Sameer: Oyee IlmDeen! Good to see u man, how is going?
IlmDeen: Set hooN yaar, the work is hard though man. But at least I don’t have to go to high school anymore man. You know man! I’m the boss now.
Aur suna cheetay how is that marriage stuff coming along?
Sameer: Don’t ask man, u know how my mom behaves, she thinks we are still in Pakistan.
IlmDeen: HAHA! I know eh, these paki parents. You can take them out of Pakistan but cant take Pakistan out of them.
Sameer: Yeah man she is been introducing me to all these hardcore paki girls, her definition of introduction means showing me the pictures. Here is my mom’s definition of a perfect bahu:
She has to be Gorreey! I.e fair skinned paki.
The less educated the better but must be able to speak angraizey, even though my ammi jee cant speak the language.
She has to be a bit healthy u know, after all she has to start producing babies.
IlmDeen: Yeh right! So u’ll be producing babies as soon as you get married.
Sameer: Well dats what my mom wants man! The concept of Condom is yet alien to her.
Why do you think the paki population increases so fast man!
IlmDeen: Any other criteria?
Sameer: She has to be from Pakistan and has to be one of my cousins.
IlmDeen: hahaha! So she HAS to be from Pakistan eh, wat abt the paki girls in Canada?
Sameer: nah man, my mom thinks that all of them are corrupted, other than my sister offcourse!
IlmDeen: Other than your sister offcourse! haha
Sameer: Chall chorr man! Oyee u got any suttas?
IlmDeen: Offcourse mere jaan! Let’s go in the backyard boss.
IlmDeen : So do u like anybody? (handing out a cig)
Sameer: Yaar, do u remember Komal from grade 11 english? (lighting a cig)
IlmDeen: Oyee who goree se, (with a wink) offcourse I remember her, barre set cheez thi yaar. I repeated grade 11 english for her man!
Sameer: Haha, u repeated a lot of classes for her.
IlmDeen: Bass yaar I couldn’t study man, bachiyaaN are too much of a distraction.
Sameer: So what happened between you and her?
IlmDeen: Nothing man, she was way out of my league. Yaar, she used to do poetry in English, read all these English novels and knew Shakespeare as if it was Punjabi. Abb Shakespeare se tu meri saat pushteiN mafee magte haiN!!
Bass yaar after her one thing was clear: These parhe likhi bachiyaaN are no good man. Now our general knowledge is completely based on watching Bollywood and Pakistani stage shows and she used to go watch English plays.
Sameer: Haha I know eh, I kinda liked her but then I was like she is too much into studies and ****.
IlmDeen: Yeah I heard she is taking English Literature at U of T. Bhai that is too much for me man. I don’t think I want a wife that knows this much English. Yaar, she would be lecturing me most of the time!
Sameer: Haha, I know eh! Oyee What about Sehrish?
IlmDeen: Oh woh ABCD Hijaban!
Sameer: haN haaN the MSA president at high school……………..
….To be continued