Real Monkey Business
Press conferences are , in some way at least ,meant to be a bit of a p.r. exercise for the person giving them – not what happened to the unfortunate President of Zambia a few weeks ago , who was in the middle of his talk to assorted journalists and dignitaries , when he was quite literally p'd on from a great height.
The intent was to have the president , Rupiah Banda , sitting in the opulant grounds of his state house , surrounded by luscious looking plants and shrubbery.
This he was , but unfortunately he was also positioned underneath a bunch of trees when a monkey , playing in the branches above him , suddenly decided to relieve itself and urinate all over him , much to everyone's amusement .
There are probably numerous morals to be drawn from this , perhaps the most obvious being about sitting under trees where monkeys play and live .
The less obvious one may be that its actually quite a subliminal way of getting people to feel sorry for you , which has to be a good idea for any politician , even a wet one !
