Saturday, May 30, 2015

WWF participation required

Indian packed food suppliers expect that to open their packets there would be family member who competes at World Wrestling Federation (WWF) or have a sharp scissor....

Wednesday, May 27, 2015

Questions questions

Some people ask additional questions on the same topic you informed that you did not know anything about, when asked the first time around.

Sunday, May 24, 2015

Aam Indian wins

IPL 2015 following the recent trend of Indian elections - victory of the "Aam" Indian. .... Indians won against ... Super Kings, .... Royals, Royal Challengers ...  and .... Knight Riders!

Friday, May 22, 2015

Ache Bache

Husband: "Bache Bade Ache Lag Rahe Hai"
Wife: "To Kya Chote Ache Nahi Lagte The Kya?"

Monday, May 18, 2015

Desi in US

Design query: "Why are they asking for my chain's code (seeing zip code) on this form?"

Who is Spurious?

Feels strange when a service provider dupes you and then sends a message to be wary of spurious mails and phone calls.

Common Occupation

A common occupation of indian user profiles  on social networking sites: "Working as student"

Saturday, May 16, 2015

Richie Rich

Its taken 30 years for gadgets used by Richie Rich (comics) to be affordable to the common man.

Formula

Formulae / Technology in Indian advertising I never understood:
1. Palmolive Shaving Cream formula- SGL4
2. Orient Fans PSPO

Thursday, May 14, 2015

Paulo Rossi

When Italy won the soccer world cup in 1980s Paulo Rossi was the hero. Amul put an ad: "Pau Lo Roz Hi With Amul Butter"

Sharmana

During my school days there was an India Pakistan cricket match. Pakistan won because a six was required of the last ball and they hit it. The batsman was Javed Miandad and the bowler Chetan Sharma. Amul put an ad: "Mia Ki Dad Se Sharma Gaye"

Tuesday, May 12, 2015

Earthquake

Few moments of earthquake
Every moment awake
Reminds pain and ache

Sunday, May 10, 2015

Get concerned

An almost certain prescription to get you concerned about your health: go for a "free" health checkup

Saturday, May 9, 2015

Sunday, May 3, 2015

Pakora v/s Sapota

IPL observations:
1. Bhajji (Harbhajan Singh) plays for Mumbai. Bhajji in Mumbai is "Pakoda".
2. Chiku (Virat Kohli) plays for Bangalore. Chikku in Bangalore is "Sapota".

Marshal Law

My sister had a teacher named Bolar she was feared due to her strict behaviour so she was "deadly". Malcolm Marshall was a deadly bowler so we referred to the teacher as Marshall.

Let peace prevail

With the "Fight of the Century" behind us, can we expect peace for the rest of the century?