Mind Blogging. Mind Boggling.

Today, I wanted to purchase a tennis raquet. Read up, watched a couple of demonstrative clips, spoke to a couple of subject matter experts, and then homed in on the Wilson Nanoteam. From idea to execution. Seamless.

As I studied tennis racquet brands, a train of thought which you will soon get to know led me to remember this sentence which creates quite a racket by repeating the same word ad infinitum. Such as:

James, while John had had had had had had had had had had had the teacher's approval.

If you ask how, then here's what wiki says: (..) is an English sentence used to demonstrate lexical ambiguity and the necessity of punctuation,^[1] which serves as a substitute for the intonation,^[2] stress and pauses found in human speech ....(with punctuation) James, while John had had "had", had had "had had"; "had had" had had a better effect on the teacher.

So the racket I thought of, was this:

So why do we to Howard head head head head head head head was patented as an oversized racquet.  

With punctuation: So, why do we to Howard Head head (go)? (Howard) Head head (led) Head (the company). (Howard) Head Head (racquet head) was patented as an oversized racquet (with a head size of 95-130 sq inches).  Yep. Howard Head was at Prince when, frustrated with his mediocre game, he invented the oversized racquet. Amusingly, the wiki para ends with "Although Head revolutionized the game of tennis, his tennis skills did not significantly improve."

Anyhow, I first tried my luck at this store Planet Sports at the much frequented R City mall, sneaking away from work in the afternoon. Their racquet wares were appalling. They had an offer, two Wilson racquets and a box of tennis balls for Rs. 1,400. Whoa, what's the catch there? I almost fell for it, if not for a vital input provided by one of the consultants (see credits)  What he told me was that racquets should be unibody. All those inexpensive racquets at R City (they had three Rs. 1000 odd  variants)  were not, and they apparently tend to break at the joint. This second piece they stick in is at the V just above the grip. Then, at that point, I more or less lost steam/hope (or guts), and put it off. However, this is where the second consultant stepped in and instilled some energy, and off I went post-work to Proline Sports, Santa Cruz west. And I was wowed, they had excellent variety. I browsed through their range looking for an oversized head racquet (95-130 sq. inch). And voila, there sat the Wilson Nanoteam, a 115 sq. inch head. Called so due to the  "revolutionary technology nano carbon" - lettering part of the attractive frame graphics. The rest is history.

Credits: Shreedhar Shroff for telling me the had had had __ sentence. External consultants Vishal Palla and Rajat Gupta for stepping in at crucial moments. Rajat Gupta, the consultant. Shux, ominous. I should expect a call from the SEC.