What, me worry?

[Guest guest]

What, me worry?

A recent survey showed that Indians are among the happiest people in the

universe. The study included only human beings on the earth, but presumably,

if you live on another planet, you will not be very happy due to either the

too hot or too cold conditions. And, of course, animals were excluded,

because they cannot talk. Except of course, your neighbour's parrot, but

then he just repeats meaningless swear words, which he has heard from you.

I would have strongly contested this finding, because when I offer my dog my

knee to do what he thinks fit with it, he seems to be the happiest person on

earth. But, it would seem, dogs are not people. So sorry Tommy, you can wag

your tail all you like, but no, you are not happy.

However, even this finding of happy Indians surprises me. I mean, every day

our newspapers are filled with diatribes against pot holes on roads and

uncontrollable corruption. How can we be happy? Now that the elections are

nearly done, and we have replaced the old bunch of thugs with a new bunch of

thugs, do we expect any positive change? Absolutely and positively not!

Then how come the survey shows happy Indians? I am now pretty sure that the

survey was done in Goa especially during 'Happy Hour'. The happiest Indians

are present there, and they are pretty much happier than any person in the

world.

I asked my neighbor what his views about this were. He just laughed and

said, " I don't know about all Indians, but the Indians among whom I work are

the happiest persons on earth! "

" And where do you work? "

" In the mental hospital! "

-Kishore Shah