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Saboor-isms

April 1, 2008 on 5:45 pm | In Saboor |

January 20th, 2008

I wish I had collected them in a diary right from the time he was saying it. It never, ever occurred to me that I might forget some of them! Kids can say the oddest things and without ever meaning to be funny, they can make you laugh and laugh. Saboor used to say a lot of these kind of things, ask these type of questions that i’ve termed Saboor-isms. In fact, I actually started writing this Yahoo 360 blog because Ayesha told me I should write about these funny things that he says in a blog. (I did write some stuff in the early days, but deleted it for some reason)

Anyway, here are some, right from the time he was about four and in kindergarten. I’ve put them down in dialogue form because they sort of lose their punch when I narrate it to someone.
S - Saboor, A- Andy
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S: “Ammi, do you know what Sri Hari did in school today?”

A: “No. What?”

S: “She jumped up and pulled…”

A: “Wait a sec…Did you say Sri Hari?”

S: “Yes. She was jumping and pulling….”

A: “But Saboor, Sri Hari is the name of a boy!”

S: “But then….she has long hair….”

A: “Well, some boys wear their hair long….”

S: “Then…shouldn’t he be called Sri Hara?”

(Hope you got the joke….)

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S: “Why do I have to spit the banana?”

A: “Who asked you to spit the banana?”

S: “Then why is it called banana spit?”

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A more recent one…in fact, this one was just last month.

S: “What is this strange looking building?”

A: “Its called Jal Bhavan.”

S: “What does that mean?”

A: “Well, its to do with water…’jal’ means water in hindi, remember?”

S: “Then why is this building so dry?”

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Can you believe it? But I’ve forgotten so many of them and I realised it as I sat down to write those which I remembered. Anyways, if I remember any more, I’ll put them up here. Even if no one else finds it as funny as I do!!! Childhood is something to have fond memories about especially since he’s growing so big, so soon, mashallah!!!