Thx Siva ji. I have since shared with Iyer 123 as suggested. I am yet to get acquainted with how it is posted on my Facebook wall.
While I have had the pleasure of talking to you and Meghna, I am still to have the privilege to interact with your son. I am sure he will pick up one of these days when I call you. Regards Sundaram On Thu, Oct 20, 2011 at 10:01 AM, Sivasubramanian Perinkulam < [email protected]> wrote: > ** > > > Oh, man ! Why don't you send this Iyer123 and also post on your fb wall ? > Let more people enjoy > > Love and regards, > sp > > > On Thu, Oct 20, 2011 at 12:45 PM, sundaram v.v. <[email protected]>wrote: > >> ** >> >> >> * >> * >> >> Sivasubramanian ji, your reference to translation reminds me of *two*jokes: >> one on translation per se, and the other starting from it. Here they >> are. >> >> >> (1) A foreign dignitary was on a visit to India. He addressed a packed >> crowd and a local guy translated it into Hindi. To emphasize a particular >> point, the visitor narrated a joke. The chap translated it and the crowd >> went into peels of laughter. >> >> >> Later the dignitary asked the translator: “How come it took me five >> minutes to narrate the joke, and you translated it in two seconds, and the >> audience laughed so much?” >> >> >> “Easy, Sir.” I told them, “The visitor has narrated a joke, please laugh.” >> >> >> >> >> (2) *WC Story: *I heard this about forty years ago. I hope my memory >> serves me right to recapitulate it in the spirit I read it: >> >> >> Fascinated by Switzerland as a tourist, an English lady decided to settle >> down there permanently. She selected a small village to buy a house. The >> villagers spoke French; only one person could speak English. He took her >> around a house, and explained its features. She was impressed. >> >> >> Back in London, she realized she had missed checking the bathroom >> facility. So she wrote back: >> >> >> “Sir, is there a WC?” >> >> >> The poor villager did not know what WC (water closet) stood for. So he >> went to a Priest who was more conversant with English. He too did not know. >> Together they went to the Church Library in the basement. The Church >> dictionary said: WC - Wayside Chapel. Then the villager wrote back. >> >> >> “Madam, >> >> >> “Yes, there is a WC. It is four miles away. It opens only on Sundays. It >> is vast, and can accommodate 600 people at a time. Normally it is crowded. >> So I suggest you reach early; otherwise you may have to perform standing. >> >> >> “There is a band in attendance, which makes it all the more enjoyable. The >> acoustics are so good that even the slightest sound in the WC can be heard >> in a radius of five miles. It is so enchanting that people bring their lunch >> along and make a day of it as picnic. My daughter met her husband only in >> this very WC. They spent hours there. >> >> >> “I was very regular. But because of my arthritis, I now go only once in >> two months. >> >> >> “We look forward to your early move.” >> >> >> *Have I lost the joke in translation?* >> >> * >> * >> >> V.V. 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