Adonis wants to die

I am sure all of us are familiar with pop-ups promising out-of-the-world gifts ABSOLUTELY FREE just because we were the site's 1000000th (may vary with more number of zeros). If you do not close the window right away, you are in for an impromptu test of your patience. Same with emails claiming you have won a fortune based on a draw of lots on email ids! I get excited calls and messages from my not-so-conversant friends on such pop-ups and emails quite regularly.

So when I saw this mail in the morning about winning the Best Couple Competition for Valentine's Day, I was on my usual 'select, send to trash' routine when I gave it a second look. This one looked original with no fancy images or formatting and had names of real people. Even the mail was addressed to two real people, who happened to go out for dinner on the mentioned date. Soon I could relate 'mlc' in the sender's email id to 'Mainland China' - indeed the place we dined at. The body of the mail read, yes in ALL CAPS, thus -

CONGRATULATION ! WE ARE PROUD TO INFORM YOU THAT YOU ARE THELUCKY WINNER OF BEST COUPLE OF VALENTINE DAY OF 2007.YOU HAVE WON A GIFTVOUCHER WORTH RS 500/- WHICH YOU CAN REDEEM AT ANY OUTLET OF SPECIALITYRESTAURANT PVT.LTD (THROUGH OUT THE COUNTRY) WITHIN 13TH MARCH,2007.

Why wait till 13 March when there is so much to celebrate today? (Incidentally, this day last year my brother got married.) The food, especially the starters, were great that day and we ate to our hearts' content. An encore is on the cards tonight and I am thrilled about it. :)

I am happy to say the least. But also quite flummoxed at this newest title. Why? Well, there are two equal parts in any couple. And where one half is yours truly (and truly ugly, you bet), such a title keeps taunting in the mind. However charming my far-better-half is. If I were not myself and someone told me this, I'd be rolling on the floor by now - which is exactly what my friends are going to do.

All I can do is to thank her for always being there with me, making me a better person and sharing the joys together, even the embarrassing and ridiculous ones like this. :)