Some so tempting, some so teasing, some so mystifying & all so Interesting that you won’t like to miss the magic these profiles provide. This review is written good-heartedly in too lighter a vein & exclusively for those who pride on themselves possessing a rare ’sense-of-humor’ !
I. Genesis: This Sly Singapore Sentosa Sachien Mittal suggested to me how to lure the currently active members just by writing something about them stringing their names together & become instantly popular. The end result: You’ve my review on MSians’ ’’Profiles’.
I took some of our members ’who chose to trust me (32) & ’who I trusted (168)’ from the List of Trusted Members Circle as a sample for this investigation. Totally 200 ! Too large, don’t you think?
II. Ground Realities:
a) Before getting to the brass-tacks, let me speak about the profiles in general terms so that we may be clear on what we’re talking about & what we’re trying to confuse. As we all know, Mouthshut.com has a 11 point profile format such as 1. MS ID, 2. Member Since, 3. Name, 4. Gender, 5.Date of Birth, 6.Education, 7. Email ID / Address, 8. City, 9.State, 10.Zip Code, 11.Country (12.Photo: Not Reviewed)
b) Why are we (except a sizable few) not telling the truths about us? It is our aim to present ourselves as an ’intriguing personality’ & keep others guessing about us for life so that they may listen to us!
III. Exceptions Are Not The Rules:
Plain-clothes members: 1. Scooty, 2.Rohit, 3. megs4u, 4.vd.sudeep, 5.biznas, 6.pranvb, 7.jodi hayes, 8.dochu, 9.shrish.k.. 10.RAGHUBHAI, 11.suketu, 12.sachink, 13.Aamirkhan4Life, 14.prasidddha, 15.tvsprasad123, 16.surfer, 17, eugene, 18. forever & 19. sachien Hats off to them for their honesty & courage!
IV: Analysis:
a) Of these 11 items, almost all the members are true on two counts to make MS proud & On other 9 items, Imagination ruled & so, we’ve a plethora of shining profiles & photos.
b) i. Item #1: ID: The choice is ours! We can be at our imaginative best!
ii) Item #2 : ’Member since’: No room for manipulation. How Sad!
iii) Item #3: Name: We’ve freedom of choice.
iv)Item #4 Gender ( Thank God, not ’Sex’ which would have invited a lot of howlers!). Great! How gender-conscious all of us are!
v. Item # 5: DOB: No harm in saying how young we wish to be!
vi. Item # 6: Education:
Members’ IDs & Comments within brackets:
1. aaksj: ’Whatever required’ (not in excess or shortage!)
2. aradhanavarma22: ’hmm.... good question’ (opinion)
3. bharatis: ’Still learning from life’ (philosophical)
4. Bluerain: ’Self-education is best’ (ne’er been to school!)
5. chandini: ’Still going on’ (arrears piling up?)
6. checkmate : ’What?’ (comments-- Reserved)
7. chimera: ’enuf to earn me a living’ ( not to boast about?)
8. coolcritic007: ’Will go on till I die’ (yet to start?)
9. Crazy4somu: ’Can’t wait till it’s over!!!’ ( Hope in joy & hope enjoyed?)
10. Criminal: ’Why? are you giving me a job?’ (joblessness is his problem?)
11. cyberajith: ’been there..... done that’ ( nothing worth mentioning!)
12. Dazzlingpiscean &Sweet-Shruti:: ’I was born intelligent but education ruined me’ ---
(Who says Great Minds don’t think alike?)
13. findkushi: ’over n done with... phew wat a relief’ (comment reserved)
14. ksb123: enough to earn my protein. (dieting / starving?)
15. madhalya: ’university Dropout’ (proud, eh?)
16. magicalsummer: ’a work in progress’ ( Not to be completed in the near future?)
17.mydesertz: ’Ph.D in Ignorance’ ( From which University?)
18. Movie Zombie: ’Cinema!’ (comment Reserved)
19, nenners: ’A pain!’ (comment Reserved)
20. Outlook : ----------------- ( a blank!)
21. riya_cute: ’dsasdadsa’ (Da Vinci Code or what?)
22. Sn26052: ’fdsds’ (Da Vinci Code or what?
23. sonaAnos: ’None whatever. I’m thick got it’ ( what is he telling?)
24. techdivine: ’The Learning Curve Never ends’ ( Does it move in full circles?)
25. teena: ’Munnibhai, MBBS’ (comments- Reserved)
26. Tushar Joshi: ’Enough’ ( Happiness is nothing but this ’contentment’!)
27. Vamp: ’Uneducated’ (Vamp, you’re the MAN!?)
28. vidhi76: ’std I’ ( No KG classes to start with?)
29. Walking Dude: # ( Education is just a number, nothing more!)
30. wickedcool: ’I hope to get out of college’. (Is he locked in from outside?)
Particularly, I liked the ’wounded pride’ & offended tone of # 6. ’checkmate’, the rare sense of humor of #25, teena, the exasperation of #13. findkush, utter disgust of #19, neeners & the REEL Fixation of #18 moviezombie.
vii. Item # 7 : Address / e-mail:
aasksj: ’Heaven.... (is that o.k. Sir)’ (Suggestive:unreachable for most!)
paulose: ’Hum Aapke Dil Mein Rehtehain :-) ( He has no need for Roti, Kapda & Mak/haan & mistresses!)
3.cticize : Has given his email address. ( a la shadi.com. keeping the door open!)
viii. Item # 8. City:
Moviezombie: Nearest Movie Theatre (again cine-fixation!)
Walking Dude: ?! (just wondering!)
teena: idhar (as vague as vague can be!)
ix. Item # 9---State:
1.coolcritic007: ’That’s in West Bengal, is ur Geography poor?’ (Aren’t we great in anatomical geography?)
2: teena: ’udhar’ ( vague but specific as she points to the right state)
x. Item #10. Zip Code: (Why not pin code?)
teena: ’What’s that?’ ( Definitely Not Strip-code’ !)
Paresh: ’99999’ (a good guess!)
xi. Item # 11. Country:
1.coolcritic007: ’Kolkatta: in which country?’ (Bangaladesh?)
- Moviezombie: ’A Multiplex’ (Cine fixation, again!)
3.WalkingDude: ’Does it matter?’ (A citizen of the World’s righteous indignation!)
V. Special Persons:
a) Spl. Indian: (India Fixation!?)
mannsar: Education: India, City : India, State : India & Country India
b) Special Honors Go to:
i) prassidddha (3D’s): In just less than 3 months he holds a record for Ratings assigned: 5128
ii) cousin2 : (in around 46 months) Ratings assigned: 45, 499 WOW!
iii) matwala boy: (in 15 months or so): Ratings Assigned 5, 000
Can anyone beat them? Pl. keep them in good humor!
c) special Mention needs to be made on THREE other members:
i) Dr.Shafique: He has on merit a string of Degrees that follows his name. For medical degrees, we can get or loan from him!
ii) betterlife: He is striving his best to better others’ lives. We need to spare some time for him & his work.
iii) There are some brilliant members like Tushar Joshi whose company I like most but have no time for it now!
VI.Conclusion: Friends:
I’ve given a bird’s eye view of some of the profiles under scrutiny. Why don’t you try to pick out the best 5 among them & save me from the wr