The refrigerator joke

Here's another series joke that was popular in those days....


Q: How do you put an elephant into a refrigerator in three steps?
A: 1. Open the fridge. 2. Throw elephant in. 3. Close the fridge.


Q: How do you put a camel into a refrigerator in four steps?
A: 1. Open the fridge. 2. Pull elephant out. 3. Push camel in. 4. Close the fridge.


Q: An old man was walking through a desert. He came across four palm tress, four cacti, four lizards, four scorpions, four gypsies and three camels. Why did he see only three camels?
A: Because the fourth camel is still inside the fridge!!!



It sounds very silly today, but we used to double-up laughing after cracking this one on unsuspecting kiddies... I tried it with my little one yesterday and it was a huge success. "The more things change, the more they remain the same" I guess!
Enjoy :)

Aana - Urumbbu jokes (Ant and Elephant jokes)

Now this one is going to be a very different post! I remember these jokes from my younger days...


Q: One day, the ant and the elephant were playing hide and seek, and it was the elephant's turn to find the ant. The elephant unerringly went straight into the temple where the ant was hiding and caught it. Now, how did the elephant know that the ant was hiding inside the temple????

A: Simple! The elephant saw the ant's slippers outside the temple, so he knew the ant was in there!!!

Note: This refers to the tradition of leaving footwear outside the temple premises...


Q: After the game, the ant and the elephant went on a bike to the beach. On the way, they had a terrible accident. The elephant was severely injured and had to be hospitalized. But the ant was unharmed! Why?

A: Well, the ant was wearing his helmet, whereas the elephant wasn't!

Note: I believe during these times, the helmet imposition was being actively protested by the general public, hence this tongue-in-cheek joke!


Q: When the elephant regained consciousness, it was lying in a hospital bed. And the ant was lying in a bed next to the elephant! Now, if the ant was uninjured, why was it lying on the hospital bed?

A: The ant was donating blood for the elephant!


That ends this series!!!
Do post in your comments about any ant-elephant jokes you have heard.

Kalidasa's Sanskrit Verses

This is one of my favorite poems by Kalidasa, the renowed Sanskrit poet.

The story goes that Kalidasa was once asked to compose a poem ending with the aksharamaala (Devanagiri alphabets) - क ख ग घ (Ka, Kha, Ga, Gha). The clever poet instantly quipped:

का तुम बाले - काञ्चनमाला 

कस्या: पुत्री - कनकल ताया |

किन्ते हस्ते - तालीपत्रं 

का वा रेखा - क ख ग घ ||

The rough translation is as follows:

Who are you, child - Kanchanamala

Whose child are you - Kankala is my mother

What is in your hand - Thaleepatram  (writing leaf)

What are you writing - Ka, Kha, Ga, Gha



Will post more verses as I find them....