“Cocktails, Cutlery, and Cackles: An Interview Over Dinner”

“Cocktails, Cutlery, and Cackles: An Interview Over Dinner”

The restaurant lights glowed, glasses clinked, and dishes made their theatrical entrances. Between sips of cocktails and bites of dinner, I interviewed my friend — let’s call him Mr. Spirited. What followed was an evening of laughter, satire, and truths dressed up in humour.

Q: If life were a cocktail, which one would you be?

A: A Long Island Iced Tea. I look simple, but spend enough time with me and the world starts spinning in mysterious ways.

Q: How do you usually tackle life’s problems?

A: Like appetisers. Take a bite, chew carefully, and if it’s too spicy, swallow with dignity and order another drink.

Q: Do you believe in fitness?

A: Certainly! I jog… my memory. I lift… mostly glasses. And I stretch… the truth, when necessary.

Q: What do you think of smartphones and social media?

A: They’re like cocktails. One sip is refreshing, the second sip is exciting, and by the tenth you’re dancing with strangers on Instagram reels.
(Pauses) The most suspenseful thriller of modern life? Watching your phone battery die at 20%.

Q: If you were to redesign politics, what would you change?

A: Easy. Every debate in parliament should be held over dinner. Imagine ministers negotiating with plates of biryani — they’d at least agree on who gets the last chicken leg.

Q: What about the state of education today?

A: Education now is like ordering a three-course meal and only getting the bill. Students leave with degrees hotter than their parents’ tempers, but colder than the job market.

Q: And health consciousness?

A: I’m very health conscious. I believe in balanced diets — a burger in each hand. And I walk daily… from the sofa to the fridge. Besides, laughter burns calories — we’re practically exercising now.

Q: What’s your view on climate change?

A: Serious matter. But if we’re truly saving the planet, can we please invent straws that don’t collapse halfway through a mojito? Saving Earth shouldn’t taste like soggy cardboard.

Q: And society as a whole?

A: Society is like this tiramisu we’re eating — sweet on top, complicated in the middle, and hiding secrets at the bottom. Everyone’s busy adding filters, forgetting the original flavour is usually the best.

Q: What’s your philosophy of happiness?

A: Happiness is dessert. If you wait too long, someone else eats it.

Q: And wisdom?

A: Wisdom is realising pasta is just flour in fancy clothes. Never be fooled by appearances — in food, or in people.

Q: If you became Prime Minister for a day, what’s the first law you’d pass?

A: Free dessert for every citizen. Peace treaties may fail, but no one argues with chocolate in their mouth.

Q: Finally, what’s your greatest achievement so far?

A: I once resisted ordering a second dessert. That, my friend, is self-control at Olympic level.

Curtain Call

The interview ended with laughter echoing louder than the background jazz. Between satire and silliness, truth slipped onto the table like an uninvited dish — reminding us that humour is often the sharpest knife to cut through the meat of reality.

Over cocktails and plates we played,
Jokes like garnishes neatly laid.
Between each laugh, a truth took seat,
Satire made the evening sweet.

So here’s to friends, to food, to fun,
To wisdom masked in puns well-spun.
For life’s a feast when humour flows,
And friendship is the wine that glows.