Satire - Gr8 Read !Growing weak , I tripped and `rupeed'Daniel P George
TNN
"I don't make jokes," said American humourist Will Rogers sometime in 1962. "I
just watch the
government and report the facts." As the Indian government watches helplessly
at the rupee hurtling down the 60s against the American dollar, Indian netizens
seem to have taken a leaf out of Rogers's book.
A science-lover posted this: It has been announced that the concept of free
falling in physics will be explained using the Indian rupee as an example.
A language enthusiast added: Since the rupee is falling,
let's start using it in normal conversations like a verb. Like, "I tripped and
rupeed."
Another one thought the rupee has just become "more down to earth than
necessary."
While the rupee remained the butt of many jokes, the smarter ones couldn't
resist the temptation of linking its fall to the neighbours.
"Pakistan has stopped printing fake 500 INR notes," said a post on a social
network. "Why? Because the overheads of making the notes have increased."
China wasn't spared either. "I think the Chinese would leave Arunachal Pradesh
alone if they knew how bad the rupee is faring."
Someone else took a dig at RBI, saying it has replaced the rupee with onion to
regain parity with the US dollar.
Another netizen prayed: Dollar on escalator; rupee on ventilator; the nation in
ICU;God save India!
Not every one was lamenting— one had this desi solution to save the currency:
Make the rupee tie a `rakhi' to the dollar and say,
"Meri raksha karna! Meanwhile, there was this "official announcement" from
Dalal Street that the following terms have been revised:
BSE: Bombay Se Exit,
NSE: Nation Se Exit,
F/O: Future Over,
NIFTY: No Income For This Year,
FII: Fraudulent International Investors,
HNI: Has No Idea,
PMS: Pre Mediated Scam,
SIP: Suicide by Investing Patiently,
EBITDA: Exit Before It Tumbles Down
Again.
And what did the rupee have to say about all these jokes? "Well, I don't
appreciate. "
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