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Posted on 11/04/2010 8:34:42 AM PDT by TigerLikesRooster
Coconuts removed from trees in preparation for Barack Obama's India trip
India is preparing for Barack Obama's first visit to the country by removing coconuts from palm trees in Mumbai to protect the US president.
Published: 7:00AM GMT 04 Nov 2010
Mr Obama will arrive in India on Saturday for the first leg of an Asian tour.
But as well as the usual security measures that come with welcoming a a visiting dignitary, Indian authorities have decided to go one step further, by removing all natural threats to the president as well.
All coconuts around the city's Gandhi museum, one of Mr Obama's stops in the city, are being taken down.
Mani Bhavan, where Mahatma Gandhi stayed during his freedom struggle against the British, is among five places the US president is visiting in Mumbai.
"We told the authorities to remove the dry coconuts from trees near the building. Why take a chance?" Mani Bhavan's executive secretary, Meghshyam Ajgaonkar, told the BBC.
(Excerpt) Read more at telegraph.co.uk ...
Will the teleprompters receive similar protection?
Don’t they know he’s from Hawaii? He may be as agile at dodging coconuts as President Bush was at dodging shoes...
I want to make a comment about coconuts, and Obama, but I’d better refrain...don’t want to make FR look bad....
I want to make a comment about coconuts, and Obama, but I’d better refrain...don’t want to make FR look bad....
Wikipedia says Kenya has coconuts.
Noooooo....I’ve heard of phrases like ‘loose canon’ and ‘afraid of his own shadow’ etc.
Loose coconuts? WTHeck??!
If Obama wants to be the national joke that he is, why spread it to every other continent?
Don’t underestimate the killing power of the Loose Coconuts!
Have you never seen the killer rabbit in the Monty Python skid?
Yep, all you Loose Coconut, you are going down.
FMCDH(BITS)
All you loose coconut are belong to us.
FMCDH(BITS)
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