Hi Soniya! Very nice joke! I would like to understand the hindi expressions. Would you please translate them to me? Regards
Lil On Sep 24, 1:18 am, Soniya111 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Dear members of the group. > > Enjoy this joke. Have a nice day. > > Regards Soniya > > George Bush was sitting in his office wondering whom to invade next > when his telephone rang. > > 'Hello, Mr. Bush!' a heavily accented voice said, 'This is Gurmukh > from Phagwara, District Kapurthala, Punjab .. I am ringing to inform > you that we are officially declaring the war on you!' > > 'Well, Gurmukh,' Bush replied, 'This is indeed important news! How big > is your army' > > 'Right now,' said Gurmukh, after a moment's calculation, 'there is > myself, my cousin Sukhdev, my next door neighbor Bhagat, and the > entire kabaddi team from the gurudwara. That makes eight' > > Bush paused. 'I must tell you, Gurmukh that I have one million men in > my army waiting to move on my command.' > > 'Arrey O! Main kya..' said Gurmukh. 'I'll have to ring you back!' > > Sure enough, the next day, Gurmukh called again. > > 'Mr. Bush, it is Gurmukh, I'm calling from Phagwara STD, the war is > still on! We have managed to acquire some infantry equipment!' > > 'And what equipment would that be, Gurmukh' Bush asked. > > 'Well, we have two combines, a donkey and Amrik's tractor.' > > Bush sighed. 'I must tell you, Gurmukh, that I have 16,000 tanks and > 14,000 armored personnel carriers. Also, I've increased my army to > 1-1/2 million since we last spoke.' > > 'Oh teri....' said Gurmukh. 'I'll have to get back to you.' > > Sure enough, Gurmukh rang again the next day. > > 'Mr. Bush, the war is still on! We have managed to get ourselves > airborne...... We've modified Amrik's tractor by adding a couple of > shotguns, sticking on some wings and the pind's generator. Four school > pass boys from Malpur have joined us as well!' > > Bush was silent for a minute and then cleared his throat. 'I must tell > you, Gurmukh, that I have 10,000 bombers and 20,000 fighter planes. My > military complex is surrounded by laser-guided, surface-to-air missile > sites. And since we last spoke, I've increased my army to TWO > MILLION!' > > 'Tera pala hove....' said Gurmuk, 'I'll have to ring you back.' > > Sure enough, Gurmukh called again the next day. > > 'Kiddan, Mr.Bush! I am sorry to tell you that we have had to call off > the war.' > > 'I'm sorry to hear that,' said Bush. 'Why the sudden change of heart' > > 'Well,' said Gurmukh, 'we've all had a long chat over a couple of > lassi's, and decided there's no way we can feed two million prisoners > of wars!' > > NOW THAT'S CALLED PUNJABI CONFIDENCE !!! --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "English Learner's Cafe" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/english_learners?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
