Fatty Bombalatty

Narrator : My younger daughter Naina

Audience : Mama

Rhea : Manu's daughter

Chechi : My older daughter Nikita

Manu: My good friend
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Naina: Mama, mama I want to tell u something.

Mama: Wait Naina, I’m calling somebody up.

Naina: Mama, do u know what Rhea said to chechi* the other day?

Mama[absently]: What?????

Naina: She said “Your mother is very fat”

My fingers stopped dialing the number. I kept the phone down quietly & looked at Naina.

Something in my expression must have alerted my child for she stopped & hesitated.

Mama(quietly): What did Chechi say when she heard this???

Naina: Oh Chechi got mad & told her off. Then do you know what Rhea told her????

Mama: What?????

Naina: Rhea said “It’s ok, don’t get upset, my mother is fatter than yours”

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I pick up the phone & call Manu[Rhea's mother]

Nancy: Manu I’m very upset!!!!!!

Manu: What happened?????

Nancy: The other day Rhea told Nikita “Your mama’s very fat”!!!!

Manu[shocked]: Oh my God!!!!!!

I don't say a word & let the silence stretch

Manu[so upset]: Oh my God!!!!!!!

I take pity on her...

“And then she said….." pausing dramatically
“It’s ok, don’t get upset, my mother is fatter than yours”

And we laughed & laughed & laughed till tears ran down our cheeks.
I don’t know when I last laughed so hard. Manu also did, though I guess more out of relief.

.........Out of the mouth of babes.


Fatty Bombalatty: A colloqial term we used rather thoughtlessly in school to refer to the healthier versions of our kinds. Ever heard it anywhere????

*chechi: Elder sister in Malayalam

Edited to add: Incase anybody is wondering, I deleted some parts of the post coz I thought it sort of took away the shine from the joke:-)