Funny & Punny and their Timeless Tales

 

Funny and Punny were deep in discussion. Through their DID – no, not the reality show

– they were ‘toi’ng with the ideas. Suddenly from out of nowhere they heard an

announcement heralding the arrival of ‘Aakaarvani’. As F&P could not see anyone

around, they surmised it must be the voice of ‘asharirvani’. They chatted along.

Funny: Aakaarvani is the latest entry

Punny: ‘A flood of vanis’, aakashvani, asharirvani

F: Wonder though about its ‘aakar’ – Nirvikaar, Saakar or Nakar

P: Maybe just a ghost in jest

F: ‘Alec, your are smart, but ‘erratic’

P: Sounds like you are ‘politically correct’

F: Correction, ‘politically incorrect’

P: Point taken, but such ‘politically incorrect’ statements ‘shobha’ nahi ‘de’ta

F: Don’t teach Men Morals, Guru Charan sparsh se Das bano

P: Be your age, find a (half) friend

F: Yes of course, I’m an eternal ‘optimist’ despite my ‘age’

P: Ever heard of ‘Gupt’shastra – the theory of Right and Wrong

F: It is time for ‘Deep Focus’

P: It is so routine, no ‘out of turn’

F: Sadly, it is the ultimate ‘seize within’

P: Akbar makes you read akhbar baar baar

F: Brother Akbar is the ‘blood’line of ‘age’less times of India

P: Nothing else chokes your ‘vein’ as easily as the funny, punny, witty ‘jug’lery of words

 F: Times drowned in ‘oceanic’ temptation

P: No, sucked by suave ‘sagar’ika whirlpool

F: Sharp as razor. Swami N Om can’t resist the temptation of drilling your ‘ankle’

horizontally to unearth ‘shal’low gas even as you find readers gnashing their teeth and

muttering an occasional ‘aiy’ followed by ‘er’

P: Vehemently singular in supporting ‘plural’istic society·          

F: Never Economic in its Times with its profound ideas

P: Courts are known to take years to pass judgment, but then these are times for ‘snap

judgment’

F: It carries so many ‘mirrors’ for us to see and reflect

P: If your are thrown off its views, rest assured of a balanced ‘counterview’

F: I can’t shift from ‘I’ to small ‘I’ to keep pace with changing times. Subtle and

deliberate

P: Very symbolic – arrogance represented by ( I ) replaced by humility ( i)

F: If you are crestfallen, try ‘crest’

P: These are times when ‘trees speak’

The clock struck nine. Their chat was abruptly cut short by earsplitting sound. They

realized it is ‘times now’! And wound up.