Posted on 10/08/2010 4:31:21 PM PDT by Errant
New Zealand TV host Paul Henry couldn’t contain himself when teasing an upcoming interview with an Indian official. Henry repeatedly laughed an cackled when talking about New Delhi’s chief minister, Sheila Dikshit. But some aren’t finding it funny....
Henry’s outburst enraged Indian officials, especially considering his seemingly racists comments. “I‘ve known about her for a while and I’ve been laughing ever since,” he said, and then added, “It‘s so appropriate because she’s Indian.”
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I guess I’m a little slow show why is it “It‘s so appropriate because she’s Indian.”
bttt
I didn’t get that, either. Yeah, it’s a funny name to an English-speaker, but the connection to Indians escapes me.
Oh, but third video was truly the screamer. My eyes watered.
That reminds me, I once took a phone call from a man who opened it by saying:
“My name is Oscar Myer, no jokes.”
I knew an old guy who’d saved a business card he’d been given....by Al Shitsky.
Apparently it’s a common surname because we had a gal at work with that name as well. I guess somehow being “a girl” cut her some extra slack but even at that there were some snickers around the water cooler.
I swear to whatever you want that I went to school with a guy named Ben Dover.
I swear. Benjamin Dover. And he was as fruity as he could be. He came into a company assembly once wearing a towel on his head, wrapped up like a woman does it. As we were howling with laughter, and the First Sgt was demanding that he remove that womanly towel, he did so. Underneath was a flower print shower cap. The laughter doubled, the Sgt looked pissed, and Dover started crying and ran out of the room.
He would go “dance” alone in the gym on weekends. He once invited the 1st Sgt to come “dance” with him. The Sgt shared the invitation with the rest of us, and after we got done laughing, he said he was going to go. He said he walked into the gym, Dover was in there dancing his ass off like a woman...to Michael Jackson music. Good times.
Marine Military Academy, 1995ish.
Wilma Dikfit
I think its hilarious.
ROTF!!
Great thread for sure! : - D
Or Phuc Dat in Seattle, WA.
Hardin Long... for real in small town IN..
DikShitar is the name of a popular music artist in India. One time while eating in India in a very nice restaurant my buddy asked the manager about the music that was being played.
The manager said my buddy could buy it in the hotel lobby or better yet buy it out in town for cheaper. He said he would get a CD from the store and show us so we would know what it looked like.
He brought it to the table and I read it silently as my buddy read it out loud,”Dik-Shit-tar.” We were like two 13 year olds that the teacher keeps telling to stop laughing and it just makes it funnier.
I hadn’t laughed like that in 15 years all the while assuring the manager it had nothing to do with him or this awesome meal he was giving to us on the house.
Still probably the funniest night of my life. I remember heading to the restroom to try and stop laughing. Of course a 250+ pound Sikh came into the restroom right after me and I still couldn’t stop laughing. Kind of embarrassing trying to take a whiz next to this guy and laughing uncontrollably.
I am glad others have gotten a laugh from this “failure of translation”
Who wouldn’t have the giggles off and on all day with that name.....sometimes we just cannot help it...when he returns after 2 weeks all he has to do is think of that name and he’ll be off again...
LOLOLOL!
Similarly, the Dikshit Chiks haven’t been able to break out of the Indian music market.
I remember Letterman had a guy named Dick Assman.
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