Some Sizzling Scintillating Speculations

"Hallo- haan, mein bol raha hoon"(Hallo-yes,it's me speaking) "Haan, kya chal raha hai?"(Yes, what's going on?) "Munna so gaya ya abhi bhi ro raha hai?"(Has Munna gone to sleep or is he still crying?) "Haan, mein bus ke liye wait kar raha hoon."(Yes, I'm waiting for the bus) (The person on the opposite side must've said, shocked"Bus? What bus? You're going to Dubai on a plane, na, not on a bus?") "Arre, woh bus nahin, yeh airport ka bus hai- humko uthaakar plane tak le jaata hai"(arre,not that bus, this is the airport bus-it will pick us up and drop us at the plane) "Theek hai, meine plane mein pahunchke phone karta hoon"(Ok, I'll call you from the plane when I reach it) ---------- "Haan, pappa, mein airport pahunch gaya. Nahin, koi problem nahin hua".(Yes, Pappa, I reached the airport. No,no problems) "Haan, mein Dubai pahunch ke phone karoonga"(Yes, I'll call...

(Quip: Came across this fwd pic from the ole days in India.(No,before you ask, that's not me in the carriage or pushing it.LOL)Wouldn't you have loved to travel in this 'train'?See the tracks,et al) --- The Art of Conversation: Someone: Hello! Me: Hello! Someone: I calling from Building Materials Co Me: Ok. Someone: I want sell to you cement, structural steel. Me: We do only MEP works. You need to contact a Civil works company Someone: Ok. You pass the line to him Me: Him? Who him? I said you need to contact a Civil works company. Someone: Yes,yes! You pass line to Mr. Civil Works. Me: You don’t understand. We do not buy this materials. Someone: Ok. I will call Mr. Civil later. Me: (Conceding defeat at trying to explain): Ok. Thank you! (Me, after this conversation, looking skywards: “ Why, God, why me, of all people ?”) And,thus endeth another of the erudite conversations I have with suppliers of everything from safety shoes to swimming pools. ----- That reminds me, g...