PARTLY FACETIOUS: It was a big belly to big belly embrace

“You gotta play your cards right in life.”

“Agreed but sometime the cards that are dealt are not winning cards.”

“Then opt for a game where you can bluff your way to winning.”

“Hmmmm, that has to be a card game I mean cricket is not about bluffing.”

“Well given the routine induction of non-cricketers in key management positions…”

“The Man Who Shall Remain Nameless welcomed the International Cricket Council’s President Greg Barclay and Chief Executive Geoff Allardice…”

“Yeah I saw it on television – it was a big belly to big belly embrace.”

“Don’t be silly.”

“Anyway Greg Barclay used to play cricket for New Zealand and Geoff Allardice for Australia…”

“Stop right there – I will have you know that The Man Who Shall Remain Nameless used to play cricket for Notification Maryam Nawaz (NMN) team and need I add still plays on that team….”

“The only game NMN plays well is the Daddy game and there is ample bluffing possible there, see love makes you blind and especially love of a parent and……”

“Shush anyway when I said you gotta play your cards right I was referring to politicians struggling to understand which horse to bet on.”

“The Implacable Khan (IK) does not tolerate any denouncement, so Chauhan is out for ever, Fawad Chaudhary is out because he reportedly met with Tareen and need I add Fawad Chaudhary’s claim of having met with those who have yet to denounce or quit the party’s high office have been denied by them…”

“Right, I mean I don’t know IK, but even I know that he is not the forgiving sort for a slight – real or imagined.”

“While Zardari sahib is the opposite, right! If he can cobble enough breakaways from where ever to rule in the Centre he is going to go for it.”

“Indeed and Nawaz Sharif?”

“He has still to clear the supplementary paper.”

“Supplementary paper as in retaking a course?”

“Indeed and the course is Anti-Delusion 101.”

“So he is still taking it at a freshman level, right, I mean there is then the sophomore anti-delusion course 201, Junior 301 and senior 401.”

“That’s right.”

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