Death penalty for the three hard core criminals.

Three hard core criminals were finally arrested and were finally trailed for their crimes. Criminals were sent to gallows to face their ultimate fate –death.

To their good fortune, the judge who presided over the proceedings at the court finally made up his mind to punish the defendants as per the choice they make. They were given the choice to face their death either by hanging, by electrocution or by getting themselves injected deadly with HIV virus.

 Considering the shortest time it takes to kill a man, the first defendant said he would like to face his death by electrocution.

Second defendant said he would rather face his death by way of tradition that has passed down from generation to generation from his forefathers.-by hanging.

The third defendant however had other ideas in his mind. He thought to himself that even with deadly HIV virus in his body he can at least survive to see this world for few more years. 

On their final judgment day, when they were about to face their fate with the respective choices they have made, the two friends who chose death by electrocution and by hanging asked their friend who chose to be injected with HIV virus for making his choice.

To explain about his choice, he went close to his friends and whispered in their ears “please don’t tell anyone because today I am using condom to stop that virus form entering into my body”

It’s a joke please do not take it seriously…….but thanks for reading with intense curiosity.

Tale of a Tiny Temple

Hypocrisy combined with hilariousness and humors have long been the traits of Bhutanese people. This dates back to the days when People visited Tibet, either for trade or in search of Buddhist scholars. They were referred to as Aku Drukpa(s); - the entertainer and the buffoon.  True to the references, Their traits came in handy, unless it doesn’t cross the limit. 

Here is one such story where one of Aku Drupa (of those days) cooked up a story from nowhere to draw the attention of his Tibetan equals. His story involved a small Lhakhang in Bumthang Chumey, presently known more as the chuk-che Zhey Lhakhang (Lhakhang that houses the Buddha with one thousand arms and one thousand eyes) 

In his first visit, He told his Tibetan counter parts about the hugeness of the Lhakhang and that a man would take a solid whole day going around it. The bigness of the temple fascinated the folks and was awestruck but somehow felt convinced. They applauded and still believed it was true (Yemba dra)

Photo courtesy: Tshering Dorji.

The following year, the same Aku Drukpa attempted to draw attention from the crowd in a similar fashion but had nothing new. He decided to continue his story that kept the audience spellbound year ago. He took his time to begin the joke. When he did, he went little too far from the conventional humor the audience have actually expected.   

He said, he was still skeptical and unsure as to whether the wooden shingle from the roof of the same lhakhang, that fell year ago, would have actually landed on the ground or not after a year. That surely sounded rubbish and unrealistic! He got lashed and jeered and sent home immediately. 

The morale of the story; Too much of anything is not good, not even the jokes of a Lhakhang.

(On 24^th April 2011, I was on my way from Bumthang to Thimphu. I took a picture of the same Lhakhang and thought I could share the same with my readers. But very unfortunately, I lost my camera in Trongsa Town shortly. If any one have a Picture of that Lhakhang, please do tag me in my facebook)