Thank you Srikanth Uncle

Srikanth Uncle was a fun guy... especially to kids below the age of twelve... like i was when i first met him.. He had this conveyor belt of jokes.. and to be fair to the man the jokes would only makes kid laugh... He could always make that boring party, that we ( my bro and i ) were forced to attend, really great fun.. by telling us jokes... funny stories and best of all...He sang The Army Song....

Chorus
Oh, I don't wanna join the army life
Oh man i wanna go, Woman i wanna go
Show me the way to go home....

Chorus ends
The boots in the army they say are mighty fine.. if you ask for number seven they give you number nine

Chorus
Oh, I don't wanna join the army life
Oh man i wanna go, Woman i wanna go
Show me the way to go home....

Chorus ends
The Coffee in the army they say are mighty fine... if you ask for a cuppa coffee they give you iodine

Chorus
Oh, I don't wanna join the army life
Oh man i wanna go, Woman i wanna go
Show me the way to go home....

Chorus ends
The movies in the army they say are mighty fine... if you ask for Charlie Chaplin they give you Frankenstein

Chorus
Oh, I don't wanna join the army life
Oh man i wanna go, Woman i wanna go
Show me the way to go home....
Song ends

I always sang the chorus... Actually there were more lines to the song... but my memory fails me.. It never fails to remember the good times we had though... Srikanth Uncle passed away a few years back.. he had had a lot of family problems and health problems... but we kids never knew that because he always had that joke to tell... or that story to narrate.. and when he didnt have the jokes or the story.. we always had our Army Song....

Conversations buried in the sands of time.

Ga ga, goo goo, aaah peee, da da...

Amma..

I want my lollipop. Give me back the G.I. Joe. I hate school. I dont want to go to school..

Poda, You can play only if your bring a bat. I have better shoes than you. Hey you put kusu.. ( kusu = fart )

Girls are stupid. They are idiotic. They are snobs. They are pig headed. She is fat and ugly..

Woah, girls are too good da. She is sexy na. what a figure she has da. Talk about curves being dangerous. Machan, did you fart ?

F**K da. 12th is bloody tough. Why do the teachers need to screw our happiness like this. Can't wait to get out of school and join college.

I hate college. School was too good. Cha the lecturers are horrible, classmates are sad..

Ha lets bunk that stupid class da, its a bloody useless subject, lets go catch a movie dude, 10 Rupee ticket at Studio 5, ok..

Let's get some beer and some smokes da.. some porn and we got a party on.

Damn da. Can't come with you guys. Need to go out with my girl, she wants me to come with her to choose dresses. Shall surely come next time da.

Dude, what are we going to do da ? College is going to end. We need to get jobs da. Need to pay off the bank loans na.

Ha, got placed dude. Wonder where we will be 5 years from now. Gonna miss college da

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Hell, work sucks da. Bloody tiring. Planning to start my own business soon. You getting married. Wow, thats great da. My parents are fine da.

Business is fine da. My wife's fine, and the baby is doing great. How is your wife and son doing ?

It was bloody close. Got my first attack. Doc says i need to quit smoking and the drink. Yep, I guess i have joined your club. Doctor says its the stress. He told me to try and reduce the tension. I told him i need to drink and smoke for that. He asked me to read more books instead. My daughter is doing fine. Going to leave college soon. How are your sons doing ? Hey how much did your angioplasty cost ?

I have become a grandfather. Can you believe it ?

Bye, I am going to miss you. Hope i shall join you in heaven soon..

So this is what heaven looks like huh.