Telephone operator
Our regulations state that all our firefighters must wear a helmet, for their own protection.
Malkit
This is a black thing, innit?!
Operator
What?
Malkit
Turbans were good enough for my forefathers, to protect their countrymen from the marauding Moguls. Why aren't they good enough for firemen, eh?
Operator
Because they're flammable!
Malkit
Well, if you think that I'm gonna help you discriminate against my Sikh brothers, then you are sorely mistaken. Sat Sri Akaal! [hangs up, notices smoke creeping under bedroom door, and dials again] Hello? Yeah, I'd like the Punjabi ambulance service, please!
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