Internet Humour

Bhaswati Bose (back to camera) reads out phone forwards

From quick repartees to sharp witticisms cracked extempore to tepid readings from little scraps of paper… we have now graduated to sourcing humour from the Internet. Smartphones have made this easy. Not only does the device enable us to access an inexhaustible repository of jokes, there is more variety in the gags and most important, a certain freshness that cannot be matched.
As usual, Siba Prasad Maitra set the ball rolling this morning by reading out a composition by Gulzar (the lyricist) saved in his mobile. It was brilliant. Bhaswati Bose took the cue, but rattled out three side-splitting phone forwards – one more devastating than the other. Taking off on how stinginess can get the better of hospitality, she moved on to describing how a mango on the tree had turned ripe (‘pak gaya’) and dropped to the ground out of sheer boredom. Finally, she recounted how two nutcases go about checking a bomb on the specious assurance that should it explode by chance on their face, there is another bomb kept aside as a stand-by!

Shekhawat (rt) mulls over next picnic destination

Maitra took over from there with another hilarious number… and on and on the narrations ran, thus paving the way for more of such digitised comedy in future.
Meanwhile, Shekhawat was to bring up the question of a Club picnic and offered to return the cash he had collected for the trip to Royal Hills resort last month (ref post of February 17). Since that did not materialize due to his ill-health, he suggested we either drop the idea entirely, or else, explore the possibility of some other destination.
Banoo Apa suggested going to some place far, even if it were to be Lonavala and involved an overnight stay. Monthi Serrao chipped in, proposing a train trip to Aurangabad, which would automatically extend to the Ajanta and Ellora Caves. Some mention was also made of Matheran and other hill stations where the climate would be more pleasant and welcoming. These are early days though and a lot of groundwork remains to be done before the Club takes a final call.
Kiran Prakash:
Bhaswati had created a 'laaf tsunami'. I could not have imagined myself in this avtaar. I hardly smile. Good for my health. Bhaswati-ji, we will now have five minutes of your session every day. Please come digitally prepared.