\/11570614-521111560686250307?l=reviewroom.blogspot.com\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We\u2019re driving along after school one day, and a nice desi song plays on the CD player. My son starts to hum along with it, offending his sister who would rather listen to the original. After several attempts to quiten him down, she finally hits upon a novel idea. 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