A young second generation Indian in N.America, is explaining the
significance
>of Diwali to his younger brother. This is how he would
>go about it...
>
>So, like this dude had, like, a big cool kingdom and people liked him.
>But, like, his step-mom, or something, was kindofa bitch, and she
forced
>her husband to, like, send this cool-dude, he was Ram, to some
national
>forest or something... since he was going, for like, something like
more
>than 10 years or so.. he decided to get his wife and his bro along...
you
>know...so that they could all chill out together.
>
>But DUDE, the forest was reeeeal scary shit... really man...they had
>monkeys and devils and shit like that. But this dude, Ram, kicked ass
with
>darts and bows and arrows... so it was fine. But then some bad
gangsta
>boys, some jerk called Ravan, picks up his babe (Sita) and lures her
away
>to his hood. And boy, was our man, mad also his bro, Lakshman,
>pissed... And you DON't piss this son-of-a-gun cuz, he just kicks ass
and
>like..., all the gods were with him.. So anyways, you don't mess with
>gods. SO, Ram, and his bro get an army of monkeys.. dude, don't ask
me how
>they trained the damn monkeys... just go along with me, ok... so,
Ram,
>Laksh. and their monkeys whip this gangsta's ass in his own hood.
>
>Anyways, by this time, their time's up in the forest..and anyways...it
>gets kinda boring, you know... no TV or malls or shit like that. So,
they
>decided to hitch a ride back home...and when the people realize that
our
>dude, his bro and the wife are back home... they thought, well, you
know,
>at least they deserve something nice... and they didn't have any bars
or
>clubs in those days... so they couldn't take them out for a drink, so
>they, like, decided to smoke and hit... and since they also had some
>lamps, they lit the lamps also... so it was pretty cooool... you know
with
>all those fireworks.. really, they even had some local band play
along
>with the fireworks..and you know, what, dude, that was the very
first, no
>kidding.., that was the very first music-synchronized fireworks...you
>know, like the 4th of July stuff, but just, more cooler and stuff,
you
>know. And, so dude, THAT was how, like, this festival started.
>
>Cool! Diwali rocks, Maaann
>

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Hurat Honani Murat!