Saturday, December 3, 2011

Facepalms in Hinglish

When I was asked if I could play football, I shrugged saying "I can run around, if that'd help."
Encouragingly my boss said, "Sab log yahan aise hi hain, you just keep running and kicking, and who knows man, tere se goal bhi shayad ho jaye!"
Puzzled at his comment I asked, "But... ball to pehle se hi gol hai na?"

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In a serious discussion about being creative about work my colleague said there wasn't any free time to do so.
My boss replied, "You wont get to sit dreamily at the beach man! Ideas can come anytime."
I added "And, aap Studio ke beech to reh hi sakte hain..."