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Empty Wessels make more noise

Updated on: 20 December,2010 06:49 AM IST  | 
Hemal Ashar | hemal@mid-day.com

With Christmas round the corner, it's the season of feasting and fun. So, it is an apt time to wonder...

Empty Wessels make more noise


With Christmas round the corner, it's the season of feasting and fun. So, it is an apt time to wonder...

Whether the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) Santa Claus would be banned from saying Ho Ho Ho this year as ho means yes in Marathi.

Whether one cow tells another: "Hope this deejay plays some great moo-sic so that we get grooving on the dance floor."

Whether Shane Warne would take questions from the press on reports about his 11-hour sex romp with Liz Hurley when he is in India for the Indian Premier League (IPL) fourth edition or prefer to talk cricket.

Whether one bowl of jelly tells another, do you think jelly dancing will become as popular as belly dancing one of these days and we also have Katrina Kaif jelly dancing to Sheila ki jawaani.

Why can't the Maharashtra Tourism Development Corporation (MTDC) promote missal pao aggressively this Christmas, saying in Mumbai, you can kiss under the missal pao while the rest of the world kisses under the mistletoe this Christmas?

Whether Viswanathan Anand will sing to the pawns on the chess board, 'rook' ja o jaanewali 'rook' ja mein hoon rahi teri manzil ka.

Why India's archery team does not become brand ambassadors for 'Arrow' shirts

Whether one loaf of bread sings sadly, toast, toast naa raha, pyaar, vyaar na raha.

Whether Mumbai's beggars at traffic signals would tell us loftily: "We accept nothing less than three figures these days."

Whether a traffic cop's whistle tells another: "Think I will have to go for a ceetee scan."


Whether we would have to pay for a kilo of onions at the market by cheque or credit card very soon since we may not be carrying that kind of cash

Whether if India wins the current cricket series in South Africa, we can remind South Africa big talking former skipper Kepler Wessels of the popular phrase: Empty Wessels make more noise

Which actor is getting paid more than ordinary people earn in their lifetime to dance at a five-star hotel this Christmas.

Whether with the Ashes on (though between Australia and England) you know that supporters of England's cricket team are called the Barmy Army and just by the way, supporters of the Indian cricket team are called the Swami Army.

Why geologists don't enter dance competitions on our televisions since they have no option but to keep rocking?

Why are you reading this tripe, anyway?


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