MM: Arre – how did you cut your cheek?
OA: I was wrestling with your son and his nail got me.
MM: My son? How come they become ‘my’ kids whenever they do something unacceptable?
OA: Well, a father can never be 100% sure that they’re his. But I was witness to you giving birth to them. They definitely came from your coke (non-hindi speakers – that is Hindi for womb) … so yeah, definitely your kids..
MM: Oh I see. So do you want a DNA test to prove that they came from your Pepsi?
ROFL. I keeeel myself.
Okay admittedly he has the better sense of humour. But I have prettier fingers and toes. And everyone knows that is the better deal. Anyway, you guys broke my heart with your comments on the last post *sob sob* and I’m attempting to settle this once and for all with a poll.
Okay so click here to vote now. I HATE WordPress.
This is what it will look like. gah. obviously I am still incapable of getting this right.
You guys keel me
)) The poll is totally flawed there isn’t an option for all of the above!!!! You cannot make your readers choose like this…no fair!
okay. poll has been amended
I like I like!!! Thank you for the much needed amendment
)) Now I’ll go vote!
Poll or no Poll…I’ll always be on your side MM.
awww..
you’re too sweet!
Bad PJ mad momma…:P
bah. i know! take a cue from Rahul – just say – good one MM, even if you dont mean it
thanks hippie holly:)
I choose all of the above- its very hard to decide
Anyways I am going to take the independent candidate Bean’s side and vote for her irrespective of the options you put up…:)
waah waah. you should really be in politics!
mad momma…i come back to read posts about u and the OA too every time you post em…Sud that not be proof enuf of me being a fan of your writing and your family?
Uff.. I toh said in the last post also na.. You da best! Then why the poll sholl? Ab anyway, correct that damn thing.. I’m not able to vote
deleted the darn thing . gah.
Ok, here’s my vote (though I was halfway through posting a comment in your polling booth, before it got unceremoniously deleted. hmph!)
1. The MM for being madness personified
2. The Brat. Well, he IS the real McCoy.
And I can haz two choices.
you can also haz English speaking lessons. i am to be teaching.
What is theees you’re telling me? I does not know my Engliss? You beloggers, you thinkz you knowz everything? I am taking the votez back, and giving it to my good self.
That is to be all.
PS: I’m no troll.
you are giving to good self? myself mad momma. very much blogger who knows everything. very much jobless too, apparently
Vote!
1.because i’m pathetic, needy and insecure
2. because it sounds like fun
3. because I couldnt think of a post today!
MM couldn’t think of post today. The apocalypse is coming.
bwahhahahaa.. i have about 25 drafts
Darn it! I should have known there’s still a lot of suffering in this world to go through. No end in sight. 25 drafts?! I’m turning greener than The Hulk right now.
LOL! i asked for that!
All of the above, as reported by The MM
OA needs to be disqualified due to his policy of not commenting ; My vote goes for option 4
ROFL. I wonder if that bothers him. He’s a very cool cat. Unconcerned.
I’ll go with (1) because of the way she eats her chicken leg. How can anyone *not* find that cute & funny at once?
Yeah, yeah be freaked out by how much I remember of that one post
*obligingly freaks out*
You ofcourse without whom we would never get to hear these stories…my vote for you anyday
!
The bean, it is. If I could, I’d actually “fix” the poll in her favor
Coke and Pepsi, hmm. I want the CEOs of Coke and Pepsico to read this
My favorite member is you . Because your posts are always so genuine and honest that i am sure you’re a pretty awesome person.
I am sure so are the Brat , Bean and the OA too..but you write all these posts , so i feel i know you best..so you’re my favorite-est.
Women in the mad family are certainly stiff competition to each other!
Now let me think… MM or Beanie?
If not for you, we wouldn’t get these lovely posts.
Thumbs up!!
Ok… I just realised that I added another drink’s name..
hmmm….
LOL! you did.
All of the above!
I thought you were on a e-detox diet!
We pick you, you, you, you, YOU! =D
I’m not able to vote on your poll
Count this as my vote!
arre you can. go to the link above the poll that says “Okay so click here to vote now. ”
the link takes you to the poll
done. some stiff competition there, huh?
The horror, the horror! I actually can’t stop laughing at your joke! I keep going back to that line to laugh afresh. Hrmph.
yeah i know. its disgustingly poor. i pretty much scraped the bottom of the barrel with it.
Can we have one more category.. Brat and the Bean and leave out the 2 mad adults ???
dude. you break my heart.
Voted!! once for Brat coz he is the real Mccoy and once for Bean coz i just adore girls…may be becoz i dont have one
Meena, don’t say that to MM. She’ll readily make one for you, and hand her over. (Ducks to avoid the OA’s laser stare.)
damnit – how well DO you know me?!
so trust me. girls arent all that great. mine does some pretty gross things. worse than a boy.
But still…grass on the other side is defenitely green… and i dont get to splurge on clips, bands, skirts and what not….
Ewww..i am very shallow that way
oh i dont know about shallow. tell me a GOOD reason for wanting either sex. all reasons are shallow and we all all have them.
is it a better reason to say i want a son to do my last rites?
oooo!! I was just kidding abt the shallow part..always wanted a girl and my bad luck both turned out to be boys…Which is why Beanie got my vote along with Brat
spend a day with me and you’ll know its your good luck!
@ MM: How you forgot that she is your daughter,rem Csec scars and this post where OA vouches that they are from your womb err coke.
Oh God, nooo… Now I’m laughing at Thums up too!
Oh, I went and voted for all of the above, MM. I couldn’t decide
bah. useless u bunch are. how is the battani?
the bataany is down with a fever. for some weird unknown reason, she always gets a fever the day after she eats cake. no other symptoms, just fever. i’m thinking it’s the cream or the icing, coz muffins and brownies keep her fine
oh thats weird. start eliminating ingredients. poor baby. give her a hug from me
Hey hey… that’s such an unfair poll…bah! I give up…beanie wins hands down on being such a fireball…but then how can you forget the brattie…he’s such a bundle of joy…not to forget how without the OA n you around the sales of the two major soft drinks are in BIG TROUBLE…MM you’ll be condemned for making us choose…
LOL! go on you pussy cats. VOTE!!
I was gonna go with “You suck!”
What?! I love that expression. But then I thought over it and decide not to contradict myself. I also thought of the “All of the above option,” but then I’m not really the diplomatic, wanting-to-please-everyone types. (See how I’m turning this whole thing about you into something about me. I could qualify for a troll, ya’know?) And I clearly voted for the Bean yesterday. So I will stick with my vote. Many kissy-wissies Princess Bean.
oh come on. you suck is fair enough. because the addendum is.. i am sick in the head
Oh, well then, you totally suck. Cuz am totally sick in the head!
and we’ve arrived at a mutually satisfactory understanding
Also, yesterday’s Eve’s oranges and today’s Pepsi. Killer metaphors. Will have to shove your posts outta the mind when eating fruits or drinking aerated drinks. Thankfully, my favorite is Thums Up. Please don’t use that one up for something er… else.
well certainly not while you’re expecting it. i strike when you least expect it
I’m going to warm the fence with my backside and tell you ‘Depends on the situation’
*looks horrified*
I give you six options and you cant pick one?! you must be a Libran.
Or a Gemini. Or maybe a Sagi.
Not a smart Virgo like me, who knows that one enjoys this louuuvely blog ONLY because of the dukaandaar, so praise be on the MM
*ducks*
Muahahahaha!!
*drops a curtsy*
man, when you lay it on, you lay it on thick. i like it.
Yeah laying it on really thick there
Actually, I’m a Capricorn! Might be a cusp with Sagittairus
LOL! I liked the “Pepsi” part so my vote goes to you!
“yeh chunav jeetega kaun / little beanie aur kaun?”
come on now, you HAVE to admit. she has the most attitude in the mad family. little star.
also, my candidate always wins. so there.
booth capturing?
Oh, MM… give up already!!
You are no match for the cute Beanie, really!
why am i not surprised?!
Your kids steal the show MM.
They are the real winners. My vote goes to them!!
But yeah, the ‘messenger’ here should get some points for introducing us to the lovable-two
And also, the OA, for spicing up the boring days
Anyhow, this poll is rather an unfair on the readers, I say!!
Love,
N.
bah. i even through in an allof the above and a none of the above. now what other option could i give you?
the only option you dont have, is not voting!
I refuse to vote…this is life endangering business.
What if i dont vote for
MM and she stops replying to my comments or worse still makes her blog private
Brat and he grows up to be famous and decides to have revenge on all the non Brat voters
OA refuses to provide material (read say anything) after loosing the poll
Bean beats me up (now or after growing up)!!
No baby i play safe!
dude – pick all of the above
then i would be lying na…i would die of guilt choosing also…actually ummm the link doesn’t open in office so there…that’s the real reason i wont vote!
madmomma, i voted for you. i might not sleep tonight as i wonder how i could, knowing that i did that while i had the option of picking your delectable children. OA? he is a nice guy and all, but dude, he has an MBA. thats minus twenty points. so anyway, since it was hard to choose between brat and bean, and i might not sleep tonight from the guilt, i, well, voted for you.
hah! you and the alternative school i applied to. minus points for MBA father. apparently we’re not arty enough
*bangs head* i knew I should have married a rocker.
oh! so thats what happened with my (daughter’s) school admission too. damn these MBAs… (not that I am in the least bit arty myself, but always good to blame others, especially the husbands.. :0).
anyway the OA rocks da.
The Beanie for the spark she has and the Brat for his innocence I see in their pics.
You dare to put yourself in risk,now that the poll shows Beanie is favorite,will you write more about her or less about her?
So many OA comments have not got him votes afterall,like crowd in a election campaign doesn’t guarantee votes and victory,so thats it for OA.
And i have voted twice,but not disclosing it here,well if you want to guess you can.
lil Bean coz she shares my love for elephants
You didn’t cut the Brat’s nails?? *Gasps in shock*
Just kidding. I come in peace!
I voted for all of the above btw. But only because there wasn’t a ‘Brilliant reader comments’ option.
LOL! good one.
Why is there no option of both the babies? Hmmm…is that why we went from being TheBrattheBean to becoming TheMadMomma?
The toothless Brat got my vote a long time ago, but the Beanie (in my imagined Beanie voice) saying, ‘Excuse me Maashi’, can’t be left behind! Voting for both.
arre – i was the mad momma on blogger before i moved to TBTBAB na..? then i wanted the old TMM name back because its just unfair to name the blog after them when i have my own existential angst and political issues to deal with on it.
Oh, I was just kidding. I think you were the Mad Momma even before the babies came along
(Not the blog, the person)..
Yes, yes, please do get back the old blog..
bah. whynt you sit and go through hajaar old posts and then take out the best. WP cant export them. they’re too many. see why its not happening? anyone wanna volunteer for that job?!
Me, Me, Me!
are you serious? there are some 8000 posts. i just gave up in disgust.
not fair.. You should have added one more option “Brat and Bean”. I had to select all 4…
It was difficult to decide between Brat and Bean. But between u and the kids i would go for the kids anytime.. sorry….
oh no. dont be sorry. this is the story of my life :p
Also, I think the reason the Bean is getting more votes is ‘cos this blog is more of a Beanie ‘baby’ blog, while the old one was more of a Brat ‘baby’ blog… and you have a lot more new readers……just saying!
My poor Brat baby. 
HE IS the real McCoy
you’re very right. my little first born’s antics are lost on the old blog
i should get my lazy ass moving and get that stuff here…. 
thanks Rox…
I agree. The Bean’s overtaken the Brat now. I miss that little baby I first read about with the wickedest smile in the world and the obsession for his orange kangiiiiiiiiii
he’s there .. he’s there. although the love for the kangiiii is over. now its a pain just getting it through his hair!
All of the above of course! Days are beautiful, thanks to the MM Family
I will simply do a filter of all posts with a Brat tag
And if all 8000 are Brat posts, well, then we are going to have to keep them all, don’t we? Zimble!
see. this is EXACTLY why its not getting done. everyone has an agenda *rolls eyes*
you know he’s going to be five in another 25 minutes?
I’m waiting for his birthday dedication
ten minutes babe. almost done.
I remembered it only this morning!!
Just in time to read the wonderful birthday post 
OH HYSTERICAL!! your coke and his pepsi HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!
ALL of the ABOVE! The pepsi thing was a great comeback :-p
finally! someone appreciates my refined sense of humour
Tough to decide…so the whole mad family gets my vote
Can I vote more than once coz I want a particular “brat”osaurus to win???
totally
its all about loving the mad family
Will get right to it, deal old lady!
all of the above naturally. each of u provides the various elements that make this blog so lovable n bring it to life. keep it going maddies…:)
MM,
You are so mean, you are making us pick one???? Fine – I pick the kids any day.
I cannot comment on Brat’s birthday post – after reading the awwww post which made me cry. Very nice pictures!
Happy Birthday Brat. God Bless you. You are a sweetheart!
all of the above… you all are fantabulous and fit together
haha..I’d say YOU because it is your voice rather writing through which we know Brat, Bean and the OA
!!
Well, I voted for the Bean of course, without a second though. Then I saw all those pics of the Brat in his birthday post, and I remember how absolutely cute and sweet and adorable and lovely he is, and went back and voted for him again!
I like you MM, but no votes :p
Voted for the Brat. Here are the reasons:
1. Something told me the Bean wouldn’t care a rat’s ass about this whole voting thing because of your damned neediness.
2. He is a Taurus. I am one too. Ergo we are cool.
3. Okay, this is the real reason. ‘Cos he really is my favourite Mad Family member.
And you are one wicked woman, MM. You knew we would want “Only the kids” option on the poll, and yet you disregarded that, didn’t you?