The Money-Throwing ATM!
Son: The other day I went to a private bank ATM in Jayanagar IV Block (near Maiya’s) to withdraw money, dad.
Father: Go on, son.
Son: I swiped my ATM card and asked for a cash payment of Rs5,000, dad.
Father: Go on, son.
Son: To my surprise, the ATM threw the amount (currency) allover in front of the machine and I had to gather them and count, dad!
Father: Interesting. Go on, son.
Son: The security watchman was observing from outside, dad.
Father: Go on, son.
Son: I asked him why the ATM was behaving unfriendly with the clients, dad.
Father: Go on, son.
Son: He asked me which bank card I was holding, dad!
Father: Interesting. Go on, son.
Son: When I told him that it was a PSU bank card, he told me that the ATM did not like cards of certain banks, dad!
Father: I don’t know, son!
Diggy’s Priority!
Son: The Congress party is in an introspection mode post the Lok Sabha election debacle, dad.
Father: True. Go on, son.
Son: The journalists were eager to hear from the most vociferous spokesperson of the party – Diggy (Digvijay Singh), dad.
Father: Go on, Son.
Son: Diggy is said to have told them that right now his priorities were different, dad.
Father: Like what? Go on, son.
Son: He told them that he would focus on his marriage with the TV journalist, dad!
Father: Interesting. Go on, son.
Son: He added, for good measure, that he would follow the footsteps of the senior most party leader N D Tiwari in this regard, dad!
Father: I don’t know, son!
Manmohan Singh – to be a Busy Retired Man!
Son: A journalist was eager to know what the PM Manmohan Singh proposed to do after his retirement, dad.
Father: Go on, son.
Son: Manmohan is said to have told him that his first priority is to read the book – The ‘Accidental Prime Minister’ – written by his former media advisor Sanjay Baru, dad!
Father: Interesting. Go on, son.
Son: Manmohan is also said to be expecting a good number of books from his erstwhile bureaucrats and one from A Raja, the former Telecom Minister, dad.
Father: Go on, son.
Son: These books could keep him fully busy for quite a long time, dad.
Father: I don’t know, son!
A Job Outsourced!
Son: Manmohan Singh is said to be have been asked by a journalist, how he could silently manage the affairs of the country for ten years in spite of all sorts of controversies, dad.
Father: Go on, son.
Son: He is said to have told the journalist that he functioned like a typical BPO, dad!
Father: Interesting. Go on, son.
Son: He is said to have explained that the Gandhi Family had outsourced the business to him and he just completed the job, dad!
Father: Go on, son.
Son: According to him, the business was initially entrusted for a period of five years, dad.
Father: Go on, son.
Son: The contract was extended for an additional five years basing on the previous performance, dad!
Father: I don’t know, son!
The DMK Counted Out!
Son: A leader of DMK party in Tamil Nadu had told BJP during a TV interview that it should count them out if it is looking for allies, dad.
Father: True. Go on, son.
Son: Little did he know that the voters of Tamil Nadu had already ‘counted them out’ in the Lok Sabha elections, dad!
Father: I don’t know, son!
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