Thursday, August 21, 2008

The not-quite-Ramadaan-greetings post (updated)

The best e-card site ever (ever!) has come up with a range of messages just for Ramadaan.
As these have been conceptualised in line with their usual facetious-tongue-on-dockers-clad-butt-cheek offerings, do not send on to people who take themselves too seriously.

They've also introduced a create-your-own e-card function which, as evident below, I thoroughly abused last night.





(As kids, we'd call people who didn't keep their fasts 'kotchcows'. I don't know the etymology behind this one)




26 comments:

Nielfa Hanifa said...

A whole lot wittier than those forwarded emails of burgers and coke :P

Rather humorous.

M Junaid said...

Kudos lass. Love the last two.

Nafisa said...

Lol, love them!
I remember my sisters and I used to call each other "kotchcows" hehee.

Sofi said...

Lol, how cool! I’d never heard the term kotchcows but I shall be using it quite generously in the next few weeks ;)

Nooj said...

lolfr!

"when you care enough to hit send"
here's to bringing back eid spirit with the same originality we put in to the scissor and glue cards we once upon a far away time made

i wanna copycat but i think i have an appreciate-not-create sense of humour

Khadija said...

lol.... love them

Parasputin said...

brilliant

we used to read the litany of what does and does not break fast but insert

swallowing blood from a bleeding bum

instead of gum.

guaranteed to get you sent out of the madressah class with your guffawing mates.

My dartboard said...

hahahahahahahahaha

They should have a bicycle shed card.
Or the sick note one.

Or the I'm on medication one

Samina said...

so very funny :) Good stuff.

Princess said...

LoL :) Really Cool....Hmm I remember the term "kotchcow"

'liya said...

Hehe these are great :D

Work in Progress said...

Haha ur advances are making my fast makrooh. These are funny!

Aasia said...

The ulcer one hits so close to some people I know.

I wish I could use it on them.

You've got a gift sals, and it scares me.

Apparently we have a good friend in common saffs???

r said...

good stuff ms bamjee-mayet! shall definitely be forwarding the "chronic ulcer" one to the kotchcows on campus :P

Safiyyah said...

had a good laugh at these
i think kotchcow comes from the urdu/gujerati, kuch - something, kao- eat, but have no idea how it evolved...

Anonymous said...

hahahaha...

i really enjoyed those. good on you....

Anonymous said...

Hilarious. Lol. Love findin the etymology of our indian slang. . I can hazard a guess to the last part of the word. Kotchcow . . I think the cow part is perhaps 'khao' meanin 'eat' or 'to eat'. The kotch part baffles me a bit .

KiLLa said...

LoL.. I wont comment.. We had a discussion on this topic i think..

A fast a day keeps Shaytaan at bay..

(lol i cannot post the others) but will contemplate doin a post as u mentioned..

Bril cards tho.. Mmm.. Think my mother will freak if i send her one of these while im in Ghana..

"Mummy's little kothcow" would be bril..

Anonymous said...

Haha... great ones.. I like the 16-course iftaar one - it's quite true.

btw what's a "kotchcows"?

Anonymous said...

Berry nice :) really enjoyed the cards hehe

freelance hero said...

brilliant as usual.

half-fasts as a kid lol who came up with that shit? :P

bb_aisha said...

double kudos. love kotchkows & 16 course iftaar

corpsekicker said...

I'm thoroughly entertained at work. Thanks again Saaleha.

choochoo said...

Love the cards. Specially the one with the salt:)

That Mash Guy said...

brilliant

Saaleha Idrees Bamjee said...

Hey you lot - I'm glad you all enjoyed these:)
Ramadaan Mubarak to one and all (even the kotchcows).

Profane. Profound. What's your poison?