Q. How many Panjus does it take to fix a light bulb?
A. 308 (to say nothing of the dog)

6 family members to frantically organise the celebrations
15 close friends to get drunk in celebration
15 dads of drunk friends to get drunk in celebration
30 cousins and their family (CFOs, lawyers etc) to look their best and go on nostalgia trip
10 cousins and their family from vilayat to roam around with handycams and digicams and go on nostalgia trip
3 dudes to man the bar
15 dudes to roam around serving tangdi kabab, paneer tikka etc
15 more dudes to man the buffet table and carefully label each dish
20 cooks
3 DJ and sidekicks
20 members of mahboob band (Yeh desh hai veer javanon ka specialists)
3 dholak walas (Baari barsi specialists)
20 dudes to carry the bright electric lanterns
30 dudes to dart at pieces of change thrown around by revelers
100 random guests (neighbours, business acquaintances, other welldressed good looking people who everybody imagines is known to somebody else)
1 to actually fix the bulb (accompanied by horse, horse owner and 2 children of the family)
1 petrified labrador that stays under the bed through the occasion

*Note for CFOs/lawyers: numbers are guesstimates and not to be used for audit purposes
- posted by Rallix @ 6:52 AM