This is an interesting conversation between me and mom. This morning they were having a voice chat across the miles.

Venue 1 :Childhood home in Trichy.
Participants : mom, granny and bro KA

Medium : Yahoo Messenger

Venue 2: Our home across the miles in Houston
Participants : yours truly

Mom: So how did you do in the test last week? Did you get the scores?
Me: Yeah! I got #$
Mom: That’s a good score!
Me: Yeah (half-heartedly)
(Background voices in Trichy)
Me: Speak up! I can’t hear you! don’t talk amongst yourselves. talk to me. btw what were you discussing?

Mom: (diplomatically) Oh nothing important!
Me: Well I know…you must have said “She is not happy with her score… don’t I know my daughter”
granny: (laughing) You even said the exact words.. how did you do it?
V: Well.. don’t I know my mother!
Me: (to myself) aww!! Cho chweet!
KA: Fools think alike…
(and being the baby bro.. he gets away with it)