Friday, January 30, 2015

Which Floor?

In sweet store
Customer: "What is this made of?"
Shop owner: "Ground Flour"
Customer: "How about First Floor?"

English Translation

Hindi song: Tum Itna Jo Muskura Rahe Ho Kya Gum Hai Jo Jisko Chupa Rahe Ho
Translation: Jo you are smiling, which glue are you hiding?

Thursday, January 29, 2015

C Or D

My friend asked "which block are you in C or D, you keep shifting between these blocks in your colony". I replied "I would rather say I am on a staircase so I do not have to answer this odd question". "Why staircase" asked my friend I replied "If I say I am in CD the letters when put together sound like Seedi in Hindi which means staircase in English. So I do not have to be specific about saying C or D".

Pickup

In India's Republic Day parade the contingents which follow one with animals like horses and camels might be equipped to cleanup expected droppings.

Grocery store business

Theory: Grocery stores are doing more business due to smart phones.
Reason: When in doubt about purchases, husband's get confirmation from wife's by using telephone calls, sharing pics using WhatsApp etc.

Popular Servers

Just as popularity of a user on Twitter is determined by number of followers and on Facebook by number of friends the popularity of a computer acting as server on network is determined by the number of administrators it has.

Best time to burgle houses...

Best time to burgle houses in Gujarat and Maharashtra as most people will be on their rooftops/terraces flying kites thanks to Sankrant.

Sunday, January 11, 2015

Sweet Rupee

I would like to thank the chocolate manufacturers in India for helping to bridge the shortage of 1 Rupee coins with chocolates. You have a choice in 1 Rupee - melody, echlairs etc.

Jet lag

Jet lag does not kill you but kills everything inside you till it lasts

Prices

Oil price and transport cost go hand in hand. Oil "slipped" but transport costs didn't "fall". Thanks to weather only soap sales fell.

Pulao

English equivalent for Indian rice preparation Pulao
Pul = Bridge + Ao = Come. So Pulao is Bridge Come.