Crackling Wit

He skipped coming to the Garden yesterday. So today he made up by displaying his skipping skills. He snatched a skipping rope from a startled girl and started skipping and skipping… and skipping, till he ran out of breath. For his age and size, it was an amazing sight (left pic)!
But Srichand Arora was in a playful mood. Indeed, the entire morning belonged to him. Seeing his wayward ways, Razia Khan (below, right) ordered him to stand in the middle and conduct the exercises. Still breathless, he protested, but to no avail. “Just watch out,” he threatened. “See me outside the Gate!”
“When?” she asked eagerly.
“Evening,” said Arora, hoping she would take the bait. But Razia ignored him. “Aap ne poocha nahin ‘kahaan’?” Arora persisted.
Pat came her reply: “Wahin jahaan koi aata-jaata nahin!”
Razia was not the only one to take on Arora. Teja Singh was having difficulty with some of the exercises as he had fractured his right arm. Predictably, Arora pulled him up. “Next time you better be careful before getting into a scuffle,” he rebuked the mild-mannered sardar. “You are not in the age to go around beating up people.”
Instantly Tara Chand (below left) retorted from the side: “We are actually in the age of getting beaten up by people!”
Still, Arora was unstoppable. He promised Shekhawat three Mumtaz Mahals to be entombed in the "Taj Mahal still being built" in his bathroom (see post of February 19). He also conceded to his wife being dropped from Club membership for of lack of attendance -- but on condition that a "suitable substitute" be provided to him!
The best was yet to come though.
While the ladies went about charging one another of being ‘suspects’ in the Pehchaan Kaun post of last Sunday, Arora sat like a Buddha, fully composed, studying the photograph intently on his iPhone. Abruptly he switched off and stood up.
“This is nothing but a conspiracy to get me bashed up,” he declared with finality. “I am supposed to ask a woman, ‘How many children you have?’ My second question would be, ‘Are you married?’ What do you expect? Even before I ask the third question, joooootey padenge!!!”
Bhaswati Bose:
Here's another gem from Mr Arora: He advised me today not to lift anything heavy till I am completely cured. "After that, you may even lift Mr Bose!" he said.
Harish Wadhwa:
* Bhaswati-ji, spare our friend Bose-babu. We don't want the building floor to collapse due to a sudden thud (LOL)!!!
* Whom are you wanting to trap, Arora-ji? Even if it is just skipping with a rope, I want you to show mercy on the already pothole-ridden Mumbai roads! Sorry Sir-ji, it is in the interest of one and all.