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Only in Darjeeling...
...people sit in dense fog and watch an entire soccer match, not knowing what the hell is going on in the field


Only in Darjeeling...
...people go to buy laangshyaa and end up watching carom for hours


Only in Darjeeling...
...do you walk through the town once, and meet the same people ten times


Only in Darjeeling...
...do doodhwalas sell milk with less fat than skim milk


Only in Darjeeling....
...do the unemployed dress up better than the employed


Only in Darjeeling...
...the best dishes on the menu in any restaurant are thukpa and momo


Only in Darjeeling...
...do you find distance in Kilometres and places in Miles....Cha mile, Dus mile, Baarah mile


Only in Darjeeling...
...can you jump off a train...take a leak.. and catch the train again...


Only in Darjeeling...
...the prettiest girl always eloped with a driver


Only in Darjeeling...
...Boys carry two different love letters in their back pockets. Nepali and English written


Only in Darjeeling...
...Mann mann mai love mann mann mai break


Only in Darjeeling...
...a train gets caught in a traffic jam


Only in Darjeeling...
...do you go to sleep with a bottle of hot water for warmth in winter....and wake up in the morning and 'daant moluus" with the same water


Only in Darjeeling....
...can two guys watch a movie with one ticket, half-seat, third class


Only in Darjeeling...
...the last place to find coolies is at the railway station


Only in Darjeeling...
...people park their cars on their rooftops


Only in Darjeeling...
...the shortest people carry the largest umbrellas

 

Only in Darjeeling...

...drivers drive their car from Ghoom till Darjeeling town in NEUTRAL and have the balls to charge each passenger for at least Rs.10 and still show an unsatisfied face.

Only in Darjeeling...
...4 people seat with the driver in the front seat of the car and when a pretty girl waves their hand for a lift, the driver has the nerves to ask the guy besides him to go and hang himself at the back to offer the seat to the girl. If the girl is pretty, even the guy next to the driver cannot really refuse the seat and might as well freeze his a** in the freaking cold.


Only in Darjeeling...
...In the internet cafes, they charge you from the time you step into the cafe, start the computer, restart, reboot, connection problems, page hanged, wire come-off due to too much kicking out of frustrations below the table, and log out paying 30 bucks for an hour when you don’t even get to see your own picture on hi5.

Only in Darjeeling...
...You are updated with every local news; local love stories, elopes and true loves latest songs and gossips in a single trip from Darjeeling to Siliguri.

 


 

THE WAY WE WOULD LIKE TO TRANSLATE THEM

 

PROVERB:

KOSKO BAU LAY KE NAPCHA.

TRANSLATION

WHOSE FATHER WHAT MEASUREMENT?

PROVERB:

KOSKO BAU KO KE SHAKTI.

TRANSLATION

WHOSE FATHER WHAT VITAMIN?

PROVERB:

NACHNU JANDAI NA AGANA TERO.

TRANSLATION

CAN'T DANCE VERANDAH DISBALANCE.

PROVERB:

JOON GORU KO SINGH CHAINA, TESKO NAAM TIKHE.

TRANSLATION

WHICH BULL NO HORN THAT BULL HORNY.

 

When Hum Bara met a Christian guy

Hum Jayega:

Bro, what iz your name?

Stranger:

John!

Hum Jayega:

Oh! So you are a Christmas?

 

 

His Friend:

So how was your trip, Bro?

Hum Jayega:

It was great. But one thing really amazed me.

His Friend:

What is it?

 

Hum Jayega:

Aaa, bro, there even the small kids speak English.

 

 

Hum Jayega and his wife had a great desire to learn and speak English. Their typical conversation!

Hum Jayega:

Who built this Aloo Dam?

His Wife :

Oh! This is my own composition!

 

When Hum Jayega went to Greece looking for a job, he got one as a tourist guide. On his first assignment.

Tourist:

This skull must be the Great Alexander's?

Hum Jayega:

Yes madam, it is!
What about this small one?

     

Tourist:

Hum Jayega:

Oh! That was when he was only a kid.

 

 

When Hum Jayega met a child more innocent than him.

Hum Jayega:

Nani timi kahile janme ko thi you?

Nani:

Budha bar ! Tapai ni?

Hum Jayega:

Ma chai Aitabar!

Nani:

Na dhatnu hosh na! Aitabar ta chutti ho!

 

 

 

When Hum Bara's son could not memorise his lesson

Hum Jayega:    Have you seen an ass (Gadha)?

Son:                Yes dad!

Hum Jayega:    What about an owl ( Ullu )?

Son:                 That too, Dad!

Hum Jayega:    Yes, you look just like them.

Son:                 But dad, mum says I look exactly like you.

 

 

 

Which came first, the chicken or the egg?

 

Friend:          I just wonder how a chick hatches out of an egg!

 

Hum Jayega: I too, but i am more surprised as to how the chick entered the egg in the first place!

                                           

 

An opinion about marriage

 

Friend:          I guess marriage is like a dice game!

 

Hum Jayega: I don't think so; coz there is at least a chance to win in the dice game.

 

 

 

When Hum Jayega went to apply for a job in a government organisation.

 

Interviewer:   Ok, Hum, name three famous personalities of India.

 

Hum Jayega:  Mahatma Gandhi, Jawaharlal Nehru, and your good name, Sir.

 

 

 

Over a pair of shoes.

 

Shopkeeper:    These shoes are bit small for you. But there is one benefit in wearing them.

 

Hum Jayega:    Ok, tell me, what is it?

 

Shopkeeper:    Wear them, start walking and you will forget all the other pains in the world.

 

Source: Rupak Rai, Lisa Hill Tea Estate.

 


H a m r o  A f n a i   U k h a n  H a r u


* Bandar ko puchar, tie na inzaar.
* Taruni huda shai wata poi, marne bela koi na koi.
* Ek palta pakra pareko chor, postman lai dekdha pani bhagcha.
* Din bhari bahun, raat bhari dawun (down).
* Raat bhari sarepyo, mahajan ta juendai.
* Ghati herera, high neck kinnu.
* Aru ko gau ma chituah, afno gau ma bhatuah.
* Desh guna ko bhesh, darjeeling ra america ko autai dress.
* Buri le chode rhara , premika le chode gati chada.
* Afu cha kangal dinchu bhancha Bangal.
* Love letter na thape ek pir, thapi diye hajar pir.

 

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