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Tees Maar Khan -
The Vanquisher of Thirty Monsters With a Single Blow!

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The timeless Punjabi legend of Tees Maar Khan - "The Brave Single-handed Slayer of Thirty" - lives on!

The original fable goes thus:

 

A village tailor, was working away in his shack one dog-day afternoon, struggling with his endless measuring and cutting and stitching, while waving the flies away from his face every few seconds.

Suddenly, he noticed a swarm of flies squatting on the honey bowl he had put aside earlier, after finishing his luncheon dessert.

Seeing an opportunity to get back at the pesky creatures, he slowly leaned back to grab his jutti (shoe), coiled forwards - still without a sound - and then, pounced at the menacing little buzzers with lightning speed.

It was a wholesale massacre!

He turned the jutti over and saw them all splattered on its sole, little streaks of blood streaming in every direction.

It was a total victory, mind over matter, man over beast!

He carefully counted the corpses ... they were THIRTY of them!

He felt good. He felt strong. He felt mighty. He felt invincible.

He had heard of many a fearless warrior and of many a daring deed, but never of anyone who'd slain thirty monsters in a single blow!

He quickly embroidered himself a bold and beautiful sash which proclaimed right across the front: "Tees Maar Khan" - The Brave Single-Handed Slayer of Thirty!

He put it on, dangling it diagonally from one shoulder to the opposite hip, locked up his shop and headed into town to parade down its street and share the news of his unprecedented exploit.

The adventures that followed are history, and his name is embroidered in gold ever since on the banner of Punjabi lore as The Man who Vanquished Thirty!

 

This brings us to the story that has held the international media spellbound during the dog-days of summer this year. TV, radio, newspapers, magazines and broadbands everywhere have successfully shoved aside dull stories from riot-torn Tehran and teetering Detroit, to give this latest example of supremacy all the lead air-time and space, and front-page ink it rightfully demands. It is the story of:

 

OBAMA AND THE FLY

Here's a summary of what happened in the White House - yes, right inside the White House! - on Tuesday, June 16, 2009 ... during an interview of the U.S. President by John Harwood, Senior Writer with The New York Times and the Chief Washington Correspondent for CNBC. [What was Obama thinking?]

From The Associated Press:

Irritated by an omnipresent fly during a TV interview at the White House, Barack Obama took matters into his own hands.

Said Mr. Obama to the persistent fly: "Get out of here."

But it didn't.

So the President waited for the fly to settle, put his hand up and then smacked the fly dead in one shot.

Without missing a beat, the President said to CNBC correspondent John Harwood: "Now, where were we?"

Well, maybe one more second to gloat.

Said Mr. Obama: "That was pretty impressive, wasn't it? I got the sucker."

The camera crew was still rolling in the East Room.

Mr. Obama didn't mind. He pointed to the vanquished insect on the ground and said, "You want to film that?"

CNBC did.

That fly is history.

 

The incident, now known widely as "Slaughter-gate," is ... fortunately ... not being dropped by the media; they have promised to investigate it to the bitter end. Stung by criticism of their mishandling of George W. Bush and the Iraq War, they have promised not to drop the ball this time around.

Particularly, since PETA is keeping an eagle eye over the whole matter.

PETA - "People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals" - spokesman Bruce Friedrich has already jumped into the fray by condemning the murder.

Sikhchic.com undertakes to keep you apprised of all major developments.

 

June 18, 2009

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