There have been some embarrassing moments in politics. There’s of course, the famous George Bush Sr. moment when he vomited on the Prime Minister of Japan. Even that incident can’t compare to what happened to Zambian president, Rupiah Banda.
Imagine you’re speaking to journalists during a news conference. You’re trying to concentrate and keep your game face on. All of a sudden, a stream of urine descends from a tree landing on you. Just picturing that leaves me embarrassed, but it actually happened to President Banda. A monkey who makes its home on Banda’s residence, let loose its urine from the tree and landed directly on the president.
So, what happened after that. Did guards swarm in, knock the president out of the way and take the monkey down?
No, in fact Banda played it off about as smoothly as possible. He yelled, “You (monkey) have urinated on my jacket,” and the playfully added, “Perhaps these are blessings”
That’s pretty impressive, to have monkey urine sprayed on you and play it cool like that. Apparently, there’s all kinds of wildlife trekking around President Banda’s state home. Can you imagine deer, and turkey running around the White House?
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