To: Senor VS who wrote (1745 ) 7/9/1998 8:11:00 PM From: JPR Read Replies (1) | Respond to
CURRY IN A HURRY AND CHILLI ATTACK LONDON -- British Foreign Secretary Robin Cook has the Indian community here fuming with his tirade against the Indian government over its nuclear tests at a dinner hosted by a nonresident Indian (NRI) association at which he was invited to speak. Differences surfaced at the dinner itself, with a good deal of criticism being aimed at industrialist Swraj Paul, who compared Cook to Gandhi and Nehru. Bite the Chilli Pickle It is my understanding that during dinner, British Foreign Secretary Robin Cook bit on an Andhra Chilli Pickle. He had to leave the curry in a hurry. In order not to appear as a wimp against the chilli , and that he was the victim of Andhra Chilli Pickle, he invented the nuclear thing and went straight to the chemists for antacids . Indian guests were also annoyed with the organizers for letting Cook get away with a diplomatic snub to Deputy High Commissioner P.K. Singh, who was not given a chance to reply to Cook's tirade against India before the Foreign Secretary left the dinner in a hurry. Preemptive Attack The Indians had advance information that Robin Cook was going to attack India for conducting nuclear tests. Knowing this, the Indians spiked the food with chilli powder , liberal amounts of garlic and ginger.Robin Cook received information too late that the Indian food was excessively spiked with chilli powder and the urgent business, Robin alluded to, was not anything more than a visit to the comfort of a toilet seat. Mrs. Cook was annoyed at leaving the hot Vindaloo chicken cold on the dinner table. Several guests also accused their Indian hosts of resorting to "trickery" in skipping the Indian Deputy High Commissioner in the order of speakers. It meant that the British leader managed to launch into criticism of India and then leave before hearing what the diplomatic representative of the other side had to say. The Great Indian Chilli Trick When Robin Cook found out about the Great Indian Chilli Trickery and CHILLI ATTACK, he did not have time for diplomatic niceties and had to leave the curry in a hurry. Singh had to take the mike when it was all over and some of the guests had begun to leave. "We hope that Britain will understand that like any sovereign nation, when it comes to matters of security, we alone must decide what is and what is not good for us," Singh said. But Cook wasn't around to listen. Singh stated that when it came to matters of curry, we alone must decide what is and what is not good for us. Nor was his deputy minister, Derek Fatchett, who also left early. Britain's High Commissioner to India, David Gore-Booth, also got up to leave. But his wife was seen asking him to wait because Singh had risen to speak. Britain's High Commissioner to India, David Gore-Booth experienced a Late-Onset Curry Attack, also got up and left for a booth - read toilet. His wife did not want to leave the Chicken Tikka Masala and Onion Kulcha cold on the table. She asked David to wait, in order that she has enough time to stuff the onion Kulcha in to her handbag and blouse.
