Yolo: You only laugh once

Cleaning campaign, online shopping and rising decibel levels in news… Apoorva Sripathi and Susanna Myrtle Lazarus take a funny look at the year that went by.

December 28, 2014 04:00 pm | Updated 04:00 pm IST

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Clean sweep: The Swachh Bharat Abhiyan was quite heart-warming. In fact, it gave us so much hope that out-of-work Quidditch players of the Harry Potter series were seen lining up with their respective brooms. Of course, we can't be sure if Draco Malfoy claimed all the brooms were bought by his father.

That little birdie: It looks like Twitter makes it to every year's list — restoring some much needed faith that outrage can expressed in any amount of characters, be it 1,000 or a mere 140.

Kick off: Thanks to the efforts of the Indian Super League or the ISL, never mind the I League anyway, Indians became fans of clubs that weren't called Manchester United or Real Madrid. 

Clooney, who?: London-based British-Lebanese lawyer, activist, and author Amal Clooney (née Alamuddin) found herself a trophy husband in an actor who is best known for ruining a Batman movie.

Fee commerce: Discount or no discount, we made sure to shop till we dropped just by sitting in front of a computer. Some of us are still reeling from that and wonder if we can avail loans to shop more. Every day is Black Friday online

The final frontier: Talk about being overachievers — ISRO made us proud to be Indians irrespective of our knowledge of space exploration. Forget the fact that we were the first nation to get an orbiter into position on the first try. The most exciting part is that Curiosity said "Namaste" to Mangalyaan. 

Frankly shouting: The evening news itself became the hottest topic of conversation with anchors drawing more attention than the topics being discussed. It seemed like everyone was part of the Shout Club where there is only one rule: shout or be silenced. Turning down the television volume at 9 p.m. is now mandatory. 

Hola Ebola: Hypochondriacs all over the country had something to worry about as news of Ebola spread faster than the virus itself. The only people who were happy about this were the hand sanitiser and surgical mask manufacturers.  

PKvs KH:  Why is Aamir Khan posing near-naked a big deal because as someone said Kamal Hassan already did that. For all we know, it might be Kamal playing Aamir (remember Dasavatharam?)

Single and psycho: According to a former Judge of the Supreme Court "women who remain single are prone to have psychological problems," as opposed to those who are married and are driven crazy by all the sandwich making they have to endure.

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