"Ha ha ha."
"Why are you laughing?"
"Have you heard the expression angels rush in where fools fear to tread?"
"You are in the Islamic Republic of Pakistan and talking about angels in that disrespectful way may land you into trouble."
"I don't get you."
"The expression is fools rush in where angels fear to tread not the other way round."
"A slip of the tongue, you have to forgive me because with so much slippage of so many tongues these days mine slipped too and our laws stipulate that a slip of the tongue if you are remorseful is a forgivable offense and..."
"I thought it depends on where you say it, at some places you can be stoned, and in parliament if you could prove it's a political statement..."
"Don't be facetious. Besides I am not sure the Maulanas would forgive you and..."
"One Maulana may not have, but he is too busy defending the beleaguered Prime Minister that statements from people like you are simply not holding his attention."
"You know the First Daughter tweeted that a man who is scared is not a man."
"What is he? A mouse? Or a monkey? Or a lion because trust me even lions are sometimes scared and I say that because they do back down, I have seen it on the National Geographic channel."
"I have read many war stories and brave men say that if one is not scared before a fight then one is a fool, fear teaches caution and sense and..."
"Logic, rationale, ensuring that the right font is used..."
"Don't you be facetious as they say even the rats leave a sinking ship and I would have you know that the ship has not sunk yet and..."
"Indeed, though the question is would those on the ship know that it is sinking?"
"I give up."
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