"Built in a day" joke
An American tourist hired a sardarji guide to take him around Delhi and Agra. When taken to the Red Fort at Agra, he admired the architecture and asked how many years it had taken to build. The sardarji replied,' Twenty years'.
The American remarked,' You Indians are a lazy lot. In America, this could have been built in five years.' At the Taj he again admired its beauty and asked how many years it had taken to build.
The sardarjireduced the period considerably and replied,' Only ten years, sir'
The American retorted:' Didn't I say you Indians are slow workers? In America, we can construct such buildings in two-and-a-half years.'
It was the same story everywhere. The American admired the architecture but said that in his country it would have taken one fourth the time to build. The sardarjigot irritated. When the taxi was nearing the Qutab Minar, the American asked:' What is that tower?'
Came the reply,' Sir, I'll have to go and find out. When I was passing this way last evening, there was nothing there.'
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