The light bulb joke, Indian remixed version

Q: How many Congressmen does it take to change a light bulb?
A: Three. Sonia to give the order. Manmohan to stand around to watch and do nothing. Finally Shinde to tell them that it doesn’t make a damned difference as there’s a blackout.

Q: How many Rajnikanths does it take to change a light bulb?
A: None. At his very mention, the old bulb repairs itself and starts working.

Q: How many UPA government men does it take to change a light bulb?
A: Dozens. First they’ll set up a committee to look into the matter. Then that’ll become a standing committee and be sent to Parliament. Then a probe will be set up to look into the delay. Finally, the light bulb will not be changed due to pressure from allies.

Q: How many Congressmen does it take to change a light bulb?
A: Only one if it happens to be Diggy Raja. He’ll declare the light bulb changed and expect you to believe it. If you point out to him that the bulb hasn’t changed, then he’ll call it a RSS conspiracy. If it happens to be Kapil Sibal, then he’ll declare the fused bulb a Zero Energy Loss bulb and simply move on.

Q: How many BJP men does it take to change a light bulb?
A: 5. 10. 15. Take your pick. They are too busy pulling each other down ensuring that nobody will end up changing the bulb.

Q: How many Team Anna men does it take to change a light bulb?
A: It actually depends on how many media men are present to cover the bulb changing event.

Q: How many Indian Leftists does it take to change a light bulb?
A: First it will have to be ascertained whether the bulb was manufactured as a result of any FDI. Second it will have to be checked whether the bulb was powered by nuclear power. Finally it has to be ascertained whether people are on strike that day.

Q: How many BCCI men does it take to change a light bulb?
A: If there’s money involved then plenty, otherwise none.

Q: How many secularists does it take to change a light bulb?
A: None. The only change they all want is a change in chief ministership in Gujarat to solve all the problems of India.

Q: How many Indian radical activists does it take to change a light bulb?
A: None. They’ll just smash the old light bulb and get TV channels to cover it.

Q: How many Nirmal Baba supporters does it take to change a light bulb?
A: Agar Nirmal Baba ki kripa hai to apne aap ho jaayega, aur nahin hain to hazaron bhi light bulb change nahin kar payenge.

Q: How many journalists does it take to change a light bulb?
A: As long as the old fused light bulb gives plenty of stories, they will ensure that the bulb doesn’t get changed.

Q: How many Bollywood writers does it take to change a light bulb?
A: Plenty. They have to study the way a light bulb is changed in Hollywood and many other parts of the world and then they’ll adopt that to Indian conditions.

Q: How many Indian citizens does it take to change a light bulb?
A: None. They are all used to darkness.

Q: How many politicians does it take to change a light bulb?
A: None. They’ll just turn that into an election promise that is never kept.

Q: How many Obama supporters does it take to change a light bulb?
A: Well that really depends if a change of light bulb is a change that you believe in.

These versions by Sunil Rajguru

Famous quotes twisted for status messages…

Show a man your status message and amuse him for a minute.
Teach him how to update his own status message and screw him for life.

There are two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a status message. The other is as though everything is a status message.

Friends, followers and connections, lend me your likes.

I came, I surfed, I liked.

Speech is silver, silence means you’re nothing but a lurker.

Watch your thoughts; they become words.
Watch your words; they become status messages.

Brevity is the soul of wit and long status messages point to the soul of a twit.

Don’t walk behind me; I may not lead. Don’t walk in front of me; I may not follow. Just like my status messages and be my friend.

A friend is someone who knows all about you and still likes your status messages.

Life is what happens to you while you’re busy writing stupid status messages.

These versions by Sunil Rajguru

Power grid failure musings…

∙ How many UPA ministers does it take to change a light bulb?
It doesn’t make any difference, there’s a permanent blackout anyway!

North is North and East is East,
And together the twain shall trip.

Darkness at Noon was written by Arthur Koestler.
The UPA has written three sequels…
Darkness at Dusk.
Darkness at Midnight.
Darkness at Dawn.

∙ Power corrupts.
Absolute power corrupts absolutely.
And even without power, Manmohan has presided over an absolutely corrupt ministry.

∙ In his Darkest moment, Sushilkumar Shinde sang, “Country roads take me Home…”

∙ America is a Superpower.
Russia is a Former Superpower.
China is an Emerging Superpower.
India is a Superpower Cut.

These versions by Sunil Rajguru

Failure is not a word in the UPA dictionary

There is no power failure.
I never had power in the first place!
—Manmohan Singh.

There is no intelligence failure.
We never had intelligence in the first place!
—P Chidambaram.

There is no financial failure.
You are looking at White, while Black is booming!
—Pranab Mukherjee.

There is no tolerance failure.
We are tolerating all you idiotic citizens, aren’t we?
—Manish Tewari.

There is no governance failure.
All the scams are hereby declared Zero Loss.
—Kapil Sibal.

There is no foreign affairs failure.
Only Pakistan is a failed state.
—SM Krishna.

There is no power failure.
Black is the new industry standard.
—Sushil Kumar Shinde

There is no failure.
(That’s merely another name for the RSS).
—Digvijay Singh.

These versions by Sunil Rajguru

July 2012 Status Updates

∙ Overheard…
Manmohan Singh: Kamse kam tum logo ka power waapis to aayega! Mera power cut to permanent hai!

∙ Zero Loss Sibal gets his match in Zero Power Loss Tewari.

∙ India has officially entered the Dark Age… Black Money, Blackouts and Black hearts are the order of the day.

(July 31)

∙ Anna is “fast” losing support in this country.

(July 25)

∙ Election of a President.
When you add an S (Sonia) to it, it is nothing but…
Selection of a President.

(July 24)

∙ Today the IPL resumes: IndoLanka Perennial League.

(July 21)

∙ No. 1 is White Money. No. 2 is Black.
And they say Rahul Gandhi is No. 2 in Congress.

(July 19)

∙ Cricket + Politics = Cocktail
Cricket + Politics + Pak = Molotov Cocktail

(July 16)

∙ Fed(is.no)ex!

(July 9)

∙ Bose… Boson.
So if a Mr More discovers a subatomic particle, we’ll finally have a Moron?

(July 7)

∙ Particles have antiparticles.
So is the antiparticle of the God particle the Devil particle?
Over to you CERN.

(July 5)

∙ You can find God in whatever you look, even in a particle.

Bhagwan nahin mila, par kam se kam bhagwan ka tukda to mila!
(God particle)

(July 4)

∙ New election symbols in UP…
SP: Car.
BSP: Maya’s statue.
BJP: Wilted lotus.
Cong: Thumbs down hand.

∙ Lady Gaga is the smartest celebrity.
I’m sure she goes out of her house in normal clothes regularly and nobody recognizes her.

∙ It had become LinkedIntoTwitter.
Now it’s back to being LinkedIn.

∙ A Kingfisher bird strikes in the water.
A Kingfisher plane strikes in the air.
(Note: Both strikes have different meanings.)

(July 3)

∙ No relationship comes with an expiry date.
Unless you’re Tom Cruise… then it’s 33.

∙ The reign in Spain stays mainly on the football plain.

(July 2)

∙ Everyone apes TOI. TOI apes The Hindu.
At Independence, The Hindu carried only ads on the Front page.
Now in 2012, TOI does that regularly.

(July 1)

© Sunil Rajguru

UPA report card….

Pranab Mukherjee, Finance Ministry.
Failed, promoted to President.

P Chidambaram, Home Ministry.
Failed, promoted to Finance.

SS Shinde, Power Ministry.
Failed, promoted to Home.

Historic precedent
Manmohan Singh, Lok Sabha elections.
Failed, promoted to Prime Minister.

Future predicament
How to handle the biggest failure of them all in the form of Rahul Gandhi.
(PM cum Party President?)

© Sunil Rajguru