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Friday, September 5, 2008

Happy Teachers Day!

Today is Teacher’s Day celebrated on the birthday of our second President, Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan. Don’t worry if you know nothing about him and are wondering why you are reading this post – you’re quite normal.

On Teacher’s day, our great nation, which is well on its way to overtake every other nation, celebrates our reverence of the teacher- the Guru- in our culture. Throughout history we have revered our Gurus and placed them on a pedestal even above God and continue to do so even today .

Well, to commemorate this great day The Times of Bullshit organised a portry writing competition for kids. We promised that the best pome which reflects the ethos of Teacher’s day in India would be featured here and we have fulfilled our promise.

The winner of the contest was Roger. He says he wants to be an architect when he grows up and his favourite colour is pink. Surprisingly for a boy his age his favourite fim is the Amitabh Bachan starrer - 'Deewar'. Quite a kid! His pome is heart-warmingly titled ‘The Happiest days of Our Lives’. Here it is:


The Happiest days of Our Lives

Well, when we grew up and went to school,
There were certain teachers,
Who would hurt the children in any way they could,
By pouring their derision,
Upon anything we did,
Exposing every weakness,
However carefully hidden by the kids.

But in the town it was well known,
When they got home at night,
Their fat and psychopathic wives would thrash them,
Within inches of their lives.

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

Ah! A Floyd fan I see.

Quite sarcastic too; I like.

And the "Deewar" thing - pretty nice. Of course many people might not get it.

Shoaib Daniyal said...

//Ah! A Floyd fan I see//

No; a Roger Waters fan.

//Quite sarcastic too; I like.//

Thank you.

//And the "Deewar" thing - pretty nice. Of course many people might not get it.//

Easy come, easy go.

Anonymous said...

pome? portry?

Some character from the five find-outers or something? Can't remember his bloody name.

Shoaib Daniyal said...

^^^

Its Ern, Goon's nephew.