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Bus bakwas

Another whimsical attempt to dawdle on the pointless by yours faithfully. This time we will together explore use of the word BUS. Also called bottom of the barrel fishing. As in its phonetic presentation in English and couple of Indian languages. Therefore the readers with non multi language skillset should quit here. So on to the Bus. As in boarding the conveyance. You guessed right. I thought of this insanity while traveling on such a device. A Marathi local bus rider offering a seat to me would say 'ye bus'. Whence a Hindi bhai would say 'baas kya?' Whence I would suspect that the episode is about to become a busketcase with all of the bus ye bus wo bakwas. So to bypass the oncoming insanity I would suggest to my fellow ridership - bas rehne do yaro kuch aur baatein karo. So we move on to less basi items. When my Hindi friend pipes up - bas ek baat bataa - ye baas tujhe bhi aa rahi hai? As I contemplate this sudden turn of events I spot an old Bong ac...