PEARLS OF WISDOM-IV
THE BANKERS DILEMMA
A young banker was crossing a road when a frog lying on the road called out to him and said, “If you kiss me, I will turn into a beautiful princess.” He bent over, picked the frog up and put it in his pocket.
The frog spoke from his pocket, “If you kiss me and turn me into a princess, I will tell everyone how smart and brave you are and what a darling you are to me.” The young fellow took the frog out from his pocket, smiled at it and returned it to the pocket.
The frog spoke again, “If you kiss me and turn me back into a beautiful princess, I will be your loving companion for an entire week.” He took out the frog from his pocket, smiled at it and put it back into his pocket.
The frog told again, “If you kiss me and turn me back into a princess, I will stay with you for one whole year and do anything you want.” He took it out again, smiled at it and returned it to the pocket.
Finally the frog told, “Hey, what is the matter? I have told you that I am a beautiful princess and that I will stay with you for a year and do anything you want. Why don’t you kiss me?”
The young banker replied, “Look, I am a banker and I don’t have time for girlfriend or romance. But, a talking frog is cool!”
KUTTEY KE QUOTE KA RAAZ KYA HAI ?
Author: Jatinder Pal Singh Broca Aug 29KUTTEY KE QUOTE KE PEECHCHEY KYA HAI ?
JUST IN JEST
This morning I read the following quote: “Scratch a dog and you’ll find a permanent job “. – Franklin Pierce Jones.
I began scratching my head. Scratch a dog and you’ll find a permanent job? – But how…Mr. Jones?
I am not sure about either the quote or the quoted. However, it’s clear to my sharp canine senses that the quote could have many implications. It could imply any of the following and more, depending completely upon who reads it. Some of the Many Possible Interpretations of the Quote:
If you are a risk-averse human (you’d be surprised to discover how risk-averse humans can be,) it could mean that you can sit on your haunches, scratch your dog, and you’d be set for life.
If you are a dog-loving human, it could mean that if you scratched a dog, every dog in the neighborhood would be queuing up to have you scratch their backs.
If you are a normal human being with a propensity towards scratching backs, it could mean that you could earn your living by scratching the backs of those dogs whose owners prefer not to put their manicured hands in a dog’s fur.
If you are not a dog-person, you could for once get over your canine apathy and scratch the back of your boss’s dog to get a “permanent job.”
All in all, I don’t think that this is a dog-friendly quote – I read in it some serious advice for humans. Don’t you?
Some of the Many Possible Intentions of the Quoted:
Now let us review Franklin ji’s intentions.
The gentleman in question who was known by a complex human name “Franklin Pierce Jones” was a humorist and wrote this in jest. Thus, I’d say that his intentions were above-board and honest.
Yet, we could ask:
Did he have a dog?
Did he scratch the dog?
Did he really find a permanent job, scratching his dog?
Was the job to scratch his dog, other dogs, or other humans?
Was the job something else entirely?
Perhaps he scratched a publisher’s dog and it helped him publish this wonderful quote and then many other quotes such as these? Or…
Did he scratch a pretty young woman’s dog and ended up marrying her, thus, finding a permanent job of scratching all her dogs?
Whatever be his reasons for writing this quote might’ve been, he sure wrote a quotable quote!
NOW DON’T QUOTE ME!
In Hindi they call this” Baal ki khaal nikalna ”!!
Bow wow bow wow!!