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Santa: Eh! Webmaster, what goes on at your end?

Webmaster: Rocking, SantaBanta.com is rocking, scaling new heights. We have hit the 446th rank in the global web rankings and are placed fifth in the country. SantaBanta forum is going great guns.

Santa: Great and what about raising a toast.

Webmaster: No, I had it in the morning. I wouldn't like to eat anything now.

Santa: On no! Dumbo, when will you learn the nuances of language?

Webmaster: I know quite a lot of them C++, ASP, .Net, Java Script…

Santa: English…Next time you make a blunder, I will scream…

Webmaster: Ice-cream! Yeah, I prefer Vanilla.

Santa: Hella…Jackass@#%...?

Webmaster: Hold on Santa, hold on. We are just not tuned in today. I am not simply getting you.

Santa: O.K. I will come some other time.

Webmaster: Milte hain ek break ke baad!

Santa: O.K. Let us call off the war of words rather than put off the meeting. You see my time is too precious to be wasted on fruitless visits.

Webmaster: Ok!

Santa: What is of immediate concern?

Webmaster: A pistol goes off accidentally and injures our hockey sharp-shooter Sandeep, an MLA goes berserk, MPs exchange fist-cuffs in parliament, allegations of ball-tampering and racialism in cricket, terror in air, Pluto goes missing…

Santa: Who told you so? Oh my God, Pluto my dog, where have you gone? It is that sloppy 'Jeeto' who must have unleashed him…I wonder when she will learn to handle the dog. I am going home to look for him.

Webmaster: Wait! Wait! Santaji, it is not your dog…it is the planet.

Santa: Oh God! Are you telling me that heavens are falling?

Webmaster: No, not at all, Santaji, why are you jumping to conclusions. Actually, astronomers have decided that due to its changed character, Pluto should no more be considered a part of the planetary system.

Santa: Oh! I see! This probably could be the reasons for making things go topsy-turvy on planet Earth. Small change in planetary constellation affects us small beings—the humans in a big way.

Webmaster: To the contrary, astrologers say that it will not, in any way, affect the charts as Pluto was never considered a part of the astrological system.

Santa: Oh! I see. But the world sure is a disturbed place these days.

Webmaster: Let us pray and hope that this Tsunami passes away and we see the world at ease soon. Santa &

Webmaster: Amen (in chorus).