The Big America
Every bloody thing in America is bigger than the sizes I’m used to.
Roads: No explanations.
Direction Sign Boards: They are so big & very clean with big letters.
Traffic Speeds: People in freeways travel here at big speeds; the near max would be 120 mph. Yep, you got it! Thats 193.12128 kmph.
Trucks: They are really huge & travel at about 65 mph. The only things that’ll scare you on roads.
Parking Space: Everyone owns a 4 wheeler & to make them come to your shop, you gotto to offer a space for their vehicles. The parking spaces spans acres of land even when the shop is just about 50×50 feet.
Days: They are longer too. Theres daylight even at 8:30pm in the place I live. The sun gets up early by 5 am.
Moon: Some 2 weeks back, we had a full moon. You won’t believe, the moon here is about 20% larger than what I had seen. Did they do something to the Moon when Apollo landed? Weird.
Crows: Its very uncommon. Even if you spot one, you’ll see the difference. Its the all-black (is it male?) one in a XXL size. Its the Raven here.
Living Spaces: They are never cramped. And the communities are very spacious.
Burgers: When I buy them, I specially instruct to cut into two halves. One enough for the lunch & other for the dinner.
I’m just thinking, does India have anything majestic/adorable/to-be-proud-of apart from what our ancient kings had built?
Update #0:
Tomatoes: They are like apples. You know how the onions & potatoes will be. Yes they are. :)
People: Both the White & Black are huge.
Land Spread: Should be the only country to have more than 4 time zones. Keep aside the confusions because of it.
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Roopa said,
June 22, 2007 at 12:21 pm
“You won’t believe, the moon here is about 20% larger than what I had seen.”
So finally someone notices it! The American Conspirarcy of 38 yrs is finally out! Btw, please don’t leak the info to NDTV. If we have an Indo-American war, we software engineers won’t stand a chance in our jobs [:(]
Roopa said,
June 22, 2007 at 6:51 am
“You won’t believe, the moon here is about 20% larger than what I had seen.”
So finally someone notices it! The American Conspirarcy of 38 yrs is finally out! Btw, please don't leak the info to NDTV. If we have an Indo-American war, we software engineers won't stand a chance in our jobs [:(]
Aparna said,
June 22, 2007 at 6:48 pm
>the moon here is about 20% larger than what I had seen.
:O
Aparna said,
June 22, 2007 at 1:18 pm
>the moon here is about 20% larger than what I had seen.
:O
Ranjhith said,
June 22, 2007 at 11:48 pm
@Roopa
Boo! Boo! Its all over my head. I cud understand the sentences but certainly not the paragraph. :(
@Aparna
Yep. I swear. 20% is little a big exaggeration but for certain its more than 8 %. ;)
ranjhith said,
June 22, 2007 at 6:18 pm
@Roopa
Boo! Boo! Its all over my head. I cud understand the sentences but certainly not the paragraph. :(
@Aparna
Yep. I swear. 20% is little a big exaggeration but for certain its more than 8 %. ;)