BRO's in Arms!

Follow us:WhatsappFacebookTwitterTelegram.cls-1{fill:#4d4d4d;}.cls-2{fill:#fff;}Google NewsThey are pro's at what they do. BRO, for the ignorant ones, is the Border Roads Organisation. They are the guys who wield their ways through mighty looking mountains and create roads. I love their witty one liners. Makes for great conversations on those long road trips. Like the one I just came back from. Its a fairly long drive from Darjeeling to Kalimpong and then still more if you head to Sikkim with destination Gangtok in sight. The roads are perilious, and yes as the BROs say "Nazar Hatti toh Durghatna Ghati" (take your eyes off the road and you're sure to meet with an accident) stands very true..for if the driver takes his eyes off the road well..then you'll certainly know the valley is very low and the Teesta river is very cold.Sarcasm apart, the roads are the best and even as you doff your hat to all the hardwork they've put in,I love the roadsigns these guys write in bright yellow and white and black, sometimes barely visible under paan stains and muck, but they are very entertaining. And you can sample these noteworthy signs even when you drive down the picturesque road from Jammu to the Kashmir Valley.

Its very easy to ignore the cautious ones that go like this "Haste makes waste", "Safety first Speed Next", "Better be safe than sorry", "Drive dont fly", "Control your speed", "Alert avoid accidents". Probably written by grand old men of the organisation. Then there are clairvoyant ones like this "Always expect the unexpected", "Drive like Hell and you will be there", "If you sleep your family will weep".

And some really trying hard to rhyme "After whisky, driving risky", "First deserve then desire", "Hurry makes worry", "This is a highway not the runway", "Faster will see disaster", "On the bend go slow friend", "Eager to last, why drive fast", Obviously someone with a serious creative bent of mind, could come up with these gems. Some are straightforward "Its your life, be safe", "Better be late than sorry", "Respect road signs they save your life", "Be Mr Late than Late Mr".

Few are sexist "Dont gossip let him drive". Whoever came up with this one must surely believe that women are better slaving behind gas stoves.Sample this fairly suggestive one, "Go easy on my curves", "Be soft on my curves", "Be gentle on my curves", "Dont hurry on my curves".Then there are the others that are openly sentimental "Somebody is waiting for you, drive slow", "Life is short, dont make it shorter", "If married, divorce speed".

Now only if the drivers could keep their eyes on the road, and not try to read these eyecatching roadsigns! first published:March 03, 2007, 15:56 ISTlast updated:March 03, 2007, 15:56 IST
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