Yep, I saw Father Christmas in the Pune Airport while waiting for my flight to Bengaluru. All of a sudden he was there, dispensing candies from his bag to all the waiting passengers—except me! Why was the American left out? Well, I went up to Santa and asked him if I could have a present, too. He smiled and obliged, and then I asked for a photo. So here I am with an Indian Santa.
I expect he’s a vegetarian as he’s noticeably lacking in avoirdupois. And check out those shades!
And so, which one is Santa?
I thought the avoirdupois delta was a dead giveaway.
I suspect he thinks you’re a Trump supporter! He doesn’t want to get too close – he’s touching you as little as possible mate! 😀
“Why was the American left out?”
Because you’re an older white man – all that he claims to be. So, when he’s around you, his masquerade is all the more obvious.
He probably has some pride and defends his honor as Santa Claus, that’s why he kept distance to you.
But the adult Indian people got candy!
Waaaaay too skinny.
Is that a Rolex on Santa’s wrist?
Yeah, only the rich can be vegetarians in the North Pole.
😀
Should have told him you are Canadian. Wear a little maple leaf lapel pin.
Didn’t work out so well for the Canadian couple in In Bruges, eh? 🙂
Haha. Ouch.
But, where in the clip does it say the couple are Canadian?
Colin Farrel finds out later that they’re Canadian, when he gets arrested on the train:
https://getyarn.io/yarn-clip/9ede298c-f854-4f90-8645-94687fab4613
Thanks, eh?
I see you caught the Grinch sneaking away in the background😉
I had an occasion to use “avoirdupois”a couple of weeks ago! It made me as giddy as reading this has 😂
I only ever hear avoirdupois in this context in song Mr. Five by Five.
Genius!!
I’m told it’s French for ‘to have some peas’. 🙂
Sounds plausible.
We learned of ‘avoirdupois’ in prep school (British educational system). We had to swat all the tables and weights and measurements on the back of our exercise books.
The shades suggest his summertime job is impersonating Elvis.
I hope he didn’t put them on when he was asked to pose with an American.
Sometime in the 1980s I heard a radio interview with an Elvis impersonator who was a Sikh, and had been expelled from the International Elvis Presley Impersonators Association for refusing to take off his turban while performing.
At least that’s the reason he gave. It may also have been that he’d replaced the words of famous songs with references to Indian food. He was very funny.
https://www.google.com/search?q=%22International+Elvis+Presley+Impersonators+Association%22
No results found for “International Elvis Presley Impersonators Association”.
Fake Santa. Not fat. Can’t believe you fell for it.
Christ, Santa makes the Mahatama look portly.
Dig those Roy Orbison Wayfarers, though.
Not Wayfarers. Aviators. Reminds me of classic Graham Parker.
Dang, I hadn’t thought about Graham Parker in a long time. Your comment reminded me to go back and have a listen to some of his old tunes with The Rumour. Thanks for that.
Jerry, you’re a big kid, and it’s why we like you, among all the other things.
I just realized that Santa is an anagram for Satan. Hmmm…
Maybe Santa thought you had a ‘don’t mess with me’ look about you. Of course, that doesn’t seem to fly with the airport security feel-‘em-up people.
Just odd. Maybe in a good way?
Is that cultural-ly appropriate, I mean appropriation?
That was obviously the real Santa. Cute. I can’t even imagine what it would be like to travel that far away for a month. Jamaica, Ireland, Dubai… after that I don’t have a bucket list.