The Economic Times reports:
It is not the best of times to try humor in Kottayam district of Kerela where tens of thousands of people are affected by the chikungunya epidemic. But the irrepressible Malayali humor is very much alive and kicking even as patients are battling the disease.
Some of the jokes relate to chikungunya itself, a disease that leaves many people with a pronounced limp for weeks together. According to the fun line that is circulating in the region, there has not been a better time for people with a slight limp or other physical ailments to get married than now, placing the blame on chikungunya.
The other popular joke has to do with the deteriorating hygiene levels in Kochi. The mystery as to why Kochi has not yet been hit by chikungunya has finally been resolved, it seems. The finding is that the chikungunya-carrier mosquitoes breed only in clear waters, the kind of which is entirely absent in Kochi. Chikungunya reportedly claimed over 50 lives in Kerala, but as is clear, humor never dies.
