घेउन टाक ([info]freegeek) wrote,
@ 2006-06-06 13:13:00
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Puneri Humour
[via [info]sat2]

Punekars (Maharashtrians of Pune) have a peculiar sense of humour, if I may call it that, which borders on the sarcastic and sometimes rude. Take a look at some Marathi (local language) signboards in Pune.

The last image, the Web site one and the joke on Chitale, is a figment of imagination. The others signboards are actual photographs from the streets of Pune.














And this one especially for Atul :)


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[info]poocha9
2006-06-06 08:33 am UTC (link)
kya matlab?;)

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[info]freegeek
2006-06-06 02:34 pm UTC (link)
Refer to comments below for the gist :)

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[info]premkudva
2006-06-07 04:46 am UTC (link)
English captions please.

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[info]eddd
2006-06-07 09:32 am UTC (link)
Nyaah, that will spoil the fun :)

Anyway I'll try later. At a less ungodly hour.

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[info]premkudva
2006-06-07 09:39 am UTC (link)
I will surely appreciate it man:)

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[info]bomboy
2006-06-06 08:50 am UTC (link)
Brilliant collection!
May fave: Hey karyalaya aahe...
I have also been told that the 'siesta' time for Pune shopkeepers extends from 12 to 4 pm!
Cheers!

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[info]vinayakh
2006-06-06 08:22 pm UTC (link)
The siesta time is absolutely true. I was visiting someone in Pune for a short while and staying over the weekend. I got up late, realised I had forgot to get the tooth paste and rushed to a shop just before mid-day (or so I thought). On asking the shop-keeper (who was getting ready to close the shop for the famous siesta) for the tooth-paste, he showed me the time in his watch, then the board (which said closed for leisure for 12-4pm), gave me a lecture about the benefits of getting up early and showed me the tea-shop nearby. Then closed his shop and left for his siesta. That's Punekar attitude for you :)

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[info]premkudva
2006-06-07 09:50 am UTC (link)
> Then closed his shop and left for his siesta.

I used to think only Goans had a siesta timing;)

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Goan siesta
(Anonymous)
2007-10-16 06:30 am UTC (link)
I beg to differ Premnath... Yes goan shops are closed between 1pm and 4pm.. But a goan shopkeeper would open the shutter for a last customer..

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Re: Goan siesta
[info]premkudva
2007-10-18 06:37 am UTC (link)
Wow! That is a message from the past:-) This post is dated 6.6.06 and my comment a day later.

Regarding the Goan shopkeeper, with the tourism inflow there, I wonder if anyone has a fiesta there now as seriously as before.

I went there last year and didn't have any such problems. Everyone seemed awake.

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[info]latelyontime
2006-06-06 11:29 am UTC (link)
ha ha ha ha...oh lord that was funny. Brought back awesome memories of pune.

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[info]yogini
2006-06-06 01:00 pm UTC (link)
The boards are so unique to Pune and maharashtrians. Nearly a decade and half ago, we were hunting for an address on Poud road. Since we could not locate it, my father and I entered a shop to ask the shopkeeper. He walked outside the shop and for a moment we thought he was giving directions, till he brought our attention to a board hanging outside which read," Ithe chambhar chaukashya karunaye".

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[info]freegeek
2006-06-06 01:10 pm UTC (link)
Hahahaha. That was hilarious!

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[info]premkudva
2006-06-07 04:44 am UTC (link)
> Ithe chambhar chaukashya karunaye

Meaning?

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[info]parag
2006-06-06 01:07 pm UTC (link)
good ones!

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[info]eddd
2006-06-06 01:13 pm UTC (link)
mast hai :)

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[info]hemya
2006-06-06 03:24 pm UTC (link)
reminds me of a sign i read...." ikde sutte paishe magu naye".....

ekdam punyachi athvan ali.....cant wait to get back in december:)

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[info]bohemebelle
2006-06-06 04:29 pm UTC (link)
so true.. arre totally punyachi athavan aali..

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[info]sat2
2006-06-06 07:34 pm UTC (link)
I like Poona for all its chutyagiri and nice winter climate...Poona shortly will beat Bombay in its supply of real comedy.

I think we should all go there and meet these guys who came up with these board and put them in a hall of Fame!!


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[info]eddd
2006-06-06 07:49 pm UTC (link)
Pliss come saar.

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[info]sat2
2006-06-08 06:24 am UTC (link)
What maaan!! Am doing khallivalli in Doha..shall tackle Poona once back :))

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[info]eddd
2006-06-08 11:53 am UTC (link)
hehe, i'm doing cowboy-giri in Dallas :P

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[info]premshree
2006-06-06 11:57 pm UTC (link)
Haha. 2nd one = rock!

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[info]tejasa
2006-06-07 02:25 am UTC (link)
Hilarious stuff.

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[info]shri
2006-06-07 12:10 pm UTC (link)
LOL!

There is one more that I have seen,

1) Hanging next to a doorbell,
"Salesman, Choukashi kivha survey karnarayani bell vajvu naye. Ani tari bell vajavlyas darvaza ughadla janaar nahi."

2) Another one, once again, next to a doorbell,

"Bell ekdach vajvun kahi kshan thambave. Teenda bell vajvun hi jar koni daar ughadle nahi, tar aaple ya gharat swagat nahi ase samjave ani nighun jaave."

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[info]eddd
2006-06-07 02:25 pm UTC (link)
WOW! priceless!

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[info]mighty_stylus
2006-06-13 07:45 pm UTC (link)
"Bell ekdach vajvun kahi kshan thambave. Teenda bell vajvun hi jar koni daar ughadle nahi, tar aaple ya gharat swagat nahi ase samjave ani nighun jaave."


Amazing!!! That's Punekar hospitality for you.

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