A man is on his way home from work one afternoon in hot CHENNAI (MADRAS). He's stopped in traffic and thinks, "Wow, this traffic seems worse than usual; we're not even moving and he was wondering if a CM convoy is going by!

He notices a constable walking down the highway in between the cars, so he rolls down his window and says, "Excuse me, Mama, what's the hold-up?"

"Dr J. Jayalithia just found out the verdict against illegal mobilization of Property, and she's all depressed. She's lying down in the middle of the highway and she's threatening to douse herself and SasiKala in Petrol and light themself on fire. They plead innocent and says that they dont have a Rupee. I'm walking around taking up a collection for her"

The man says, "Oh really, how much have you collected so far."

The Constable replies, "So far, 1000 lighters."