Now the Snake-Treatment for the Corrupt!
Son: The officials at a government office in Uttar Pradesh had some unusual visitors at their office recently, dad.
Father: Go on, son.
Son: It seems they were sitting over an application submitted by a snake-charmer called Hakkul for allotment of a small plot of land to set up a serpentariam, dad.
Father: Go on, son.
Son: They were dilly-dallying over the issue for more than two years because Hakkul failed to pay the expected bribe, dad.
Father: Go on, son.
Son: Having waited for long Hakkul felt it was high time to give them a ‘fare treatment’, dad!
Father: Go on, son.
Son: He had a stock of over 72 snakes in his possession and he simply let loose about three dozen of them at the government office to tackle the corrupt officials, dad!
Father: Interesting. Go on, son.
Son: The officials ran helter-skelter much to the amusement of the people who were present at the scenario, dad!
Father: Wonderful! Go on, son.
Son: The police department has expressed its inability to put Hakkul behind the bars, dad.
Father: How come? Go on, son.
Son: Hakkul has told them that he would carry his entire ‘family’ of six dozen snakes with him to the jail, dad!
Father: I don’t know, son!
On-the-Job Training (Pilot Project) for a Crime Reporter!
Son: A former programme director of a Kannada TV news channel and three others were caught after they robbed two women by throwing chilli powder on them, dad.
Father: Go on, son.
Son: The men snatched a bangle and a gold chain from one woman. But the screams from the other woman attracted neighbours who caught one of the robbers, dad.
Father: Go on, son.
Son: The identity card of one of the robbers, who was caught later, revealed that he had worked for a TV channel, dad.
Father: Go on, son.
Son: He told the police that he was likely to get an appointment with another channel as crime reporter shortly, dad!
Father: Go on, son.
Son: He explained that he was only undergoing an ‘on-the-job training’ by committing a crime personally to prove his credentials to the channel, dad!
Father: Go on, son.
Son: He reiterated that it was only a ‘pilot project’ undertaken by him, dad!
Father: I don’t know, son!
The New Mentoring Technique!
Son: The Indian cricket team appears to have chosen a new mentoring technique for the benefit of upcoming players like Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, Jadeja and others, dad.
Father: Go on, son.
Son: The established opening pair of Sehwag and Gambhir have made it a point to get out early in the match and throw a challenge to the youngsters to show their mettle in the crisis situation, dad!
Father: Go on, son.
Son: The technique worked quite well in the first two one-day matches against the West Indies, with Virat and Rohit rising to the occasion admirably, dad.
Father: Interesting. Go on, son.
Son: Encouraged by their response, Sehwag and Gambhir wanted to give them even more challenging situation to handle, dad!
Father: Go on, Son.
Son: Both of them got out to the very first ball they faced in the third match, dad!
Father: Go on, son.
Son: This time the technique boomeranged on them, as the West Indies Team beat Team India by 16 runs, dad!
Father: I don’t know, son!
Ability to Get Under the Skin!
Son: Former Indian skipper Ravi Sastri had backed Harbhajan Singh (Bhajji) for the upcoming Australian Tour, dad.
Father: True. Go on, son.
Son: Sastri was of the opinion that Harbhajan had the ‘ability to get under the skin’ of the Australian players, dad.
Father: Go on, son.
Son: A certain Andrew Symonds has reportedly agreed with Sastri’s opinion 100 percent, dad.
Father: Go on, Son.
Son: He says that the ‘Monkey Gate’ scandal has conclusively proved this special ability of Bhajji, dad!
Father: I don’t know, son!
The Monkey Gate in Bigg Boss!
Son: Former Australian cricketer Andrew Symonds is set to enter the Bigg Boss house as the fifth male contestant in this season, dad.
Father: Go on, son.
Son: Earlier there were strong rumours that Navjot Singh Sidhu, the former Indian cricket star would be one of the contestants. However that did not happen, dad.
Father: Go on, son.
Son: Now that Harbhajan Singh (Bhajji) has been dropped from the team that is visiting Australia, the viewers are wondering whether Bhajji would be the next male entry in the Bigg Boss house, dad!
Father: Go on, son.’
Son: If that happens, the viewers expect every possibility of another ‘Monkey-Gate’ episode in the Bigg Boss house, dad!
Father: I don’t know, son!
A V Krishnamurthy
6th December 2011
1 comment:
Absolutely wonderful stuff. Loved each and every one of the individual items in this particular edition.
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