Confidence

Saini Sa'aB

K00l$@!n!
Saddam Hussein was sitting in his office wondering whom to invade

next when his
[FONT=Trebuchet MS! important]telephone[/FONT]
rang.

"Hallo, Mr. Hussein!" a heavily accented voice said, "This is

Santa from Phagwara, District Kapurthala,Punjab. I am ringing to inform you

that we are officially declaring the war on you!"

"Well, Santa," Saddam replied, "This is indeed important news! How big is your army" "Right now," said Santa, after a moment's calculation, "there is myself, my cousin Banta, my next door neighbour Chanta, and the entire

kabaddi team from the gurudwara. That makes eight"

Saddam paused. "I must tell you, Santa that I have one million men

in my army waiting to move on my command."

"Arrey O! Main kya.. " said Santa. "I'll have to ring you back!" Sure enough, the next day, Santa called again.

"Mr. Hussein, it is Santa, I'm call ing from Phagwara STD, the war

is still on! We have managed to acquire some infantry equipment!" "And what equipment would that be, Santa" Saddam asked. "Well, we have two combines, a donkey and Banta's
[FONT=Trebuchet MS! important]tractor[/FONT]
."

Saddam sighed. "I must tell you, Santa, that I have 16,000 tanks

and 14,000 armoured personnel carriers. Also, I've increased my army

to 1-1/2 million since we last spoke."

"Oh teri ...." said Santa. "I'll have to get
[FONT=Trebuchet MS! important]back to you[/FONT]
." Sure enough, Santa rang again the next day.

"Mr. Hussein, the war is still on! We have managed to get ourselves

airborne...... We've modified Chanta's tractor by adding a couple of

[FONT=Trebuchet MS! important]shotguns[/FONT], sticking on some wings and the pind's [FONT=Trebuchet MS! important]generator[/FONT]
. Four

school pass boys from Malpur have joined us as well!"

Saddam was silent for a minute and then cleared his throat. "I must

tell you, Santa, that I have 10,000 bombers and 20,000 fighter

planes. My military complex is surro unded by laser-guided,

surface-to-air missile sites. And since we last spoke, I've increased my army to TWO MILLION!"

"Tera pala hove...." said Santa, "I'll have to ring you back." Sure enough, Santa called again the next day.

"Kiddan, Mr. Hussein! I am sorry to tell you that we have had to call off the war."

"I'm sorry to hear that," said Saddam. "Why the sudden change of heart"

"Well," said Santa, "we've all had a long chat over a couple of lassi's, and decided there's no way we can feed two million prisoners of wars!"
 
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