"Where would you wish to have your remains sent?" joke

J. HOMAS, an old Syrian Christian friend though a Keralite, spoke fluent Tamil and was somewhat of windbag. We decided to spend a week end at a hill resort. The clerk at reception desk of the hotel where we had booked ourselves asked us to fill in the register with our names, nationalities, dates of birth, last place of resid­ence etc. I had no problem filling in what was required of him. When it came to Thomas' turn, he asked what the item home address meant. "The place where you were born and lived, sir," replied the clerk. Thomas confused the poor clerk with his biodata. "I was born in Cochin, brought up in Trivandrum; we moved to Ernakulam. I live in Madras but my real home is Vazhoor in Kerala. What shall I enter in the register?"
Not to be outdone, the clerk retorted "let's make it simple. If: you were to die this minute, where would you wish to have your remains sent?"
"Oh that!" remarked Thomas triumphantly, "the Vale of Kashmir".

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