The Commonwealth Games ship is entering choppy waters, and punters are placing bets as to weather it will stay afloat, say newspapers in India.
"There are just too many bloody leaks to plug!" declared a harried source in the office of the Indian Sports' Minister, rushing around with a giant size mop and bucket. It's difficult to keep the ship afloat if there's a leak sprung every minute, he griped.
Reacting to the number of business and merchandising partners who are rushing to jump off the ship before it flounders, the source, who shall be referred to here as Kung-fu-Shoo, wryly remarked, "when ship is sinking, dirty rats leave first."
Now that the Kiwis are beginning to chicken out of the Games citing security concerns, and the Kangaroos have shown an inkling to hop away with 'Marsupialic' nonchalance at the first sniff of bullshit, and the land of the Maple Leaf appears to be wavering because of the recent Blackberry incident, the mood on board is sombre.
"We need all hands on deck," Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh reportedly told members of his cabinet. "We've got to get things ship-shape, and fast. If we blow it, the Opposition is gonna make us walk the Plank."
The Indian Athletes' Federation, is however, licking their chops. Now that Bollywood Composer AR Rehman is to do another version of the Slumdog theme as the Games' Theme song, they feel that even the Oracle Octopussy isn't needed to predict the victory of the Underdog. "The more teams stay away, the greater chance of our chaps winning," a spokesperson said.
To which Indian cricketing legend Sunny Gavaskar replied, "Holy Cow!"
