R.K. Laxman - Laugh With Laxman

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First published by Penguin Books India 1999

Copyright R.K. Laxman 1999

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ISBN 978-01-4028-435-5

This digital edition published in 2013.
e-ISBN: 978-93-5118-016-6

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Looks like Rs 2.5 crores gone down the drain, sir! It says Made in Korea in small print!

So our search has been futile! That there are giants inhabiting this jungle is a total myth.

The upper region must be getting highly polluted! First it was the small birds, then the pigeons, then crows and now poor Superman himself!

No thanks! I just had one at the previous mirage!

Boil this thousand-year old Himalayan herb in milk mixed with lotus petals twenty times and drink it for seven months. If all this doesnt cure you, take a couple of aspirins.

I told you not to spank him when he misbehaves! He has been taking karate lessons for self-defence!

Look at that! These gadgets are uselessno better than the servants we got rid of.

I am sorry! This is a problem we on earth have to facebird menace. They hit aircrafts.

Please, sir! Each speaker gets only ten minutes. You have exceeded by sixty minutes... !

What sort of sales promotion is this? No one will buy it! You must write Now only Rs 275.

You have certainly put on height and weight since I last took your measurements, sir.

No, thats not the machinery we ordered. It is this one and thats the work-kitin case it goes out of order.

Thats his wifesort of his word processor. Whatever he says cant pass without her processing it.

Let me see your medical degree, please, before you start operating.