A joke is created
Laughter is by-product of
humour which keeps us in good spirits disallowing the stress to take shape in
our mental faculty. Making fun and laughing at the discomfort of others and
cracking jokes on one’s name, cast, creed, profession etc, may not be in good
taste but everything goes in the name of
humour which evokes laughs. Probably people are so much fed up with bearing the
constant stresses of various nature that they lap up everything which make them
laugh and bring a smile on their faces. Humour can not be created. It simply
happens. The hallmark of humour being its spontaneity and when same is
documented results in jokes.
One day I came from the
market and was parking the car at my designated parking lot. I forgot to take
out the ignition key and had shut the door in a hurry. Before I could realize
my mistake and rush back to the car, car was locked. Panic struck as I had no
duplicate key ( had lost already by yours truly) I was standing near the car
like a stupid watching the handle of the car wishing some Gini to appear and
open it. My wife from third floor balcony stared, glared making faces and with
both hands gestured in bharatnatayam style.( She likes to shout indoors rather
than in open thereby keeping my prestige intact) She was asking questions in such a way that I
thought her to be fit for teaching assignment in a deaf and dumb school. I was
unable to communicate in the same way wondering did I pray for my wife to
appear instead of the Gini. Soon people gathered around my car. Everyone offered
his own indigenous suggestions from breaking the side window glass; to calling
an expert car mechanic to open the door; to dial the company for duplicate
key;to fetch a locksmith for manufacturing a new key. I felt elated to get so
much support from the neighbourhood when a lady shouted in a typical Punjabi
style, “ O thank Goddde Traabhawanji,
you are not lockede inside the carrre.”(Thank God Tribhawan Ji, you are not
locked inside the car)
The laughter her innocent
remarks evoked was spontaneous. For about ten minutes, everyone present had a
hearty laugh forgetting everything and a joke was thus created.
Humour is thus part of our
life. A life without humour is like a dry barren land. When we laugh, world
seems to share a laugh with us. Unfortunately sorrow has no friends.
-------------------------------x-------------------------------Tribhawan
Kaul
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