Yesterday was a hilarious day!
I was called into my boss' room for a discussion on some upcoming events. Halfway thru, his wife called, and for about the next 10 minutes my boss' poor handphone was showered with a massive salive storm... and the conversation, i figured, went something like that:
Boss: (presumably to the wife) Yes what's the matter? I'm in the middle of a discussion.
Wife: Ah Girl refuses to wake up to go for tuition.
Boss: (calmly) Tell her if she doesn't go she will get it from me when I come home tonight.
Wife: Wait ah... (attempts to convey the message to the daughter whom I believe is still fervertly maintaining her stand on not going for tuition).
Wife: (exasperated) She still doesn't want to go!
Boss: (Getting impatient, and raising his voice a little) Tell her to come to the phone!
Wife: But...
Boss: (exploded) TELL HER TO COME TO THE PHONE NOW!!!
I imagine the thunderous imperial command echoing through the phone and eventually awakening miss sleeping beauty from her mid-morning slumber.
Daughter: Pa I don't want to go for tuition. It's a waste of time!
Boss: If you don't go for tuition I AM GOING TO CANE YOU!!! GO NOW OR YOU WILL GET IT FROM ME TONIGHT!!!
Boss hangs up the phone, rubs on his moustache and resumes the discussion calmly...
As silence sank in again, the clerks outside the room were all left befuddled... "Why does MAJ XXX want to cane LTA Myself???" (I try hard to contain the ripple of laughter I was about to let out).
Then, this other guy, some old guy in the office who is always very blur and rather incompetent in his work, and who was supposed to be on leave, popped his head into the room and sheepishly went... (This guy shall be known henceforth as Mr Blur)
Mr Blur: (smiles stupidly) Sir... you didn't approve my leave application...
Boss: (Still overcoming the inner trauma of why his daughter refuses to go for tuition) You applied for leave to go to AFGANISTAN!!! How do you want me to approve that?
At this point, pls let me explain the joke. In the Armed Forces our leave application has a column whereby you fill in the country of residence during your leave period, which, by default, is set as Afganistan, since ity starts with A and thus is the first country option on the list.
Mr Blur: (scratches his head innocently) Afganistan?
At this point, I burst out laughing... I almost fell off the chair... hahahahahaha!!!
