An Idiot's Insight 2

From Beijing to Lonavala

Mrs. Idiot was apprehensive about her trip to Beijing with her beloved Mr. Idiot after the disappearance of the Malaysian Airline Boeing 777 that she heard about from her friend Mrs. Kohli.

She knocked on the door of the bathroom, disturbing  Mr. Idiot’s favourite time, in their sprawling 5 bedroom apartment, in an upmarket suburb in Mumbai. While he was enjoying his few minutes of solace,  he heard Mrs. I interrupting , “Listen, sweetheart”

Here goes my “me time” thought Mr. Idiot, but he knew if he ignored his wife the pitch and the volume would only get higher. So he responded, “Yes honey, I’ll be out in a few minutes, after which the bathroom is all yours”

“I don’t want to use the bathroom, baby. I wanted to speak about our trip to Beijing” ,said Mrs. I from the other side of the door which separated the two Idiots.

“What is it then ?” queried Mr. I

“ Can we go to Lonavala instead of Beijing for our vacation, sweetheart? “ suggested Mrs. I.

Mr. Idiot almost fell off his throne on his wife’s seemingly stupid suggestion but he managed, “What??  Lonavala  instead of Beijing? Is that a joke?”

“No, it’s not a joke baby. I heard a plane full of people has disappeared from the map of this earth and they can’t find the plane. Mrs. Kohli told me the aliens could have abducted the entire plane !” said Mrs. I

“That’s  hogwash.  Mrs. Kohli doesn’t realise there are no known aliens and the Chinese satellites have spotted some debris, which could be of the missing jet” reasoned Mr. I

Mrs. I was visbly upset at this dismissive comment. “You think the jet liner crashed in the ocean?”

“Yes “ said Mr. I tersely as he wanted to end this conversation which was going nowhere and get on with his business of playing “flappy bird” on his throne.

“Please come out and prove your point that there are no aliens” said Mrs. I

“What’s there to prove, honey ? Where’s the proof that there are aliens ? We will discuss this later ok, I’m busy at the moment,” said Mr I hoping some relief from the inane argument.

“Do you mean to say that there is no possibility of life in the rest of the universe and the earth is the only planet in the universe which has intelligent life? “ queried Mrs. I.

Alarmed by this line of questioning, Mr. I said, “Honey,  I didn’t say that.  There obviously is a possibility that there is life out there somewhere in the whole  wide universe. But it seems highly improbable that they would abduct an entire plane full  of people” , reasoned Mr. I

“Good, so you agree that there are aliens. If so, why couldn’t they abduct a plane full of people to study the interesting human race? There are numerous planes which have disappeared before which have never been found,” posed Mrs. I intelligently.

Not knowing how to counter this line of argument, Mr. I reasoned, “Ok, even if the plane was  abducted by aliens, why should we change our plans from Beijing to Lonavala, honey?  Air travel is still one of the safest forms of travel in the world, safer than driving to Lonavala”.

“Because you know the road to Lonavala and not to Beijing” replied Mrs. I seemingly intelligently.

“So what??” asked Mr. I, irritated.

“So if the driver is going off course, at least we will know” concluded Mrs. I with a smile.