The not-quite-Ramadaan-greetings post (updated)

The best e-card site ever (ever!) has come up with a range of messages just for Ramadaan.
As these have been conceptualised in line with their usual facetious-tongue-on-dockers-clad-butt-cheek offerings, do not send on to people who take themselves too seriously.

They’ve also introduced a create-your-own e-card function which, as evident below, I thoroughly abused last night.


(As kids, we’d call people who didn’t keep their fasts ‘kotchcows’. I don’t know the etymology behind this one)

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26 Responses to “The not-quite-Ramadaan-greetings post (updated)”

  1. Saaleha Bamjee-Mayet September 1, 2008 at 6:53 pm #

    Hey you lot – I’m glad you all enjoyed these:)
    Ramadaan Mubarak to one and all (even the kotchcows).

  2. That Mash Guy September 1, 2008 at 12:30 pm #

    brilliant

  3. choochoo August 31, 2008 at 3:43 pm #

    Love the cards. Specially the one with the salt:)

  4. CorpseKicker August 28, 2008 at 1:01 pm #

    I’m thoroughly entertained at work. Thanks again Saaleha.

  5. Bibi-Aisha August 27, 2008 at 6:02 pm #

    double kudos. love kotchkows & 16 course iftaar

  6. freelance hero August 25, 2008 at 10:36 pm #

    brilliant as usual.

    half-fasts as a kid lol who came up with that shit? :P

  7. Wakas Mir August 25, 2008 at 2:24 pm #

    Berry nice :) really enjoyed the cards hehe

  8. Haleem August 25, 2008 at 1:59 pm #

    Haha… great ones.. I like the 16-course iftaar one – it’s quite true.

    btw what’s a “kotchcows”?

  9. KiLLa August 25, 2008 at 12:51 pm #

    LoL.. I wont comment.. We had a discussion on this topic i think..

    A fast a day keeps Shaytaan at bay..

    (lol i cannot post the others) but will contemplate doin a post as u mentioned..

    Bril cards tho.. Mmm.. Think my mother will freak if i send her one of these while im in Ghana..

    “Mummy’s little kothcow” would be bril..

  10. Anonymous August 25, 2008 at 6:42 am #

    Hilarious. Lol. Love findin the etymology of our indian slang. . I can hazard a guess to the last part of the word. Kotchcow . . I think the cow part is perhaps ‘khao’ meanin ‘eat’ or ‘to eat’. The kotch part baffles me a bit .

  11. expensivemistakescheapthrills August 24, 2008 at 7:14 pm #

    hahahaha…

    i really enjoyed those. good on you….

  12. Safiyyah August 23, 2008 at 12:52 pm #

    had a good laugh at these
    i think kotchcow comes from the urdu/gujerati, kuch – something, kao- eat, but have no idea how it evolved…

  13. r August 23, 2008 at 10:56 am #

    good stuff ms bamjee-mayet! shall definitely be forwarding the “chronic ulcer” one to the kotchcows on campus :P

  14. Aasia August 22, 2008 at 4:29 am #

    The ulcer one hits so close to some people I know.

    I wish I could use it on them.

    You’ve got a gift sals, and it scares me.

    Apparently we have a good friend in common saffs???

  15. Work in Progress August 21, 2008 at 2:07 pm #

    Haha ur advances are making my fast makrooh. These are funny!

  16. 'liya August 21, 2008 at 1:04 pm #

    Hehe these are great :D

  17. Princess August 21, 2008 at 1:01 pm #

    LoL :) Really Cool….Hmm I remember the term “kotchcow”

  18. Samina August 21, 2008 at 11:52 am #

    so very funny :) Good stuff.

  19. The Organ Harvester August 21, 2008 at 10:54 am #

    hahahahahahahahaha

    They should have a bicycle shed card.
    Or the sick note one.

    Or the I’m on medication one

  20. Parasputin August 21, 2008 at 9:53 am #

    brilliant

    we used to read the litany of what does and does not break fast but insert

    swallowing blood from a bleeding bum

    instead of gum.

    guaranteed to get you sent out of the madressah class with your guffawing mates.

  21. Khadija August 21, 2008 at 8:45 am #

    lol…. love them

  22. Noorjehaan August 21, 2008 at 8:34 am #

    lolfr!

    “when you care enough to hit send”
    here’s to bringing back eid spirit with the same originality we put in to the scissor and glue cards we once upon a far away time made

    i wanna copycat but i think i have an appreciate-not-create sense of humour

  23. Sofi August 21, 2008 at 8:27 am #

    Lol, how cool! I’d never heard the term kotchcows but I shall be using it quite generously in the next few weeks ;)

  24. Nafisa August 21, 2008 at 8:12 am #

    Lol, love them!
    I remember my sisters and I used to call each other “kotchcows” hehee.

  25. M Junaid August 21, 2008 at 8:09 am #

    Kudos lass. Love the last two.

  26. Nielfa Hanifa August 21, 2008 at 7:52 am #

    A whole lot wittier than those forwarded emails of burgers and coke :P

    Rather humorous.

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