Big bike, big noise..!

Every day around the time I start writing this column, I hear a loud sound like rolling thunder. The first day I thought the army was sending tanks after me, about something I’d written, and shook with fear, till my wife said it was okay, and was just our neighbour’s son with his motorbike! 
“That’s the boy who’s bought himself a Harley-Davidson,” I said, “why has he fiddled with the silencer, to create such sound?”
“Because he felt nobody was noticing him!” said the wife wisely.
The next time I heard the sound I ran to the window to look and sure enough it was the same lad, sitting on one of the best bikes in India, revving up his engine, so everybody would notice.
I pondered on this as I came back to my writing, why did this young man with the best bike in town need to show off? I can imagine owners of small cars and bikes getting themselves loud horns and taking the muffler off their silencers because they feel insignificant, but why with a big good looking bike?
I see this with many so called leaders! They feel they are not being seen. They feel insignificant and try to make up with ‘loud’ sounds! In Trump’s obnoxious behavior, I don’t see a billionaire who has all the money in the world but a little boy screaming to be noticed. What’s his loud sound? Rude and nasty behavior which brings attention to himself, just like the loud, disturbing Harley-Davidson noise!
I remember many years ago, being visited by quite a handsome young fellow. He spent the evening with my wife and myself, and later his uncle called me, “How do you find my nephew?” 
“It’s strange,” I said, “For such a good looking lad, all he did was talk about himself, as if he was convincing me he was good looking!” His uncle laughed on the phone, “Bob, he’s just gone through plastic surgery! He was quite an ugly fellow, but the surgeons have done wonders with his face!”
“So,” I said, “he still thinks he’s ugly! His mind hasn’t caught up with his looks!”
Trumps billions haven’t caught up with Trump.
The costly bike hasn’t caught up with the rider.
Which brings me to another thought: People who don’t need loud talk, crude jokes or loud behavior; what kind of people are they? You’ll never see them needing to drive a Mercedes or Harley-Davidson, confident people even as they sit in their Maruti 800s and 100 cc bikes, and definitely never needing to open their silencers and let the sound out. 
Their stillness, their silence makes others listen..!
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Big bike, big noise..!

Every day around the time I start writing this column, I hear a loud sound like rolling thunder. The first day I thought the army was sending tanks after me, about something Id written, and shook with fear, till my wife said it was okay, and was just our neighbours son with his motorbike! Thats the boy whos bought himself a Harley-Davidson, I said, why has he fiddled with the silencer, to create such sound? Because he felt nobody was noticing him! said the wife wisely. The next time I heard the sound I ran to the window to look and sure enough it was the same lad, sitting on one of the best bikes in India, revving up his engine, so everybody would notice. I pondered on this as I came back to my writing, why did this young man with the best bike in town need to show off? I can imagine owners of small cars and bikes getting themselves loud horns and taking the muffler off their silencers because they feel insignificant, but why with a big good looking bike? I see this with many so called leaders! They feel they are not being seen. They feel insignificant and try to make up with loud sounds! In Trumps obnoxious behavior, I dont see a billionaire who has all the money in the world but a little boy screaming to be noticed. Whats his loud sound? Rude and nasty behavior which brings attention to himself, just like the loud, disturbing Harley-Davidson noise! I remember many years ago, being visited by quite a handsome young fellow. He spent the evening with my wife and myself, and later his uncle called me, How do you find my nephew? Its strange, I said, For such a good looking lad, all he did was talk about himself, as if he was convincing me he was good looking! His uncle laughed on the phone, Bob, hes just gone through plastic surgery! He was quite an ugly fellow, but the surgeons have done wonders with his face! So, I said, he still thinks hes ugly! His mind hasnt caught up with his looks! Trumps billions havent caught up with Trump. The costly bike hasnt caught up with the rider. Which brings me to another thought: People who dont need loud talk, crude jokes or loud behavior; what kind of people are they? Youll never see them needing to drive a Mercedes or Harley-Davidson, confident people even as they sit in their Maruti 800s and 100 cc bikes, and definitely never needing to open their silencers and let the sound out. Their stillness, their silence makes others listen..! [email protected]