Wednesday, May 11, 2011

Hiding the elephant

Couldnt help posting the following that I came across on the comment section of the article "Did Paskitan know ...." by David Ignatius in the Washington Post.

Someone has brilliantly summed up the situation.


Questions have been raised how bin Laden could be in Abbottabad without the Pakistan government knowing about it.

But actually I can perfectly understand the situation of the Pakistani government because I have had a similar situation.

For a long time now, an elephant has apparently been living in my apartment. I did not know it because every time I came home, the elephant would hide under the refrigerator.

But somehow the neighbours heard the elephant's trumpeting and called the city. The city called the cops who entered the apartment and enticed the elephant out with peanuts. I am now being asked to testify.

The punishment for having an elephant illegally could be heavy. Instead of giving me a magnum of champagne which the mayor gives me every year, he might only give a bottle of Merlot.

I am outraged! First the police entered my apartment, and now I am being threatened with Merlot! I might end my relationship with the mayor...

But mayor Obama likes me and has put me in charge of the investigation of the elephant. After all, it is MYapartment and who is better equipped to investigate than me? So my first question is, "Could it be the mailman who brought the elephant to my apartment and taught it to hide under the refrigerator?" "Or is it the cleaning lady?"

I really can't think of a third person!!

The government of Pakistan, which has a similar problem, has my full sympathy!

9 comments:

  1. that was a very good illustration..But then again it would be too easy to judge Pakistan on our scales.
    Who is the Pakistan Govt. ISI? Army? The parliamentarians? Maulavis?
    Is this easy enough to answer?

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  2. I have not come across a post like this on the issue.
    It is simply funnnnyyyyy. but on the dot.

    Did some one teach the elephant to shrink so that it could squeeze underneath the fridge? Certainly !
    The Americans taught it.

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  3. The game is nearing an end for Pakistan...

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  4. Jon: if that question could be answered, Pakistan wouldnt be in such a mess.. and today as per TOI, even the Chinese seems to be having a good control.
    http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/India-confirms-Chinese-military-in-PoK/articleshow/8259346.cms
    Maybe Pakistan will be more happy under a Chinese rule? :)
    This brings to my mind a conversation between my son and his Pakistani frnd.. while engaging in the usual talks about my country's army, your country's army etcc.. this frnd told my son that India cannot touch Pakistan since we have the Chinese helping us out. Any truth is such "childish" discussions?

    Anil: OBL was America's baby and if nothing else proves it atleast those bottles of coke found in his abode? :)

    Mirage: that depends on how those playing the games wants to take it from here.

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  5. The comments disappeared. think blogspot had an issue...am copying them from my inbox..

    anilkurup has left a new comment on your post "Hiding the elephant":

    I have not come across a post like this on the issue.
    It is simply funnnnyyyyy. but on the dot.

    Did some one teach the elephant to shrink so that it could squeeze underneath the fridge? Certainly !
    The Americans taught it.

    ReplyDelete
  6. Jon has left a new comment on your post "Hiding the elephant":

    that was a very good illustration..But then again it would be too easy to judge Pakistan on our scales.
    Who is the Pakistan Govt. ISI? Army? The parliamentarians? Maulavis?
    Is this easy enough to answer?

    ReplyDelete
  7. mirage has left a new comment on your post "Hiding the elephant":

    The game is nearing an end for Pakistan...

    ReplyDelete
  8. Happykitten has left a new comment on your post "Hiding the elephant":

    Jon: if that question could be answered, Pakistan wouldnt be in such a mess.. and today as per TOI, even the Chinese seems to be having a good control.
    http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/India-confirms-Chinese-military-in-PoK/articleshow/8259346.cms
    Maybe Pakistan will be more happy under a Chinese rule? :)
    This brings to my mind a conversation between my son and his Pakistani frnd.. while engaging in the usual talks about my country's army, your country's army etcc.. this frnd told my son that India cannot touch Pakistan since we have the Chinese helping us out. Any truth is such "childish" discussions?

    Anil: OBL was America's baby and if nothing else proves it atleast those bottles of coke found in his abode? :)

    Mirage: that depends on how those playing the games wants to take it from here.

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  9. Couldn't stop laughing.This one is excellent.
    I hope people do not respond the way they reacted to my post on Eve and the apple and write about the difficulties of keeping an elephant in an apartment!

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