Monday, June 15, 2009

Underwear add responsible for India's debacle?

London-Clash in date for an underwear add shoot has been the root cause for India’s early elimination from the Twenty-Twenty World Cup. This top secret was revealed by Indian Captain MS Dhoni’s childhood friend Challa Singh Autopin whom Dhoni had called up from his Aircel phone immediately after the loss to England.
Challa Singh, who could not hold back his disappointment, sent an audio file of the conversation while on his way to his auto parts showroom in Patna.

'French Kache ki add ka dateuva tha’, Dhoni had told Challa Singh sharing the reason why his team did not look interested in winning the crucial match against England. The win would have made the tour very long, and the French advertisement company has been pressing us for a date ever since the tournament got underway. They had threatened the boys that they would hire the Australian Team since they were also free.

Dhoni in fact shared with his friend that how Yusuf Pathan was reprimanded in the dressing room for that valiant six in the last over.
‘Bana banayi khel kharab kar diya tha, one team-mate is supposed to have remarked who when gets a short-pitched ball, wishes he were wearing diapers. Realising that he has a short career in cricket he didn’t want to lose this juicy advertisement offer.

Challa Singh who was sobbing inconsolably on two accounts-firstly for India having been thrown out of the tournament and secondly for sneaking on his friend, said that the boys after losing the game had immediately called upon IPL founder to thank him for giving them IPL which took its toll, enabling them to fulfil their add commitment. The IPL chief is supposed to have assured the players of two IPLs next year and the players reportedly had a glee on their face when informed about this move.

IPL out of India, India out of T Twenty world cup, Indian fans can look forward to seeing their cricketers in action through advertisements which as per sources range from under wears to refined oil. Challa Singh, said, Dhoni might even do an advertisement for his auto spare parts show room.
(This is a humour piece after India crashed out of the T Twenty)

Friday, June 12, 2009

Slap in time great for Indian Cricket

Chandigarh- In a message to all dads on the occasion of the second T –Twenty world Cup, Yograj Singh, father of ace Indian batsman Yuvraj Singh has said that all children who are into sissy sports should be spanked.
He said this while addressing media persons at his petrol pump in sector 17, Chandigarh’s main shopping centre.”

You see slapping is directly proportionate to a great cricketing career said the former test cricketer who is rumoured to have fired six pistol shots in the air celebrating his son’s six sixes in one over in the last Twenty-Twenty World cup in South Africa.

“If I hadn’t slapped Yuvraj when he had come home with a gold medal in roller skating, India would not have had a Yuvi, he said explaining the positive sides of spanking the children at the opportune time.
“If slapped for a national cause, there is no harm done, he said rubbishing reporters who opined that each child had different talents and parents should motivate them as per their talent.
“So would you prefer Yuvraj Singh on skates or playing kho-kho,” he asked the reporters, irked by their baseless logic. I will advise Yuvraj to use the same tactics if he has a son when he gets married, said dad Yograj who is aiming at dynastic rule in cricket.

The press conference however hit a road-block when when Billu, Yuvraj’s roller skating coach turned up at the petrol pump and accused Yuvraj’s father from snatching away great roller- skating talent. Had it not been for Yograj, India would have been number one in roller-skating, he shouted
Raising anti-cricket slogans like ‘cricket Hai Hai’ and ‘T Twenty Hai Hai’, the Roller skating enthusiasts who accompanied the coach on their wheels, alleged that cricket was proving to be a threat to roller skating rinks. They said they were considering a skating outside 10 Downing Street during the course of the T Twenty to raise awareness for Roller Skating.

A chuddy-buddy of Yuvraj, who was with him when Yograj threatened to break his son’s legs if he ever skated again, remembered how his friend’s dad on his trip abroad would get Super Hero toys like Superman, Batman and Spiderman, to motivate his son for a super career in cricket.
He always associated Super Hero toys characters with fours and sixes,' said the chuddy-buddy who did not want to be named for fear of being slapped.

Sources said that the key to Yuvi’s performance till date was fear as the sound of his dad’s slap still hounds him each time he goes in to bat.


(This is a just humour piece)

Monday, June 8, 2009

Conversation with God.


In a surprise call at about 1.20 pm on seventh, June, a messenger from god came looking for Satya. All pleading to postpone affairs fell to deaf dears as a determined god insisted he could do nothing in this matter.

'But prayer is the art to conquer the impossible,' I said my plead turning into an argument with god after the messenger put him on line via his satellite phone. And I have been praying for her good health all night.

'Oh! You humans! When will you realise that billboards with footballers saying 'Nothing is impossible’ is just to sell you shoes.’

'The other day flying past India’s Connaught place I saw one big billboard saying ‘Impossible is nothing, and I asked my secretary when will the human mind evolve’, said god his voice polite but sarcastic enough to belittle me.

‘And by the way dude who told you prayers were the art of conquering the impossible,’ asked the voice on the other side of the phone.
‘No one. But I grew up with this idea,’ I replied still trying to hold my ground and find an opening where I could argue my case further.

‘I believe there are churches, Gurudwaras, Temples and Mosques selling you this product called prayer. And what I hear is there is a prayer for everything - good results, long life, sexy wife and even a prayer to get in touch with me. Book stores are full with volumes and volumes of books on ways and methods of how to pray and reach me.
'So what’s the harm,' I asked. 'Since I am talking to you, it means you exist. But you are one hell of a cool guy,' I said trying to humour him, hoping he listened to my case more carefully.

'Ha ha,' laughed the voice.

‘Prayer to me just seems some kind of a balm...ummm...like the ‘Tiger Balm’ the guys with the small eyes make. It can give you momentary relief, but the inevitable is unavoidable, his voice suddenly showing sense of urgency.’

‘I need to disconnect,’ said the voice citing seven missed calls from his office in Mars.

Beaji, my grandmother breathed her last.

Thursday, June 4, 2009

Chipko to Chopsticks.

Chandigarh—Reliable sources in the state capital have revealed that in the upcoming cabinet meeting, the Punjab government in all likelihood is set to pass an order whereby all of Punjab’s forest will be made available to make Chopsticks and Datuns (traditional Indian toothbrush).

The idea as per information was proposed by a very senior cabinet minister who felt that since the trees in Punjab’s forests were malnutrition-ed and very thin, they would make great raw material for dental and food accessory industry.

The CM is believed to have given an immediate nod to the proposal terming it as a brainwave of an idea.

The minister, say sources, in a hurriedly convened meeting with the Punjab Chief Minister at the latter’s residence, took out a crumpled piece of paper from his Kurta pocket and updated the CM on facts and figures about Punjab’s dental problems and the adverse effects of toothpastes on tooth enamel.

According to our source, who, apparently was hiding behind the curtains, the idea caught the Chief Minister’s fancy when the minister had mentioned that more than half of the state’s population had ‘kidas’ (ants) in their teeth and it and would make a great political move to connect with such a large chunk of voters at one go.

The Chief Minister is reported to have summoned his principal secretary immediately by pressing the ‘ghanti’, ordering him to prepare a feasibility report immediately.

The move, say bureaucrats could save the new trees the government proposes to plant, as Datuns, if stacked properly could be well double up as fuel-wood.

Sources say the scheme was at an advanced stage of implementation and a letter has already been shot off to owners of Swiss company Vixen that makes one of the best axes since use of blunt axes could lead to serious environmental violations.

The government does not want to raise the hackles of NGO’s like Greenpeace and give them a chance to vitiate the existing peaceful atmosphere for which it has also called up few zoos to check if they have elephants , specialising in uprooting trees.

Not denying the move, a top officer in the CM secretariat said, "that since the government wanted to add value to this brilliant idea, it was considering manufacturing Chopsticks out of species that were not fit for datuns."

Chopstick as per him was the first cousin of datun, and this move would give a boost to agro-forestry in Punjab.

“Also, since China is sending so many things to Punjab, including pictures of Babaji, Punjab, it was felt must return the favour in equal measure,” he said while explaining the logic behind this new move.

"Our friends in China and Japan are fond of eating Chowmein and since wood is dwindling we have decided to sign a MOU with both the governments because we understand there are many children in both the countries who go to bed hungry if they don’t eat chowmein with Chopsticks," added the same officer.

Asked if this was intended to placate a fuming Japan that loaned almost eight hundred crores to save Punjab’s ecology, the officer rubbished the journalist by saying, "Japan on the contrary should be grateful to Punjab, because had the money been appropriately used, Japan would not have got chopsticks."

The concerned minister when contacted for further information refused to come on line and threw his mobile phone out of the car.

(This is a humour piece. Enjoy. June 5 is World Environment day)

Wednesday, June 3, 2009

Australia Bans Punjabi Music-High Alert declared.


New Delhi- In a secret circular to the airport authorities, the Australian government has asked security agencies to frisk arriving Indian passengers thoroughly and not allow any one of them to escape with Bhangra Pop Music.

The order is to be strictly implemented, especially with passport holders from Punjab tells our source who was shaving in one of the toilets of the Melbourne International Airport when he overheard two security officials discuss this new direction. He quickly applied shaving cream the second time to get further information.

The circular was issued by the Home department after Australian government ruled out racism behind the recent attacks on Indians and held Bhangra music to be the root cause for the recent surge in violent incidents.

An investigation by the Australian police has, (copy is with us) concluded that since Aussies were colour blind, colour had nothing to with present pangebazi (conflict) between Australian and Indian students.

“Bhangra music rattles the Australian brain and provokes them to fight,” said Dr. Richard Brien, a renowned psychiatrist from Melbourne.

“You see the Bhaangra music is full of energy and if this energy is not directed in the right direction it can lead to all round mayhem, said D. Brien referring to the loud music Indians insist on playing on their I pods or I phones while using Public transport.

“Either you dance, or fight. And since the Aussies don’t know the Bhangra dance they are naturally inclined to fight mate,” he affirmed after counselling at least fifty odd Aussies.

Our source informed us that the government order also specifies Punjabi songs that have a higher potential to trigger fights, Down Under.

Terming them as ‘high risk singers’ the government along with the order has attached a list of singers, since their music reportedly instigates Australians the maximum.
Babbu Mann and Pummi Bai top the charts as the latter’s one particular song is said to inspire twirling of the moustache, irking Aussies no bounds.

Singer, Late Bindrakhia’s music is third on the list and security officials who have been provided with hi-tech music metres have been specifically asked keep their ears open for the song ‘toon nahin boldi tere vich tera yaar bolda.’

“We do not want a similar situation when cricketer Andrew Symonds had misinterpreted spinner Harbhajan Singh’s Maan ki abuse with monkey,” said a top cop, indicating that this particular song of Mr. Bind-Rak-Yaa had tremendous potential of being taken as a racial slur.


(This is a humor piece. Enjoy.)