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To: JPR who wrote (12246)	6/16/2002 10:31:21 AM
From: JPR	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 12475

A Langur on Leash to protect Rumsfeld The Indians used the parade of High American Officials to scare off the Paki simians of war The Paki Rhesus got the scare of its life at the sight of American Langur In the presidential palace grounds where peacocks strut in a show of spectral colors, the rhesus monkeys are a nuisance, esp when they become aggressive at diplomatic get-together and the sight of food. The Indians tried everything from sounds, to sticks, to cymbals to firearms. Nothing worked. Then they hit upon the idea: use the Rhesus monkey's nightmare, the Langur monkey, bigger (for a Rhesus) and more menacing than the presidential ceremonial body guards in full regalia. Donald Hanuman Rumsfeld came to Town and wanted to address the press corps in the grounds of the Defense Ministry. Rumsfeld's advance men worried over the Rhesus monkeys attacking Donald Hanuman(H) Rumsfeld on the grounds! It didn't matter to Rhesus monkeys that Donald's middle name was Hanuman. The Indian Govt did not want the American Lord Hanuman harassed by the quarrelsome (and querying) monkeys at the press conference and paraded the Langur Monkey on a leash in its most menacing and most gargantuan display. It did the job. Not one rhesus monkey showed up close to Donald. America also paraded all the high officials in a show of strength to the Pakistani simians and it worked