Thank you all for your kind words. I appreciate them all all. Three additions: 1. This was originally published in Nepal's most influential English newsweekly --The Nepali Times, issue dated the 1st April 2005. 2. The piece is adapted from lengthier materials used for a half-hour ko English-Nepali stand-up comedy show in Kathmandu on the 1st April 2004. 3. Needless to say, this was and is a work of fiction. oohi ashu