Superb Wit

All ears on Karuna Waghmare (c)

That in these times, it is still possible to retain one’s innocence and remain insulated from external influences was proved by Karuna Waghmare today. The following two ‘jokes’ narrated by her in the morning would adequately amplify this:
* An elephant befriended an ant. One day, the ant climbed up the elephant’s body and said that it had a confession to make. “Keep this to yourself,” the ant whispered in the elephant’s ear. “It’s a secret. I am going to be the mother of your child.”
* One day a coconut fell from a tree. A monkey, swinging about on the tree-top, gleefully descended upon the fallen coconut and tried to break it. Unable to do so, it straddled upon the coconut and started rocking up and down like it was on a rocking horse!
So what’s funny?
Anybody relating these ‘jokes’ would only draw a stony silence. But coming from Karuna, we were reduced to tears, laughing out hard and unable to take it any more. The podgy little lady has perfected a style of speaking in staccato half-sentences and she isn’t even aware how funny she can be -- especially when she waves her tiny hands around for effect.

File photo of Mr and Mrs Shekhawat

As Dilip Babani pointed out to her, “Anything you say is funny.”
While we shall be hearing more of Karuna Waghmare (now that she is back from her sojourn at her daughter’s), here’s a bit of disturbing news. Mrs Mohan Kanwar Shekhawat was admitted to Sanghvi Hospital, Lokhandwala yesterday with a severe bout of nausea and vomiting. She was discharged around 10:30 pm after some drips and injections. But for the time she was admitted, Shekhawat was badly rattled.

Happy Anniversary, Mr and Mrs Angad Singh

Kiran Prakash who called on him late evening reported that Mrs Shekhawat looked extremely weak and exhausted. The latest, according to Shekhawat, is that “the test reports indicate that she is out of danger and there’s nothing to worry now”.
Meanwhile, our in-house computing wizard, Bihari Milwani informs that Mr and Mrs Angad Singh have completed 65 glorious years of married life today. “They were married on June 17, 1951,” he reminds us, faultless as always in keeping track of every milestone in everybody's life. What statisticians are to cricketing records, Milwani is to us in Big Laaf.
As Angad Singh is away at Mohali, let us convey to him and his wife through this blog our heartfelt wishes for many more years of togetherness and marital bliss.
Lt Col Angad Singh (from Mohali):
We wish the Shekhawats a very enjoyable and long inning. Happy to know that Mrs Shekhawat is well and enjoying good health. We are also thankful to Milwani-ji for remembering our marriage anniversary. We will certainly celebrate when we return to the club.