funny and punny

Crime and No Punishment   A speeding SUV snuffed out the lives of 9 innocent children in broad daylight on a Saturday afternoon. An act of murderous madness destroyed the lifeblood of these poor families.   Will we ever be able to wipe their tears? Because, they have dried. Will we ever be able to wipe their tears? Because they refuse to stop. Staring fixedly at nothing, mirroring they have nothing more to look forward to, having just lost their little darlings, crushed under the wheels of a power drunk coward who fled the scene unaware of the ton of guilt he carried as he did so. They have nothing more to lose! If this does not make your blood boil, one wonders what else will. These poor families already reeling under economic bankruptcy are now burdened by having to cope with emotional bankruptcy, what with their dreams shattered. Life is so cruel. Do we have any right to call ourselves a civilized society? Whose crime is greater - that of a rogue, arrogan...

Modus Operandi V\s Modis Operandi!   Funny and Punny began to ‘swift’ly dissect the recent bank fraud. Funny: Our literacy rate has suddenly shot up Punny: What is the reason for your ‘swift’ surmise? F: Post PNB fraud, everyone knows the no of ‘zeros’ in eleven thousand crore! P: Look at the ease with which they committed fraud. F: India has shot up 30 places in ‘Ease-of-doing-business’, a recent report claimed P: Fraud is also a business, right P: Certainly, the report stands vindicated F: People seem to love letters of credit than love letters P: The Mehul mayhem ‘chokes(y)’ the system with ‘letters of debit’ F: As i understand they were ‘letters of understanding’, so much for your mis-understanding P: I heard Bankers also issue ‘letters of comfort’ F: These letters are highly discomforting   Jargon ‘Modus operandi’ is in great danger, soon to be replaced by ‘Modis Operandi. The fact that you can commit a fraud with such e...

Budget V\s Da Vinci Code   Funny and Punny were deep in discussion, trying to decipher, decode and digest the annual ritual called budget. Funny: It will ‘kick-start’ the economy Punny: Of-course, you need a ‘kick’ to start F: Which the middle income group got – no change in personal tax slab P: Don’t get ‘personal’, it’s just a ‘slap’...errr...’slab’ F: Our rural folks got a windfall in ‘minimum support price’ P: But they need ‘maximum support’ F: It is all about revival of rural economy P: It is all about our survival, stupid! F: Market is down P: Disagree. Go to any vegetable or fish market – they are all up! You don’t make sense(x)! F: Huge funds allocated for ‘healthcare’ P: Still trying to ‘locate’ these ‘allocations’ F: Fiscal deficit pegged at 3.3% of GDP P: What? Don’t try to get ‘physical’ with me F: Long term capital gains tax makes a re-entry, a worry P: Well, for someone with no capital, much less gain, why worry ...