Read into the flame

Stare at the pic to your right... Done ?

Ok, here's the deal. This is my laptop wallpaper. I was due to present a seminar on 'Obesity and Anaesthesia', which sadly kept getting delayed for one or the other reason. Finally, after a lot of "will there be time / how many cases running in the operation theatre" sequences, I was scheduled to present it on Wednesday afternoon. Yeeah !! I can be done with it, once and for all. I mean , reading the same thing over and over for 2 weeks takes a lot outta you. It gets to the state that you don't even feel like reading it on the day before the seminar. Of course, I had a backup plan. If the seminar started going really bad, I could always remove my coat and shirt and walla!!! Live demonstration of obesity at it's finest !!

Well, as it turned out, there was no need for such a display of my fine 36-48-72 figure.( What !! People told me the fit muscular human body looks like a triangle. How was I to know they meant 'base of triangle' up !!?!! Sufficed to say, by the time I found out that fact, it was waaaay too many burgers too late !! ) You see, there was this medical representative too who wanted to showcase his drug and it's effect on obese patients. Thus, we had a scenario where, with 70 % of my presentation to go, a bazooka full of questions still left to fire at me and my finger dangerously close to unbuttoning my top shirt button, the rep interrupted to talk on his product. The department decided that, owing to time constraints, it was better that I present the rest on another day.

As a token of gratitude for listening to them ( not to be mistaken for a bribe ), the rep's company was kind enough to 'grace' us with cakes, pastries and the mandatory tea. Ironic, really, considering the topic was on Obesity. Sigh.. if I'd only known these reps were topic-related like this, I would have chosen something like "Baywatch babes and Anaesthesia." Rowrr.

Aaanyway, while I was shutting down my powerpoint, this pic was visible on the big screen. And it caught the attention of some of the senior staff members who, while amazed by it, wanted to know it's meaning. Well, I've always just considered this to be a darn creative work , but interpreting it ? Hmmm.. I'm really the last person for that..I read too much into normal everyday events. heck, I struggle to interpret daytime children cartoon shows, for crying out loud. ( Seriously, what is the deal with SpongeBob Squarepants... ok, I get he's a sponge, but why does a sponge need pants ? What's he hiding in there? More sponge holes, right ? And what's so great about a square sponge wearing fitting pants anyway..and why is his surname based on his underwear ? In that case, shouldn't the Transformers leader Optimus Prime actually be Optimus 'Metal Balls' Prime ? Is Superman's full name really 'Superman Red Thong' ? )

Sigh.. As always, I digress. The point is, my new assignment ( in addition to finishing my presentation on Obesity ) is to get as many interpretations of this wallpaper as I can from as many people as possible. Tadaaaa.. that's where you come in.
What is your interpretation of this picture ? Do tell. Fast. Or else, come seminar day, someone's gonna be topless in front of a horrified audience.. and we ain't talking Mallika topless, pals... we're talkin King Kong topless.

P.S. My interpretation of it was "anything is possible".. yeah. I know. Lame. But it was all I could think of at the time. Hope you guys do better.

P.P.S. I also realized belatedly that my "Menu" section was all wrong sending people to the wrong link for the corresponding button.. that's corrected too. Warn me next time.