How a Canadian Stand-Up Comedian Effortlessly Pulled a Srini
I was sipping a Belgian beer in a bar on a cold Saturday night. Harry approached my table and politely asked if he could sit with me. He seemed interested in talking to me, likely because I was drinking alone. Everyone drinks alone in Amsterdam. Everyone knows that. But Harry clearly was a foreigner.
He looked like a non-famous celebrity, which encouraged me to have a conversation with him. Every Harry in the world is white. Everyone knows that. He said he was from Toronto and he was a half-prominent stand-up comedian there. When he said he was a comedian, I immediately said to him, “What is this? When Harry met Srini?”
Let me tell you this. He did not find that funny. Come on, that’s funny. What kind of a comedian wouldn’t think it’s funny? A boring and unfunny one! After we had an intense conversation about climate change, which exactly lasted the duration of drinking seven Belgian beers, we added each other on Instagram. I suggested he should write about Greta Thunberg in his next material before she stops trending again. I also suggested to him to write material about why Greta can never be funny.
Don’t get me wrong. Greta can singlehandedly save the entire planet. Every Greta Thunberg in the world is…
