{"id":5073,"date":"2008-03-05T09:25:14","date_gmt":"2008-03-05T14:25:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sepiamutiny.com?p=5073"},"modified":"2008-03-05T07:40:44","modified_gmt":"2008-03-05T12:40:44","slug":"prank_hack_biza","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/sepiamutiny.com\/blog\/2008\/03\/05\/prank_hack_biza\/","title":{"rendered":"It isn&#8217;t even April 1st yet!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sepiamutiny.com\/sepia\/archives\/004572.html\">love<\/a><\/em> wearing <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/suitablegirl\/233430994\/in\/set-72157594267690184\/\">saris<\/a>. Trouble is, the more unique a sari is, the more memorable it will be. If you wore <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/suitablegirl\/2245843444\/\">this<\/a> to a wedding in May, people will still remember it in June.  For those of us who are 3,ooo miles from home and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sepiamutiny.com\/sepia\/archives\/004401.html\">Mama&#8217;s saris<\/a>, that doesn&#8217;t leave us with many options, especially if shopping at ISP in Murrland isn&#8217;t a palatable idea.<\/p>\n\n<p>Since I haven&#8217;t been back to the pind since 1989 (insert cringe here),  and I feel like I&#8217;m getting massively ripped off if I buy something on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/suitablegirl\/24531282\/in\/set-565196\/\">Devon<\/a> or <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/suitablegirl\/365506568\/in\/set-72157594493231141\/\">University Avenue<\/a>, that only leaves me with one way to get my pleats on; every year, some relative returns from Kerala with a few gifts which my much-adored Chinamma chose for me.  She knows that I favor Kanjeevaram&#8230;and that her older sister, my Moms, is very <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/suitablegirl\/233431008\/in\/set-72157594267690184\/\">conservative<\/a>.  [See: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/suitablegirl\/25128604\/\">my blouse sleeves<\/a>, for proof.] Chinamma always sends me something beautiful, and because of her, I haven&#8217;t needed to purchase something silky or slinky online.  And <em>that<\/em>, dear mutineers, is why I didn&#8217;t see this (click, to enlarge&#8230;if you dare):<\/p>\n\n<p><center><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sepiamutiny.com\/sepia\/archives\/are you kidding me.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"are you kidding me.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sepiamutiny.com\/sepia\/archives\/are you kidding me-thumb.jpg\" width=\"388\" height=\"295\" \/><\/a><\/center><!--more-->Good thing our favorite fictionist &#8220;Happy No No Place&#8221; is alert and intrepid!  She discovered <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sareeonline.com\/proj\/home\/default.aspx\">this site<\/a> and solemnly sent it along to me, along with the following pithy statement: &#8220;wow&#8221;.  A few minutes later, when she had recovered her powers of speech, she informed me that she couldn&#8217;t reach their &#8220;live&#8221; customer service, to notify them of the unique item on their sidebar.<\/p>\n\n<p>Meanwhile, I clicked that link (like you wouldn&#8217;t) and saw this:<\/p>\n\n<p><center><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sepiamutiny.com\/sepia\/archives\/It's not a typo.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"It's not a typo.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sepiamutiny.com\/sepia\/archives\/It's not a typo-thumb.jpg\" width=\"476\" height=\"337\" \/><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n\n<p>Oddly enough, the <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kanchipuram\">Kanchipuram<\/a> saris didn&#8217;t resemble what I thought they would; they looked more like the &#8220;fashionable&#8221;, lightweight, embroidered\/bedazzled saris.  I almost started to worry, but then I relaxed when I realized that the &#8220;special link&#8221; was how I could procure <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sepiamutiny.com\/sepia\/archives\/Fake%20biodata%20pic%202.jpg\">opulent, heavy silk<\/a>! I must ask my Tamizzhhlan friends how to pronounce this phrase properly&#8230;wouldn&#8217;t want to botch it with my ABD accent and all.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I love wearing saris. Trouble is, the more unique a sari is, the more memorable it will be. If you wore this to a wedding in May, people will still remember it in June. 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