John Musico
The Chuppy Plan
During my medical residency, the trainees from India tried to be cool; it was totally unnatural and irritating. My vengeance was planting a lie that to be “chuppy” means to be truly cool. Soon after, I’d hear the Pakies arguing in a group; “You only think that you are chuppy, but it is I who is chuppy!”
“The Chuppy Plan” lasted the full 3 years of my residency. Years later, I visited my old residency hospital sporting a 100 dollar hair cut and Armani suit. I passed a group of interns, all Indian, one glanced and said; “Now that’s chuppy.”