"Politics is a gamble."
"There is no such proverb, and this is not relevant even in our country where old wise sayings are never taken seriously. Between increasingly accurate surveys before elections to the usual denouncements of entire teams of the usual suspects who transition from one party to another before, during and after elections, to luring the electables to some powers behind the scenes..."
"I get it! Let me rephrase, unless you take a gamble you aren't going to get anywhere in politics."
"I still don't agree, I mean when Khusro Bakhtiar and his team abandoned the Sharif's sinking ship they were fully convinced that the new cruise ship would be led by The Khan so no gamble."
"Cruise ship? Really! And what if The Khan had lost?"
"The transitioners have never gotten it wrong yet. So you say potaato and I say potato the American way."
"OK, but what I want to say is that The Maulana's march is a gamble that could make or break him!"
"There are some who say The Maulana never really gambled before and this is not a gamble as he may have gotten some assurances..."
"Denied, denied, denied."
"Saying it three times doesn't make it so."
"Don't be stupid, you say I divorce you three times to your wife of 20 long years and viola that's it."
"I understand the relevance of saying anything three times but in this instance I would express my reservations and..."
"And that explains why Container Shah has flooded the city with containers."
"Look at the glass as half full."
"How come?"
"The stray dogs which are around a dozen in every street in the capital, including constitution avenue, may gravitate towards where food would be plentiful and I would guess that would be where the marchers would be based and..."
"For heaven's sake!"
Copyright Business Recorder, 2019
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