My mother in pretty decent form...

Though my mother has not fully recovered from her illness, the pain in the joints still continues for her, she has not lost her touch when it comes to making fun of me.

I present to you, some of her comments about 3 things/events surrounding me, over the past 10 days.

I. I bought cargo trousers for Deepavali.
Her reactions:
1. When I first told her that I am going to buy cargos, her query was 'andha mechanic pant-a'?
2. When the cargo was shown to her after purchase, there was like a stony silence. Then 'un kitta irukkara ella spanner-um idhula adangumono'? P.S: My cargos have a string at the bottom of each leg, just to tighten it. My mother asked me 'inga edhukku da kayaru irukku'? For which my father(!) replied 'aaama, ennamo indha pant-la irukkara mathadhellaam edhukunnu therinja maadhiri kaekkara'?
3. On Deepavali day, I wore the cargo and similar sets of comments were received.
The main query she had was, 'aenda thiripuli-ya enga vekka pora'?

II. I am growing a little hair below my lower lipHer reactions:
1. 'Yaenda onakku indha velai'?
2. 'Yethana naala indha kandraaviya vechundu irukka'? The thing to be noted is that, what I have is not immediately noticeable. And my mom's eyesight aint in that great a state.
3. 'Idhodayae vaa oru vaaramaa office poyindu irukka'?
4. 'Idhellaam panninda onakku azhagu varum-nu nenappa'?
5. 'Onna yaaru idhellam senjuka kelappi vidaraa'?
6. 'Appo oru arai mottai. Ippo idhu. Kandraavi'. arai mottai is how a 'mushroom cut' is referred to by her. And yes, I once did have that cut while in college.
7. 'Nee padichavan dhaanay. Yaen onakku ippadi buddhi poradhu. Indha slum-la irukkaravan dhaan, oru velai vetti illaama, kaiyila blade irukkunu, idhu maadhiri kanda kanda-dha senjindu iruppaan.'

III. I bought a new Sony Ericsson W810i phone. I gave her the demo an hour or so ago. The features on display were the 2 MP camera, the media player, the external speakers that came with the phone, FM radio etc.
Her reaction:'adhellaam seri, idhula phone paesa mudiyuma? call varumo? vandhaa attend panna mudiyumo?'

I rest my case.