BritPaks continue to make waves in Britain; about bloody time we did since (East) London is crawling with Pakis. Anyway the video with its catchy desi (Hin/Urglish?) tune:

One-Pound-Fish Man’s Musical Sales Pitch Goes Very Very Viral

A video of a singing Pakistani fish seller in the British capital has gone viral. The clip shows Muhammad Shahi Nazir attracting customers by bringing Punjabi folk singing to the busy London fish market. After posing for a photo with an admirer and being prompted off-camera, Nazir sings his pitch:

Come on ladies, come on ladies,
One-pound fi-i-i-sh!
Come on ladies, come on ladies,
One-pound fi-i-i-sh!
One-pound fi-i-i-sh!
Have-a have-a look, One-pound fish!
Have-a have-a look, One-pound fish!
Very very good,
Very very cheap,
One-pound fish!
Six for five-pound, one pound each!
Six for five-pound, one pound each! …

Sahar’s comment on him not exactly being Psy inspired this addendum since I have been going Gangnam all day (or Gagnam to desify it) :

My birthday is coming up and it’s something I dread since despite my best efforts I become increasingly obsessed with the celebration as each day ticks closer (even though every year I vow it’ll be different and that birthday’s are no big deal). This year I’ve chosen a Gangnam style theme (8 members of the family are born Oct-Dec so we tend to join our birthdays) and to quote from the invite email:

Dear all-

South Korean Rapper’s PSY’s viral video “Gangnam style” has now earned over 820mn views on YouTube, making it the most watched video in history. The video is a satirical musical take on Gangnam-gu, Seoul’s most expensive district (the tiny area accounts for 10% of land value in South Korea) and actually means South of the River. Taking inspiration from this and the fact that most of our birthdays tend to fall in the Winter months, we have decided to host our Joint Birthday also “South of the River” at Rafayel on the Left Bank, Battersea. We hope you can join us for an evening of entertainment “Gangnam style” as we grow a year older (and hopefully wiser).

We hope to see you there and would be honoured by your presence, full details below:

I like mixing cultures and why not pay tribute to our Asian brothers’ success and make a K-Pop evening of it (free oval facial reconstruction will be made available on the evening and eyelid reshaping a given of course). Now only to learn the Gagnam dance, I know it has something to do with horse-riding..