| Humour for
Better Performance
“Humour, jokes and jokers should not be treated lightly.”
Our Joker Correspondent, Liondurbar, July 4
Did you know that the world’s laziest parliament, Pratinidhisabha, has a humour committee as well?
When the Reporters sans Humour (who excel in rumours) asked the parliamentarians if humour has any role to play in enhancing the overall performance of the Parliament, 103, i.e. the absolute majority of them, said ‘yes, it has’. Therefore we have formed a separate humour committee which decides things that entertain many, confided an MP.
In the cut-throat market competition and the tough times that the Nepali democratic world is going through, humour could add value and perhaps give an advantage in improving overall performance of our parliamentarians, ministers and bureaucrats. This will ultimately motivate our corporate world to follow suit, said an MP without portfolio (read membership in any of the three scores of parliamentary committees).
Speaking on ‘Humour in Democracy Management’ at a meeting of the humour committee, Mr. A. Meek Lionchan, a former politician now made the DPM (abbreviation for ill dottore prima medicine) said: “Humour, jokes and jokers should not be treated lightly!”
Trying to uphold the glorious tradition of Nepali ministers inaugurating a dozen events per day, Mr. Lionchan inaugurated a world humour conference in Liondurbar recently, and said: “When you laugh heartily, 786 muscles in the body are used. Therefore, humour is no laughing matter, but can have positive health benefits.” Since he is holding the health portfolio, Mr. Lionchan’s exhortation certainly carries authority.
Giving examples where humour had helped in soothing tense moments, Mr Lionchan recalled a difficult meeting between Prachanda and Girija on the thorny issue of disarmament, in which the tension was released immediately after Prachanda came up with an interesting definition of Socialism and Capitalism. Prachanda said, according to the DPM, “In Capitalism man exploits man, while in Socialism, it is the other way round!’’
Sword Prasad Goldibaldi, another DPM (abbreviation for his pet slogan: Dissolving Pratinidhisabha, Murdabad!) and an active member of the parliamentary humour committee, sent the audience into delirium by recalling a story from the royal regime. Quoting a reliable source from the royal regime, Goldibaldi said that when King Gyanendra’s barber was asking every morning when he would reinstate the democracy, the King got annoyed and wanted to know how the barber was concerned with democracy. The barber replied: “Your Majesty, I have no idea what democracy means, but every time I ask the question, your hairs stand on end and it makes my job easy!”
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