Another one I wish I'd written... - Mary Anne (Sri Lankan, not Indian, but close enough for the purposes of the below)

Information on India

From: aroy@cs.uoregon.edu (Amitabha Roy)
Subject: Information on India
Keywords: chuckle
Date: Tue, 8 Oct 96 19:30:03 EDT

[Got this idea from someone long time back. I can't remember the guy's name. Most of it is original. Some of it is from what other Indians have told me they would like to say.]

Being from India, I get a lot of questions about my country. Sometimes the questions do become rather exasperating.

Q> Say, do you guys have electricity in India ?
A: Of course. We generate electricity by making an elephant run around a field by setting fire to its tail.

Q> Do you have cars in India ?
A: No. We only use cows and elephants.

Q> Do you have enough food in your country ?
A: No. But when we get hungry, we eat the cows and the elephants.

Q> With so many religions, how do you stay united ?
A: A common hatred of stupid Americans.

Q> I hear that you actually have snake charmers with poisonous snakes roaming the cities.
A: Oh yes, I was a snake charmer once. Infact, I have one up my pants right now.

Q> Do people have enough clothes to wear ?
A: Sure. Everybody wears exclusive Calvin Klein underwear; it keeps us cool.

Q> Do you actually burn widows right after her husband's death?
A: Yup. We burn them whenever we want.

Q> Can women vote in India ?
A: No. We just burn them.

Q> Do you have enough fuel in India?
A: I just told you about the women, didnt I ?!!

Q> I hear you get great hash in India.
A: Yup. Directly from the CIA.

Q> Do you have "arranged" marriages in India ?
A: Of course. We do like to organize things, you know...

Q> Do you speak Hindu ?
A: Yes. I also speak Christianity, Islam and Buddhism.

Q> Are you a Hindi ?
A: Oh yes, I am also English, French and Spanish.

Q> Where is India ?
A: Follow I5. You'll get there eventually.


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