That’s our motto around here folks: drinking equals progress.
At a General Assembly budget committee meeting on Monday, the United States ambassador for management and reform at the UN stood up to scold his colleagues for always showing up drunk to negotiations.
Joseph “The Fun Police” Torsella: “We make the modest proposal that the negotiating rooms should in future be an inebriation-free zone.” While my government is truly grateful for the strategic opportunities presented by some recent past practices, let’s save the champagne for toasting the successful end of the session, and do some credit to the Fifth Committee’s reputation in the process.”
You must be a real downer to be called Joseph “The Fun Police” Torsella.
Why can’t we nominate a drunk ambassador? Hillary?
Anyway, here’s how bad it got:
“On one occasion the note-taker who was meant to be recording the talks was so intoxicated he had to be replaced.” One more unnamed diplomat said that delegates were showing up “falling down drunk.”
Someone’s gotta tell the Funabomber: that’s how diplomacy is done.
