Mark Twain said “The secret source of humour is sorrow not joy”. That surely explains the series of emails brimming with wit and humour, circulating among the laptop totting “forward” crowd. Take this one for instance:
Wah re Pakistan teri kismet
Second largest salt mine
Fifth largest gold mine
Fifth largest coal reserve
Seventh largest copper mine
Phir bhi IMF se bheek mangtey hain
Five rivers
Three nuclear reactors
Second largest dam
Phir bhi never ending load shedding
Sixth largest army
Seventh nuclear power
One of the largest armies in the world
Phir bhi drone attacks pe khamosh
Fourth largest rice producer
Fifth largest wheat producer
Phir bhi four percent remain underfed
Reason: Corrupt leaders and silent people
Wah re Pakistan teri kismat
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Another email to hit the “forward” circuits may seem one way of letting out steam or disgust with our “corrupt leaders”. That is if you can pick the similarities. It goes:
“There is a huge house on my street. The extended family is run by a grumpy old woman with a pack of irritable dogs, allowed to run without leads. Her car is not taxed or insured and does not even have a number plate but the police still do nothing.
To the best of my knowledge she has never worked in her life. Her bad tempered old man is notorious for his racist comments. A shopkeeper blamed her for the murder of his son and his son’s girlfriend but nothing has ever been proved. All their kids have broken marriages except the youngest who every body thought was gay. Two grandsons are meant to be in the army but are always out partying in night clubs. It is not known if they have the same father. They are both out of control. God! I hate living near the Buckingham Palace.”
Now does that sound familiar!
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