With a Bank Manager; Getting a bike Loan.

Raj:- I would like to have a loan for buying a bike.
What is the procedure for it ?
Manager:- Well, you can have it if you are employed and having a regular income.
Raj:- Well, are there any application forms I have to fill?
Manager:- Yes, you have to fill in this application form and get it attested by your employer.
Raj:- What are your terms and conditions?
Manager:- Oh, it is very simple. We take 14% interest on the loan.
Raj:- What about installment?
Manager:- The installment amount must be paid on the first working day of each month.

With a Bank Manager; Getting a car Loan.

Mini:- I would like to have a loan for buying a car.
What is the procedure for it ?
Manager:- Well, you can have it if you are employed and having a regular income.
Mini:- Well, are there any application forms I have to fill?
Manager:- Yes, you have to fill in this application form and get it attested by your employer.
Mini:- What are your terms and conditions?
Manager:- Oh, it is very simple. We take 10% interest on the loan.
Mini:- What about installment?
Manager:- The installment amount must be paid on the first working day of each month.

Conversation in an Interview; French Interpreter and Social Worker

Social worker:- Where did you learn french?
An African:- I used to be a cook in Paris.
Social worker:- What made you give it up and come back to Africa?
An African:- It was my health.
Social worker:- Will you act as my interpreter and assistant for a while?
An African:- What about my salary?
Social worker:- You will have a salary, of course, though we can- not pay very much - 90 francs a month.
An African:- I used to earn 135 francs in Paris.
Social worker:- I am working here as a social worker to help you and your friends, not to make money.
An African:- Sorry, Sir. I am ready to assist you.

Conversation with a Stranger; Alexander and Phythia

Alexander:- Are you the phythia?
Phythia:- Yes, I am.
Alexander:- I am Alexander Of Macedon.
Phythia:- I had guessed that .
Alexander:- I look like my coins, do I?
Phythia:- I have never seen one of your coins.
Alexander:- There aren't very many to see yet. I admit.
Phythia:- I ordered the doors to be barred.
How did you get in here?
Alexander:- I am very good at climbing.
Phythia:- please leave me alone.
Alexander:- I'll go in a moment.
When I've got what I came for.

Conversation about Aristotle; Alexander and Pythia

Alexander:- You think I'm mad, of course.
Phythia:- No. Just very young.
Alexander:- All idealists are a little mad.
Aristotle is madder than anyone.
Phythia:- He's your tutor, isn't he?
Alexander:- He was. He's gone back to Athens now.
He believes in the world state, too, you know.
Phythia:- I see. And you are going to put his ideas into practice?
Alexander:- Yes. He doesn't approve of that.
Phythia:- I'm not surprised.
Alexander:- In fact, he doesn't approve of me at all.
He found me once reading a copy of the Iliad, and when he congratulated on my taste on literature and asked me what I liked best about it, I told him I thought it an invaluable military manual.
Phythia:- Ha ha ...
Alexander:- He was furious. No sense of humor at all.
I loved Homer, as a matter of fact.

Conversation in a Court; Advocate and Witness

Advocate:- You must remember that a man's life depend on your evidence.
Witness:- I do remember it, sir.
Advocate:- Is your eyesight good?
Witness:- I have never had to wear spectacles, sir.
Advocate:- You are a women of fifty five?
Witness:- Fifty four, sir.
Advocate:- And the man you saw was on the other side of the road?
Witness:- Yes, sir.
Advocate:- And it was two o'clock in the morning.
You must have remarkable eyes!
Witness:- No, sir. There was moonlight, and when the man looked up, he had the lamplight on his face.
Advocate:- And you have no doubt whatever that the man you saw is the prisoner?
Witness:- No doubt, sir. It isn't a face one forgets.

Conversation with a Priest; Swami and Feminist

Swamiji:- There is neither death nor birth, neither a bound nor a struggling soul- this is the ultimate truth.
Feminist:- An interesting thought!
Swamiji:- Mira, what did you think of your readings of  the book.
Feminist:- Frankly, Swami, I'm very attracted to his teaching.
But I found it too disturbing.
Swamiji:- Is it because of this statement, "For all beings a human birth is difficult to obtain, more so is a male body; rarer than that is ..."
Feminist:- I know it goes on. But I won't bother to finish it.
Swamiji:- But you must, child.
That's the crucial bit, about how liberation is reached.
Feminist:- But I'm not going to.
The point as far as I'm concerned is, what do you do with a women and one who will never be a upper cast?
What happens to her knowledge? Is she just mere pollution?
Swamiji:- I told you, Mira. Here, come and sit down.
The male-female part was just a consequence of ...
Feminist:- You mean people don't think like that now?
Of course, They do!

Conversation in an Interview; Manager for a Restaurant

Prasad:- Ranjith, where do you live?
Ranjith:- I am living at Thana.
Prasad:- How many years is it since you have taken your degree?
Ranjith:- I am sorry to state that three full years have gone by after passing the examination.
Prasad:- What were you doing all these years?.
Ranjith:- I was hunting for a job applying for several posts and answering almost all tests for the last three years continously.
Prasad:- It is a wonder that you didn't get a selection till now. When I passed the 10th Standard, I discontinued studies and started a restaurant. Now there are about two dozen emplyees under me.
Ranjith:- That is well. You are lucky man.
Prasad:- I am in need of a faithiful and capable manager in my place and I'm ready to pay $250 besides free boarding and lodging. If you have no objection I'm ready to appoint you today itself.
Ranjith:- Thank god. I have none to consult and nothing to think. I'm ready to accept your kind offer.