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Pashtun-Sikh confrontation
I wanted to share this funny incident that my friend narrated to me a few months back. Since this was an incident between my friend (whos a Sikh) and a Pashtun I thought I will share it here -
So my friend who used to earlier drive trucks in Dubai, was once parking his truck very late at night when he got into a fight with a Pashtun driver of another truck. Both of them were unwilling to back down and things became really serious with abuses and threats fllying at each other. Things came to a head when both of them called their friends from nearby who came running with spanners and screwdrivers. Seeing the commotion a few local cops came rushing and wanted to arrest both the parties. Seeing that both of them could be arrested and probably their permits revoked, my friend changed tack and said that this Pashtun guy was his friend and they were basically practicing some age-old ritual by shouting threats and abuses. (or something like that). The dumb local cops bought it and went away. Both the groups were so amused by the story that they started laughing at themselves for starting a fight for such a stupid incident. And in the end the Pashtun guy tells my friend - "Wora, log kehta hai ki Pashtun log pagal hota hai, par aaj tumne jo kiya, usse lagta hai ki tum Sardar hamse bhi bada pagal hai!"
Now I usually take offense to stupid Sikh jokes and caricatures but I couldnt stop myself from laughing at this story with my friend.
So my friend who used to earlier drive trucks in Dubai, was once parking his truck very late at night when he got into a fight with a Pashtun driver of another truck. Both of them were unwilling to back down and things became really serious with abuses and threats fllying at each other. Things came to a head when both of them called their friends from nearby who came running with spanners and screwdrivers. Seeing the commotion a few local cops came rushing and wanted to arrest both the parties. Seeing that both of them could be arrested and probably their permits revoked, my friend changed tack and said that this Pashtun guy was his friend and they were basically practicing some age-old ritual by shouting threats and abuses. (or something like that). The dumb local cops bought it and went away. Both the groups were so amused by the story that they started laughing at themselves for starting a fight for such a stupid incident. And in the end the Pashtun guy tells my friend - "Wora, log kehta hai ki Pashtun log pagal hota hai, par aaj tumne jo kiya, usse lagta hai ki tum Sardar hamse bhi bada pagal hai!"
Now I usually take offense to stupid Sikh jokes and caricatures but I couldnt stop myself from laughing at this story with my friend.
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