We all know how creative our teachers can be. Especially when it comes to funny one liners, it becomes a Sisyphean task trying to match their expertise. Their spontaneous reaction to situations often leaves us, the students, thinking why they didn't become stand up comedians in the first place ! Sometimes the "well try" does become a bit too obvious but leave them alone ; let us just be oblivious about them. :P :P :P (vidraa vidraa)


During the Sports day practice session, for example, we were asked to assemble in the Main Ground for the march past practice. Naturally, everyone seemed tired after hearing the word practice and none seemed to move. Chemistry Ma'm, present there, quipped, after her characteristic rendition of the sustained note," All of youuuuu .... Go to the Football ground... Else, you will all be Footballed to the ground !!!"

Recently there was this remark about one of our class's well known bards (bard = poet and nothing else please). Well, basically they write poems and anyone else trying to imitate them may easily do so after reading the free online short self tutorial on writing nonsensical poetry which sounds really nice ;) . So the student doesn't cover his/her maths notebook and Maths sir offers him/her a "C" grade. The student retorts.
Sir replies," Aama. You have not covered your notebook. I had already written a comment there no ! Ithukulam (shakes head twice) "C" grade only. Ithunaala you are DEGRADING yourself !"

One of the conversations between our English Ma'm and Sriram sounded very good. Apparently, Ma'm had got irritated after correcting the first paper (first few papers actually) of an English test we had written. She comes in and says, " HORRIBLE ! I started correcting your papers and you are all getting very poor marks. I am awarding all twos and threes our of ten !"
Sriram (pretty confident that he had written the exam well) tries to explain to her the difficulties in writing the exam," Ma'm " (moves hands in the air in a random pattern) "actually, the other students didn't have time. Correct all the papers Ma'm. Only the first might have been like that." (he was sure he had written well)
Ma'm : "Is it ? (With her steely gaze right into Sriram's eyes) I had awarded the 3 marks for your paper only."
Sriram : (stops the motion of his hands)

Even the newly recruited teachers are no less. Take our Football coach for example.
We were exhausted completely after kicking the ball for half an hour. He asked us to stand in a line. He then asked us all to be present everyday for the football practice after school. We were supposed to compete in the regional level football tournament. But being in XII, father politely informed me after the meeting of my scalp with his clenched fist that he wouldn't send me to any tournament outside Chennai. But, I was all interested for this tournament.

(1:30 AM - sweaty faces - drenched shirts - soar throat - dry lips - unfortunate loss - basically, not ready for anything stupid)
Coach : Practice daily varanum. Miss pannakoodaathu. Etaachu reason irunthaa sollu.
Sibi : ( looking all eager) intha football regionals enga nadakkum sir?
Coach : Groundla thaan !!! (should go in as one of the most memorable quotes in history)