Coney Al Jazeera

#278 Posted by shankar on July 23, 2002 9:15:33 pm

scout,

UKP is ullu ka patha?!! Jeezuz..what an anti-climax! They way you sounded bashful, I thought...FINALLY! she gave a REAL gali!!

try a REAL gaali once in a while...dont worry , you may reach heaven a few seconds late..but damnit..its worth it!!:)

What is it with you?..its like teasing Allah...I`m banking on the fact that HE isnt a prude & has a sense of humor:)

Allah,

Almighty , I know You read Chowk messages...please tell her, I`m right:)

#277 Posted by ana on July 23, 2002 9:15:33 pm

anNy jaan...twist my arm why don`t you?!

well since you asked...with apologies to the rest of the mehfil :-)

To ek dafa`h ka zikr hai:-

My youngest brother and I were gathered around our Ammi. Chota bhai hasbe maa`mool Ammi ko tang kar raha tha..chutkiyan beshumaar waghera. Finally a laughing, yet frustrated Ammi affectionately scolded him in Urdu

Digression..Background..

Ever since we moved back to America in the late `70`s, my brother, who is the only unfortunate (!) one of us to be born in the US, stopped speaking Urdu altogether. Any time one of us tried, he pretended not to understand, when I know far too well, from all the time he used to hang around Mali, and other guys who worked in the workshop in our neighborhood, the extent of his Urdu and possibly Punjabi!

Back to the story..

Ammi scolded him in Urdu. I, agent provacateuse, that I am, said, `But wait, he doesn`t speak or understand Urdu, or do you?` Hasbe maa`mool, chote sahib ignored me. So then I said, well let`s see if you understand these, phir mein ne woh gaaliyan ka list diya, `g----oo, choootiya, woh ma behen ki gaaliyan, and perhaps a few choice others. The whole time I was spouting out this litany, Ammi was half screaming, half laughing, closing her ears, demanding that I stop. My brother`s eyes were gleaming, and he was grinning. I knew that he understood every word I said. Ammi said, `Where did you learn those words?` To which I responded, `Not in this house!`

That`s it, anNy jaan..the boring anticlimatic tale :-)

#276 Posted by anNy on July 23, 2002 2:53:04 pm

``but I won`t bore y`all with it. :-)``

bore, bore..you must :0)

#275 Posted by hobbyty on July 23, 2002 2:53:04 pm

Temporal, Ana

First G - could be as you suggest - but it`s not ``GG Hona`` - Its ``GG1 hona`` as in ``aik``?

#274 Posted by ana on July 22, 2002 7:10:16 pm

PS to my last post...not that I`m implying that there`s a gaali involved in GG hona but that I`m not even supposed to be aware of, or use those lovely colorful phrases referring to anatomical parts..unlike the late Malika-e-Tarannum, who for those prim and proper (!) and/or pious (!!) folks might also be known as Malika-e-Besharam (no disrespect intended on my part for the deceased).

And here those `cojones` that Scoutness refers to come into play again..I can only suspect that one of the g`s refers to g---d (scout, I`m cojonless here, I can`t possibly say this word in this majlis!), but perhaps I`m mistaken?!?!!!!

#273 Posted by ana on July 22, 2002 2:25:56 pm

scout... Cajones, and moi? puhleeze! ;)

And I`m afraid I`m ignorant of the GG1 hona `phrase` myself. According to my saintly mother, I`m not supposed to know all the gaalis I DO know..and I`m definitely not supposed to use them! Ummm, reminds me of a personal anecdote where I shocked Ammi by my `small` litany of Punjabi/urdu gaaliyan, but I won`t bore y`all with it. :-)

#272 Posted by hobbyty on July 22, 2002 2:25:56 pm

Temporal

you heard for the first time a while ago? Thank you very little - I`m working on it. And you say it`s fun?

#271 Posted by Akash on July 21, 2002 8:51:26 pm

fawad

``akash:

``do you find latinas at bars or at clubs?``

Oh no, dear. She was my classmate.

#270 Posted by temporal on July 21, 2002 6:19:31 pm

hobbyty #270:

[...ana, temporal, Scout, banjara...and YOU guys owe me big - what kind of fun UKP? give me something fun...]

...you serious?...ok here is one GG1...this is used in urdu when describing an uphill or laborious task being undertaken by some...bet this will keep you busy for a few minutes;)...

(background notes)

...heard GG1 (Gee gee one) hona first time ever from my then friend dr. arshad zaman when he was a young clean shaven bank/fund career officer in d.c....have lost contact with him when he returned to pakistan...and was shocked to see his picture in TFT couple of weeks back in a lead article by khaled ahmed...this fellow has a yard long beard and is chairman of the council of islamic idealogy or something and khaled quoted him in that article...

rgds,

t

#269 Posted by hobbyty on July 21, 2002 5:53:24 pm

ana, temporal, Scout, banjara

It did not occur to me - what a anticlimax - and you guys were being so coy - I thought it`s got to be something juicy, naugty, fun - instead its ulla ka phath - still, its been a while since I`ive heard that My apologies to all of you and YOU guys owe me big - what kind of fun UKP? give me something fun

#268 Posted by scout on July 21, 2002 5:53:24 pm

ana #268,

you go girl. no one else had the cajones to say it ;)

#267 Posted by ana on July 20, 2002 6:50:44 pm

ooof...the suspense and the non-comprehension is killing me, and since I am definitely not as poetic minded as dost-mittar, nor as intelligent as tahmed ji...I will just come out and say it..

Hobbyty..UKP is a ullu ka pattha!

any further translations or hints needed? tho i think temporal did quite well :-)

#266 Posted by hobbyty on July 20, 2002 6:50:44 pm

Banjara

OK - UKP , lets see - U=ullo, K=?, P=?

Now this is too much work for the likes of me - and entirely to slow, painfully and why so coy?

This had better be beyond good.

#265 Posted by Banjaara on July 20, 2002 1:28:55 pm

hobbyty # 263

[What kind of clue is, `disciple of Wise ``bird``?]

This verse might help:)

Barbaad gulistaN karne ko

bus ek hi ulloo kaafi tha

Her shaakh pe ulloo baitha hai

anjaam-e- gulistaN kya hoga

Regards.

#264 Posted by temporal on July 20, 2002 11:53:52 am

hobbyty #263:

...are you familiar with urdu/hindi?...have a suspicion you are not very familiar with either or you would have caught onto scoutty`s mild rebukes...translation in english will not convey the original intent...it falls flat...

rgds,

t