"The speeches I heard during the last four and half years all had an element of name calling."
"As if dictators don't give derogatory names to their political opponents!"
"Granted, but the names the dictators give to their civilian counterparts are kinda not colourful. I mean accusing both Nawaz Sharif and Benazir Bhutto of corruption and mismanagement - nothing colourful about that!"
"And you maintain that the civilians are more colourful in the epithet they choose for their adversaries?"
"Absolutely, see at the end of the day our civilian leaders are better educated, I believe entry in the army requires a BA degree while entry into politics requires..."
"Remember Dasti, remember..."
"OK, but then there are some politicians who are highly educated and the children of our leaders are highly educated so the new generation is more qualified than their parents."
"Right, so what made you think of colourful epithets? Kaira's reference to Shahbaz Sharif's rangeela raj?"
"Yes and Shahbaz Sharif's Ali Baba and 40 thieves."
"I would like to correct Mr Sharif here...Ali Baba was one of the good guys and maybe this was his tacit acknowledgement that President Zardari is the good guy and is surrounded by thieves..."
"Sorry, what?"
"You are spending too much time with our politicians and don't wait to listen to the end of the sentence. Ali Baba stole from the thieves so I guess there is an element of Robin Hood."
"But Robin Hood gave to the poor while Ali Baba kept the money for himself and his family."
"Apart from their different geographical location I don't see much of a difference, Robin Hood was from England and Ali Baba was a character in the Thousand and One Nights and..."
"Precisely: one is a Western character and the other is a man who could be getting ready to join politics in the sub-continent."
"You are like Shahbaz Sharif aren't you: a rangeela at heart!"