Cafe N v 17

Welcome to the 17th thread of the series.

About Us

Who we are
We are a group of fun-loving people interested in having unbridled fun and talking about the lighter side of life on Sajha.

We are unapologetic about what we say because we don't put too much thought into our words. We have come to learn after all these episodes that when your goal is unrestrained and harmless fun, you can only be so careful or thoughtful about what you say. We mean no harm towards anyone and welcome everyone to join the fun.

The Cafe series, as it has evolved over the weeks and months, is an effort to create a community of like minded people who want to have fun - or as SNDY likes to says - "be good and have fun". That is the only clause in our one-line constitution.
What do we do in the Cafe?
Meeting, greeting and sharing is what we do a lot of. As well as singing, dancing, needling (one another of course), opining, joking and anything else to kill time. Not to forget serving and partaking virtual lattes, biscottis, tea, coffee, samosas, jalebis and other tasty baked goods that we take out of the Google Images oven. We've also posted videos, dedicated songs, confessed our crushes, talked about weather, food, work, sports - anything that is fun.

History
History is never uncontroversial and ours too might not be free from it.This is version is subject to revision as members deem fit.

This whole thing was started by Hi Nanu and instigated by SNDY. Back in those days, SNDY had so many people to say hi to that she would go on each thread where her friends had posted, and say hi, regardless of what the topic was. It had a positive impact on the site, IMO, because it made conversations lighter and soon others started following that trend and we had several threads where the topic might have been something like the "Collapse of the European Monetary Union" but other than the first few posts, the conversation turned out to be about anything but that.

So one day Hi Dai opened a thread called "Thread for greeting each other". Little did he realize what he had created. That thread filled a vacuum in Sajha, as we saw it, for friendly conversation between people that was free of name calling, personal attacks and caste/creed/school/language prejudices. This was back in the dark days of the caste wars and turf struggles. That thread quickly filled up and reach it's maximum posts in a matter of days and another one was started. And then another and another ...

At that time someone jokingly (perhaps contemptuously) referred to us as the "Nautanki" group. We took on that joke and called our self the Nuatanki Briagade and fulfilled SNDY's long running desire to become a Brigadier. So there were several threads (or episodes as we called them) under the Nautanki banner. We got to a point where we ran the joke to the ground and thought it might be time for a name change. We figured a word like Nautanki can wear out after a while and we suspect it might have deterred some people, who would otherwise have posted, from posting on the thread .

We held a poll on whether or not we should change our name. We decided, by an overwhelming majority, to change the name. It was Juggy who came up with the name "Cafe N". The rest, as they say, is history.

Geography
As of last count, in alphabetical order of countries and US states: Alabama, Australia, Belgium, California, Canada, Connecticut, Denmark, Florida, Illinois, India, Iraq, Italy, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Nepal, Netherlands, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, New Zealand, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Texas, Virginia, UK, Washington,Washington DC. Some of us haven't disclosed our locations and I might have missed some so the list is probably longer.



Languages
Languages heard in the Cafe: English, Nepali, Punjabi, Hindi, Newari, Sanskrit, French, German, Gujrati, Spanish, Esperanto and mixtures and derivatives thereof. The list is bound to grow as we plan to expand to all the corners of the world - although we haven't quite figured how.

Politics
Constitutional Assembly elections are slated for a some time the future, around NPL2US's recently announced wedding date. The Fun party and the Sun party are running neck to neck so we've figured we are in for some fun and sun regardless of the outcome.

But seriously we tend to leave our politics, class, caste, creed, schooling, religion, Indian idol preferences and anything that could affect the fun on the other side of our keyboards or for other threads. Thapap and Loote may battle it out like there is no tomorrow on other threads, but they've been good buddies here.

How do I join ?
Post something, anything, in the "be good and have fun" spirit and you are guaranteed to receive a warm welcome


Previous editions


(Folks, the above is just my interpretation of things done in the spirit of the Cafe and purely for fun. If there is anything you want changed, added or removed, please let me know)
 

Loots bro.....same here!! Life continues to rock ni coz u r playing my fav numbers...

Rythm sis SANCHAI?? kata ho ajkal ta lapatta....attopatto chhaina..

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RIMJHIM GIRE SAWAN...........

Amazing bhai, what are you talking about. I am 24/7 in Cafe N. Even when I am sick and dizzy!! There's some magic about this place. I think I am totally mesmerized by everyone here. I am totally "stupified" (a Harry potter curse) by someone in here. I wonder who did it!

good for you amazing...man, i envy your place...europe has always been my dream place..i have very fond memories of it :D

rythm,
who says i want to get his lil' girl killed? you may never not know but i am sure he will surely know that there is a warm heart that beats inside this chest (albeit a loote one). wanna feel it? lemme embrace you..come on in (inside my arms that is)

Oh Rythm Sissu....Kya majja kya...aba ta ma pani aaye ni MAI AAYA, BAHAR LAYA...re kya....!!!! Thanks hai ta tara tato tato COFFEE khane mann thiyo tara k garne COFFEE COMPANY koi chha ki? Lets go sissu

Uncle L,
Have you no shame? Flirting with your neice?? Thats soo totally not good. (Last time I wrote something flirty to you... I was accused by Cappie of "flirting with more people than Loote possibly can". So I have decided to be clean and mourn the end of my marriage for years to come!!)

Amazing.. You are in the Cafe.. where coffee is served endlessly.

Wa wa Rythm wa.....Kya baat hai!!! Ek admi aur TEEN coffee...!!! aapko mero MUTU kuna dekhi DHERAI DHERAI dhanyabd PRAKAT garna chahata hai LOl

rythm,
flirtatious re? that hug was meant to be a pristine and a fatherly one :P, like one from your doc papa. alas you couldn't discern the difference.

nahiiiiiiiiiii..yeh sunne se pahele main mar kyun nahi gaya?


uncle is heart-broken this time

Uncle L,

Dont be heartbroken. I am totally ashamed of myself!! I thought you were one of those male pigs who hit on every female that walk on 2 feet.. and in your species... 4 feet. Seems like I was mistaken!!

Uncle ....Mayako Ago lagyo ki
Bolau ki Damkal

that's okay. i would have blamed myself if i cared. people who know me for real, know me for anything but being a flirt. if any of my remarks here in sajha gives a flirtatious impression then it's only in the spirit of cafe and friendly spirit of sajha in general.

Loots bro.......

DIL PE MAT LE YAAR

Rythm, chicken soup ta audaina banauna..only jawlo..huncha?

Camobhaijaan, na don't make me laugh..I'm too busy to even laugh k..

Loots, u're just making bahanas not to buy gifts ni..if it's too much for you, gift card will also do ni...

Hey Amazing, coffee mitho cha?

LOL Uncle L.. why are you so serious?. I was just kidding. If the way that I talked to you sounded like I was seriously blaming you or something.. please forgive me. I think you are a sweetheart and that your presence in Cafe N and sajha as a whole makes it a fun place to be in!!

Sandy ko ta guff matrai ta ho ni...COFFEE khuwauchhu bhaneko kahile ho tara ajhasamma kata ho kata? Tyahi pani arkale diyako coffee ani MITHO chha re.....Hare........Coffee banayera khuwanu chhaina LOL

sndy... anything you make for me with your caring hands is wonderful!! I think Uncle L is mad at me. Can you fakao him for me please?

Why is he mad? Loots, u better not be mad..natra katti r kya (u know u'll be happy to do katti with me :) Sorry Rythm, my plan may backfire..it does all the time Anyways, how r u feeling now?

Amazing..he he..sorry..I'll make someday hai..pakka..I make better tea than coffee though..do u want tea ki coffee?

Loots, btw, we'll be thrilled to have you as a gift..r u faithful though? Kukurs are supposed to be faithful hoina? I don't know about u though..r u?

Hi Sandy

EK garam chaye ki pyali ho
aur use pilanewali ho

Chahe Gori ho wa Kali ho

Hey Mummy ji,
I have this HUGE craving for chocolate chip cookies and milk... but becuase my nose is so clogged up I cant even taste anything. Ugh... isn't that a bore?? Tussi ki kar rahe ho mummy ji? Long time ho gaya ji... baate waate nahi karte. Hamare life ka biggest tragedy... Saasuma hai... magar patidev nahi to take care of me.. :(

My favorite song for my favorite people..

Cappie, this thread has officially reached 600 posts. Now can you please open a new thread with a video? :D I am waiting......

SNDY... I used to listen to taal ko songs a lot. Aww.. a nice song. Nahi saamne yeh alag baat hai.... mere paas hai tu mere paas hai... mere saath hai!!