HELLO!

Have discovered a fascinating Punjabi habit....they love to say HELLO! This is not on the telephone or to greet someone. That everyone does. No big deal. No....when they want to interrupt someone or focus the attention on them during a conversation they loudly "HELLO" you. The other day had two Punjabis doing the hello routine at the same time! One was me uncle trying to distract us from some serious idiot box watching where the other Punjabi was Helloing some chick in a car. This was Sunny Deol driving alongside the chick and helloing her on a cell phone! Don't ask why I was watching this idiocy...it comes of living on the baarder.

So now the cousin and self have taken to helloing each other and the house in our chute like courtyard! The neighbours (who don't exist) must think we are very friendly bunch- forever greeting each other with such warmth!