Sunday, February 16, 2014

I Don’t Know, Son! - 73

Yuvraj to Demand Guarantee!
Son: The employees of Kingfisher Airlines have requested the cricketer Yuvraj Singh to refuse playing for RCB, promoted by Vijaya Mallya, the owner of Kingfisher Airlines, dad.
Father: True. Go on, son.
Son: They say while Mallya has no money to pay their salary, he is splurging his money on Kingfisher calendar, his cricket team and Formula One Team - Force India-dad!
Father: True. Go on, son.
Son: Vijaya Mallya has bought Yuvraj for Rs14 crore (the highest bid amount in IPL so far), dad.
Father: True. Go on, son.
Son: Obviously Yuvraj does not want to waste this golden opportunity, dad.
Father: Go on, Son.
Son: But now that the employees have brought the matter of Mallya’s default to his notice, he seems to have got some ideas, dad.
Father: Like what? Go on, son.
Son: He is said to be thinking of demanding a personal guarantee from Mallya and a corporate guarantee from the UB Group for his money, dad!
Father: I don’t know, son!
The Usage of Brains!
Son: The Indian bowlers on the New Zealand tour have suddenly got into a fine form, dad.
Father: True. Go on, son.
Son: They recorded excellent performance in the second innings of the first Test and repeated it in the first innings of the second test, dad.
Father: True. Go on, son.
Son: When asked to explain the reasons for their sudden turnaround, the bowlers are said to have given a simple reason, dad.
Father: Like what? Go on, son.
Son: They say they simply started using their brains as advised by their skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni, dad!
Father: I don’t know, son!
The Competition in Tea Business!
Son: The convicted Lalu Prasad Yadav has said that he had doubts over Narendra Modi selling tea, dad.
Father: True. Go on, son.
Son: He has claimed that it was he who was a real tea vendor once upon a time, dad.
Father: Go on, son.
Son: But what he has unsaid is that he later diversified into ‘fodder’ business unlike Modi and landed himself in jail, dad!
Father: True. Go on, son.
Son: When the reporters approached Mani Shankar Aiyar for his comments, he is said to have told them that Lalu has been always been a Congress ally, dad.
Father: Go on, son.
Son: According to him, Lalu needs no invitation to sell tea at AICC sessions, dad!
Father: I don’t know, son!
The Brand Ambassador in Defaulter List!
Son: Sachin Tendulkar, Late Shiv Sena Chief Bal Thackeray and Samajwadi party leader Abu Azmi are among the water bill defaulters in Mumbai, dad!
Father: True. Go on, son.
Son: The list was released by the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) for which Sachin Tendulkar is the Brand Ambassador, dad!
Father: Go on, son.
Son: Sachin has now retired from all the three forms of Cricket and understandably has plenty of time for settling all his payments, dad.
Father: Go on, son.
Son: According to some sources, Sachin is expecting BMC to write off the dues against his fee for Brand Ambassadorship, dad.
Father: Go on, son.
Son: But BMC obviously thought that Sachin was doing it free, dad.
Father: Go on, son.
Son: It appears both the brands (of BMC and Sachin) have suffered a huge damage in the process, dad!
Father: I don’t know, son!
A V Krishnamurthy
16th February 2014


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