I am back. What?!!! You weren't exactly dying waiting for me?!!! Well, I am back anyway. What kept me for so long was netiher apping nor IPL and continuing in the same vein, what brought me here today wasn't the lack of these two activities either. There is still a lot of of work to do(in apping) and action to catch(in IPL).
Remember the kid in "The sixth sense"? Much to my horror, I recently discovered that I have similar powers. But there's a twist. No, that doesn't mean I see ghosts dancing away. In fact, I don't see dead people at all; I see smartasses. No, not round and tight posteriors, ya pervert; though I admit seeing thaose would be thousand times more fun. What I mean is PJs and wise cracks follow me like heat seeking missiles these days, wherever I go. Even at the local medical/stationery shop. And that made me think, why the hell do we not have a shopkeeper-customer genre of jokes in the jokebooks. I mean, we have courtroom humour, boardroom humour, bathroom humour, bedroom homour, husband-wife jokes, father-son jokes, father in law-son in law jokes, mother in law-daughter in law jokes, manager-employee jokes, student-teacher jokes, engineer-manager jokes, friend-friend jokes, lover boy-lover girl jokes and a lot more sub-categories!! So why not shopkeeper-customer jokes?? Especially when we are subjected to it on a daily basis. Well, at least I am.
And this is what brings me here. So ladies and gentlemen, let me have the honour of presenting to you the world's first official collection of shopkeeper-customer humour.
1. Me: Bhaiya, yeh pen kaam nahi karta?
Bhaiya: Nahi ji, yeh bas likhta hai :)
2. Auntyji: Arre bhaiya, kuchh achhe prints dikhao na!
Exasperated Kannadiga shopkeeper: Amma, company mera naiii....
3. Lady with an accent: How much?
Fish seller: Rui maachh madaaam :)
4. Ages ago, my cousin who didn't know any bengali went to a local shop and after getting his stuff gave a 100 rupee note to the shopkeeper. The shopkeeper asked for change saying, "khuchro khuchro". My cousin left the shop saying he will get it from home. When he told one of my brothers what happened, my brother asked him if he didn't have change. My cousin's reply to this was awesome. He said, "I had plenty. But I thought "khuchro" is a number > 100"
...the day my memory and willingness to write came good at the same time, I will post more.
