Answer Scripts Ready even Before the Exams!
Son: The colleges under the Bangalore University are turning too smart and futuristic now-a-days, dad.
Father: How come? Go on, son.
Son: A report in The Hindu says that a Task Force from the university found over 45 answer scripts at a B.Ed. college affiliated to the university during their surprise visit, dad!
Father: Go on, son.
Son: The answer sheets pertained to exams that have not been held, dad! The sheets had written answers for the exam that is to be held in December, dad!
Father: I don’t know, son!
Fined for not Wearing Helmet in Car!
Son: A Times of India report says that a court in Hisar (Haryana) has directed the authorities to book three policemen for issuing a challan to a lawyer, dad.
Father: How come? Go on, son.
Son: The policemen had issued the challan to a lawyer for not wearing a helmet while driving his car, dad!
Father: Crazy! Go on, son.
Son: There could have been only two reasons for the policemen to commit this blunder, dad.
Father: Like what? Go on, son.
Son: The advocate might have refused to pay the bribe demanded by them, dad.
Father: Go on, son.
Son: The other possibility is that they were under the influence of alcohol and the car might have looked like a two-wheeler to them, dad!
Father: I don’t know, son!
From Two Brothers to Two Sisters!
Son: That the two Ambani brothers – Mukesh and Anil – sons of the legendary Dhirubhai Ambani, parted ways long back as they did not see eye-to-eye is now history, dad.
Father: True. Go on, son.
Son: Interestingly, Mukesh has now tied up with a company that may give him at least some sentimental relief, dad.
Father: Go on, son.
Son: Reliance Retail led by Mukesh has tied up with a UK-based meat company called 2 Sisters Food Group, dad!
Father: I don’t know, son!
Age Old Puzzle Solved!
Son: It is a fact that Reliance Industries (RIL) has miserably failed in finding out the reasons for the declining gas output in its prestigious KG-Basin fields off Andhra Pradesh coast, dad.
Father: True. Go on, son.
Son: RIL has not been able to solve the technology puzzle so far, dad.
Father: True. Go on, son.
Son: But the Mukesh Ambani led company now appears to have solved an age old puzzle – (chicken or egg first?), dad.
Father: How come? Go on, son.
Son: The Company has partnered with the UK firm 2 Sisters Food Group (2SFG), dad.
Father: Go on, Son.
Son: 2SFG will open a chain of restaurants in India under its brand ‘Chicken Came First’, dad!
Father: I don’t know, son!
A V Krishnamurthy
14th July 2012
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