Pride in my compatriot's wit!

'I once complained to an Indian ticket inspector that I had paid a surcharge to travel on a super-fast train, which was not very fast. He corrected me saying, "It is a super-fast train, it's only going slowly."'

:-) That's an excerpt from the following article on the beeb:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/from_our_own_correspondent/6938947.stm

Here's hoping that the bureaucracy figures out a way to share the pie with those below the poverty line!!