vous occupez de vos oignons ( mind your own business )
Happened long time ago like a place in Chennai where onion prices were on the high.
A person goes to buy vegetables from the market, and when the shopkeeper was unaware he stole some onions and hid them in his sack.
neighboring vegetable sellers noticed this and started shouting at him "The onion thief .. The onion thief"
vegetable vendors cried "voleur voleur" and took him to magistrate.
the person cried "help help I am not the onion thief!"
magistrate inquired "what is happening here?"
the vegetable vendor snatched the sack from the thief and
threw everything from the sack onto the ground.
the thief had noting to say as he had been caught red handed
when the onions fell on the ground.
magistrate announced his judgment
punishment1 : Pay 100 Rs fine
punishment2: take 100 lashes on your back
punishment3: eat 100 onions in front of all people
The thief thought for a moment and said
"I will opt for punishment 3 and began to eat the onions one by one"
after eating the first onion the thief cried. tears started coming down his eyes and he cant eat more. I will now opt for 2nd punishment please give me 100 lashes on my back.
after the 5th lash he started to cry again "stop! stop! I will pay 100Rs fine"
Then the people in the court cried "he is fool.. he is fool.. "
This play (taken from panchatantra) was enacted in "Alliance Francaise of Madras" in Nungambakkam by students of Level A1.
Happened long time ago like a place in Chennai where onion prices were on the high.
A person goes to buy vegetables from the market, and when the shopkeeper was unaware he stole some onions and hid them in his sack.
neighboring vegetable sellers noticed this and started shouting at him "The onion thief .. The onion thief"
vegetable vendors cried "voleur voleur" and took him to magistrate.
the person cried "help help I am not the onion thief!"
magistrate inquired "what is happening here?"
the vegetable vendor snatched the sack from the thief and
threw everything from the sack onto the ground.
the thief had noting to say as he had been caught red handed
when the onions fell on the ground.
magistrate announced his judgment
punishment1 : Pay 100 Rs fine
punishment2: take 100 lashes on your back
punishment3: eat 100 onions in front of all people
The thief thought for a moment and said
"I will opt for punishment 3 and began to eat the onions one by one"
after eating the first onion the thief cried. tears started coming down his eyes and he cant eat more. I will now opt for 2nd punishment please give me 100 lashes on my back.
after the 5th lash he started to cry again "stop! stop! I will pay 100Rs fine"
Then the people in the court cried "he is fool.. he is fool.. "
This play (taken from panchatantra) was enacted in "Alliance Francaise of Madras" in Nungambakkam by students of Level A1.
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