Paternal humour

Eldorado
When I first landed in the states, the first thing my father, who was accompanying me said, just before landing at JFK, was, "Maybe you should get down and kiss the tarmac, and start digging. You have reached your Eldorado."

Cinematic subtexts
When he was in Government College Ajmer, pater was in the habit of watching movies. A lot of movies. First day, first show, first bench. Because the populace in Ajmer had decided against learning a colonial language, the buisness minded, and user-friendly owners of the local cinema houses used to explain the titles of English movies. Hence,

From Russia with love became Angreji jasoos, Rusi haseena.
Not too bad. Gets the point across. But, the one that tilted the scale was
El Cid, which was explained to the Ajmeris as Englis CID.
Explains the audience's mystification during the subsequent shows.

The Boss
His Boss, who recently denied him a British visit, passing it on to his junior, was described by my father as a "Complete prick", which considering that the said Boss' name is Poornalingam, seems rather appropriate.