{"id":4846,"date":"2008-04-25T08:32:00","date_gmt":"2008-04-25T03:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.indiauncut.com\/?p=2654"},"modified":"2008-04-25T08:32:00","modified_gmt":"2008-04-25T03:02:00","slug":"mr-moon-has-left-the-building-meet-mr-ban","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indiauncut.com\/mr-moon-has-left-the-building-meet-mr-ban\/","title":{"rendered":"Mr Moon Has Left The Building. Meet Mr Ban"},"content":{"rendered":"

Via messenger chat with Filmiholic<\/a>, I receive this superb letter sent by Vijay Nambiar, “Chef de Cabinet” at the UN, about how to pronounce Ban Ki-Moon’s name:<\/p>\n

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(There’s a slightly bigger version here<\/a>.)<\/p>\n

I so love the way bureaucrats write. “[D]isseminate this appropriately and discreetly,” it seems. Heh.<\/p>\n

Obligatory PJ<\/b>: What does BAN Ki-moon do every time someone calls out his full name?<\/p>\n

Ans: He turns around and drops his pants.<\/p>\n

Another one<\/b>: Why does Andrew Symonds turn around and drop his pants when someone says BAN Ki-moon’s name in front of him?<\/p>\n

Ans: He mishears it as “Monkey, moon!”<\/p>\n

Ya, ya, be shocked for all I care. No political correctness on this blog.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Via messenger chat with Filmiholic<\/a>, I receive this superb letter sent by Vijay Nambiar, “Chef de Cabinet” at the UN, about how to pronounce Ban Ki-Moon’s name:<\/p>\n

[embedded image]<\/p>\n

(There’s a slightly bigger version here<\/a>.)<\/p>\n

I so love the way bureaucrats write. “[D]isseminate this appropriately and discreetly,” it seems. Heh.<\/p>\n

Obligatory PJ<\/b>: What does BAN Ki-moon do every time someone calls out his full name?<\/p>\n

Ans: He turns around and drops his pants.<\/p>\n

Another one<\/b>: Why does Andrew Symonds turn around and drop his pants when someone says BAN Ki-moon’s name in front of him?<\/p>\n

Ans: He mishears it as “Monkey, moon!”<\/p>\n

Ya, ya, be shocked for all I care. No political correctness on this blog.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\nMr Moon Has Left The Building. Meet Mr Ban - India Uncut<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/indiauncut.com\/mr-moon-has-left-the-building-meet-mr-ban\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Mr Moon Has Left The Building. 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