The Brunch round-up: The week and how it made us feel

Content creator and actor Prajakta Koli’s new book, Too Good To Be True, is out this week. A few critics are grumbling that the male love interest, Aman, seems too similar to Mismatched’s Rishi. Both are good-looking green flags who are obsessed with the woman in the story. So what? A girl can dream, right?

Guess who’s turning three? George Jetson, the father from the 1962 (!) show The Jetsons. He was supposedly born in 2022. (The show is set in 2062). We still don’t have flying cars or 3D-printed breakfast. Worse, George left work on time, had no debts and led a solid social life. This is the future we want and deserve. What went wrong?

Another day, another celebrity home tour. Another house to not get excited about. Actor Alaya F’s place is white and beige. An all-white U-shaped sofa? An all-white bedroom? Snore! A 27-year-old’s home should have more personality. She did say that this was her hustle home, aka, the pad to crash in before one buys their dream home. Still, why so bland?

Indian air travellers are now only allowed one cabin bag (no separate handbag, backpack, or laptop bag), weighing no more than 7 kgs. Why is everyone losing their mind over this? Two bags are difficult to stow for each passenger in the overhead bins. Plus, the glory days of air travel are long gone. Check in your clutter, or pay for extra baggage. It’s the era of downsizing, anyway.

Saw the clip of the Bengaluru mother who turned the drunken groom away from her daughter’s wedding? Now see the comments. They’re mostly from women, showing support. The men, however, are more interested in what would happen if it was the other way around. Great. More misplaced outrage. Insecure men have fuelled a conservative backlash around the world. Is that why the groom was drinking in the first place?

There used to be a time when chips in a sandwich were as polarising as pineapple on pizza. These days, someone on your feed is probably manhandling a family pack of Lays, before tearing it open and adding in fresh veggies, gravy and garnish. Don’t knock it ‘til you try it. Get that bag of salted or masala chips. Throw in onions, tomatoes, lemon jui.., okay it’s just chaat. Mix and then tell us how you feel.

Imagine putting in hours of practice, and spending months perfecting your ski form, only to win...shower gel! That’s what German ski jumper Selina Freitag received at the Two Nights Tournament. There was shampoo and four towels too. How generous! Meanwhile, the male winner got €3,200. Boo.

Walter White’s home from Breaking Bad is up for sale for $4 million. The New Mexico property has been in Joanne Quintana’s family since 1973. They’re selling it because there’s just so much attention from fans. Strangers drive by, throw pizzas on their roof and driveway. They leave mysterious packages addressed to Walter White on their doorstep. Imagine having to give up an ancestral home because fans can’t tell fiction from reality.