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Pointless exercise

REMEMBER THE policemen who walked on fire recently. If it was exciting for you, you should know the other side of the story.

The intention of the programme organisers and the participants was noble. But this did not explain the yawns and disturbance of the "class" by people who kept on chattering.

The trainer was pleading with the policemen to maintain silence. But the trainer, who was not fluent in Kannada, could establish order in the class. He got stuck a few times during his lecture, which was mainly in English. The policemen apparently found it difficult to follow him. The trainer tried a trick. He turned to the police constables and asked them for Kannada equivalents to words such as "bravery" and "patience." The "students" would say something, and the class would go on. One could hear a policeman ask another: "Why don't they let us go home and take some rest?" He said this would benefit both: constables and the trainer.

Motor mouth

AT THE recent "Good Living" exhibition on house interiors at Sree Kanteerava Stadium, a man was explaining the concept of collapsible sofa. He would invite every passer-by and explain its features: how to convert it into a bed, how to change the bed to make a part of it slant so that you can watch TV comfortably; to bend the other end so that you can rest your legs on it; to make it a sofa that has two sides enabling children to sit on the backside; and so on. Every time, he would repeat the sentences with precision. The catch was that he had to start the explanation from the beginning. If you sought a clarification, he would start all over again. You had to listen carefully and find answers.

Pizza on wheels

PIZZA DELIVERY boys have this habit of speeding on the road. You can spot them in traffic signals, raring to speed away at the blink of the green light. They sure have a reason to feel so compelled: They should deliver the pizza within a stipulated time. Pizzas are of course yummy stuff if they are served hot. And our delivery boys will ensure that they stay hot, traffic jam or no jam. They may take a detour, overtake vehicles galore and be ready with hot pizzas just before the deadline.

But some delivery boys are caught by a traffic police and there ends their incentive for the day. The other day, a delivery boy was finding his way around cars and autorickshaws at busy traffic junction. He scraped a car and was about to change gears when a policeman spotted him. The constable was alert as a VIP convoy was about to pass that road shortly. In the argument between the policeman and the boy, the hot pizza was forgotten.

RAGHAVA M.

GOVIND D. BELGAUMKAR

RASHEED KAPPAN

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