Operation Lizard

Lalitha when uncles can have lizard-phobia I think it is fair to expect a 16-year-old girl to be scared of the reptiles.

Kumar, for your information,there js an entire Gowli Shastra which details the outcome of a lizard falling on different parts of the body. In Delhi too there are lizards of different colours and sixes but I haven't seen a spotted one so far.

Dear Balajee,

a very hilarious post. Please tell your daughter atleast it is not a scorpion.
Some people have scorpions , yes Scorpions ,in our area. They are not the deadly ones, but sure enough to make me delirious. For many years, we never saw any in our home. But a few years ago, some of our neighbors were making r0om additions to their home. Because of all the soil being dug, I think the scorpions started migrating. First, I saw a baby in my bathroom and the mom on the kitchen sink. I became dumbstuck, words failed to come out of my mouth. Luckily, my son who is slightly braver than me consoled me and steered it towards the kitchen disposal and crunched it. After that, I did not sleep well till the pest control came and did a thorough job.

My niece is like your daughter regarding the lizard. They had a lot of peacock feathers around their rooms upon someone's advice to ward off the lizards. Hope it is working.

After our honeymoon in Kodai, hubby decided we had to visit his sis in Tuticorin. In that October heat, we boarded the rickety bus to Tuticorin.

We reached his sister's house in the afternoon. She took me around her house & in the pooja room there was this strange photo of a golden & silver lizard. I found it quite unusual. Turned out they were holy lizards from Kanchi. If a lizard fell on someone, the person had to touch that photo & there would be no probs.

Well each to their own. I politely refused a copy of that photo. Felt I was better suited to throwing them out of the house rather than keeping it in.

Regards,

Corallux


Corallux lizards are better inside the house than outside. They make a meal out of icky insects and clean up the house.

Anandchitra, it is not women's monopoly to be terrifed or repelled by a lizard. Men demand equal rights here too! But youre right Lizard is not only a harmless but a useful creature.

Dear Mr.Balajee,

It seems u have the ladies eating ( lizards) out of yr hands.Hilarious account, and i know half the stuff is yr imagination, but well put.

I am not scared really, but my wife and dauighter are, though they dont scream.Daughter dosnt understand why i make no effort tp throw them out.Bs one goes, 6 othes will come in.In her eyes i am a traitor.HAHA.

Good one, laughing really.Regards.kamal

Palli Puranam. nice work balajee. We have two pallis in our household, a small dark one near chinmey in kitchen. one pale bigger one in bathroom, above shelf. Many mornings, it is "palli yezhucchi " song for us from the B.R. Palli singing chak-chak-chak. We have got used to those fellows now.

Ms. Maneka Gandhi will be upset by many ladies reactions here. She always writes Lizards are eco -friendly pest control agents. So dont give them Notice for Vacating.

Balajee,
Another screeeming post from you...
.I heard that who eavesdrop will be born as lizards...so may be they can hear....palli panchangam is like our weather forecast..the happenings will always be the opp...it helps...right....

my children shouts or rather screeems when they spot tweeny-tiny insects .imagine how they will react when they see a lizard...mmm...

sriniketan

Originally Posted by sundarusha

Dear Balajee,

a very hilarious post. Please tell your daughter atleast it is not a scorpion.
Some people have scorpions , yes Scorpions ,in our area. They are not the deadly ones, but sure enough to make me delirious. For many years, we never saw any in our home. But a few years ago, some of our neighbors were making r0om additions to their home. Because of all the soil being dug, I think the scorpions started migrating. First, I saw a baby in my bathroom and the mom on the kitchen sink. I became dumbstuck, words failed to come out of my mouth. Luckily, my son who is slightly braver than me consoled me and steered it towards the kitchen disposal and crunched it. After that, I did not sleep well till the pest control came and did a thorough job.

My niece is like your daughter regarding the lizard. They had a lot of peacock feathers around their rooms upon someone's advice to ward off the lizards. Hope it is working.

Peacock feathers indeed. There are a lot more sensible ways of shooing the lizards away. And I dont feel like shooing them away. I am quite comfortable with them.

Yes lizards are natural insecticides. My bro used to scare us with this story of a girl who on her wedding day had a lizard stuck in her 'kondai' (hairpiece). She dint want to make a fuss and kept quiet during the ceremony. She died of the bites he said. i always wonder if the made up that story

Santosh