Gone in 60 seconds

On a nice bright afternoon, i was making my way towards the department. The road looks deserted and i see a desi character walking down on the other side of the road. He gave a cursory glance in my general direction and i immediately see the wheels in motion. He is now having a tough time to avoid saying Hi!. Have you been the situation? The trademark signature of the situation is that the victim looks in random directions till he crosses the direct horizontal line connecting you two. At the line, he involuntarily looks straight ahead thus avoiding the embarassing situation of having to say Hi across the road. This nugget of social interaction gives a wealth of chances to play whatever pranks you like to play on the victim. Let me offer some suggestions

- Run toward the victim with arms and legs flailing. Panting, stop and discuss the weather.

- Call the victim, this is the right time. Watch how the reactions change :)

Ofcourse, you could sometimes be on the other end and be dishing out the same treatment to someone else. In case, the other guy is trying to implement the running act on you, your only option is to run him out. If he runs to this side, you run to the other side. This might be a little blatant but he asked for it.