800rpm (my auto blog) was intended to be unique and different in some ways. In the short period of time since this blog first rolled out of the "manufacturing plant", it has already been to the service centre a couple of times with the co-drivers/ bloggers wanting to redesign this blog entirely!
After the fanfare surrounding the initial launch ceremony, Maharaj and I entered a phase of cold war. While I wanted this blog to be christened 800 rpm giving it a refined-and-cool-feel-with-just-enough-power, Maharaj wanted a more aggressive image with name closer to being 6000rpm and the blog’ image around roaring-engines-producing-full-thrust-power. With diametrically opposite preferences and tastes governing how we envisaged this blog to be, Maharaj and I officially declared the war on!
Over the next couple of months, we will leave no stone unturned to prove our respective blog-name preferences. The battle sparked-off with a few rough email exchanges, followed by a chat and call to prove how disgusting 6000rpm as a name was, etc, etc. In the coming few months, we are considering both legal and illegal steps to help us reach a conclusion. On legal front, we have approached IUPAB for the rules governing the latest blogging nomenclature (IUPAB is International Union of Pure and Applied Bloggers). We have also appealed to the wing jurisdiction to come-up with its point of view. Needless to say, 800 rpm is likely to emerge as the winner in the process given how nerdy 6000 rpm as a name is.
On the illegal front, our first instinct was to say “pen is mightier than a sword” and a “keyboard is mightier than a pen” – so let this battle be fought over blog posts. However, that didn’t sound like war enough, so we got back to fighting the battle with a sword instead. In the process, Maharaj ended up with a wounded left hand and had to undergo an operation to set it right.
While this was the opportune time for me to take over and declare 800rpm as the eventual winner, I am a firm believer of war ethics. Maharaj was therefore granted time to recover before we continue this battle further! In the mean-time, I will go ahead and compose a few posts for this blog – And you Mr co-blogger, recover soon buddy!
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4 comments:
looking fwd to your reading your auto blog !
dei mathur...enna!
total vibes. wait until i get my lawyer into the fray!! its so ob that 800rpm is rusticer than a slightly higher rpm range!!i mean cmon...who would wanna read about bajaj autorickshaws when they can read about aston martins and ferraris!! duh!!
wow, the proverbial autoricksaw v/s ferrari fight!! much irritating as the auto is, it has this knack of getting out of scrapes much better than the high end versions. And himesh also used it! so looking forward to the fight!
@Mak: Huff, I give-up! :-)
@Maharaj: Rustic, your vibes are as rustic as 6000rpm. FYI, an auto rickshaw, with smaller capacity per cylinder would typically operate at higher rpms. So, don't put vibes and fight the battle with true facts. Come on Maharaj, there is a battle to be won!
@Inja: Exactly, autos r better, so I am assuming I get your vote in this fight with Maharaj! But, please di, keep HR out of this... cap ka suroor!
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