Coco Chanel famously said “Women think of all colours except the absence of colour.

I have
said that black has it all. White, too. Their beauty is absolute. It is the perfect harmony.”
TAMBOLA:

Let’s play a round of Tambola now, dedicated to the big black trunks in our garage!

You have moved and lived in 5 different places last year . You can’t wait to unpack your black trunk
and have everything in place in 72 hours 39 minutes and 57 seconds

You remember the house numbers 48, 33, 54, 61 and 86 in which you’ve stayed

You string an 11-strand wire to keep your 4 neighbour's 13 kids out of your 41 flower beds

You've changed 78 ml more oil and mowed 53 more lawns than your husband because he's never
there to do it himself.

You use a crook-neck flashlight with 9 red bulbs during power outages.

Your children say "roger" instead of "ok" and their 20 friends with 12 dogs are always there to stay

You can easily boast with your civilian friends that you visited 8 different places with your husband
on his TD this tenure.

Your husband does a 19 hr, 77 km route recee and then takes 3 GPS for a trip to the mall

Your husband says “Sir” 26 times in 49 sentences only to repeat it 42 times in the next 51 lines

You can do 6-hour road trip with ease and actually a 10 hours too. Even a 35 hour is not a big deal,
with your 2 doggies too.

Your tenure in the SF is extended from 34 to 46 to 60 weeks

Your geography now is so good your geography teacher would be proud of you .

You not only know your States & Capitals .. you know

43 districts 36 towns 76 villages all across India. You also remember your friends 24 different
postings and can repeat it 66 times over and over again.

You’ve changed 63 maids in 22 years of service and still washed the utensils 52 times on your own

You can remember where you kept the 90 metres of wrapping sheet in your last house, but
unfortunately, not in this one

You mark time in 67 duty stations and 14 postings and not 23 years

You’ve applied for the TV of your gas connection 32 times

You’ve attended 79 welfares and 83 ladies meets till date and your husband 71 dining in’s and 82
raising days

You refer to your 64 friends not only by ppname but by the 28 states and 7 UT’s that they live in

You know that "back home" doesn't mean at the 69 Mall road house you live in now

You tear up when you hear "Kar Chale Hum Fida," even though you've heard it 75 times by now
You know that a 15 month separation is short, no matter what your 58 civilian friends and 45
relatives say

You ALWAYS know whether 29, 30 or 31 is payday

You know that any reference to "training" or "exercise" describes a war game, and not your 21 kg
weight and 16 inches waist loss program

You’ve enough camouflage in your house to wallpaper 88 walls and 47 roofs of the Sena Bhavan

You don't have to think about what time 18:40 hrs is

Your children have changed 27 schools in 74 minus 62 years of schooling

You’ve chauffeured the children 89 X 87 times to school and back

You’ve driven your car 68 times more in terms of kms than him simply coz he’s always occupied

You’ve cried 70 times over your 55 dried up greens and potted them 59 times over after having the
pots cleaned

You’ve learnt to sleep through the sound of 81 tanks, 38 planes and 25 arty simulators all the same

You give your kids 17 hand receipts when they take your Tupperware to school

You’ve bought 85 liters of black paint to paint your 56 boxes, 44 trunks and 37 crates on every move
in black, not to forget the 50 ml of white paint for the move details

You’ve travelled 80 X 65 X 73 X 84 kms over the dimensions of the country

You guard your way of life no matter how appalling things get because you know there's no other
life for you!!