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Corporate India bosses such as Kunal Bahl, Vijay Shekhar Sharma, Vishal Gondal and Radhika Gupta among others, took to the micro-blogging while sharing a joke from their respective sectors. The funny one-liners ranged from venture capitalists (VCs) to start-ups and fintech to fitness tech.
If you are wondering where it all started, we, too, are wondering. It is unclear from where the trend picked up, but has spread like fire on everyone's Twitter feed.
Snapdeal founder Bahl kept it simple with one joke on eCommerce that 'had already been returned'.
I have a joke on eCommerce, but it has already been returned 😁
— Kunal Bahl (@1kunalbahl) 1595580285000The Paytm founder seemed quite excited with this new trend. Showing off his funny side, the entrepreneur's collection of jokes featured a variety of themes like fintech, VCs, stock market, the USA, coffee, production houses, roller-coaster among others.
I have a joke on VC, but IC didn’t approve it. https://t.co/pkIwtsDV3i
— Vijay Shekhar Sharma (@vijayshekhar) 1595577587000I have a fintech joke, but it is waiting for a license and appprval before I can tell. https://t.co/NdEaSUnzAi
— Vijay Shekhar Sharma (@vijayshekhar) 1595573929000I have a US joke, but it is reality. https://t.co/jcW0jlhuFb
— Vijay Shekhar Sharma (@vijayshekhar) 1595579772000Radhika Gupta, the MD and CEO of Edelweiss AMC, shared a funny joke on her area of expertise: systematic investment plans (SIP of mutual funds).
I have an SIP joke, but you will have to wait for the long term to hear it! https://t.co/qm01tOObJc
— Radhika Gupta (@iRadhikaGupta) 1595575136000Mythologist and author Devdutt Pattanaik's joke about the almighty will leave you chuckling.
I have a joke about gods; it is timeless.
— Devdutt Pattanaik (@devduttmyth) 1595586895000Freecharge & Cred founder Kunal Shah also shared jokes on start-up funding, credit cards and philosophy.
I have a joke about startup funding, Jio.
— Kunal Shah (@kunalb11) 1595580636000I have a joke on credit cards, but “the card machine is not working today sir”.
— Kunal Shah (@kunalb11) 1595579900000I have a philosophy joke, but I don’t know why.
— Kunal Shah (@kunalb11) 1595579434000GOQii CEO Vishal Gondal wasn't too far behind, as he shared a fitness joke, hinting at the popular Indian habit of procrastination when it comes to working out.
I have a Fitness joke, but I will tell it tomorrow https://t.co/BqShHj3a40
— Vishal Gondal (@vishalgondal) 1595574247000Food delivery platform Zomato also joined the bandwagon with green tea and oregano sachets joke.
We have a joke on green tea, but not many will like it.
— Zomato (@ZomatoIN) 1595585235000We have a joke on oregano sachets, but we're saving it for later.
— Zomato (@ZomatoIN) 1595585989000Netflix India also share a one-liner on the currently hyped series 'Dark' on time travel.
We have a time travel joke but it's too Dark.
— Netflix India (@NetflixIndia) 1595583774000Within minutes the trend was followed up by people from the entertainment industry. Director Hansal Mehta, actress Richa Chadha, and comedians like Papa CJ, Atul Khatri, Amit Tandon and Vipul Goyal shared one-liners on nepotism, governance, stand-up comedy, coronavirus, America and even Paytm's KYC.
I have a joke on nepotism but my son has a better version of it.
— Hansal Mehta (@mehtahansal) 1595577546000I have a joke on governance, that joke is on us. https://t.co/gREAytpaEO
— TheRichaChadha (@RichaChadha) 1595566638000I have a US joke too but mine is running for President. https://t.co/re0fOHTLxD
— Papa CJ (@PapaCJ) 1595579912000I have a PayTM joke but cannot tell it as it's KYC not yet done https://t.co/AnslT80Htk
— Atul Khatri (@one_by_two) 1595577892000I have a Corona joke but it is already viral https://t.co/fg4mTQwenz
— Amit Tandon (@amitandon) 1595574769000I have a joke on Nepotism but will only tell it to my kids.
— Vipul Goyal (@HumorouslyVipul) 1595577389000
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