Idhu jokku....
"Idhu jokku!"
My mother told us the story of how, when SHE was young (practically takes us back to B.C!) , she'd visited one of those "doorin' talkies"(touring talkies), which were makeshift bamboo or palm-thatch shacks, with the movie screened on a large cloth.
The movie would go on, and a comedy scene would appear on the screen. The audience, she said, would watch in silence.
Then, on the screen would appear the words, "Ithu jokku" ("This is a joke"). Immediately, the audience would erupt into laughter.
I strongly suspect my mother of having made the whole thing up, just to get a laugh out of us, but the word "jokku" and the phrase, "ithu jokku!" have been gleefully used in our family ever since.
My mother told us the story of how, when SHE was young (practically takes us back to B.C!) , she'd visited one of those "doorin' talkies"(touring talkies), which were makeshift bamboo or palm-thatch shacks, with the movie screened on a large cloth.
The movie would go on, and a comedy scene would appear on the screen. The audience, she said, would watch in silence.
Then, on the screen would appear the words, "Ithu jokku" ("This is a joke"). Immediately, the audience would erupt into laughter.
I strongly suspect my mother of having made the whole thing up, just to get a laugh out of us, but the word "jokku" and the phrase, "ithu jokku!" have been gleefully used in our family ever since.