Beer and laughter
Beer and laughing are the two things that primarily make me happy. On the secondary list are
a. Pamela Anderson
b. Critically acclaimed Oscar winning movies like 'Hot Teen Party' and 'Hawas ka shikari'
c. 6th of every month (the day I walk out of the accountant's cabin in my office with a smile on my face...and a cheque in my hand)
BUt today I am going to talk about one of the primary things i.e laughter. Laughter, as per my observation, is not all that common among everybody, contrary to popular perceptions . And when I say this, I am not including Aanchal from my office who
laughs like a hyena on drugs on the most inane of jokes. In fact, I think, she might even laugh at the semi-colons in a joke. She has a great career in the television industry. How???..u ask??. She could be very successful in giving background laughter in any of the so called 'comedy serials' on TV like 'Hum Paanch' in which the 'laughter artists' who have gone into depression watching it, have to be ordered to laugh at gunpoint. Aanchal's laugher can be heard miles away and she won't quit laughing until somebody calls the security gaurds, who shoot her with tranquiliser darts to quiten her. When I see her laughing, I think of people who have forgotten the art of laughing and why Aanchal is not sent to the asylum for 'compulsive laughing disorder'
On the contrary, One guy who I haven't ever seen laughing is 'AK Hangal' who holds the world-record for playing the role of 'Ramu Kaka' in the maximum number of movies. He can generally be seen saying things like 'aaj khane mein kya banau, memsaab' or 'duniya ek kaato bhara rasta hai..beti' in any of his 'Ramu kaka' movies. He is joined by many amongst us, who can't laugh to save their lives (BTW..I can't think of a situation where you have to laugh to save your life ...except the 'laughter artists' at Hum Paanch). I keep wondering why it's so difficult for people to appreciate a good joke and laugh...which is a weird thing to wonder about and indicates that I have nothing much to do in life.
As per my observation (I observe a lot), people in India are not mature enough when it comes to humour. They find shakti Kapoor in his 'banian' and striped 'chaddi' saying "aau" very funny. I mean, what's funny about that? I would rather watch a programme on 'Rural agricultural development' on DD1 than watch something like that. Now, I know what you are thinking...what is DD1?? well...DD1 is an ancient TV channel started by the 'babus' in the government wearing safari suits. In fact, DD1 is used for a wide range of purposes like treating insomnia patients and torturing the most hardcore of criminals at Tihar jail.
jail warden: "batao khoon kisne kiya??"
criminal: "mujhe nahi pata saab...mein sach bol raha hoon"
"accha?..hawaldar!!....zara DD1 per 'krishi udyoug' chalu karo"
"nahiiii....krishi udyog nahi!!!...mein sab sach sach batata hoon"
Comming back to the topic of laughing, girls in my school and college were very good at it. In fact, they were so good, they didn't need a reason to laugh. Divya and Sneha, the hottest chicks in my junior college class, used to always wander together(like a pack of hyenas..har) and used to giggle whenever I even looked at them. This made me quite nervous as you can understand (if you are a guy). One day, I finally built up all the courage I had (which is not much) and approached them to introduce myself and maybe go with them to the college canteen.
them : "(seeing me approach them) giggle...giggle..snigger..snigger"
me : "(shitting bricks)..eh..hi...I am..eh..Gautam"
them : "giggle...giggle..snigger..snigger"
me : " (more bricks)..could you...eh...u know...like..."
them : "hee..hee...hee"
me : "u know..eh...lend me your economics notes (phew!!) "
one of them : "giggle..giggle..whose economic notes do you want?...giggle..giggle"
me : "um...anybdysntsisokwthme"
them : "giggle..giggle"
that was supposed to be :- anybody's notes is ok with me.
Well that was the last time I ever apporached them and till a week after the incident I used to have nightmares which mainly consisted of....."giggle..giggle...giggle".
Well, that, I think, concludes my post. I hate to cut it short like this but I have to catch up on my favorite TV serial - "krishi udyog" on DD1.
Bye for now and happy new year to verybody :-)
a. Pamela Anderson
b. Critically acclaimed Oscar winning movies like 'Hot Teen Party' and 'Hawas ka shikari'
c. 6th of every month (the day I walk out of the accountant's cabin in my office with a smile on my face...and a cheque in my hand)
BUt today I am going to talk about one of the primary things i.e laughter. Laughter, as per my observation, is not all that common among everybody, contrary to popular perceptions . And when I say this, I am not including Aanchal from my office who
laughs like a hyena on drugs on the most inane of jokes. In fact, I think, she might even laugh at the semi-colons in a joke. She has a great career in the television industry. How???..u ask??. She could be very successful in giving background laughter in any of the so called 'comedy serials' on TV like 'Hum Paanch' in which the 'laughter artists' who have gone into depression watching it, have to be ordered to laugh at gunpoint. Aanchal's laugher can be heard miles away and she won't quit laughing until somebody calls the security gaurds, who shoot her with tranquiliser darts to quiten her. When I see her laughing, I think of people who have forgotten the art of laughing and why Aanchal is not sent to the asylum for 'compulsive laughing disorder'
On the contrary, One guy who I haven't ever seen laughing is 'AK Hangal' who holds the world-record for playing the role of 'Ramu Kaka' in the maximum number of movies. He can generally be seen saying things like 'aaj khane mein kya banau, memsaab' or 'duniya ek kaato bhara rasta hai..beti' in any of his 'Ramu kaka' movies. He is joined by many amongst us, who can't laugh to save their lives (BTW..I can't think of a situation where you have to laugh to save your life ...except the 'laughter artists' at Hum Paanch). I keep wondering why it's so difficult for people to appreciate a good joke and laugh...which is a weird thing to wonder about and indicates that I have nothing much to do in life.
As per my observation (I observe a lot), people in India are not mature enough when it comes to humour. They find shakti Kapoor in his 'banian' and striped 'chaddi' saying "aau" very funny. I mean, what's funny about that? I would rather watch a programme on 'Rural agricultural development' on DD1 than watch something like that. Now, I know what you are thinking...what is DD1?? well...DD1 is an ancient TV channel started by the 'babus' in the government wearing safari suits. In fact, DD1 is used for a wide range of purposes like treating insomnia patients and torturing the most hardcore of criminals at Tihar jail.
jail warden: "batao khoon kisne kiya??"
criminal: "mujhe nahi pata saab...mein sach bol raha hoon"
"accha?..hawaldar!!....zara DD1 per 'krishi udyoug' chalu karo"
"nahiiii....krishi udyog nahi!!!...mein sab sach sach batata hoon"
Comming back to the topic of laughing, girls in my school and college were very good at it. In fact, they were so good, they didn't need a reason to laugh. Divya and Sneha, the hottest chicks in my junior college class, used to always wander together(like a pack of hyenas..har) and used to giggle whenever I even looked at them. This made me quite nervous as you can understand (if you are a guy). One day, I finally built up all the courage I had (which is not much) and approached them to introduce myself and maybe go with them to the college canteen.
them : "(seeing me approach them) giggle...giggle..snigger..snigger"
me : "(shitting bricks)..eh..hi...I am..eh..Gautam"
them : "giggle...giggle..snigger..snigger"
me : " (more bricks)..could you...eh...u know...like..."
them : "hee..hee...hee"
me : "u know..eh...lend me your economics notes (phew!!) "
one of them : "giggle..giggle..whose economic notes do you want?...giggle..giggle"
me : "um...anybdysntsisokwthme"
them : "giggle..giggle"
that was supposed to be :- anybody's notes is ok with me.
Well that was the last time I ever apporached them and till a week after the incident I used to have nightmares which mainly consisted of....."giggle..giggle...giggle".
Well, that, I think, concludes my post. I hate to cut it short like this but I have to catch up on my favorite TV serial - "krishi udyog" on DD1.
Bye for now and happy new year to verybody :-)
posted by gautam at 5:40 PM
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