After
pondering for a long time, Arun decided to make the call to the Suicide -Prevention Help line before taking the final step-There was nothing to lose
anyway. With gun in one hand and a suicide slip in the other, he dialed.
An
electronic voice immediately came on line…
“Hi!
Thank you for calling Self-destruct Prevent Center.”
“
Press one if you plan to use poison, two for gun, three for knife, four for
drowning……”
Amused
at this, Arun pressed two.
“Press
one if you are neurotic, two if psychotic, three if bi-polar, four if OCD……”
Slightly
irritated, Arun continued by selecting an option.
“Press
one if gay, two if lesbian, three if bisexual, four if transvestite, five if
none of above…”
So
on it went till finally a human voice came online, “Good morning, sir, how may
I hinder you?”
“You
have hindered me sufficiently already…Cancelling suicide, I am now toying with
the idea of homicide! And you are number one on the list!”
“Glad
to have been of help, sir. Unfortunately, homicide is not our specialty, sir.”
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