From: dm6674f90@auvax1.adelphi.edu (DDM)
Newsgroups: alt.culture.kerala
Subject: Some Malayalam humor!
Date: 2 Oct 92 20:14:11 GMT
Reply-To: dm6674f90@auvax1.adelphi.edu
Organization: Adelphi University, Garden City, NY

Namaskaram,kottarae!
	I am back! (as promised) Well,I am here to chew some paan and
crack some jokes. Hey,does anybody know about the old-time Malayalam
humorist,Sanjayan?
	Well,I don't know much about his personal history myself but I
thought I would enliven ACK a bit with some (probably bad) selections
of his jokes. Hope you guys and gals get some good laughs out of this.
NOTE : I am sure these jokes would probably be a lot funnier if they
were written completely in Malayalam. But I really don't think I have
the patience or the skill to type them here with English lettering
in Malayalam.
	Here goes (in no order of importance) :

	1. The story of the Bhagavather who gave Trivanthapuram its
English name. There was a Bhagavather who lived in what is now
Thiruvanthapuram. One day in a rush to reach the home of one of his
students who was awaiting the Bhavather eagerly, the Bhagavather
happened to step on a drum which was placed near the top of the stairs
in his home. Both the Bhagavather and the drum fell down the stairs
and the following noice was heard : "TREEEVAANDRUUUMMM". That is how
Trivandrum got its name.

	2. The tale of the mail-ordered watch. Although Sanjayan
himself never did have any children, in this story he assumes the role
of a father. His daughter one day is very happy to hear from one of her
friends that there is now a mail order watch available for very low
prices. The advertisement claims that the watch is of excellent quality
and is therefore worth owning. The daughter is duped by this story and
Sanjayan finds himself hesitantly giving her the money and the
permission to order the watch. A few weeks go by and the daughter is
delighted when she receives her eagerly awaited package on a certain
day. For two days she is seen proudly showing off her watch in every
place both at home and in her village. After four days, Sanjayan notices
that the watch is missing from her wrist. He asks : "Yentha, molle!
Ninte watch-u kaanan yillallo?" When he receives no answer the now
bewildered father goes searching and finds the watch. Unfortunately,as
he amused to note,the minute,the hour and the second hands are all
spinning in circles at the same time.

One other piece of humor which I am not sure was written by Sanjayan :

	The story goes that Shiva and Parvathi were on a trip through the
sky. Suddenly, far below, they saw a man sitting on a tree limb and
resting. Both Shiva and Parvathi, with their supernatural powers, were
quickly able to fortell that the man was about to fall from the tree and
hurt himself. However,they began to argue about whom the man, being a 
devotee of God, would call upon for help when his unfortunate accident
took place. Shiva challenged Parvathi by saying that he would save the
man if he called out "APPA!!" for help. Parvathi retorted by saying that
SHE would save the man when he called "AMMA!!". Just then the man, as
predicted by them, fell. Both Shiva and Parvathi couldn't save the
poor fellow however. He in taking his nap on the tree limb had forgotten
God and so called out : "AAYYOOOO!!". As a result he fell and broke many,
many bones in his body.

	Well, that's all for now. Hope you folks enjoyed these anecdotes
and hope also that you will please let me know through e-mail or postings
about any other humourous jokes of Sanjayan or any other Malayalee
humorists/comedians. But especially Sanjayan's jokes because I just love
this funny fellow.
								Njan,
								D.M.
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"Sathanam Kayyillundo? Sathanam Kayyillundo?"
"Aah, Sathanam Kayyillunde!"	
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