SUPPANDI HAS A REMEDY This was the very first Suppandi story to appear in Tinkle. SUPPAND! WAS A FOOLISH 1 THINK | HAVE PLL GO AT BOY WHO LIVED IN FEVER, MY CHILD. GO ONCE. ALITTLE VILLAGE WITH HIS FETCH A DOCTOR. GRANDMOTHER. ONE DAY — Ran WHY DID YoU PUT THAT RED HOT IRON INTO THE WATER, SIR P IOV HIS WAY: HE HAD TO PASS A FORGE. SEE HOW IE WATER CAN § Qe COLD {T HAS py \Cool A RED BECOME. fy HOT IRON SO DoE fy Gd \Fast, WHY ieS os : . 4 NO. WE DON’T gS ZAR A_NEED Him. Je]Y & PHE ULLAGERS BROUGHT, la COCTOR LU fi ZAKSOME ces LJ VAN\ 1s js ANO THE OR, l i: =. h LET ME THROW >, , IAT COLD ; _ lies ee res oe ys i iu f Wet es ) . ty ‘ : N | FIRST DAY. YASUPPANDI GOES TO THE BAZAAR ONCE SUPPANO! WAS ASKED |_ TO BUY SOME COCONUT O/t AND SOME GHEE FROM THE HERE 1S THE MONEY.NOW,6O. YOU SHOULD BE BACK WHEN I'VE FINISHED BATHING, ULL TAKE THIS BOTTLE. \p 1 CAN USEIT FOR BOTH THE OIL AND THE UF THAT WAY, I'LL HAVE TO CARRY ONLY ONE BOTTLE AND-:+ ‘WITH LESS WEIGHT IN MY HANDS, LL BE @ ABLE TO GET BAK = QUICKER, HOW CLEVER 1 AMY PROUDLY, SUPPANOI TURNED THE SOTTEE OVER? | HERE, POUR THE GHEE INTO THIS HOLLOW. QUESTIONS, MISTER. JUST DO AS dou'RE‘SUPPANDI! ’D LIKE WH4 DONPT ¢0U GO AND BUY ME A PAIR— WHY ARE YOU LEAVING $0 MUCH SPACE BETWEEN THE TWO RAILS? OH,SO HEAT EXPANDS THINGS AND MAKES ‘OH, DEAR! THEYRE A SIZE TOO SMALL] GO BACK TO THE SHOP ANDPLL ROAST THEM ON THIG'TAVA"++ THEY WILL BECOME O BIGGER... WHAT?! WHAT'S: HAPPANING? TO- THE CHAPPALS 2 DADIMA, DADIMA! YOUR CHAPPALS ARE DISAPPEARED! 1 WAS EXPANDING \ THEM ON THETAVAY..SUPPANDI GETS VISITORS ONE DAY SUPPANDITS EMPLOYER. Wile, ot ANYONE CALLS, TO ASK HIM IN oveNO ONE, 4OuU UNDERSTAND P | KNOW YOU'RE ONLY TESTING ME,SUPPANDI! COME ON, WE'LL OVERTURN THE VESSEL OF WATER, AND PuT OUT est i = . NO,SIR, WE MUST! ITLL MAKE Ir RAGE MORE FIERCELY... + 4OU GEE, THE WATER IN THAT VESSEL IS BOILING HOT!SUPPAND) ONCE TOOK UP THE JOB OF A WAITER IN A RESTAURANT= Ts aup Y REMEMBER, OU MUST ALWAYS DO THINGS THAT MAKE ‘ONE WAY TO DQ THIS IS TO ASK RELEVANT QUESTIONS. .. @+eER,.,.WOULD YOU UKE TO HAVE IT IN ALWHAT? WHAT ELSE CAN YOU SERVEBUT... BUT... 1 ASKED HIM SO PLEASED? You SILLY FOOL! ARE YOU OUT 1 KNOW WHATS DIDN'T ASK ENOUGH! 1 CANCEL IE Fe TH! ER... SIR. YOU DIDN'T TELL ME_HOW MUC SUGAR. «. THREE ‘SPOONFULS! ITER, P TELL ME,WHAT KIND OF RESTAURANT ARE You RUNNING? DO YOU SERVE FOOD OR JUST SERVE. UP QUESTIONS?!SUPPAND!, TAKE THIS 5O-RUPEE NOTE AND BRING 2 KILOS OF RICE FROM THE MARKET , BE CAREFUL INFLATION | THOUGHT ARE, SIR... PUFF ... KNOW. +.RICE WILL CosT MORE }YOU SHOULD 2 KILOS OF RICE AND FROM TOMORROW ONWARDS . ADDR ORE ‘THE CHANGE ... wy { rr a RICE WITH THE CHANGE ! YOU'D HAVE SAVED ME SOME MONEY . SUPPANDI , HERE‘S TEN RUPEES GO AND BUY 2, A COPY OF TOpAY'S a NEWSPAPER . HERE OU ARE 5 SIR.THE PRICE OF NEWSPAPERS| WILL BE GOING OF TOPAY’S NEWSPAPER. WASN'T THAT CLEVER OF ME ?SUPPANDI,T WISH TO PARTICIPATE IN AN ART COMPETITION, GQ AND PAY MY FEE SEVENTY-FIVE RUPEES ATTHE COMMUNITY HALL. HERE, TAKE THIS HUNDRED-RUPEE NOTE AND BRING BACK TWENTY-FIVE RUPEES, GETTING A REFUND LATER = HERE YOU ARE, SIR.THE RECEIPT AND TWENTY- FIVE RUPEES. A FEW DAYS LATER— OH NO! THE COMPETITION HAS BEEN CANCELLED THEY ARE REFUNDING THE MONEY AND TOPAY, IS THE LAST DAY. GO AND COLLECT MY MONEY. J HOPE HE HAS: COLLECTED THE REFUND... THE COUNTER 1S OPEN ONLY TILL THREE O'CLOCK AND I'S PAST THREE TLL GO IMMEDIATELY 0, PLEASE LET ME HAVE THAT TWENTY FIVE RUPEES BACK. MASTER,AS T WAS GOING TO THE HALL 1 SUDDENLY REALISED THAT IF I AM TO GET BACK YOUR HUNDRED-RUPEE NOTE, TLL_HAVE TO RETURN THE MONEY THEY GAVE ME DID You GET my. MONEY?‘SUPPANDI , GET MY SHIRT. QUICKLY | 1M. THE SHIRT IS STILL NOT DRY. ILL GO ON THE TERRACE AND HANG IT UP IN THE SUN Drying a Shirt UH, THE WEATHER 18 CLOUDY, NO SUN. WHY AREN'T YOU DRYING MY 1AM DOING JUST \F THE SUN CAN DRY YOUR THAT. PVE PUT YOUR 2 SHIRT ONLY BECAUSE SHIRT IN THIS (T 1S HOT, WHY CAN'T HOT WATER. q HOT WATER ORY HOT WATER 2! HOW 1S HOT WATER: GOING TO DRY MY SHIRT, “YOU FOOL! !SUPPANDI SAVES A SHIRT HAVE IRONING SILK FINISHED THEN BRING IT, | HAVE TO GET DRESSED} you iG my SHIRT? MASTER ,1 WAS IRONING AND SOMEONE KNOCKED ON THE DOOR.1 WENT TO FORTUNATELY I HAVE SH cut IT uP AND PATCHED uP THE ONE | BURNT /E ANOTHER SILK RT IN THE CUPBOARD.BEGINNER'S COURSE MASTER, WHY BO THAT THE OTHERS\ | OWE 347, AFTER SON! TODAY Is our WE YOU PUT WILL KNOW THAT “OU )| K-77)‘SUPPANDI?’S NEW MASTER WAS SETH DALPATRANM. Wao RAN A PROVISION WHEN | GO HOME FOR LUNCH, YOU MUST ATTEND Tice ANYONE LEAVING RO PLEASING |: 22rerer" THE CUSTOMER THAT’S: THE SPIRIT. THAT AFTERNOON — REMEMBER WHAT | TOLD YOU IN THE MORNING — DON’T SEND ANYBODY ‘AWAY DISAPPOINTED. OKAY, SUPPANP!, 1AM. GOING, HOME ! AN HOUR LATER — A MAN CAME WITH A VERY BIG GUN ANP TOLP ME TO Give iP HIM ALL THE CASH. | MADE ANYONE COME SURE HE DIDNT LEAVE THE SHOP DISAPPOINTED!‘SUPPANDI'S MABTER ( WHERE HAVE HAD KEPTA PAYING \ 4OU BEEN? GUEST WHO ALWAYS. M4 FRIENDS FORCED ME. TO GO FOR LATER THAN UsurL— PAYING GUEST OKA, PoN'T | BuT WHAT ABOUT WORRY! PLL |THE DOG ? HE WILL START BARKING IF HE HEARS M4 FOOTSTEPS. MADE IT, THANKS: TO SUPPANDI!! WHAT PID you DO THAT FOR, 4ou | WANTEP TO PREVENT THE DOG FROM HEARING your FOOTSTEPS.SUPPANDI OPENS SHOP OH) HE'S POZED OFF! NEVER MIND, I'LL GO ON WITH MY FIFTEEN MINUTES LATER WHEN THE CUSTOMER WOKE UP, YOU MEAN YOU'RE NOT ) SATISFIED WITH My YEEEEEE!! WHAT HAVE YOU DONE, YOU FooL 2! YOU CHEEKY RASCAL! You HAVE THE NERVE TO ASK ME THAT! OF COURSE | AM NOT ! | SATISFIED: KEEP CALM, SIR! KEEP CALM. THERE'S NO NEED JO GET ANGRY... CAN'T you Y CUSTOMERS HAIR. READ THAT SIGN NED OVER CHEECFULLY IF THERE 2 NOT SATISFIED.E as ve WHAT IS IT 1S A HEARING AID, THAT, é IT HELPS DEAF PEOPLE MASTER ¢ fp 0 HERR. ar 4 HARD OF FROM THE STATION . REMEMBER TO OFFER HIM SOMETHING TO p N /oupPAND!! WHY CAN'T ‘YOU ASK HIM INSTEAD ING A MESSAGE ?SUPPANDI WAS GOING 70 HIS THERE'LL BE A BUS COMING ALONG SOON. PUT QUT YOUR HAND lr] [JA ANDITELL STOP. ie NATIVE PLACE FORA FEW DAYS —| THE MAGIC HAND THERE'S THE BUS MASTER SAID TO PUT OUT My HAND + HEY, YOU YOU MEAN CAN'T BRING | 1 SHOULD THAT TRUNK LEAVE MY TRUNK HERE! GET OFF AND LET THE BUS PROCEED! [Now ters see i, HOW THE BUS PV WILL MOVE! ILL TEACH ‘YOU A LESSON!EVERYBODY THINKS: TAM A FOOL. 1WISH 1 COULD PROVE SLAPSTICK aa ‘ 'T OUTON M4 MASTER.SUPPANDIs THIS MONTH?S ELECTRICITY BILL IS QUITE HIGH. REMEMBER TO SWITCH OFF THE LIGHT WHEN YOU DON?T NEED IT. NEIGHBOUR'S SUPPANDI 1 WHY HAVE YOU LEFT THIS FAN sss WE HAD BORROWED THE FAN FROM HIM.SINCE IT BELONGS TO HIM, THE BILL WILL ALSO GO TO HIM WILL, rr vGooD USE SUPPANDIS NEW MASTER WAS A TEACHER, HAVE YOU WRITTEN (ae THe ApHaBer, Gf L) SUPPANDI 2 | HAVE FINISHED WRITING ON ONE SIDE OF THE, PAPER, MASTER, I NEED} A NEW SHEET. 4YOU MUST USE BOTH SIDES OF THE PAPER, SUPPANDI.4OU CAN SAVE HALF A SHEET THAT WAY. ‘SUPPAND! ! GO ANP BUY ONE METRE OF CLOTH FOR YOUR WHY HAVE YOU BOUGHT \ ONLY HALF A METRE OF CLOTH? YOU SAID WE COULD SAVE BY ~--$0 1 THOUGHT WE COULD USE BOTH SIDES OF THIS CLOTH FOR MY SHIRT ANP SAVE HALF A METRE. AARGH!_ HALFA BUCKET JUST READ \THE Y INSTRUCTIONS PRINTE! | ON THE PACKET AND uy y. (Ais! surpanot WHAT ARE YOU DOING 2 { 0 Bi DISSOLVED A BUCKET OF WATER.» IN HALE a (17 ::- 501 am } ff carting THis BUCKET INTO [ car Da so 1‘SUPPANDI, MY BOSS WILL BE HERE ANY MINUTE . EVERYTHING RVE HIM SHOULD BE FRESH AND HOT. WHAT PID YOu Do 70 THE LASSI 2 / EXACTLY WHAT YOu WANTED:SUPPAND! WORKED AS A WATCHMAN FOR HIS NEW MASTER. DIDN’T YOU HEAR THE THIEF COME IN LAST NIGHT 2 ee WHEN | ASKED HIM, eee HE ANSWEREDSNO WHO 16 THERE?™..,/] ONE, SIR, NO ONE 1” SO | WENT BACK‘SUPPANDI WAS PLAYING FOOTBALL. GOALKEEPER (wea pio’ 4ou STOP THE BALL, SUPPAND! ?SUPPAND) WAS OUT CYELING WITH HIS MASTER. NO ENTRY NO ENTRY SUDDENLY— SUPPANDI !1 CAN'T’ KEEP UP WITH ws NO ENTRY FOR SLOW-MOVING GO $0 FAST, EHICLES. IPPANDI 2FOLLOWING INSTRUCTIONS SUPPANDI, THE DOCTOR HAS PRESCRIBED THIS MEDICINE FOR My SORE THROAT. GO AND BUY THIS ISAWERY STRONG ANTIBIOTIC. IT HAS TO BE TAKEN ONLY AFTER YOU HAVE HAP A GLASS OF MILK. LATER — SUPPANDI, IT 1S TIME FOR ME TO TAKE THE MEDICINE . WHERE, RETER FIVE MINUTES SUPPAND/ BROUGHT THE MEDICINE. (HAT TOOK’ YOU $0 LONG; I wAS FOLLOWING HE ASKED ME TO DRINK GLASS OF MILK BEFORE GIVING THE MEPICINE .! WAS DOING THAT.SUPPANDI THE SUSPICIOUS HEY, YOU CHEAT, YOU ARE NOT BLIND AT ALL. YOURE |} CAN YOU SEE THAT TREE AND THE TWO BEGE@ARS GITTING UNDER m2 be ONE MORNING AB SUPPANDI WAS ON HIS WAY TO THE MARKET— THAT BEGGAR 1S PRETENDING TO ee! GIVE! GIVE TO BLIND. I'M SURE A BLIND HE ISN'T. BEaaAR. WELL, CAN'T! COESNT THAT PROVE | AM BLIND? pT] a = IF YOU CLAIM TO BE BLIND YOu WILL HAVE TO PROVE A iT. HERE'S A COIN } FOR YOu. AND! AM SORRY FOR HAVING DOUBTED you.ONE a ia pow retenOaY : HEARD A WISE MAN ACH“HIDDEN TREASURE” HERE, SUPPANDI, | WANT 40U TO GO TO THE MARKET AND BUY SOME PROVISIONS: HERE’S FIFTY RUPEES: AND TWO RUPEES FOR WAYSIDE EXPENSES. PUL TAKE GOOD GARE OF IT, J KEEP THE FIFTY RUPEES IN YOUR CAP. BE SURE NOT TO LOSE IT. ALITTLE LATER: THIS 1S A LONELY ROAD. | HOPE THERE ARE Aas NO ROBBERS pf * 4OUR MONEY. ‘STOP! | WON'T HURT 40U.1 ONLY WANT 30 4OU THOUGHT 40U’D GET AWAY, EH? NOW HAND QVER 4OUR RUPEES ? WHAT, ONLY TWO RUPEES? 40U HAVE ONLY TWO WELL, YOU CAN ROB ME OF THESE TWO RUPEES, BUT YOU STILL WON'T |GET THE FIFTY RUPEES,SIR, IS RICE GROWNIN FIELDS? ‘SUPPANDI, WHAT ARE YOU ‘SUPPANDI LET ME EAT IN PEACE! HERE AND TELL YOU MUST NEVER, ME IF THE WHEAT DISTURB ANYONE IS DRY ENOUGH? WHO'S EATING. IT'S EATING, SIR! DIDN'T YOU TELL ME NOT TO DISTURB ANYONE WHILE THEY ARE EATING?WHETHER YOU ADD OR SUBTRACT, THE ANSWER, WOULD STILL BE ZERO. HOW MUCH IS. 0+0ANDO-O, SIR? A. Youve nor ‘ACCOUNTED FOR ALL THE NINETY NINE RUPEES ARE MISSING. ‘OH, THAT! | HAD TO GIVE ONE RUPEE TO A SHOPKEEPER AND | DIDN'T HAVE A SINGLE COIN. FORTUNATELY | REMEMBERED T CANCELLED TWO ZEROES FROM A HUNDRED RUPEE NOTE AND GAVE ITTO HIMAS: ONE RUPEE. (ayLOOK AT THIS REMOTE CONTROL, TOO REMOTE THATEVENING WHEN SUPPANDIS: EMPLOYER RETURNED FROM WORK - $0, DID YOU WATCH T.¥.? ISNTTHE SET WONDERFUL?, , KITCHEN AND CHANGE CHANNELS. THATIT IS, SIR, BUT CHANGING CHANNELS IS A NUISANCE. ONE HAS TOGO TO THE KITCHEN EACH‘ONE DAY, SUPPANDI'S EMPLOYER BOUGHT SOME | APPLES AND A HUGE QUANTITY OF ORANGES. THE APPLES AND THE ORANGES HAVE GOT MIXED UP. SUPPANDI, YOU'LL HAVE TO SEPARATE, | SAVING TIME PICK OUT THE APPLES. SINCE THEY ARE FEWER, YOU'LL SAVE TIME. THE GARDEN IS FULL OF WEEDS. PULL THEM OUT, THIS WAY THE JOB WILL GET DONE FASTER!ISO HAS SUPPANDI DONE ANYTHING STUPID NO... FORA RECENTLY? CHANGE. CONSIDERATE WRITER HE HAS BEEN REALLY? HE MUST BE TURNING ‘SURE! Wee reo WRITING A INTELLIGENT. IMUST SEE SUPPANDI IGHT NOW? LETTER FOR THE LETTER BRING THAT THE PAST ONE, LETTER YOURE| WRITING. ¢ SS & ‘SUPPANDI CAME AND. SHOWED THE LETTER — WELL, SIR, MY WHAT!? ONLY FIVE LINES INTHE PAST HOUR. WHY ae. ARE YOU WRITING SO DIFFICULT FOR HIM SLOWLY? IF WROTE THE LETTERANY‘SUPPANDI'S NEW EMPLOYER ONE, TWO, THREE... WAS A HEALTH FREAK. HUP, TWO,THREE, GOOD NUTRITION ‘YOU MUST MAKE SURE THAT THE FOOD YOU SERVE ME IS RICH IN, VITAMINS. CARE OF YOUR BODY. PLENTY OF EXERCISE AND NUTRITIOUS FOOD IS A MUST. ‘SUPPANDI, IT IS VERY IMPORTANT TO a) ‘SIR, THE COOKING OIL WAS OVER. SO1USED THIS VITAMIN-E-ENRICHED HAIR OIL INSTEAD, AFEWDAYS LATER ATLUNCH TIME ~ GAK! ARE YOU TRYING TO POISON ME? WHAT KIND OF OIL DID YOU USE IN THIS FOOD?!MEAL MANNERS] || TATER=| SUPPANDI, YOU SHOULD NEVER EATIN FRONT OF; VISITORS. IT'S BAD, MANNERS. we ‘AFEW DAYS LATER WHEN THERE WERE ces AT THE HOUSE AGAIN — SIR, YOUASKED ME | ff NEVER TO EAT INWE'RE GOING TO BORPUR, 6 Y, SUPPANDI. BRING ME M’ SHOES, SUPPANDI FOLLOWS INSTRUCTIONS RE_ YOU FOOL!1 ASKED You IE MY SHOES AND YOU BRING ME CHAPPALS!‘SUPPANDI, HELP! TMUST FIND (@ SOMETHING TO PULL HIM UP WITH. COMING. ~ AROPE?! WELL, ORDERS q__ © Karconversi) ‘SUPPANDI! ) | AND SUPPANDI RAN OFF IN SEARCH OF A ROPE.WRONG CUE ‘SUPPANDI WAS WASHING THE PLATES ONE DAY WHEN ~ iw TBROKEA PLATE, SIR. WITH GLUE SUPPANDI,THAT SHIRT LOOKS TDID! BUT WHILE! WAS: Nt DIDN'T You, TAKING IT TO THE SHOP WASH IT? OR IRONING | DROPPED IT TOTAL YOU WILL HAVE TOWASH IT AGAINE 'M A STICKLER FOR CLEANLINESS \ 90 ANYTHING THAT FALLS ON THE GROUND HAS TO BE WASHED WITH SOAP AND WATER. ‘YES! BUT WHY IS IT SOAKING WET, YOU WHILE | WAS IDIOT? BRINGING IT TO YOU | DROPPED IT ON THE GROUND, BUT IREMEMBERED YOUR INSTRUCTIONS AND WASHED] IT THOROUGHLY WITH SOAP AND WATER,‘SUPPANDI'S EMPLOYER HAD INVITED HIS FRIEND, VIJU FOR DINNER. HERE HE'S, SUPPANDI! SEE THAT EVERYTHING GOES, ‘SUPPANDI, A FLY HAS FALLEN INTO THE SOUP! ‘AFTER ALL, HOW. MUCH SOUP CAN ‘A FLY CONSUME?‘SUPPANDI'S EMPLOYER SIR, WHY DO YOU KEEP WAS A GROCER. }| ‘ALL YOUR MONEY IN Sak Nera PV MONEY SHOULD BE KEPT INA SAFE PLACE, AND THIS. ALMIRAH IS: A YERY SAFE PLACE INDEED! HAPPY HAPPY DIWALIE DIWALIL SUPPANDI...(GAK!) | [| BECAUSET..(COUGHT)...THE PACKET SAID THAT ...(COUGH!)...THE CRACKERS HAD 10 BE BURST! (COUGH!)... INA SAFE PLACE.SUPPANDI, GO, DELIVER, THIS PARCEL TO MY BROTHER AT HIS OFFICE! ‘AND HERE'S 20 RUPEES FOR THE AUTORICKSHAW. | HERE WE ARE THAT WILL BE 25 RUPEES. BUTIVEGOT “SJ ONLY 20 RUPEES. ‘YOU HAD BETTER TAKE JUST REVERSE TILL OUT ANOTHER FIVE THE METER COMES DOWN RUPEES ORELSE...! TO 20 RUPEES! THERE'S. NO NEEDTO GET ANGRY,‘SUPPANDI'S NEW EMPLOYER SIR, ...(CHOMP)... WILL YOU WAS A DOCTOR. ONE DAY - BE. ..(CHOMP)... GOING TO THE...(CHOMP)... CLINIC To a TODAY? 1 ee a NO TALKING SUPPANDI, ONE MUST NEVER SPEAK ONE AFTERNOON SUPPANDIS. WHILE EATING. IT'S BAD MANNERS ANDY EMPLOYER CALLED HOME. SUPPANDI DIDNT ANSWER THE PHONE. ‘AND YOU SAID ONE MUST NEVER TALK WHILE EATING. $01 DID NOT PICK UP THE PHONE. IN THE EVENING, WHEN SUPPANDI'S EMPLOYER RETURNED - ‘SUPPANDI, | CALLED HOME THIS AFTERNOON BUT YOU DIDN'T ANSWER THE PHONE DID YOU GO OUT? WAS AT HOME, SIR. BUT WAS HAVING MY LUNCH,ITS NOT CHALK POWDER, SUPPANDI SIR, WHY ARE YOU SPRINKLING CHALK POWDER ON THE FLOOR? AWAY. ITISA PESTICIDE. ITKEEPS ANTS: THE NEXT DAY ~ UPPANDI, I'M EXPECTING A GUEST. COVER THESE SWEETS AND SEE THAT THE ANTS DON'T, GET TO THEM. ‘AHA! SWEETS WITH GRATED COCONUT! JUSTWHAT —_/ aa / WHENTHEGUESTARRIVED-| H\ SUPPANDI MUST HAVE THOUGHT OF PUTTING THE a TOKEEP THE ANTS AWAY. Wa 0. SIR, ALLIPUT OVERTHE SWEETS WAS THE PESTICIDE