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"Auntie" the Game

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You enter your Auntie's home. She offers you tea. Do you accept? [[Y|Tea-Yes]]/[[N|Tea-No]] What? You're getting tea. [[Okay|Tea-Yes]] Good. You're getting tea. [[Okay|Tea-Yes]] Good. It'll take a couple minutes. Are you liking your job? [[Y|Job-Yes]]/[[N|Job-No]] Good. Any promotion? [[Y|Promotion-Yes]]/[[N|Promotion-No]] Enna? But it's a good job! [[I know, but it's not ideal|Not-Ideal-Job]]/[[Okay, you're right|Okay-youre-right]] A good job makes you more marketable. [[Okay Auntie|Promotion-Yes-Okay Auntie]]/[[MARKETABLE. Seriously, Auntie?|Promotion-Yes-Seriously]] Enna? Why? You need to get married soon, you know that yes? [[Y|Married-Yes]]/[[N|Married-No]] And? Have you talked to him/her? [[Y|Vivek-yes-yes]]/[[N|Vivek-No]] What's wrong with him/her? You're too picky! [[Sigh|Picky-Sigh]]/[[I'm not picky, I just don't want to marry someone after one date!|Picky-Sigh]] Are you sure? [[Y|Tea-No-Yes]]/[[N|Tea-No-No]] Yes. [[Can we move on?|Have-You-Given-Thought]]/[[Awkward silence|Have-You-Given-Thought]] Yes. [[Sigh|Have-You-Given-Thought]]/[[Pursed Lips|Have-You-Given-Thought]] Have you given any thought to Vivek/Vidya, the boy/girl whose profile I sent you? [[Y|Vivek-Yes]]/[[N|Vivek-No]] Good. Then what's the hold up, eh? [[It's not on my mind right now, Auntie|Its-Not-On-My-Mind]]/[[I haven't found the right person, Auntie|I-Havent-Found]] What? You're gonna be single forever? [[Maybe, if that's what I feel like|Married-No-Maybe]]/[[No|Have-You-Given-Thought]] It SHOULD be on your mind. You're already past marketable age. [[I GET IT/I-Get-It]]/[[Sigh|Sigh]] What "found?" I sent you profiles last week. Have you given any thought to Vivek/Vidya? [[Y|Vivek-Yes]]/[[N|Vivek-No]] You get it? Then get going, guy/lady! Have you given any thought to the profile I sent you on Vivek/Vidya? [[Y|Vivek-Yes]]/[[N|Vivek-No]] What's that? [[NOTHING|Have-You-Given-Thought]]/[[I don't want to talk about it|Have-You-Given-Thought]] Chuma! Don't talk like that. [[Fine|Have-You-Given-Thought]]/[[Talk like WHAT?|Talk-like-what]] Talk like an American! Of course you'll get married. You're just too picky. Have you given any thought to that I sent you of Vivek/Vidya? [[Y|Vivek-Yes]]/[[N|Vivek-No]] Poddai! Your tea is ready. [[Okay|After-Tea]] Do you want some biscuit or rusk? [[Y|Yes-Biscuit]]/[[N|No-Biscuit]] Good. You don't need to be on some crazy diet. [[Okay|Do-You-Know]]/[[I was never on a diet, Auntie|Do-You-Know]] What? Are you on a diet? [[I'm just not hungry|No-Biscuit]]/[[No|Yes-Biscuit]] Hey, do you know Mahdevan Ramasubramani? I hear he works at your company. [[Yes, actually|Yes-Actually]]/[[No, Auntie, my company is huge, so I don't know this random guy|Random-Guy]] Oh! He went to Regency with Deepa. [[Oh, very nice|Very-nice]]/[[Who is Deepa?|Who-is-Deepa]] Really? Look him up. I'm sure you know him. [[Okay|look-up]]/[[How do I know him?|Yes-Actually]] Yes. You know Deepa's brother works for the UN. [[Oh, wow|UN-Wow]]/[[What does he do?|UN-what-does-he-do]] Bharat's cousin. [[Who is Bharat?|who-is-bharat]]/[[Oh, okay|Very-nice]] Ideal? What are you talking? [[I want to work somewhere that makes me happy|Want-to-work-happy]]/[[NOTHING, nevermind|Nothing-nevermind]] Good. A stable job is good, you should be happy. [[Okay, fine|Have-You-Given-Thought]]/[[Can we talk about something else?|Have-You-Given-Thought]] Happy? [[YES, Auntie, HAPPY|Promotion-Yes]]/[[Nevermind, Auntie|Promotion-Yes]] Good. [[Great|Have-You-Given-Thought]]/[[Sure|Have-You-Given-Thought]] Yeah! You could ask him for a job. [[I have a job|UN-Wow-I-have-a-job]]/[[Sure|UN-Wow-job-sure]] Something with health organizations or something. Do you want more tea? [[No, I have to go soon|have-to-go-soon]]/ I know, but this is the *UN.* [[Okay. What does he do?|UN-what-does-he-do]]/[[Yes, but I don't want to work for the UN.|whats-wrong-with-the-UN]] Good. Do you want more tea? [[No, I have to go soon|have-to-go-soon]] Vibha's brother. [[Who is Vibha?|Who-is-vibha]]/[[Oh, okay|Very-nice]] Mangalamami's cousin. [[Who is Mangalamami?|who-is-mang]]/[[Oh, okay|Very-nice]] Rithu's sister-in-law. [[Who is Rithu?|who-is-rithu]]/[[Oh, okay|Very-nice]] Navin's sister. [[Who is Navin?|who-is-navin]]/[[Oh, okay|Very-nice]] Gayatri's cousin's brother-in-law. [[Who is Gayatri?|who-is-gaya]]/[[Oh, okay|Very-nice]] Good! What did you talk about? [[I don't know, just basic stuff.|basic-stuff]]/[[Nothing, it was very quick.|Vivek-No]] Okay... and? He/she is very handsome! [[Yes, I know|yes-i-know]]/[[Eh, it just didn't click|Vivek-No]] So? When are you going to meet again? [[I don't know|i-dont-know]]/[[We didn's plan anything.|Vivek-No]] You don't know? [[Yes, I don't know.|Vivek-No]]/[[No, I mean, we probably won't meet up again, to be honest.|Vivek-No]] Vikram's sister. [[Who is Vikram?|who-is-vikram]]/[[Oh, okay|Very-nice]] Sowmya's cousin's cousin, who also went to Regency. [[Who is Sowmya?|who-is-sowmya]]/[[Oh, okay|Very-nice]] Geetha's niece! [[Oh, right|Very-nice]] What, so soon? You can stay the weekend. [[No, no, Auntie, I have to get going|get-going]] What's wrong with the UN? [[Nothing!|okay-so-just-ask]] Okay so just ask him about it. Nothing wrong with asking. Do you want more tea? [[No, I have to go soon|have-to-go-soon]] What? [[I HAVE TO GET GOING|repeat-get-going]] Okay, okay, here take some rusk to-go. [[No, that's okay, I don't need it|rusk-no]]/[[Okay, sure|rusk-okay]] What? You'll get hungry. [[I'll be fine|rusk-ill-be-fine]]/[[Okay, fine|rusk-okay]] Good. And I'll pack some to your friends. [[Okay|friends-okay]]/[[No, don't, they won't eat it|friends-no]] Well then you can give it to you friends. [[Okay|friends-okay]]/[[No, they won't eat it|friends-no]] Good. And I'll pack some extra for you. [[Okay, Auntie.|mission-complete]] Just ASK them. And if they don't want it, fine, you eat it. [[Okay, Auntie.|mission-complete]] Okay, take care, kanna. And tell Mahdevan I say hello! Hm, he works in accounts payable. [[A lot of people do, Auntie.|Yes-Actually]]/[[Still not ringing a bell, Auntie|Yes-Actually]]
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Rekha Shankar

comedian, improvisor, punner