Tuesday, August 16, 2005

KFC Pakistan!

Date: August 12, 2005. Venue: KFC, Lahore. The restaurant is decorated very lavishly in green and white buntings. The servers and managers are wearing the Pakistani flag on their shirts. There is even a special deal on the event of independence. "Free Nation, Free to choose". But there is a problem right there: Me: (beckoning to the lady who seems to be the supervisor) Excuse me? She: Yes! Can I help you, sir? Me: Ofcourse you can. You see, I am a little puzzled. (Meanwhile my friends are surprised why exactly I am talking to her.) Me: (in the most innocent of tones) Why is your restaurant decorated? She: (eyes me suspectingly) What do you mean? 14th August is coming up. Our Azaadi celebrations! We are proud Pakistanis! Me: Ahhhh! I see. Aur yeh gaanay konsay chal rahay hain? She: (looks stumped) Errrr, Indian! Me: Wow! We are proud Pakistanis! She: (is obviously stumped and embarassed) Just wait a minute, sir. I'll go change the songs. And the songs get changed from "Dus bahaney" to "Dil Dil Pakistan". She comes back to me, "Is it okay?" I guess yeah, it wasn't really a problem with me, girl. It was your image that was getting tarnished. So yes, its very easy to brag, but very difficult to hold to values. To actually do what we say. Let's try to be a little more honest. Let's love our country as it should be loved. Let's be Pakistanis, and proud ones at that.

7 comments:

JonyBr said...

:~)

Anonymous said...

Huh! What happened to your nose? Kya "kat" gayee? :P

JonyBr said...

itni bari hai ke kat kat ker bhi K2 se bari hi rahay gi :p

Anonymous said...

Yeah. When I was in Skardu I got to know k mt everest ki koi peak gir gayee hai. Now K2 is the largest mountain in the world. yohooo!

K2 ka Pakistan Zindabad! :P

Sidrat said...

*thumbs up to u.

Anonymous said...

S!d: Thumbs up to me for??? *perplexed*

JonyBr said...

Allah na karay ke merey naak ki koi peak gir jai *snooty*