Once Queen Elizabeth comes to India in summers, and is invited for
lunch by the then President, Giani Zail Singh.
While in the President House, Liz feels like easing herself and thus
goes up to Gianiji and very politely says,'Gianiji can you please show
me the Corner’
Now Gianiji is a man with limited vocabulary. He takes Liz to the
corner of the room where two walls meet, and says ‘Here is the corner’
and comes back.
Liz is really put-off and after a while goes up to Gianiji again and
now says in a slightly blunt American manner - 'Gianiji can you please
show me the Loo’.
'No Lizji, Loo is a very bad thing and can even kill people. This is a
nice AC hall so why don’t you sit here and enjoy the lunch’, says
Gianiji.
Now its really hard for Liz to hold it any further. She gathers all the
words she knows of Hindi and forgetting all her English style-wyle
shouts out to Gianiji 'Gianiji please mujhe aap peshaab karne ki jagah
dikha deejeeay…’
Gianiji is all smiles. Very quietly in shy manner he says - 'Pehle Aap
Dikhaao!’
Hahahahaha!
