“Laughter is an instant vacation,” said Milton Berle. Here at NK, we would like to contribute to lightening your mood in preparation for a meaningful and relaxed weekend. So here’s the tongue-in-cheek look at the events of the week gone by that you’ve been waiting for :)
Will Ray-Ban lose market share was the question the wags on the NSE were asking after they floated in on the marina discarded and teary. This, soon after they helped prevent prying eyes from photographing the crying eyes of a million or more people as the mortal remains of Kalaignar were laid to rest next to his mentor Annadurai on the Marina.
Would his eternal rest be disrupted by a political rival who also hoped to rest in peace close by? That was the question decided by the court in the negative when his family courted them and then quoted them for a place among the stars – the real ones, not the ones who hope to take his place. The battle for political power between them for over three decades fascinated even the most apolitical of people including the courts and it was appropriate that the decision on their resting places (so as not to allow their feud to carry over into the lives still being lived) was left to the third umpire.
Now with four of the state’s towering leaders protecting entry from the sea, there will never be a Dunkirk moment… unless it comes from up north and it may well might! Preparations are underway, says the media…
Is a hug to be more feared than a bouncer? The MEA was apparently asked this question after news reports emerged that the former Sultan of swing, Imran Khan, Pakistan’s potential potentate, might invite only the three batsmen he ‘feared’ the most – Gavaskar, Sidhu and Kapil Dev to his possible prime ministerial swearing in ( some including former Pakistan PM’s are swearing at it!)
The hug has become a feared political weapon both within and outside our nation after the Former Pak PM fell afoul of his courts and political opponents after a receiving a famous hug from across the border. Naturally, the newbie Pak PM is wary. But it must be said that he too might be carrying a pack of those Panama cigarettes (“Panama: This brand is made from hand-picked premium Virginia tobacco to produce a soothing smoke with natural tobacco aroma. Panama Bullet: This is the thickest non-filter cigarette available in the Indian market currently. Due to more diameter, the smoker gets a mouthful smoke from each puff” – courtesy Wikipedia.)
The hug has enhanced its potency to disrupt rather than foster relationships when it went national. Hitherto it was an Indian export – much like kabaddi. Now it provides for more ribbing – from a distance rather than rib to rib. Not a fib, that.
It’s been raining cats and dogs down south. More than 25 lives lost and 600 homes destroyed, not by the animals that depend on it, but from a lack of respect for its ability to nurture rather than destroy life by making a habit of destroying its habitat.
There’s water everywhere, even where it is not wanted. There’s so much of it, that happily there are no more disputes on whether it should be released from the reservoirs – it has to be released to save the reservoir for when there is no water. That’s the irony of water, water everywhere, but not a dam to save it. But who gives a damn until there is no water?
So #youtoo have taken the #KikiChallenge? or #itsnotinyour feelings? No idea what I’m talking about? Well neither do I, and I’m not about to take the challenge, but the police know all about it – They didn’t know much about the fitness challenge or the ice bucket challenge, which mostly Bollywood and BCCIwood knew, (besides the PM), but this is one challenge they do know about because it is bringing them a lot of traffic headaches (even more than the potholes!).
Jumping out of a moving car to break into a dance may seem bizarre. But that’s exactly what social media users are doing as part of the latest internet sensation—the #KikiChallenge or #InMyFeelingsChallenge and Indians feed on the internet – they can afford data, not atta – So there!
The internet will tell you – if you scroll it properly – that the #kiki challenge, is not about stepping out of a moving car and dancing to the tunes of the Drake track “in my feelings”, in which Drake asks the question – Kiki – do you love me? The fast and furious on the internet made the car move even as they stepped out it into a pothole and danced away… Then there are those on the internet on their phones, but don’t have a car – they might just step in front of yours – that would be your #tyrechallenge!
Last word
Interestingly polygamy in India is illegal since 1956, but that has not stopped our leaders from embracing it…It helps prove potential… But those who indulge in bachelorhood can also prove their potential with hugs.
I couldn’t resist this – Ollie Pope – a 20-year-old has debuted in the 2nd test against India at Lords and as this goes online he has just come out to bat as England stare at a batting collapse – only a prayer can save them! His name on the scorecard may perhaps do the trick – it reads Pope, Ollie!
Have a great weekend and a great week ahead with your Ray-Bans on – no one can see you cry then and it will look as if you are enjoying it.
The author can be contacted at brian@newskarnataka.com
