Roger was mostly a reclusive and failed scientist, with promising prospects. ( Roger's character is not derived from ME! ) . Roger thought to make it big someday (I repeat, do NOT think about me ). And Roger's mentors believed in his immense talent (see..now do you agree... dint I tell you Roger's character is not derived from mine! ).
Roger was trying to build a micro and portable neurocamera, a special device which would track the path of neurons from brain to other parts of body in case of a specific stimuli, and display the exact state of mind or emotion being experienced by the brain. This was suposedly a path breaking invention to cure several diseases, both pshychological and physical. He was done with the first prototype. As expected he had failed. Or that was what he thought. Precisely Roger had his female assistant's brain become the guinea pig to test his first prototype, and responses weren't as HE had expected.
When Roger placed food in front of her, before lunchtime, and when she claimed to be hungry... He had expected neurons to be excited from her nose at the smell of food, send a signal to brain, which would thereafter travel to salivary glands, and further to her stomach. He DID record excitement of neurons in the nose, however instead of exciting the part of brain associated with the memory of food, there was activity in the calculation area of her head . When he made her see photograph of her favorite actor, he had expected to get signals of ecstasy and joy. But he traced signals which he decoded as depression. He made her see pictures of emancipated women from far regions of africa, he was expecting to witness her eyes and brain process signals soft and sympathetic sentiments. He was shocked to see immense activity in the jealousy area of her head! Roger was heartbroken.
Out of despair he rang up his ex-colleague Slinky, and requested her to drop by and find opportunities for improvement in his experiment and invention. Slinky was a succesful, attractive, intelligent and meticulous scientist (Men, trust me such women exist, and mostly out of your reach!) . Roger did not change his test subject. When Slinky arrived in his office, Roger recorded test subject giving signals of joy, appreciation and motivation. He had expected any woman of humble origin and means to feel extremely jealous of super successful Slinky. Hence such a response from his test subject assured him that this was another of his failed inventions.
Slinky smiled at the test subject. The test subject smiled back. And the neurocamera showed tender instincts being activated in her brain. Till date Roger hadn't doubted anything about the normalcy of orientation of his assistance and had an idea that she was in happy marriage!
"Roger can I have a minute with the test subject?" "Sure Slinky, you girls have all the time you want to chat"
Test subject and Slinky disappeared in the opaque therapy room of Roger's loft, and emerged 5 minutes later. "Now that was some quickie" ..thought Roger. "Roger can you please elaborate your testing methods and show me the responses?" "Ahh yess .. sure Slinky".. And thus Roger narrated the entire methodology and series of responses. He expected Slinky to lambast him at his testing methods and invention. Instead, she chuckled and said "My dear Roger, you are on your way to invent a fabulous device, you just chose a difficult test subject for yourself. You should begin with your building guard instead."
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For readers who still are curious to know what exactly happened, I will make your life easier :-
1. Roger's assistance had been planning a party menu since morning.
2. His assistance was having some interesting time with farting trouble of her very handsome husband, and had reached a conclusion that men are best at farting in the bed.
3. Roger should have recollected that he had never met a woman in his life who had accepted that she was "happy" with her weight..they were either little on thinner or slightly on the heavier side.
4.Roger was under the common misconception that two women can , for most part , harbor envy for each other. What he had failed to realize that his assistant was rejoicing the fact that a woman had a supremacy over her idiot boss (bosses like him, who make their assistants look ugly by fixing wires and plugs on her head for some foolish experiment)
Roger was trying to build a micro and portable neurocamera, a special device which would track the path of neurons from brain to other parts of body in case of a specific stimuli, and display the exact state of mind or emotion being experienced by the brain. This was suposedly a path breaking invention to cure several diseases, both pshychological and physical. He was done with the first prototype. As expected he had failed. Or that was what he thought. Precisely Roger had his female assistant's brain become the guinea pig to test his first prototype, and responses weren't as HE had expected.
When Roger placed food in front of her, before lunchtime, and when she claimed to be hungry... He had expected neurons to be excited from her nose at the smell of food, send a signal to brain, which would thereafter travel to salivary glands, and further to her stomach. He DID record excitement of neurons in the nose, however instead of exciting the part of brain associated with the memory of food, there was activity in the calculation area of her head . When he made her see photograph of her favorite actor, he had expected to get signals of ecstasy and joy. But he traced signals which he decoded as depression. He made her see pictures of emancipated women from far regions of africa, he was expecting to witness her eyes and brain process signals soft and sympathetic sentiments. He was shocked to see immense activity in the jealousy area of her head! Roger was heartbroken.
Out of despair he rang up his ex-colleague Slinky, and requested her to drop by and find opportunities for improvement in his experiment and invention. Slinky was a succesful, attractive, intelligent and meticulous scientist (Men, trust me such women exist, and mostly out of your reach!) . Roger did not change his test subject. When Slinky arrived in his office, Roger recorded test subject giving signals of joy, appreciation and motivation. He had expected any woman of humble origin and means to feel extremely jealous of super successful Slinky. Hence such a response from his test subject assured him that this was another of his failed inventions.
Slinky smiled at the test subject. The test subject smiled back. And the neurocamera showed tender instincts being activated in her brain. Till date Roger hadn't doubted anything about the normalcy of orientation of his assistance and had an idea that she was in happy marriage!
"Roger can I have a minute with the test subject?" "Sure Slinky, you girls have all the time you want to chat"
Test subject and Slinky disappeared in the opaque therapy room of Roger's loft, and emerged 5 minutes later. "Now that was some quickie" ..thought Roger. "Roger can you please elaborate your testing methods and show me the responses?" "Ahh yess .. sure Slinky".. And thus Roger narrated the entire methodology and series of responses. He expected Slinky to lambast him at his testing methods and invention. Instead, she chuckled and said "My dear Roger, you are on your way to invent a fabulous device, you just chose a difficult test subject for yourself. You should begin with your building guard instead."
********************************************************************************
For readers who still are curious to know what exactly happened, I will make your life easier :-
1. Roger's assistance had been planning a party menu since morning.
2. His assistance was having some interesting time with farting trouble of her very handsome husband, and had reached a conclusion that men are best at farting in the bed.
3. Roger should have recollected that he had never met a woman in his life who had accepted that she was "happy" with her weight..they were either little on thinner or slightly on the heavier side.
4.Roger was under the common misconception that two women can , for most part , harbor envy for each other. What he had failed to realize that his assistant was rejoicing the fact that a woman had a supremacy over her idiot boss (bosses like him, who make their assistants look ugly by fixing wires and plugs on her head for some foolish experiment)
Kya yaar Anvita.. What a way of hiding a catch 22.. You actually wrote Roger's character as "Its not me, Its not me :) :)... Amazing piece, I jst called up Nasa for discussion :P
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Deletecapricious...!!!
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i like the way it ends :) day by day u r getting it gurl ..:) :)
ReplyDeleteintelligent mixture of science and literature....
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YENNNA RAASKALLAA, you got a talent. Bring on more stories...
ReplyDeleteAmazing mix of Science, Emotions and Men's Inability to understand women :D Captivating and the writing is becoming more refreshing...Though my wisdom doesn't empower me enough but I would still say that You are a hell of a writer...Hope to enjoy more like these :)
ReplyDeleteI am no one to comment on writing capabilities...but I enjoy reading ur writing....keepit up....
ReplyDeleteHey Thanks Busy Bug.. May I know your formal name? :)
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