Abigail's Jokes

Abigail likes to hear and share jokes with others. Many times she says the same joke again, and again. What is more important is that she expects to see the same excitement and smile on our face the first time we heard her joke! The following are some of her funny instances she repeated to any new friend/relative that I could recollect (not in any particular order):

She loves to call her little brother Siddharth by many pet names - like "Bootha", "Moni", "yeah mera Gujrathi", "mera-mera" etc. Once she called him "Diwali". We explained to her that Diwali is a festival that is celebrated in India. On this cue, she asked about other festivals celebrated. We told her about Kolu, Pongal... She remembered Kolu, but not Pongal; so she asked "So is sakara Pongal a festival too?" We explained that sakara Pongal is a jaggery-sweet variety of a dish made during the festival of Pongal. She accepted but continued on the same path: soon after that she asked "Is payasam a festival too?". Hahaha........

One winter day we were walking towards home from the school. The climate was good, so Abigail first removed her cap, then scarf and then her gloves. Soon she coughed, so I asked her if she could put her cap back on. At this she asked "Why do you worry? I am coughing through my mouth not my head!" (she had wanted to say since she was coughing I should have asked her to put on her scarf first and then the cap!) Hahaha........

When Abigail started rhyming:
* She asked if her doctor - Dr Klos - was Santa Claus!
* After looking at the mail box, she asked if it belonged to our family or to Emily (her friend).