Buffalo Biryani
Wisdom of the olden ages in India :
Once a king was so pleased with 3 musicians who performed at his court that he presented them with 17 elephants. He said "The senior most guy take 1/2 of them, the 2nd senior guy take 1/3, and the junior most guy take 1/9". This left the musicians in a dilemma, as they could not figure out how to divide the elephants, without cutting them into 2 (or, for that matter, 3 or 9), while following the king's orders (apart from the fact that they being musicians and not mathematics, could not see that 1/2 + 1/3 + 1/9 is NOT equal to 1 !!!). So they summoned a wise old temple priest. He came back with his own elephant, added that to the 17, and spoke "I, being the eternally generous & magnamous guy that I am, add my own to this. Now there are 18. Take, 1/2 = 9, 1/3 = 6, 1/9 = 2". After this, one was left, the priest's own elephant, which he took & walked away.
Wisdom of the char in modern times :
Once a well known guy was pleased with 3 rock musicians & gave them 17 buffaloes to split up similarily. They didn't know how to split up (they didn't have more brains than brawn; right now, they just had more beef than brawn). So, after a brief discussion, the local sage, the char, was summoned. The char spoke "I, being the eternally generous & magnamous guy that I am, ought to add my own buffalo to the gumbal. But I, also being a most practical & wise guy that I am (apart from the fact that I don't have a buffalo), work it out like this. The lead guitarist guy, take 8 buffaloes & 1/2 buffalo biryani. The rythm guitarist guy, take 5 buffaloes & 2/3 buffalo biryani. The drummer guy, take 1 buffalo & 8/9 buffalo biryani. And my commision is the remaining, 17/18 buffalo biryani. Thus, I get the biggest share of buffalo biryani, while you can go to hell with the other integer buffaloes, dumping gobar in your homes."
And thus the char left, attaining a fraction more of nirvana.

There are those of you veggies and religious junta who might think this joke is in bad taste. But I can assure you that it isn't (mmmmm . . . . slurp) !!

Humpty Dumpty
Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall,
Humpty Dumpty had a great fall,
all the king's men & and all the king's horses . . . . . .
. . . . a mad rush to share the omelate amongst all !!!

Cannibals

The Merchant of Venice
(Sincerest apologies to any author who has written any verse by the same name).