Monday, November 5, 2012

Maximum money


When a friend asked Irish playwright Bernard Shaw which book got him the maximum money, he replied: “Chequebook.”
A person without a sense of humour, I feel, is like a peacock without tail feathers. No wonder, Gandhi said, “If I had no sense of humour, I would long ago have committed suicide.”
After the performance of a play in London, Bernard Shaw joined actors on stage to acknowledge a rousing ovation. However, there was a solitary voice crying out: "Boo! Boo!" Shaw looked at that direction and remarked: "I agree with you my friend, but what can we two do against a houseful of opposite opinion?"
British statesman Winston Churchill’s repartee is also well-known.  When American socialite Nancy Astor once told him, “If you were my husband, I’d put poison in your coffee,” Churchill shot back, "If you were my wife, I would gladly drink it."
Kung Fu king Bruce Lee was once asked if he believed in God. “I believe in sleeping,” he answered.
Sometimes, serious talks turn humorous. I spotted a sparrow near the window and told my daughter, “When I was a child, a sparrow used to visit our home in Chennai. A neighbour got closer, it tried to fly away, got hit by the ceiling fan and died. I could not sleep entire night. We should love birds.”
“Should we love monkeys too?” she asked.
“Of course,” I replied, without thinking twice.
“I love you, dad.”

13 comments:

  1. The "monkey" joke is hilarious!!

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  2. Interesting & Hilarious as always!

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  3. Interesting & Hilarious as always.

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  4. Why do you drink so much Beer asked his wife.
    I feel like sleeping after that ...sleeping ?

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  5. Like father like daughter. :_
    Good retorts.. all

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  6. he he he he :) now now I am sure i have said it earlier KIDS these days Know it all he he he he he


    Bikram's

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  7. Ha ha .... the last line is the punch line.
    Yes don't we all like to be surrounded by friends who are witty and happy.
    The poker faced people have very few friends.

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  8. Your conversation with your daughter was epic! RameshJi, she has got the humor sense from you, that's for sure.

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  9. wonderful.. :-) true, life without humour is not life after all..

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  10. haha...Humour sense is something which everyone dont have and such people atleast should appreciate others who have it.... Again the last one is the best of all...

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  11. hahaha....humour in the family

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