Comments on: In Case of Emergency http://www.nikhilpahwa.com/2006/08/19/in-case-of-emergency/ In the realm of ideas, everything depends on enthusiasm; in the real world, all rests on perseverance Thu, 09 Feb 2012 00:52:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: Anonymous http://www.nikhilpahwa.com/2006/08/19/in-case-of-emergency/#comment-569 Anonymous Sun, 20 Aug 2006 06:32:00 +0000 http://www.mixedbag.in/2006/in-case-of-emergency/#comment-569 for no particular reason, this post reminds me of an old santa-banta joke. both of them, police constables in amritsar this time, are approached by a tourist seeking thier help who tries to communicate with them using english, spanish and a couple of other languages that he's learning. they don't understand anything so he gives up and walks away, to which santa remarks that maybe they should learn to speak other languages, or atleast english. after considering the point for a while, banta remarks that it would be of no use, that man knew so many but did it get him any help? (damn. jokes are best told colloquially) ~ harneet for no particular reason, this post reminds me of an old santa-banta joke.

both of them, police constables in amritsar this time, are approached by a tourist seeking thier help who tries to communicate with them using english, spanish and a couple of other languages that he’s learning. they don’t understand anything so he gives up and walks away, to which santa remarks that maybe they should learn to speak other languages, or atleast english. after considering the point for a while, banta remarks that it would be of no use, that man knew so many but did it get him any help?

(damn. jokes are best told colloquially)

~ harneet

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